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Gameday 11-10-2008: Another Shot At the Moose

November 10, 2008 - By

Karl Stewart is out on the ice taking some shots today.  Not game ready though…he is in his warmup pants.  I expect him to be ready for Friday’s game.  But, that’s just me.

Jack Birch is here watching the team.  I sure hope he doesn’t think because we played one good game on Saturday that we are fine and just need more time to work on our problems.  Come on Jack…it’s overhaul time.  Instead of watching practice, why don’t you get on the phone and make some calls right now.  Everyone’s agents are working by 10 a.m.

Riley Emmerson continues to impress me with his work ethic.  You can tell he doesn’t just want to sit there and be a goon.  He is working hard to get himself onto the 4th line and get some ice time.  We saw him getting more ice time on Saturday and he didn’t screw up royally.  We asked Benoit Groulx about Emmerson getting more ice time, of course he stated the obvious that it depends how the game itself is going.  ”His role is to have a presence, but as he improves his skating and continues to check more he’ll earn chances [...]Read More

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Amerks Picked up the Towel, Win 3-2

November 9, 2008 - By

The Rochester Americans won only their second game of the season tonight beating the Houston Aeros by the final score of 3-2.  The combined five goals were all scored in the third period.  The Amerks had a three goal lead with less than three minutes remaining in the game.  It got close towards the end, but they held on.

The team did everything they were supposed to tonight.  Big saves from goaltender Chris Beckford-Tseu.  A solid defensive game.  A hard hitting game.  Also a very responsible game when it came to penalties.

All three goals were scored by those expected to score goals.  Stefan Meyer scored his first of the season.  Kenndal McArdle scored his third of the season.  Rookie Shawn Matthias also scored his third of the season, and second in two nights.  He went fast into the Aeros end and continued through to the net until the puck was in the net.

After apparently throwing in the towel on Friday night, it was picked up after all of the church groups left the arena sometime after midnight on Friday.

It was an exciting game of hockey.  Feels awesome to say that!!  It was also [...]Read More

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Gameday in Rochester vs. Manitoba Moose 11-07-2008

November 7, 2008 - By

Another home game in Rochester tonight.  The Amerks will take on the Manitoba Moose for the 3rd time this season.  In their first two meetings in Manitoba, the Moose won both games 3-1 and 4-1.  I would be hard pressed to find a person who doesn’t think this is going to happen again tonight.  But, you know me…Little Miss Sunshine.  I think the Amerks will get two points tonight.

I don’t know why I keep putting faith in these guys.  I think it has to do with my son loving them just as much as I do unconditionally.  It makes me think the same way.  But, I digress.

Lines for tonight look like this:

Meyer – Sprukts – Mikflikier
McArdle – Larman – Glass
Duco – Matthias – Repik
Emmerson – Brine – Collins/Calla

Henry – O’Brien
Caruso – Ellerby
Fitzpatrick – Garrison
-Aston (scratched) - Beaverson (scratched)
-MacDonald (scratched)

Tyler Plante
-Chris Beckford-Tseu

 

With Jordan Henry making his return tonight, he better show us that he is worth the roster spot.  At the end of last season, he was finally coming into his own and giving the other [...]Read More

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Practice 11-06-08: Have we hit rock bottom yet?

November 6, 2008 - By

It’s another day and another practice here at the ever so clean Blue Cross Arena.  It really is a clean arena, the cleaning crews either do a great job, or when you only have 1,000 people at a 10,000 seat venue it’s going to be an easy cleaning job.  Oh yea, the players are on the ice..

Janis Sprukts is finally back on the ice and was with the team the entire practice.

Jordan Henry has been cleared to play.  Towards the end of last season he was throwing bodies all over the ice playing a physical style of defense.  Let’s hope he can get on the ice this weekend and stop some pucks.

We have only won one out of ten games and are in last place in the league.  We’ve been outscored 48-21 in those ten games.  Our goalies are ranked #51 and #52 out of 52 goalies in the league.  The team points leader, Tanner Glass (3G, 3A), is ranked 119th in the league.  I’m not even going to bother looking up where the power play and penalty kill are ranked, what’s the point.

Last season around this time the Amerks had a four game [...]Read More

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Amerks' Practice 11-03-2008: Back To The Grind

November 3, 2008 - By

Jody Gage was just on the bench talking first to Jacob Micflikier and then to Andrew Sweetland.  I don’t know what that was about, but if they are going to send Micflikier away it would be a crying shame.  He is a bright spot on this team.  Andrew Sweetland I often forget exists, so if he is going to the ECHL or something, I wouldn’t be surprised.

Jordan Henry is out with the team for a full practice today.  He is expected to return to the ice for Friday’s game if he makes the lineup.  Personally, I would like to see more of Luke Beaverson on the ice.

Janis Sprukts is also on the ice today.  He is wearing a red jersey though, so he is probably not playing full contact just yet.  It will be good to have him back on the ice for games though.  Although some fans don’t think he has been living up to his signing yet, he is a player who can calm things down when they are getting a bit out of hand.  And he was gelling well with Matthias and Repik before his injury.  Well, that was a quick practice for [...]Read More

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Amerks' Tuesday Practice; Meyer Returns

October 21, 2008 - By

There is a new face on the ice today.  That face stands about a full head above all the other players.  Looks like the Amerks are making good with their promise to get us a guy who can plow through goons like Mirasty (Syracuse Crunch) with one fluid punch.  This beast’s name is Riley Emmerson.  He stands at 6’8″ and weighs in at 248 lbs.  He was the tallest player drafted in the 2005 entry draft.
He was assigned to the Florida Everblades this seaon by the Minnesota Wild.

Like posted yesterday, Curt Styres didn’t just want a guy who can just drop the gloves.  Any team that looked on the Amerks’ bench during a game would have to notice Emmerson and bemore careful about the moves they make on the ice, knowing there is someone there who is going to protect his teammates.

Check a few of Riley’s fights out in some YouTube videos.

The very first thing I got to see when I sat down in my seat to watch practice today was Stefan Meyer getting on the ice.  It’s pretty exciting to see him out there…like a missing puzzle piece returning [...]Read More

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Collect Amerk Player Photo's

October 21, 2008 - By

If you were able to attend the Amerks fun fest you were able to collect glossy phoot’s from each of the players.  For anyone who’s into collecting autographs and memorabilia these are excellent.  Every player has a signature pad that is a stack of the glossy photo’s of themselves that they can easily autograph and hand out to fans.

Even though the team is still struggling on the ice, things like this are one of those new items available to make it all a better “fan experience.”  The best experience comes from winning games, but we’re trying not to overlook the other improvements that are around this season as well.

Hopefully the team will be able to get trading cards made in time this season as well.

I’d expect that players will have them available as they make appearances throughout the season.  Check back to the site often and we’ll keep you updated on those appearances!

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Amerks Lose Home Opener to Crunch

October 11, 2008 - By

It may sound like a familiar story, the Rochester Americans lose to the Syracuse Crunch, but what sets this one apart from last season is that the team put in a solid effort.  The Crunch had a few lucky bounces, and the Amerks appeared to have scored a goal but the light never went on.  The final score was 4-3.

Maybe someone can help out on that one.  I believe it was in the second period, a shot appeared to have went into the net and bounced right back out.  The goal light did not go on, and very few people seemed to have noticed.

The team put in a solid effort, never gave up.  There was one point in the second period where it seemed like the game was going south, but they picked up the slack.  The guys did well against a more talented and faster Crunch.  The team is still new (7 rookies, 2 second year players among 18 players), once they get a few games together and have more game play experience we’ll hope for better results.

It was impressive seeing Benoit Groulx and Jason Cipolla working hard behind the bench.  Benoit was constantly [...]Read More

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