The Amerks lost to the Syracuse Crunch tonight 5-2 in their first preseason game.

Everyone knew they could look forward to a few fights tonight and I’m sure a lot of people wanted to see (or hear about) Ryan James Hand take on Jon “Nasty” Mirasty.  But, who was ready for the four fights that took place?  After last season, one fight would have been a treat.

Hand of course dropped the gloves first, only 3:19 into the game.  But, it wasn’t with Mirasty.  It was with Mike Sgroi who is a real heavyweight.  This bodes well for Hand showing he isn’t afraid to take on people a bit bigger than himself.

Hand never did get to take on Mirasty.  In fact, Mirasty didn’t fight anyone tonight.  Ryan didn’t mind though saying, “I’m not really upset [about not fighting Mirasty], I have a lot of respect for him.  I’ll get my chance.”

The second fight of the game was between James DeLory of the Amerks and Trevor Hendrikx of the Crunch.  Kevin O said this one was pretty much another draw.

The third and fourth fights involved Neil Clark who played for the Grand Rapids Griffins last season.  First he tossed down [...]Read More