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Beaverson and Sweetland Join Amerks in Manchester

January 16, 2009 - By

Amerks General Manager Jody Gage announced today that the Florida Panthers have reassigned forward Andrew Sweetland and defenseman Luke Beaverson to Rochester from the Florida Everblades of the ECHL.

Sweetland returns to the Amerks for the second time this season after recording nine points (4+5) in 12 games with the Everblades. The Bonavista, Newfoundland, native has one point in 23 games with the Amerks. Beaverson makes his first stop back to Rochester since being assigned to Florida earlier this season, where he racked up three assists in 18 games on the blueline. He has one assist in eight games with the Amerks this season.

Both players are needed due to a number of injuries that have hit the team at once.  The list of injured players includes Stefan Meyer, Jacob Micflikier, Dan Collins, Mike Caruso, Neil Clark, and Riley Emmerson.  Franklin MacDonald is also out of the lineup so he could return home due to a death in the family.

The Rochester Americans take Game 2 of their current three-game road trip into New England tonight as they face the Manchester Monarchs at Verizon Wireless Arena. The 7:30 p.m. contest is the second and final meeting between the two teams [...]Read More

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Matthias and Repik are Back; Sweetland Sent to the Everblades

December 15, 2008 - By

Shawn Matthias

The Florida Panthers sent Shawn Matthias and Michal Repik back to the Amerks.

Matthias has been with the Panthers since November 28th and played in 10 games tallying one point.  He got a decent amount of time on the ice averaging about 12 minutes per game.  Matthias has struggled with the Amerks this season so hopefully the chance he had to fill in with the Panthers along with the Amerks being back to doing well gives the kid a boost of confidence to really show us what he’s made of.

michal-repik

Repik was originally called up on December 6th and scored his first professional goal in his first game with the Panthers.  That was his only point while being called up, he averaged about 8 minutes of ice time.  He’s also the leader in points with the Amerks.

As they arrived back in town Andrew Sweetland left town heading to the Florida Everblades.  In 21 games with the Amerks he has struggled and only managed to get one assist.  He’s a fast skater with decent hands, but just did not seem to have enough talent to keep in the AHL at this time.

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Practice 11-20-2008: The Red Army Leaves

November 20, 2008 - By

“What’d you think of the game last night?”  The first thing Benoit says to the team when he gets on the ice.  “Now it’s over, behind us…tomorrow, it’s different.  Forget about last night, work hard.  Do not think about last night, it’s over.  Now we practice hard and work for tomorrow.”

Karl Stewart, Janis Sprukts and Andrew Sweetland came out before practice in red “no contact” jerseys.  But, now they are on the ice with the rest of the team, full contact.  Stewart expects to be in next Wednesday’s game against in Toronto.  Sprukts may be back tomorrow night against the Manchester Monarchs.

I have been awaiting the return of Karl Stewart ever since he was injured.  He is a great forward to have on this team (or any team for that matter).

My good friend Jack Birch just walked in.  I’m sure he is very excited to see Keith and I after last night.

I hope they replace Jordan Henry with Peter Aston for tomorrow’s game.  Henry has become pretty embarrassing to watch in the past few games.  He is constantly in the box, and when he isn’t, he is scoring goals for the opposing team.

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Game Day 11-19-2008: Brighter Ice Surface!

November 19, 2008 - By

Tonight, the Rochester Americans and Toronto Marlies face off at 7:05pm EST at Blue Cross Arena.  This will be the second of eight games between the two North Division teams.  The Amerks look for their first win of the season against the Marlies.  Rochester dropped a 5-2 decision in the previous meeting with Toronto back on Halloween night to fall to 0-1-0-0 on the season and 10-17-0 all-time against the Toronto Maple Leafs’ affiliate.

The biggest difference at this point between the two teams seems to be goals against. The Marlies have only allowed 42 goals, the Amerks a whopping 72.  Looking at goals for, the Amerks have 33 goals this season, the Marlies have 32.

The only thing to really report from practice this morning is that they appeared to replace the lights in the arena over the ice surface, it seems much brighter!  From talking with some fans of the team, they would probably wish they just shut them off for the season.

No word on whether David Shantz or Chris Beckford-Tseu will be starting in net.  It’s a coaches decision, as of this morning that decision hadn’t been made yet.

Luke Beaverson appears to be moving up [...]Read More

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Four Recent Signings

April 2, 2008 - By

Here’s a few more recent transactions over the past few days, we’re a few days behind schedule around these parts.

04/01/08
Jason Garrison:
Signed a two-year deal with the Florida Panthers.

Don’t think Garrison should spend too much money on sunblock, though, what with the winters in Rochester being what they are and all.

In all seriousness, Garrison sounds like a solid signing, a character guy who — to coin a JM phrase — be a good pro. And, it seems like he has some grit, coming back from a broken leg to play in the postseason for UMD (which is not short for University of North Dakota).  Source / Hockey DB Stats

03/31/08
Andrew Sweetland:
SUNRISE, Fla.  Florida Panthers General Manager and Head Coach Jacques Martin announced today that the club has agreed to terms with free agent college prospect F Andrew Sweetland on an entry level contract.

Andrew is a player that we identified a few years ago and have followed his progress closely, and he participated in our development camp last year, said Martin. He is a player that posses good size, speed, skill and hockey sense. He will have an [...]Read More

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