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Dave Andrews 2012 AHL State of the League Address

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January 30, 2012 - By
Dave Andrews 2012 AHL State of the League Address

Every season the morning of the American Hockey League All-Star Game the media gathers in a room with AHL President Dave Andrews to discuss the state of the league.  Some seasons there’s a lot to talk about with teams in financial troubles, team movement or affiliation changes but there really wasn’t any of that this year.  It was a short 40 minute meeting.

Here’s a quick run down of topics discussed:

You can also listen to the audio:

For the past few years it’s seemed like a struggle behind the scenes to find a host city for the All-Star game but going forward they expect to announce next years city in the coming weeks and even have plans for years going forward.  Ted Black had mentioned recently that they’d love to see the game back in Rochester but next year will NOT be the year.  It’s something the Amerks would like to host again at some point.  There’s a lot of time and money that goes into hosting the event which is why AHL cities aren’t exactly begging for the game.  Not every team has a large office staff to handle the logistics.  The need for a sponsor is also [...]Read More

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Quick Recap of the Sabres Press Conference Buying the Amerks

June 29, 2011 - By
Quick Recap of the Sabres Press Conference Buying the Amerks

That was quite the morning at Blue Cross Arena where the Buffalo Sabres officially announced the purchase of the Rochester Americans. At the head table was Dave Andrews, Darcy Regier, Terry Pegula, and Ted Black with the Mayor of Rochester and County Executive sitting in the front row. There was a lot of time spent talking to everyone in attendance which reduced the amount of time I have to write but will give a quick recap and you can be guaranteed there’ll be more to come.

Through this whole deal there’s two sides to what’s going on.  You have die hard Rochester Americans fans who want the team to get back to winning a Calder Cup and then you have Buffalo Sabres fans who want to see the players develop.  Both sides have a valid discussion point.

The one thing I shrugged about was how many times the Stanley Cup was mentioned but not once was the Calder Cup spoke of.  There’s definitely a lot of talk about being committed to winning hockey games in Rochester and the Sabres know that needs to happen.  They get that players need to develop but they also need to win.  One of the [...]Read More

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Listen to the AHL State of the League Address

January 22, 2010 - By

I posted a recap of the 2010 AHL State of the League Address on Tuesday that gave the general idea of what was discussed but here’s the audio you’d like to listen to the whole thing.  I know it’s just what you were looking for to listen to at the gym over the weekend.

I recorded the audio into mp3′s during the All-Star game and will be honest in saying I did not listen to the whole thing but the quality should be pretty good the whole way through.

Andrews goes into a lot more detail about what was discussed and you may even be able to “read between the lines” on some things talked about.

Thanks to Bob and Jason over at The Power Play Post Show for hosting the files.

Listen Part 1: MP3
Listen Part 2: MP3

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Higlights from the Annual State of the League Address

January 19, 2010 - By

On the second day of the All-Star event the President and CEO of the AHL David Andrews stands in front of the media to talk about the league and answer questions everyone has.  It was a smaller group of the media this year than last year.  That was one of the first things Andrews commented on was the lack of beat writers and a sign of the times with print media.

Edit: Thanks for checking out the site, this was a rough draft of everything covered.  If you would like to listen to the entire state of the league address you can download it here:

Listen Part 1: MP3 // Listen Part 2: MP3

I’ll run down just about every topic covered, starting with a few things that could directly impact Amerks fans.

– There are no plans right now to move Rochester to the East.  That could obviously change if a new team comes into the league and depending where they are but as of right now the layout of teams next year will be the same as this year.

– There will not be a reduction [...]Read More

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