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Alexander Salak Likely the Starting Goalie for Amerks

April 14, 2010 - By

As I would have predicted, Alexander Salak is all but confirmed by the coach to be the starting goaltender for the Rochester Americans when they open the first round of the playoffs on Thursday night against the Abbotsford Heat.  Benoit Groulx said that he will officially announce it on Wednesday but Tyler Plante had let the cat out of the bag on Tuesday when he said he was not starting.

“It’s disappointing but it’s playoff time and everyone has a role,” said Plante.  “You have to fill those roles. Sally had a great year and coach decided to go with him so I’m going to support that and be there for my teammates.”  (Source: YNN News)

Salak played in 49 games this season for the Amerks and ended the season tied for fourth with 29 wins amongst AHL goalies.  Salak was also the starting goaltender for Planet USA at the 2010 AHL All-Star Game.  The only people who’d be concerned about Salak are Amerks fans, a lot of other people I’ve talked to around the league have been impressed with Salak this season.

Alexander Salak also told YNN News, “At the start of this season, coach asked me how [...]Read More

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Amerks Clinch Home Ice, Game 1 is on Thursday

April 10, 2010 - By

After 60 minutes of play on Friday night the score was tied 3-3 but the Amerks earned the one point that they needed to clinch home ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs.  In the coming days I’ll post my recap of the season, but one things for certain – it’s pretty impressive that the team went from one of the worst teams one season and in 2nd place in the division the next.

Rochester will host game 1 of the first round of the playoffs on Thursday April 15th and game 2 will be on Saturday April 17th.  If you’re a season ticket holder and put down a deposit for next season make sure to visit the offices to pickup your tickets.  If you’re not, call the Amerks offices on Monday morning to purchase playoff tickets.

Tell your friends, your neighbors, your family, your co-workers and even a random person on the street that the season is not over yet!

It’s been a few years since the Amerks made the playoffs so if you don’t remember that far back the sad reality is that attendance may not be the best.  That’s something seen all around The AHL [...]Read More

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Gameday: Amerks Home vs Heat; Panther Trades

February 12, 2010 - By

Going to keep this short and sweet today, the Amerks start a three game stretch tonight with a home game against the Abbotsford Heat.  To say it’s a “must win” is probably an understatement.  The Amerks have lost the past three Friday night home games and none of the games have been exciting.  It’s a new day though and a new day for some excitement.  I hope.

The game plan should be pretty simple, play like your job is on the line.  That is if by the time the game starts some players still have a job with the Florida Panthers organization.  Randy Sexton said on Thursday night that “no one is off limits” as they try and make changes to a roster that is highly doubtful to make the playoffs.  The Panthers already made one move on Thursday trading Dominic Moore to the Montreal Canadiens for a 2nd round pick in 2011.

The pre-Olympic deadline is 3pm.  Any move could directly impact the Amerks if the Panthers need to call someone up to take the spot of a traded player or even one of the prospects here being traded.  We’ll see what happens.

A few [...]Read More

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Dylan Hunter Brings Bad Karma; Amerks Lose 2-1

December 12, 2009 - By

The headline sounds like one I would have written two seasons ago during one of the worst seasons the Amerks have ever played.  The game we witnessed tonight resembled one of those games more than it did the Rochester Americans of the 2009/10 season.  I don’t really blame Dylan Hunter and don’t really think that he brought bad karma, but it makes for a good headline.

I don’t get the sense that Amerks fans are hitting the panic button yet, but signs of frustration are part of every conversation and for good reason.  The Panthers called up Michal Repik after the game which leaves the team short another player.  This is a shell of a team we saw a month ago.

They gave a good effort but fell short.

“I thought we were a second behind,” is what Benoit Groulx said after the game.  I think that line sums it up perfectly.  That’s all it takes to decide any sporting event, sometimes even less than a second.  That’s what happens when you go from a team that was playing four consistent lines to playing two.

The game was only decided by one goal but an early [...]Read More

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GDT: Finally, A Home Game; Amerks vs Heat Friday Tonight

December 11, 2009 - By

Thankfully that road trip is over and after two weeks the Amerks finally have another home game.  The Abbotsford Heat travel to Rochester tonight to play the Amerks at 7:05pm at Blue Cross Arena.  That ends the longest drought of the season between home games.

The Amerks wrapped up a road trip this past Sunday night with a 2-1 win in Abbotsford to end their six game road trip where they went 3-3.  There were some ups and downs with the road trip and you can read about them here, but what’s done is done.  It’s a new day and a new game.

The team will be a little bit different than what we last saw.  Players that will not be in the lineup that were at the last home game were Mike York (personal leave), Shawn Matthias (called up), Jeff Taffe (called up), and Mike Duco (called up).  David Brine has been out with a rib injury, not sure on his status.

In their place we’ll see a new face and and some familiar faces.  The new face will be Jordan Fox who was signed to a PTO from the Wheeling Nailers of the [...]Read More

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Amerks End Road Trip With a 2-1 Win; Injury Updates

December 7, 2009 - By

It wasn’t pretty but the game was full of effort and the Amerks were able to end their six game road trip with a 2-1 win over the Abbotsford Heat.  They end the road trip with three wins and three losses, respectable based on the circumstances.

The game was scoreless until 7:27 of the third period when Brett Sutter put a wrist shot past Ryan Mior from the face off circle.  Sutter had the breakaway and was able to get the shot off before Keaton Ellerby was able to get in front of him.

Ville Koistinen answered back at 11:04 of the third working hard going to the net to get one past Leland Irving to tie the game 1-1.

Michal Repik scored the game winner at 14:48 thanks to a big mistake by John Negrin of the Heat in front of the net.  Shawn Matthias made the initial pass to Repik who put a shot on net.  The rebound stayed in front of the net and Negrin put the puck right on Repiks stick and he was able to put it in the net.

Ryan Mior made 30 saves and played an impressive game.  It’ll [...]Read More

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Amerks Depleted Lineup Leads to 6-2 Road Loss

December 5, 2009 - By

If you’re going to lose you may as well lose big.  That seems to be the motto of the Rochester Americans this season.  They lose by the final score of 6-2 on Saturday night on the road against the Abbotsford Heat.

Shawn Matthias scored first for the Amerks on a great breakaway and was able to sneak a shot through the pads of Matt Keatley.  The only other Amerks goal was scored by Keaton Ellerby with less than seven minutes left.

That ends the highlights for Rochester.

Chris Beckford-Tseu stopped 33 of 39 shots.  A few of the early goals were because he was not able to sit on the puck hard enough.  It either passed through his pads or the Heat continued jamming at it and got it through.  Hopefully it was his last game ever in an Amerks uniform.

They were outplayed in every way.  The Heat outshot the Amerks 39-24.  They scored three goals on five power play opportunities.  They skated faster.  The controlled the puck more.  They played a tighter defense.  The list could go on.  The Amerks just could not get any real offensive attack going.

As bad as the game [...]Read More

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What happened to some of last years Amerks?

October 2, 2009 - By

Drew Larman is currently playing with the Providence Bruins

The summer of 2009 has been an exciting one with the roster that has been built for the 2009/2010 Rochester Americans.  There’ll be a lot of questions from fans getting to know some of the new players but also a lot of questions wondering about some favorites from last season.

So here’s a quick rundown of players that are no longer in the Florida Panthers or Rochester Americans organizations:

Tanner Glass – He signed a one year two way deal with the Vancouver Canucks.  After a strong training camp he’s on the Canucks opening night roster.  The Panthers had said they would have liked him back but were not ready to offer him a deal prior to the start of free agency.

Janis Sprukts – is currently playing for Dinamo Riga in the KHL.  Sprukts was unhappy last season when he realized he had no real chance of cracking the Florida Panthers lineup.  So he packed up his things and went across the pond.

Mike Brodeur – The Florida Panthers were ready to offer him a $105,000 contract to stay in the organization but Brodeur thought [...]Read More

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Amerks 2009-2010 Schedule Released

August 13, 2009 - By

The day has finally arrived for the 2009/2010 American Hockey League schedule!  Time to start planning road trips.

If you’re looking for start times check here.

Here’s the full schedule:

2009/2010 October Schedule and Results DateAwayHome 2009-10-03Lake Erie3atRochester2Final OT 2009-10-09Lake Erie2atRochester5Final 2009-10-10Rochester1atAlbany6Final 2009-10-12Syracuse1atRochester4Final 2009-10-16Toronto2atRochester5Final 2009-10-17Rochester4atToronto3Final OT 2009-10-21Binghamton2atRochester4Final 2009-10-23Rochester2atAlbany1Final 2009-10-24Rochester3atSyracuse2Final OT 2009-10-25Syracuse0atRochester3Final 2009-10-30Rochester4atBinghamton2Final 2009/2010 November Schedule and Results DateAwayHome 2009-11-06Syracuse3atRochester4Final OT 2009-11-07Toronto1atRochester4Final 2009-11-10Hamilton1atRochester4Final 2009-11-12Rochester3atPortland (B)6Final 2009-11-14Rochester3atGrand Rapids1Final 2009-11-20Syracuse2atRochester5Final 2009-11-24Rochester5atHamilton2Final 2009-11-27W-B/S3atRochester4Final 2009-11-28Rochester0atBinghamton5Final 2009-11-29Rochester7atSyracuse4Final 2009/2010 December Schedule and Results DateAwayHome 2009-12-01Rochester4atManitoba1Final 2009-12-02Rochester1atManitoba2Final 2009-12-05Rochester2atAbbotsford6Final 2009-12-06Rochester2atAbbotsford1Final 2009-12-11Abbotsford2atRochester1Final 2009-12-12Rochester2atHershey6Final 2009-12-15Syracuse3atRochester5Final 2009-12-18Hershey3atRochester1Final 2009-12-19Rochester4atHershey5Final 2009-12-20Hamilton5atRochester4Final OT 2009-12-22Rochester2atLake Erie6Final 2009-12-26Hamilton2atRochester4Final 2009-12-27Binghamton3atRochester5Final 2009-12-30Rochester1atHamilton4Final 2009-12-31Rochester1atLake Erie5Final 2009/2010 January Schedule and Results DateAwayHome 2010-01-02Rochester3atW-B/Scranton5Final 2010-01-08Grand Rapids6atRochester3Final 2010-01-09Lake Erie3atRochester1Final 2010-01-10Binghamton1atRochester6Final 2010-01-15Rochester6atHamilton5Final SO 2010-01-16Rochester4atSyracuse3Final 2010-01-22Hamilton6atRochester1Final 2010-01-23W-B/Scranton3atRochester5Final 2010-01-24Adirondack1atRochester3Final 2010-01-29Albany4atRochester3Final 2010-01-30Rochester2atToronto0Final 2010-01-31Adirondack1atRochester2Final 2009/2010 February Schedule and Results DateAwayHome 2010-02-03Rochester2atLake Erie3Final 2010-02-05Hamilton5atRochester2Final 2010-02-06Rochester5atBinghamton4Final 2010-02-10Rochester1atAdirondack3Final 2010-02-12Abbotsford3atRochester2Final 2010-02-13Lake Erie2atRochester3Final 2010-02-14Rochester2atBinghamton4Final 2010-02-16Manitoba6atRochester3Final 2010-02-19Manitoba4atRochester3Final 2010-02-20Portland4atRochester3Final 2010-02-21Portland2atRochester3Final SO 2010-02-26Grand Rapids3atRochester5Final 2010-02-27Rochester1atHamilton4Final 2010-02-28Binghamton3atRochester4Final OT 2009/2010 March Schedule and Results DateAwayHome 2010-03-05Rochester5atAdirondack2Final 2010-03-06Rochester1atToronto0Final 2010-03-07Rochester3atPortland2Final 2010-03-12Albany4atRochester3Final 2010-03-13Rochester5atSyracuse3Final 2010-03-14Grand Rapids3atRochester2Final 2010-03-19Rochester2atBinghamton4Final 2010-03-20Rochester4atW-B/Scranton5Final 2010-03-24Rochester3atLake Erie1Final 2010-03-26Binghamton4atRochester3Final 2010-03-27Rochester7atToronto3Final 2010-03-28Toronto4atRochester3Final SO 2010-03-31RochesteratGrand Rapids 2009/2010 April Schedule and Results DateAwayHome 2010-04-02HersheyatRochester 2010-04-03RochesteratHamilton 2010-04-07RochesteratGrand Rapids 2010-04-09TorontoatRochester 2010-04-10RochesteratSyracuse

Here’s the early season break down of the schedule that I had posted.

There’s some interesting changes to this years schedule, all [...]Read More

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Amerks Jersey Ranked 2nd by The Hockey News

August 13, 2009 - By

The Hockey News ranked jerseys last year based on the teams logo, this year they decided to go by patches, striping, and piping to rank the jerseys.  I also need to mention colors as well.

The Amerks were ranked second for a “Classic crest with a clean look to it.”  I’m not quite sure how the Milwaukee Admirals got the top spot.  In a typically boring month for hockey news this is what we get.

Take the time to visit The Hockey News web site to vote for the Rochester Americans jersey as the best in the AHL – http://thehockeynews.com/pages/puck_poll.php

Two teams missing are the Texas Stars and Abbotsford Heat because the teams have not officially launched their jerseys.  To view what was actually said about each jersey click here – http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/27493-.html.

Here’s the straight rankings:

1. Milwaukee Admirals
2. Rochester Americans
3. San Antonio Rampage
4. Springfield Falcons
5. Manchester Monarchs
6. Worcester Sharks
7. Norfolk Admirals
8. Bridgeport Sound Tigers
9. Peoria Rivermen
10. Chicago Wolves
11. Manitoba Moose
12. Houston Aeros
13. Hershey Bears
14. Toronto Marlies
15. Grand Rapids Griffins
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Off Season Changes in the AHL

August 3, 2009 - By

Just in case you’ve been enjoying the summer, here’s what has been going on around the American Hockey League in terms of changes in cities, affiliations, divisions, and rules.

New Cities / New Team

The Quad City Flames moved from Moline, Illinois to Abbotsford, British Columbia and and are now called the Abbotsford Heat.  They are still the affiliate of the Calgary Flames.

The Philadelphia Phantoms moved from Philadelphia to Glens Falls, NY and are now known as the Adirondack Phantoms.  They remain the affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers.

A new team joined the league called the Texas Stars located in Cedar Park, Texas.  Cedar Park is about a half hour North of Austin.  They are the affiliate of the Dallas Stars.  The team was granted limited membership into the league.  The limited membership is conditioned on the completed purchase of an existing AHL franchise within one year, by April 2010.

The Iowa Chops was involuntarily suspended by the league for the 2009/2010 season.  “The Iowa franchise has unfortunately been unable to remedy certain violations of the provisions of the league’s Constitution and By-Laws,” said American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews.

Oklahoma City could be the home of [...]Read More

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American Hockey League Teams on Twitter

July 9, 2009 - By

As the 2009/2010 season approaches it appears as if the American Hockey League is finally represented within the Twitter universe.

Twitter is a great service for sports fans due to the fact that news can usually be summed up in less than 140 characters leaving out all of the extra fluff that accompanies articles.

If you’re new to Twitter I’m going to list some ways to effectively use the site and follow teams, if you’re just looking for the list of teams scroll down.

By following LetsGoAmerks (and other teams) on Twitter you’ll be able to get live updates about the Rochester Americans with scores, injuries, transactions (call ups and players being signed), game day lineups, media appearances, and much more.  If you scan through the updates I’ve posted I think you’ll notice it’s a all great info.  Also taking a moment to brag, LetsGoAmerks offers the best coverage of any AHL team on Twitter.

Bookmarks

The old fashioned way of bookmarking web sites is still the easiest for a lot of people.  Simply save your favorite teams page as a bookmark and refresh it whenever you want to check for updates, no need to sign up for an account!

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