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New Goalie Helmet for Tyler Plante

December 19, 2007 - By

Goaltender Tyler Plante recently had his helmet painted and is quite possibly the most amusing of any professional goalie.  While many goalies go for art work featuring details about the team and city they play in, Tyler dedicated his helmet to “the funniest man alive,” and two of his favorite movies, Blades of Glory and Talladega Nights.

The helmet was painted by professional Dan Lessard who has painted a lot of goalie masks, check out his web site to see more of his work.

Tylers favorite quote is, “if you ain’t, first you’re last.”  He said he hasn’t quoted Will Ferrell at all during games, but we encourage him to do so.

Tyler Plante is a prospect of the Florida Panthers who is currently playing in the ECHL for the Florida Everblades.  He played one game this season for the Amerks, but we’re expecting to see more of him in Rochester before the end of the season.

Edit 4/10/2009: This has become the most popular post on this site and written at a time when we were still new to all of this. Not much meat to the story, but the pictures speak for themselves.

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Amerks Split The Weekend

December 1, 2007 - By

The Rochester Americans ended the weekend with a win on Friday against the Manchester Monarchs and a loss against the Providence Bruins on Saturday.

On Friday night they beat the Monarchs by the score of 3-1, Mark Mancari had two goals and one assist, and Drew Larman in his first game back from an injury had a goal and an assist.

Tonight they lost 5-1 with Stefan Meyer scoring the lone goal for the Amerks at 6:27 in the third period on a power play with assists from Mancari and Zagrapan.  The five goals scored by the Providence Bruins came in the second period.  The Amerks were also outshot 35-22.

The Amerks return home next Friday to play against the Toronto Marlies and on Sunday against the Binghamton Senators.

Also, this week you can go to the Original Charbroil House on Thursday December 6th at 6:30pm to see Dylan Hunter and Patrick Kaleta.  They will mingel and sign autographs for about an hour.

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MacArthur Back, Stewart to Florida

December 1, 2007 - By

With Adam Mair back in the Buffalo Sabres’ lineup tonight, Clarke MacArthur has been reassigned to Rochester.  Anthony Stewart was called up to the Florida Panthers today.

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A Night Out With The Amerks

November 30, 2007 - By

Monday night was the Rochester American’s Booster Club’s annual Meet the Players Dinner.  It was a great chance for fans to get to know their home team and have a nice night out.

The dinner took place at the Lodge on the Green Party House and was set up nicely with a cocktail hour, dinner, meet and greet and dancing with the players.  The dollar dance was used to raise money for the Booster Club’s Christmas Family.

During the dinner every table had one or two players sitting with the fans, chatting it up.  It was nice to get to know a player better.  I had the pleasure of sitting with Mark Mancari and his girlfriend.  It was great to be able to ask him what his favorite hockey team was growing up (even if it broke my heart when he said the Toronto Maple Leafs) and see how he likes Rochester (he is a big fan of Wegmans).

After dinner, everyone received a nice team picture taken at a practice this year.  There was a meet and greet where all the players signed the team picture and talked with everyone at the dinner some more.

The Booster Club raised a good amount [...]Read More

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Golisano Doubts The 29-year Marriage Can Be Saved

November 28, 2007 - By

“I think it may be too late,” Golisano said on Tuesday afternoon, following his speech to the Rochester branch of the American Marketing Association at the Riverside Convention Center.

A lot can be said regarding the relationship the Rochester Americans and Buffalo Sabres have had in recent years, but we also wonder a lot about what is going on with the current financial situation of the Rochester Americans.

The Buffalo Sabres have shown interest in buying the Amerks and then signing a contract with the city of Rochester to manage Blue Cross Arena, yet Steve Donner has not shown interest in selling the team.  Steve Donner has reported though that he has two potential investors that are interested in purchasing a stake in the Amerks.

A number of questions have been raised that we are yet to have any answers for.

If the Sabres doubt the 29-year marriage between the two teams can be saved, who would the Sabres obtain an affiliation with?

The Florida Panthers have reportedly been looking into establishing an affiliation elsewhere, but with the Sabres out of the picture would the Panthers remain solely with the Amerks?

If neither the Sabres nor Panthers are interested in staying [...]Read More

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Amerks Beat Monsters 3-2

November 24, 2007 - By

Last night the Rochester Americans held on to beat the Lake Erie Monsters 3-2.  This was the first time the Amerks ever played the new affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche.

Within the first 20 seconds of the game, the Americans lost a defenseman for the game.  Mike Card took a hard check on the boards and may have sustained a concussion.  He had a hard time getting off the ice himself but seemed ok after the game.

The Amerks got on the board first when Anthony Stewart put one away at 9:00.  The goal was assisted by Mancari (15) and Weber (6).  The Amerks were then on the penalty kill for four minutes.  Patrick Kaleta took two consecutive penalties (Holding at 13:55 and Goaltender Interference at 16:17).  The Amerks were able to hold off the Monsters and left the period with a 1-0 lead.

Coming into the second period, the Americans were not going to allow the same mistakes to happen two nights in a row.  When Codey Burki of the Monsters went to the penalty box for interference at 1:50, the Amerks took advantage.  Dylan Hunter netted his 7th goal of the season at 3:16.  The goal was assisted by [...]Read More

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Binghamton Senators win 5-4

October 28, 2007 - By

The Rochester Americans fought a tough battle tonight against the Binghamton Senators, but had too little too late in the 5-4 loss at Blue Cross Arena.

Clark MacArthur returned to the lineup after missing Saturday nights game against the Syracuse Crunch and made his mark with a goal and two assists.

Before the game in an interview with Don Stevens, Randy Cunneyworth stated the the word “inconsistent” is what can sum up this team so far this season, which was apparent during tonights game.  While we got ‘crunched’ on Saturday night, we played a much better game tonight.

At 5:31 of the first period, after Bobby Robins, newcomer to the Amerks, layed out Greg Amadio of the Senators, they dropped there gloves and helmets and squared off to entertain the crowd with a quick fight.

Marc-Andre Gragnani assisted on the first goal of the game as he fed a great pass from behind the net to David Brine who slid the puck into the net.  Brian Lee tied the score at 1-1 a couple minutes later with a power play goal on what was basically a carbon copy of Brines goal.

Dan Collins of the Americans committed a lousy turnover as he was working on [...]Read More

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Everblades Receive Nasby, Tuma From Panthers

October 3, 2007 - By

October 2, 2007 ESTERO, Fla. – The Florida Everblades announced that the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League have reassigned defensemen Martin Tuma and Bret Nasby to the club.The Everblades are the ECHL affiliate of the Panthers and the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL and the Rochester Americans and the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League.

Selected in the fifth round (162nd overall) by Florida in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft and under NHL contract to the Panthers, the 22-year-old Tuma had nine assists and 77 penalty minutes in 32 regular season games and six penalty minutes in three Kelly Cup Playoff games for the Everblades in 2006-07 while also playing in the AHL where he had 33 penalty minutes in 23 regular season games and appeared in one playoff game for Rochester.

Selected in the fifth round (152nd overall) by Florida in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft and under NHL contract to the Panthers, the 21-year-old Nasby had four points (1g-3a) and 19 penalty minutes in 31 games for the Everblades.

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