The big news of the day on Tuesday was that the Amerks hired Ted Nolan as the new VP of Hockey Operations. I had the chance to talk to Rochester Americans Owner Curt Styres about a few other things that I felt were newsworthy.
The team did formally submit a bid for the 2011 AHL All Star Classic to be hosted in Rochester, something I first mentioned January 28th. Styres was not sure if any other teams had put in a bid for the game. The game in 2011 will be the 75th Anniversary of the league so American Hockey League President David Andrews had hinted that he was hoping to have the game be in either Hershey or Rochester. Styres said that at a recent Board of Governors meeting Andrews asked if anyone wanted to host the game and then looked directly at Styres.
The Rochester Americans and Syracuse Crunch will be in different divisions next season. He said that he believes the teams will be playing each other eight times, down from 12 during the 2008/2009 season.
Styres did not have any other information about divisions or schedule formats. It sounds like the schedule is pretty much [...]Read More