Tag:Oklahoma City Barons
2011-2012 The Hockey News AHL Predictions vs End of Season Standings
At the start of every season most publications try and predict the season ending standings, something I would never want the task of doing. Â I decided to take a look back at the The Hockey News predictions for the 2011/2012 season compared to the final standings and for the most part they were way off. …
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Amerks Using a Mulligan after 5-2 Loss to the Barons, Try Again Friday
The Rochester Americans weren’t very good on Thursday night and it showed on the scoreboard with the Oklahoma City Barons easily skating away with a 5-2 win. Â The team will use a mulligan and forget the game ever happened and move on to the rematch on Friday night on the same ice surface. Â I’ll continue …
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Taylor Chorney Hit on Amerks Evan Rankin
During the December 27th game between the Rochester Americans and Oklahoma City Barons the hit in the video below took Evan Rankin out of the game and he did not return. Â He had to be helped to the ice by the trainer and missed the game the next night on December 28th. Â I may be …
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Amerks Shootout Win Extends Streak to Four Games; Adversity is No Problem
(Update: Added shootout video and Travis Turnbull incident) This Rochester Americans team is supposed to lack goal scoring. Â It’s supposed to be missing a couple of players as veteran leadership. Â It’s supposed to lack depth. Â It’s also supposed to be torn apart by all of the injuries and call ups but the players put everything …
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Amerks Extend Win Streak to Three; Rankin Down; Back at it Tonight
The Amerks travelled to to play a two game set against the Oklahoma City Barons and they came out on top of the first game with a 4-3 win in overtime. Â The team was up 2-1 before the Barons scored two goals in 56 seconds and then Paul Szczechura scored halfway through the third to …
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Other Blogs Covering AHL Teams
Without anything Rochester Americans related to write about this morning I thought I’d take a minute to share some links to other blogs out in cyberspace covering AHL teams, much like I cover the Amerks here. We’re all unique in how we cover our teams but all hold one thing in common, being passionate about the …
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The Hockey News Ranks Amerks to be 4th in the West
The Hockey News has published it’s preview of the American Hockey League’s 2011/2012 season and the Rochester Americans are ranked 4th in the West and based on those predictions would win the North Division. Â The rankings were put together by the D&C’s Kevin Oklobzija. Thanks to Admirals Roundtable for the rankings. Â Looking back at the …
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Oklahoma City Barons are the Newest AHL Team
The American Hockey League officially welcomed it’s newest team into the league today with the announcement of the Oklahoma City Barons. The Barons will be the affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers who in recent years have had their prospects playing for the Springfield Falcons. The Barons will likely join the West Division along with the …
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