Noah Welch left the game tonight with all of his sticks and equipment in tow. He has finished his conditioning stint in Rochester and will be leaving now back to Sunrise, Florida.
Noah played in all seven games since being assigned to Rochester. He had 3 assists while here. We will miss him at practices…he really brought some of the defensemen along to where they needed to be.
This only further proves that the Amerks need to sign another veteran defenseman who can really help the kids.
The Peoria Rivermen are in town today to play the Amerks at Blue Cross Arena, game time is 7:35pm. The Amerks are 3-3-1 in their past seven games making for the best stretch of the season so far. They’ve already tallied more points and wins this December compared to last years dreadful month. Tonight will mark the teams third game in four nights with games on Saturday (in Cleveland against Lake Erie) and Sunday (home against Syracuse Crunch).
The Rivermen will be just as tired, they are on a similar four games in a five night stretch and also on a hot streak as well. They are 4-1 in their past five following a win in Hamilton last night.
Mike Brodeur will be getting the start again tonight for his fourth consecutive start. He is 2-1 with a 1.31 goals-against average and .953 save percentage.
With Tanner Glass on recall to the Panthers, Michael Caruso was named the teams alternate captain in Texas. Caruso has played in all 25 games so far this season and only has one goal and one assist.
“Michael has been one of our top defensemen the last seven or eight games,” Groulx said. [...]Read More
The team had a short practice this morning as they prepared to take on the Iowa Chops tonight at Blue Cross Arena. The Amerks are coming off of their most successful three days of the season last weekend when they collected two points beating the Lake Erie Monsters and gained another point in a loss to the Toronto Marlies in a shootout.
Jacob Micflikier is back after he was sent down to the Florida Everblades on November 22nd. Micflikier has six points (1+5) in 13 games with the Rochester and 21 points (9+12) in just eight games with the Everblades. Hopefully his burst of points with the Everblades continues up here.
The Amerks also signed goaltender Mike Brodeur to a 25-game Professional Tryout (PTO). The 25-year-old netminder appeared in eight games with Augusta Lynx of the ECHL to start the season, posting a 2-4-1 record with a 3.02 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage. His record does not seem that great, but he’s considered a great player who was on a really bad team. Jack Birch said that he played very well in the games he was able to see him in, which [...]Read More
Florida Panthers defenseman Noah Welch was assigned to the Amerks for two weeks of conditioning. Welch has only played in 14 games for the Panthers this season during which he recorded one goal and one assist.
Welch played in only four games during the 07/08 season due to a shoulder injury he suffered last October that kept him sidelined due to injury.
Having Welch should help a struggling defense. While it’s talked about over and over about the team needing a goal scorer, I think solidifying the defense would be a better way to start. Our team is full of players that should be scoring goals but aren’t, maybe this is also an experiment to see if investing in the defense will be a turning point.
Welch is expected to play against the Iowa Chops on Friday night.
A player can take a two week conditioning trip to the AHL without having to clear waivers as long as the player agrees to it, and if questioned the team can prove he needs it.
