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Amerks Comeback Takes the Bears to the Shootout; Successful Weekend

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January 9, 2012 - By
Amerks Comeback Takes the Bears to the Shootout; Successful Weekend

The Amerks loss to the Hershey Bears can be looked at a few ways but the best way to look at it is that this team has a lot of heart, character and a never say die attitude that’s awesome to watch.  After two periods the Bears were winning the game and had a 36-9 advantage in shots, they had a 15-3 advantage after the first period.  The game appeared to be a game of kids amongst men but it was still only 2-0 after 40 minutes with plenty of time for the Amerks to make it a game.  They did just that 15 seconds into the third period and then tied it up with 61 seconds left on the scoreboard to send the game into overtime and the eventual shootout.

(photo courtesy of Sweetest Hockey on Earth, a Hershey Bears site similar to this one)

It was a successful weekend for the Amerks picking up four out of a possible six points in the standings.  They lost in the shootout on Friday against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and defeated the Binghamton Senators on Saturday.  I’ve often said not so nice things about the quality of video that you get [...]Read More

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MicFlikier Hat Trick and At the AHL All-Star Game

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January 17, 2010 - By

It only took us five states and 643 miles to arrive in Portland, ME for the AHL All-Star Classic and it will be well worth it.  You probably ask, why five states?  On the way we took a detour to Providence to see the Providence Bruins take on the Albany River Rats for a 4pm game.  The purpose of the trip was to watch former Amerks Drew Larman and Jacob MicFlikier play against each other.

(Scroll down for AHL All-Star Info….)

Jacob MicFlikier led the Albany River Rats to a 4-1 win on the road by scoring a hat trick in the game.  MicFlikier has come a long way since last season and is a real asset to the River Rats.  His second goal of the game was hard work as he went hard to the net and caused Bruins goalie Kevan Regan to lose the puck.  After the puck bounced free to another Bruins played MicFlikier went back to the front of the net and was able to tip in the goal.  He’s worked hard for every point and is likely staying with Albany for the rest of the season.  I’m sure the Florida Everblades [...]Read More

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Amerks Sign Ernie Hartlieb to a PTO

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November 7, 2009 - By

The Amerks are bringing in another body for tonights game against the Toronto Marlies.  The team has brought in Ernie Hartlieb to fill in for a now injured Luke Beaverson.  With Taffe, Repik, Oreskovich and McArdle still with the Panthers they had no one else in Rochester.

Beaverson was injured Friday night when Kevin Harvey “finished his check” with an elbow that took Beaverson out of the game.  There’s no timeframe at this time for his return.

Ernie Hartlieb has scored three goals and two assists in 11 games for the Florida Everblades this season.  Last season he had 21 goals and 33 assists in 70 games with the Everblades.  The 6’2″ veteran player has played in a total of 131 AHL games split between Grand Rapids and Worcester.  He has played nine seasons of professional hockey, most of which has been spent with in the ECHL.

He’s a bigger player and is a veteran, someone that fits the profile of players that Amerks like this year.

It’s interesting to note, but not unexpected that Dan Collins was passed over.  Anyone who has read this site often will know that I’ve rarely had anything good to [...]Read More

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What happened to some of last years Amerks?

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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 Summer News Stories, Getting Caught Up

August 12, 2009 - By

It has been a busy summer for the Rochester Americans with a lot of great news and a couple of stories that have generated some bad press.  Looking at the bigger picture it has been a positive summer.  Here’s the start of “round up” type posts I’ll be doing once the season gets started.  There’s always a lot of news but not always enough to make an individual post for.  They’re also a great way for people to get caught up that may not read this site or the news all that often.

Here’s what has happened so far this summer:

** Training camp for the Amerks has not even been announced yet but the doesn’t mean some Amerks aren’t back on the ice already.  The Rochester Americans Summer Hockey Camps are underway at ESL being led by Amerks assistant coach Jason Cipolla.  It’s great to see so many kids sporting the Amerks logo playing hockey, a sign that the season is close.

** Matt Duffy is still an unsigned draft pick of the Florida Panthers.  He was drafted in the fourth round and #104 overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.  When his season ended with the University of [...]Read More

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Florida Everblades Eliminated

May 6, 2009 - By

The Florida Everblades were eliminated in six games against the South Carolina Stingrays in the 2nd round of the ECHL playoffs on Tuesday night.  The Blades were down 3-1 with the third period winding down when they were able to send the game into overtime by scoring two goals in the final minute and a half of regulation to tie it at 3.  That’s all the team seemed to have in them as they went on to lose in overtime.

A disappointing loss for the Blades.  They finished the regular season as the top team in the ECHL.  They were picked No. 1 in the Hockey News ECHL poll, heralded by opposing coaches and players alike as “the best team in the league.”

Here’s a great writeup with more info about the loss by Angela Busch of the Naples Daily News.  A season synopsis was also posted on Wednesday with more info.

Jacob Micflikier only played in the first game of the series before injuring his ankle again during a following practice.

Mike Brodeur had been presented the opportunity to play for the Everblades but turned it down.  On one hand I understand where he’s coming from, but [...]Read More

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Amerks Influence on Everblades Advancing

April 22, 2009 - By

(Rochester, April 22)… The Florida Everblades are through the first round of the 2009 ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs and they did it with the help of seven players who spent time in the American Hockey League with the Rochester Americans this season.

Forwards Ross Carlson, Jacob Micflikier, Andrew Sweetland, Mathieu Roy, Kevin Baker and defensemen Doug O’Brien and Matt Duffy helped the Everblades to a 4-1 series win over the Gwinnett Gladiators in the best of-seven South Division semifinals. Florida will now meet the South Carolina Stingrays in the division finals, beginning on Friday, April 24th as the top-seeded Everblades host the Stingrays in Estero, Florida for back-to-back contests.

Carlson, who appeared in three games with the Amerks this season, leads Florida with four goals this postseason, while his five points overall are third best on the team. The Duluth, Minnesota, native made his Amerks debut on January 30th at Grand Rapids and was the lone scorer in the 3-2 shootout win. The following night, Carlson posted a two-point performance (1+1) against the Griffins, which included his first goal as an Amerk. He finished the regular season with 36 points (14+22) in 52 games with the Everblades.

Micflikier, who recently [...]Read More

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Amerks vs Crunch; Final Weekend of Season

April 9, 2009 - By

The Syracuse Crunch and Rochester Americans face off on Friday and Saturday night in the final weekend of the regular season in the American Hockey League.  The games have a lot more meaning for the Syracuse Crunch who are in a battle with the Toronto for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Western Division.  Two wins by the Amerks would be a great way to end a horrible season by knocking out their biggest rival in the league.

The chances of a good fight in one of these final two games isn’t very likely.  The Crunch are on a mission to make the playoffs.  The Amerks want to play the role of spoiler and also reach 30 wins on the season.  If the Amerks get a good lead going in either of the games it’s the only way anything could possibly happen.

These two games could possibly be the best two games of the season played between the two teams.

This could very well be the last weekend in an Amerks uniform for players like Drew Larman, Stefan Meyer, David Shantz, Randall Gelech, Jacob Micflikier, and Riley Emmerson.

The only player I could possibly see coming back is [...]Read More

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Amerks Officially Assign Micflikier to Everblades

March 31, 2009 - By

We mentioned it here first on Sunday night and it was officially announced today that the Amerks have assigned Jacob Micflikier to the Florida Everblades.  We hope he takes the opportunity to lead the Blades to the Kelly Cup to help guarantee himself a contract next season.

For Immediate Release

March 31, 2009

AMERKS ASSIGN MICFLIKIER TO FLORIDA EVERBLADES

(Rochester, NY)… Rochester Americans General Manager Jody Gage announced today that team has assigned forward Jacob Micflikier to the Florida Everblades of the ECHL.

Micflikier, 24, rejoins the Everblades where he registered 21 points (9+12) along with 13 penalty minutes (PIM) in eight games earlier this season. In 39 American Hockey League contests this season with the Amerks, the 5-foot-8, 180-pound forward has recorded four goals and 12 assists for 16 points. In 56 career AHL games with Springfield and Rochester, the Winnipeg, Manitoba native has amassed 25 points (8+17) and 16 PIM.

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Jacob Micflikier to Join Florida Everblades

March 29, 2009 - By

Jacob Micflikier is going to be joining the Florida Everblades of the ECHL in their playoff push for The Kelly Cup.  Micflikier has been out of action since February 20th (17 games) when he suffered an ankle injury.  Prior to that he missed nine games in January with a broken foot.  In 39 games with the Rochester Americans this season Micflikier has scored 4 goals and 12 assists for 16 points.

Micflikier is looked upon as an offensive threat for the Blades, in eight games played this season for them he has scored nine goals and 12 assists for 21 points.

When he’ll be joining the Blades we don’t know.  He’s still in Rochester and has been practicing recently with the team.

The Everblades open their first round of playoff action on April 10 and 11th.

I wrote on March 23rd in an injury update Jacob Micflikier was expected back within two and a half weeks, which would have him playing in the final three games of the Amerks season.

It’s not likely that he’ll stick around with the second worst team in the AHL instead of joining the number one team in the ECHL.  Chances are we’ve seen [...]Read More

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Tanner Glass and Jacob Micflikier Injury Updates

March 23, 2009 - By

Tanner Glass and Jacob Micflikier have both been on the injured list and both players are still at least two and a half weeks away from being ready to play.  Tanner Glass is recovering from shoulder surgery, and Jacob Micflikier is still recovering from a sprained ankle.  After the Amerks 2-1 win against the Syracuse Crunch on Sunday night head coach Benoit Groulx commented about the time frame for their return.  They have been on the ice participating in practices, but not in game shape.

Assuming they’re ahead of schedule, if they are to see any action it would be in the last week of the season.

Tanner Glass has only played in 44 games this season but is still 4th on the team in penalty minutes with 100 for the season.  He has four goals and nine assists during that time as well.  We may have been harsh on Tanner earlier in the season, but take all that back now that we know he was playing injured for most of it.

In the 39 games that Jacob Micflikier has played in he has four goals and 12 assists.  He’s a small player, but he’s great with the puck and [...]Read More

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Amerks Injury Update

March 17, 2009 - By

Even with the warm weather outside it was freezing cold as usual inside of the ESL Centre in Henrietta this morning where both the Amerks and Manitoba Moose practiced in preparation for Wednesday nights game.

The Amerks are hoping to end a six game skid against the Moose, a team they’ve been beaten twice and taken into a shootout another time.

The three short handed goals scored on Sunday night tied an AHL season high with none other than the Hamilton Bulldogs who scored three short handed goals against us earlier in the season.  The AHL record for short handed goals in one game is four.

Janis Sprukts was back on the ice for a full practice, he said that he’s expecting to play on Friday night in Syracuse.

Jacob Micflikier also participated in the full practice and kept up with everyone else.  He’s not playing Wednesday and is questionable for the weekend.

Shawn Matthias will be back on the ice tomorrow night after being out for a few games with a wrist injury.

Kyle Hagel is finally out of his sling.  It appeared as if he was going to practice but ran out of time.

And finally, the only [...]Read More

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