Tag:Shawn Matthias
Amerks vs Bulldogs Tonight; Sweetland Back to Everblades
The Amerks are on a five game losing skid and hoping to end it tonight with a win against the Hamilton Bulldogs at Blue Cross Arena. What the outcome will be around 8:30pm tonight is anyones guess. This is the final game this season between the two teams, the Amerks won the last game on …
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Amerks Face Division Rivals This Weekend
The Rochester Americans are back in action this weekend with home games on Friday against the Toronto Marlies and Sunday against the Hamilton Bulldogs. On Saturday they travel to Syracuse to take on the Crunch. Following this weekend the Amerks will only have 12 games remaining. One bright spot looking towards this weekend is the …
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Amerks Announce Clear Day Roster
On Thursday afternoon the Rochester Americans announce their 22 man clear day roster for the remainder of the 08/09 regular season. It’s yet another sign that the season is quickly coming to a close. It’s sad that hockey season is winding down, but exciting to REALLY start looking forward to next season. That’s a whole …
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Coming From Behind, Amerks Last Week of February in Review
We have a lot to catch up on with the Rochester Americans over the past week so we’re going to get everyone up to speed in one post, in case you have not been paying attention. We spent our week improving the offices of Lets Go Amerks and a night out at the Cystic Fibrosis …
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Amerks Defeat Marlies for Second Win of Weekend
The Rochester Americans won their second game of the weekend as they defeated the Toronto Marlies by the final score of 3-1 in Toronto on Saturday afternoon. The same two teams will be playing again on Sunday at 6:05pm in Rochester at Blue Cross Arena. It’s a “Red Hot Sunday” where anyone wearing red can …
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IceHogs Stop Amerks Comeback
The Rochester Americans entered their fourth road game in five nights on Saturday when they lost to the Rockford IceHogs by the final score of 4-3. The Amerks started a comeback in the second period when they were down 3-0 but were unable to get the go ahead goal before Rockford did. The common denominator …
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Janis Sprukts Returns and Amerks Defeat Wolves
The Rochester Americans have started out a five game road trip with their second straight win, tonight coming against the Chicago Wolves with a 4-3 victory. Janis Sprukts didn’t fly in to Chicago until around 2:30pm and from there he still had to get to the arena for the game. One would think flying half …
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Tyler Plante Leads Amerks Out of Last Place
The Rochester Americans have finally gotten themselves out of last place in the American Hockey League led by Tyler Plante with a 4-1 win on Tuesday night on the road against the Iowa Chops. The game was further evidence of a Jekyll and Hyde type of team that the Amerks have become. The Amerks played …
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Keaton Ellerby Assists on Rampage Game Winning Goal
The Rochester Americans finally had the chance to climb out of last place in the league on Sunday, but they failed in a 2-1 loss against the San Antonio Rampage. The Amerks are only trailing the 28th place Springfield Falcons by one point in the standings. The Falcons lost earlier in the day against the …
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Happy New Year, Matthias is Back!
The Florida Panthers sent Shawn Matthias back to Rochester after one game in Long Island against the Islanders. He should either be with the team as they travel to Winnepeg, or will be meeting them there. Matthias was on the ice for ten shifts that totalled an amazing 4 minutes and 14 seconds of ice …
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Shawn Matthias Back With Panthers
Apparently someone read my post about practice this morning and the extra work Matthias was putting in because he boarded a plane to meetup with the Panthers in Long Island. The Panthers are light on center due to injuries and called him back to the show. Matthias is probably hoping to get out of Rochester …
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Tuesday Morning Practice; Injury Updates, Still No Contract
It was a cold morning at the ESL Sports Centre in Henrietta for practice this morning.. amazing how much I’ve taken it for granted sitting in warm comfortable seats at Blue Cross Arena instead of metal benches. Practice was practice, what else can really be said about the team going through the motions and drills. …
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