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The Hockey News Ranks Amerks to be 4th in the West

October 6, 2011 - By Keith Wozniak

The Hockey News has published it’s preview of the American Hockey League’s 2011/2012 season and the Rochester Americans are ranked 4th in the West and based on those predictions would win the North Division. The rankings were put together by the D&C’s Kevin Oklobzija.

Thanks to Admirals Roundtable for the rankings. Looking back at the 2010/2011 rankings Ryan from Admirals Roundtable wrote this:

- The Calder Cup finalists were ranked 16th and 27th overall.
- The division winners were ranked 19th, 3rd, 14th, and 18th.
- Four of their top 10 didn’t make the playoffs (Chicago, Worcester, San Antonio, Grand Rapids)

It’s that time of year where everyone makes predictions just because it’s the thing to do. Everyone knows (or should know) that a season can change in a matter of weeks due to injuries, call ups, trades and even a group of players not living up to their expectations.

Here’s the rankings:

East (first to last): Hershey Bears, W-B/Scranton Penguins, Portland Pirates, Springfield Falcons, Manchester Monarchs, Syracuse Crunch, Worcester Sharks, Connecticut Whale, Binghamton Senators, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, St John’s Icecaps, Albany Devils, Norfolk Admirals, Providence Bruins, Adirondack Phantoms

West (first to last): Charlotte Checkers, Peoria Rivermen, Chicago Wolves, [...]Read More

Tags: Abbotsford Heat ι Adirondack Phantoms ι Albany Devils ι Binghamton Senators ι Bridgeport Sound Tigers ι Charlotte Checkers ι Chicago Wolves ι Connecticut Whale ι Grand Rapids Griffins ι Hamilton Bulldogs ι Hershey Bears ι Houston Aeros ι Lake Erie Monsters ι Manchester Monarchs ι Milwakee Admirals ι Norfolk Admirals ι Oklahoma City Barons ι Peoria Rivermen ι Portland Pirates ι Providence Bruins ι Rochester Americans ι Rockford IceHogs ι San Antonio Rampage ι Springfield Falcons ι St John's Icecaps ι Syracuse Crunch ι Texas Stars ι The Hockey News ι Toronto Marlies ι W-B/Scranton Penguins ι Worcester SharksCategories: Amerks

Oklahoma City, Charlotte and Other Possible AHL Affiliation Changes

February 9, 2010 - By Keith Wozniak

The next six months are going to be for the American Hockey League with teams being sold, teams being moved, and affiliation changes taking place. This post could become confusing with all of the changes and possibilities that could take place.

One thing is for certain is that the affiliation between the Rochester Americans and Florida Panthers will last through the 2010/2011 season. Talks have not yet started about a possible extension but it was recently reported in the Democrat and Chronicle that both parties have until November 2010 to work something out.

American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews announced today that the league’s Board of Governors has approved the relocation of the AHL franchise owned by the Edmonton Oilers from Edmonton, Alta., to Oklahoma City, Okla., to begin play there in the fall of 2010.

No, there is not currently an AHL team in Edmonton. The Edmonton Oilers are one of many NHL teams that owns the rights to an AHL franchise so in a sense they are relocating what they own but has been dormant from Edmonton to Oklahoma City. The still unnamed team will play at the Cox Convention Center.

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Tags: Affiliation ι Albany River Rats ι Buffalo Sabres ι Columbus Blue Jackets ι David Andrews ι Edmonton Oilers ι Portland Pirates ι Springfield Falcons ι Syracuse CrunchCategories: Amerks

What happened to some of last years Amerks?

October 2, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

Drew Larman is currently playing with the Providence Bruins

The summer of 2009 has been an exciting one with the roster that has been built for the 2009/2010 Rochester Americans. There’ll be a lot of questions from fans getting to know some of the new players but also a lot of questions wondering about some favorites from last season.

So here’s a quick rundown of players that are no longer in the Florida Panthers or Rochester Americans organizations:

Tanner Glass – He signed a one year two way deal with the Vancouver Canucks. After a strong training camp he’s on the Canucks opening night roster. The Panthers had said they would have liked him back but were not ready to offer him a deal prior to the start of free agency.

Janis Sprukts – is currently playing for Dinamo Riga in the KHL. Sprukts was unhappy last season when he realized he had no real chance of cracking the Florida Panthers lineup. So he packed up his things and went across the pond.

Mike Brodeur – The Florida Panthers were ready to offer him a $105,000 contract to stay in the organization but Brodeur thought [...]Read More

Tags: Abbotsford Heat ι Albany River Rats ι Amerks ι Binghamton Senators ι Boston Bruins ι Calgary Flames ι David Shantz ι Drew Larman ι Florida Everblades ι Florida Panthers ι Franklin MacDonald ι Germany ι Jacob Micflikier ι Janis Sprukts ι Karl Stewart ι Latvia ι Mike Brodeur ι Ottawa Senators ι Providence Bruins ι Randall Gelech ι Riley Emmerson ι Rochester Americans ι San Antonio Rampage ι Springfield Falcons ι Stefan Meyer ι Straubing Tigers ι Tanner Glass ι Vancouver CanucksCategories: Amerks

Emmerson, Dadonov, and other AHL News

September 3, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

The Amerks are expected to release their training camp roster within a week, so until that happens we’re short on Amerks news but plenty of news from other places.

** Evgeni or Evgeny (depending on the day of the week it seems) Dadonov has officially signed his entry level contract with the Florida Panthers and it was accepted by the NHL. He hasn’t played a game yet for the organization but he’s been in the news more than anyone else.

** Riley Emmerson signed a contract with the Springfield Falcons, affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers. He improved throughout last season and earned plenty of ice time for an enforcer. He never backed down from a challenge and always put up a good fight. There’s pleny of videos of Emmersons fights in the video section of this site. The Oilers signed Steve MacIntrye last season off of waivers from the Panthers/Amerks and this season they’ve taken someone else. The Amerks had not shown any interest in Emmerson.

** 29 Teams in 29 Days is a series that Chris Rahn (a writer for Inside Hockey) just started over on his site about American Hockey League news. He has [...]Read More

Tags: AHL ι Amerks ι Edmonton Oilers ι Evgeni Dadonov ι Evgeny Dadonov ι Florida Panthers ι Howard Dolgen ι Nathan Gerbe ι Providcence Bruins ι Riley Emmerson ι Rochester Americans ι Sabres ι Springfield Falcons ι Syracuse Crunch ι Transactions ι TwitterCategories: Amerks

Amerks Jersey Ranked 2nd by The Hockey News

August 13, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

The Hockey News ranked jerseys last year based on the teams logo, this year they decided to go by patches, striping, and piping to rank the jerseys. I also need to mention colors as well.

The Amerks were ranked second for a “Classic crest with a clean look to it.” I’m not quite sure how the Milwaukee Admirals got the top spot. In a typically boring month for hockey news this is what we get.

Take the time to visit The Hockey News web site to vote for the Rochester Americans jersey as the best in the AHL – http://thehockeynews.com/pages/puck_poll.php

Two teams missing are the Texas Stars and Abbotsford Heat because the teams have not officially launched their jerseys. To view what was actually said about each jersey click here – http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/27493-.html.

Here’s the straight rankings:

1. Milwaukee Admirals
2. Rochester Americans
3. San Antonio Rampage
4. Springfield Falcons
5. Manchester Monarchs
6. Worcester Sharks
7. Norfolk Admirals
8. Bridgeport Sound Tigers
9. Peoria Rivermen
10. Chicago Wolves
11. Manitoba Moose
12. Houston Aeros
13. Hershey Bears
14. Toronto Marlies
15. Grand Rapids Griffins
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Tags: Abbotsford Heat ι Adirondack Phantoms ι Albany River Rats ι Binghamton Senators ι Bridgeport Sound Tigers ι Chicago Wolves ι Grand Rapids Griffins ι Hamilton Bulldogs ι Hartford Wolfpack ι Hershey Bears ι Houston Aeros ι Jerseys ι Lake Erie Monsters ι Lowell Devils ι Manchester Monarchs ι Manitoba Moose ι Milwaukee Admirals ι Norfolk Admirals ι Peoria Rivermen ι Portland Pirates ι Providence Bruins ι Rochester Americans ι Rockford IceHogs ι San Antonio Rampage ι Springfield Falcons ι Syracuse Crunch ι Texas Stars ι The Hockey News ι THN ι Toronto Marlies ι Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins ι Worcester SharksCategories: Amerks

American Hockey League Teams on Twitter

July 9, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

As the 2009/2010 season approaches it appears as if the American Hockey League is finally represented within the Twitter universe.

Twitter is a great service for sports fans due to the fact that news can usually be summed up in less than 140 characters leaving out all of the extra fluff that accompanies articles.

If you’re new to Twitter I’m going to list some ways to effectively use the site and follow teams, if you’re just looking for the list of teams scroll down.

By following LetsGoAmerks (and other teams) on Twitter you’ll be able to get live updates about the Rochester Americans with scores, injuries, transactions (call ups and players being signed), game day lineups, media appearances, and much more. If you scan through the updates I’ve posted I think you’ll notice it’s a all great info. Also taking a moment to brag, LetsGoAmerks offers the best coverage of any AHL team on Twitter.

Bookmarks

The old fashioned way of bookmarking web sites is still the easiest for a lot of people. Simply save your favorite teams page as a bookmark and refresh it whenever you want to check for updates, no need to sign up for an account!