Posts Tagged ‘Ross Yates’

Crunch Talk Trash, Salak Has the Last Laugh

November 29, 2009 - By

Alexander Salak picked up his 14th win of the season Sunday afternoon in Syracuse and in doing so he made some new friends.  I’m sure there are a lot of goalies that are vocal, Martin Biron being the most popular, but Alexander Salak is making a name for himself with every game that he plays.

Below is a recap of an incident that happened during the game along with the Crunch trash talking to the media about the Amerks.  The Amerks ultimately have the last laugh.  They’ve won all six games against the Crunch this season outscoring them 26-12.  Four of those 12 goals were scored in Sundays game.

Bates Battaglia tipped a shot at 10:10 of the second period on a power play that was a disputed goal.  Referee Jean Hebert waived it off as no goal but the goal judge flicked on the light indicating that it was.

Alexander Salak says that the puck went from post to post never crossing the goal line.

The play went on and as it ended Hebert reviewed the call with the goal judge and indicated that yes it was a goal.  That was the first goal of [...]Read More

Amerks Sign Bonneau, MacIntyre to Rochester, Harvey Suspended

November 10, 2009 - By

This morning I wrote about the Amerks making the right decision bringing Jimmy Bonneau back into the lineup and around the same time they must have been preparing his contract.  Bonneau had signed a 25 game PTO (Professional Tryout) back on October 15th and has worked hard ever since.  I had been waiting for Bonneau to get a comment for a story I’m working on but he was taking a while, so I decided to leave.  That will teach me for not being patient.

Bonneau has played in eight games for the Amerks and has scored one goal and tallied 54 penalty minutes.  He’s a tough fighter and also skates his heart out.  He gets more ice time than most enforcers which shows that the coach trusts him out on the ice.

The Florida Panthers also claimed Steve MacIntyre off of waivers today from the Edmonton Oilers.  MacIntyre had been signed in the summer of 2008 with the expectation he would play in Rochester.  He arrived at Amerks training camp, skated for a few minutes and then learned he was claimed by the Oilers.  Ever since then the Panthers have said that “Big Mac” was on [...]Read More