Tag:Shawn Matthias
Tuesday Morning Practice and Other News
It’s game day in Rochester and the Amerks are on the ice for their morning skate getting warmed up. It’s an exciting day for one big reason, “the record.” That’s something that matters to just about everyone but the players and coaches. That’s something you can believe. Until it’s been mentioned to the team about …
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Amerks 10 Game Winning Streak, One of Two Styres Promised
The Rochester Americans defeated the Toronto Marlies Saturday night in front of 4,069 fans to extend their win streak to ten games, fulfilling one half of a promise by owner Curt Styres. Last season Curt Styres had promised two 10 game winning streaks during the 2008/2009 season, at the time it was an absurd statement. …
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Salak Earns his First Shutout in Amerks 7th Straight Win
10/25/2009.. Alexander Salak earned his first professional shutout and led the Rochester Americans to a 3-0 win over the goon squad known as the Syracuse Crunch. It was the Amerks seventh win in a row and also their fourth win in five nights and they’re not showing any signs of slowing down. With the win …
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Dvorak and Booth Injured for Florida
The Amerks could see a couple of players called up this week to the Panthers. The Florida Panthers just lost their game to the Philadelphia Flyers and had two players out injured by the end of the game. Radek Dvorak left the game in the second period with an “upper body injury” and did not …
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Protecting the Goalie; Gameday Amerks vs Rats
The Amerks travel to Albany tonight to try and revenge their only regular season loss of the season. The Amerks played a lousy game on October and lost 6-1 to the River Rats. I wrote after that game that the they were slow, they were rarely able to generate consistent offense, and they looked tired. …
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Amerks Special Teams Dominates the Marlies
The Rochester Americans did on Friday night what the Toronto Marlies did to them last season, dominated the game and won big. This was an exciting game to watch and a game that made me really think that this team is the real deal. The Amerks beat the Toronto Marlies 5-2 with two power play …
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Shawn Matthias Assigned to Rochester
In a somewhat surprising move today the Florida Panthers sent Shawn Matthias back to Rochester on Wednesday. All signs and reports (that I had read) out of Florida seemed to indicate he was playing well and earned a spot with the big club. The Rochester Americans have a great roster and Matthias makes it even …
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Amerks Training Camp Roster and Other Notes
The 2009/2010 season for the Rochester Americans is finally upon us. It seems as if everyone from youth hockey all the way up to the NHL has started except for the Amerks. The Amerks will open training camp on Thursday morning from 10am – Noon at the ESL Centre. The camp roster is supposed to …
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Florida Panthers Article: Optimism In Rochester
The article below appeared on the Florida Panthers site this past Sunday about the optimism surrounding the upcoming Rochester Americans season, something that has been missing in recent years. One thing that’s exciting is the interest in the Amerks that a lot of Panther fans have taken. These fans view the Rochester Americans as the …
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Sun-Sentinel: Matthias mature, on a mission
If there was one player that fans disliked the most last season in Rochester it was Center Shawn Matthias. In 61 games last season Matthias finished with 10 goals, 10 assists and a team worst -34 in the +/- column. It was expected that he was going to be an offensive force. Someone who could …
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Panthers Finish Day 1 of Rookie Camp
It was an exciting day for hockey fans on Monday as a number of teams including the Florida Panthers started their first official practices for the rookies. Here’s a couple of reports out of camp, I don’t have plans to post updates often unless something spectacular is reported out of camp so check the links. …
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Florida Panthers Rookie Camp Opens Today
The Florida Panthers open their rookie camp on this morning down in Florida at Incredible ICE, but I prefer to call it the warm up to Amerks training camp on September 24th! A number of players were in Rochester this past week prior to heading down to Florida including David Brine who tossed out the …
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