Tag:Amerks
David Brine Accepts Qualifying Offer
Returning to hockey news, David Brine has accepted the Florida Panthers qualifying offer of a one year two way deal. Brine will be entering his third season with the Rochester Americans this fall. Last season Brine was fifth in scoring on the team with 8 goals and 23 assists along with 70 penalty minutes. He …
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More Bad Press for Amerks
The news on Monday that Fred Costello would not be returning as organist for the Rochester Americans did not have to be that big of a story but it’s turned into one. The reason? The way Amerks President Lewis Staats is being portrayed as handling the situation. It also doesn’t help that this made the …
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Winning is Everything for Chris Taylor
The Rochester Americans put the icing on the cake Thursday afternoon by signing veteran center Chris Taylor to a 2yr American Hockey League contract. The ownership was not joking around when they said they would be bringing in veteran leadership once free agency began. The veteran leadership that Chris Taylor will bring to the Amerks …
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Updated: Dadonov Contract Approved by NHL
It was recently mentioned that Russian prospect Evgeni Dadonov of the Florida Panthers had signed a deal and would be a part of the Rochester Americans in the upcoming season, but Dadonovs coach thinks differently. Earlier in the Spring of 2009 it was announced that Dadonov had signed a 2yr deal with Chelyabinsk Traktor of …
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Panthers/Amerks Sign Graham Mink
The Florida Panthers and Rochester Americans made headlines on Friday and proved that they’re not joking around about being competitive when they announced that Graham Mink has signed a two year contract. Mink is the strong veteran forward who can score that has been promised to fans. In early April when Curt Styres and Jacques …
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Amerks Announce 09/10 Opponents
The Rochester Americans along with other teams in the American Hockey League today announced the schedule format and division alignments for the 2009/2010 season. The biggest change is that the Syracuse Crunch are headed for the East Division in the Eastern Conference and the Amerks stay in the North Division of the Western Conference. Another …
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Tanner Glass Signs with Vancouver
Another familiar name and face for Amerks fans from the past few seasons has officially gone elsewhere, Tanner Glass agreed to an offer with the Vancouver Canucks. Glass came to Rochester at the end of the 2006-2007 season to play in four games after he graduated from Dartmouth College. The Florida Panthers drafted him in …
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Jeff Taffe Signs With Amerks
The third day of free agency is just wrapping up and the Rochester Americans are a better hockey team. It was reported that free agent center Jeff Taffe has agreed to a two year two way contract with the Florida Panthers and Amerks. The front office at Blue Cross Arena has been saying they would …
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Panthers Sign Clay Wilson
The Panthers still need a lot of help on defense so it’s still too early to tell if Wilson will see any time in Rochester. I typically don’t do straight press release posts, but I am this evening to get caught up. The timing of finishing up another project came at the worst time, but …
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2011 All Star Game, vs Pirates, Diff Divisions, Misc
The big news of the day on Tuesday was that the Amerks hired Ted Nolan as the new VP of Hockey Operations. I had the chance to talk to Rochester Americans Owner Curt Styres about a few other things that I felt were newsworthy. The team did formally submit a bid for the 2011 AHL …
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Ted Nolan Hired by Rochester Americans
The announcement today that Ted Nolan has been named the new VP of Hockey Operations for the Rochester Americans is hopefully the start of many big announcements to come. Today is the start of the free agency period and it’s a time that the Florida Panthers and Rochester Americans have said that they will be …
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Amerks Announce Major Press Conference
The Rochester Americans sent out a notice this afternoon that they will be hosting a major press conferenc on Wednesday afternoon to announce the new VP of Hockey Operations. My guess was that they would be announcing that this is the new role of Jody Gage, but someone who supposedly knows the situation said it …
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