The Amerks lost on Wednesday night and there’s two ways you could look at the standings after this game. The glass half empty way is that the Amerks are following the Buffalo Sabres lead and slowly sinking in the standings. There’s only four points that separates the Amerks from the Rockford IceHogs who are in last place in the conference. They’re also only six points from last place in the league. The glass half full way is that the Amerks are only two points from eighth place in the conference and four points from sixth place. The good news is that the Amerks play nine out of 12 games in February on home ice so if there was ever a time to really turn things around it’d be in February. The ship hasn’t sunk but there’s reason for concern.
The real downfall has been the inconsistencies. Everything from goal scoring to goaltending to wins and losses. This is a hard working group of hockey players with a lot of potential how much they can really accomplish is the question. The hope for any sports team is to get into the playoffs and then anything can happen. It’s going to take [...]Read More
