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What happened to some of last years Amerks?

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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

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Tanner Glass Signs with Vancouver

July 4, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

Another familiar name and face for Amerks fans from the past few seasons has officially gone elsewhere, Tanner Glass agreed to an offer with the Vancouver Canucks.

Glass came to Rochester at the end of the 2006-2007 season to play in four games after he graduated from Dartmouth College.  The Florida Panthers drafted him in the 9th round (265 overall) in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

The following 2007-2008 season it seemed as if he had a bright future ahead of him with the Panthers organization.  He split the season between Rochester (43 games) and Florida (41 games) and was always a player working hard on the ice.

This past season was a different story though.  Fans enjoyed Glass for not being afraid to play the body, hit another player, and drop the gloves to fight when needed.  Unfortunately there was also a lot more games where he just did not appear to show up to play.

The running joke last season was that whenever Glass was working hard on the ice or got into a fight we could look over and see that Jack Birch was in the arena watching the game.  It was as if Glass showed up [...]Read More

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Brine Returning; Larman, Glass and Others May Not

June 30, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

A few familiar faces for Rochester Americans fans will probably not be returning to the Florida Panthers organization next season as the free agency period is about to begin.  The only two restricted free agents that were offered qualifying offers were David Booth and David Brine.

David Brine finished last season with 31 points (8 goals, 23 assists) and was the Amerks best center at taking face offs.  Brine played nine games during the 2007-2008 season for the Panthers.  This will be his year to step up his game.

Former Amerks from previous seasons Anthony Stewart, Drew Larman, David Shantz, Franklin MacDonald, and Tanner Glass were not given offers and allowed to become unrestricted free agents.

Luke Beaverson will likely replace the role MacDonald had on defense.  We’re hoping that a veteran center will be signed to replace Larman.  Tyler Plante, Alexander Salak, and Chris Beckford-Tseu will be fulfilling goaltending duties in the Panthers system.

The only real surprise here was Tanner Glass, but Florida Panthers Assistant GM Randy Sexton said that they would like to sign him again.  The play of Glass last season was hampered by a shoulder injury that he eventually had surgery on which leads me [...]Read More

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Panthers Get Back to Work

May 25, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

The Florida Panthers will open their annual development camp about an hour outside of Toronto next week at the Teen Ranch, it feels like it was just yesterday that we wrote about our visit to last years camp.

The camp is a great place for signed and unsigned prospects to get the chance to go through on and off ice workouts with NHL coaches and trainers.  At the camp they’ll cover everything related to the on ice game, strength and conditioning, and mainting a proper diet as well.

We last talked to the players in April when they cleaned out their lockers with the Rochester Americans and the last words were, “see you at camp.”

A list of players invited is expected prior to the start of camp on Friday, when I get it I’ll make sure to post it.

This will be the first chance this off season that players will get to make an impression hoping to get a spot on the Panthers lineup next season.

Shawn Matthias, Keaton Ellerby, Michael Caruso, and Tanner Glass are four players that expectations will be high on.  Matthias had a horrible rookie year in Rochester and is looking to [...]Read More

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Updates on Brodeur, Plante, and Glass

April 1, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

If Franklin MacDonald gets another crack at a shootout the next move he may pull off is spinning around, skating backwards with his back to the goalie, and then at the last minute spinning around again to get a shot off.  It’s become normal for the team to practice shootouts at the end and while most take it seriously, some of the other players like MacDonald have some fun.

Tyler Plante is finished for the season with his shoulder injury.  This is the second season in a row he’s finished off the year like this.  Not sure what’s going on, but I hope he’s able to get it fixed/recover.  He had shown a lot of improvement since returning from the ECHL and showed that he was capable of playing at this level.

Tanner Glass is still practicing in full gear, participating in all the drills, but he’s not quite ready to play.  Benoit said that he’s not playing this weekend.  We were recently told about 2 1/2 weeks which would have him returning in Toronto for the final three games of the season.

The only other update to come out of practice is that Mike Brodeur did not practice, Benoit [...]Read More

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Tanner Glass and Jacob Micflikier Injury Updates

March 23, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

Tanner Glass and Jacob Micflikier have both been on the injured list and both players are still at least two and a half weeks away from being ready to play.  Tanner Glass is recovering from shoulder surgery, and Jacob Micflikier is still recovering from a sprained ankle.  After the Amerks 2-1 win against the Syracuse Crunch on Sunday night head coach Benoit Groulx commented about the time frame for their return.  They have been on the ice participating in practices, but not in game shape.

Assuming they’re ahead of schedule, if they are to see any action it would be in the last week of the season.

Tanner Glass has only played in 44 games this season but is still 4th on the team in penalty minutes with 100 for the season.  He has four goals and nine assists during that time as well.  We may have been harsh on Tanner earlier in the season, but take all that back now that we know he was playing injured for most of it.

In the 39 games that Jacob Micflikier has played in he has four goals and 12 assists.  He’s a small player, but he’s great with the puck and [...]Read More

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Amerks vs Moose Gameday Skate; Matt Duffy from University of Maine

March 18, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

Typically game day skates are optional and a majority of the time everyone is on the ice, except for today.  Missing from the ice is Drew Larman, Dan Collins, Mike Caruso, Rory Fitzpatrick, Karl Stewart, and Michal Repik.  Fitzpatrick isn’t expected to play tonight which would explain his absence.

The Amerks will have a new defensemen on the ice soon when Matt Duffy from the University of Maine arrives.  U of Maine was eliminated on Sunday in the Hockey East playoffs in a 6-2 loss against Boston.  Duffy was selected by Florida Panthers in round 4 and #104 overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.    In 39 games this season he had 7 goals and 10 assists along with 64 penalty minutes.  He’s listed at 6′ and 201lbs.

A player that is finally back on the ice is Tanner Glass.  Glass is recovering from a shoulder injury and expects to be playing again by the end of the month.  In 44 games played this season Tanner has 4 goals, 9 assists, and 100 penalty minutes.  For as long as he’s been out of action he’s still third on the team in penalty minutes.

The Amerks are currently on a six [...]Read More

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Amerks Face Division Rivals This Weekend

March 13, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

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 expected return of Drew Larman and Kenndal McArdle.  It’s been six weeks since we last saw McArdle in the lineup when he went out with a shoulder injury.  Larman has been out a month with a rib injury.

Michal Repik played with the Florida Panthers on Thursday night in Buffalo scoring the only goal of the game for the Panthers.  Not bad considering he only had 3:50 of ice time.  The Panthers next game is on Saturday home against Tampa, it’ll be interesting to see if he’s sent back or if the Cats keep him around.

Tanner Glass is recovering from shoulder surgery but does expect to return to action before the season is over.  Shawn Matthias has been out with a wrist injury and is not expected to play.  He was slashed on the stick last weekend which apparently sent some sort of vibration [...]Read More

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Amerks Announce Clear Day Roster

March 12, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

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 other topic.

No surprises with the Amerks lineup.  If the team had any plans of making the playoffs this would be a lot more interesting.

Here’s the roster:

Mike Brodeur and Tyler Plante; defensemen Michael Caruso, Jason Garrison, Rory Fitzpatrick, Keaton Ellerby, Jordan Henry, Peter Aston, Franklin MacDonald, and forwards Janis Sprukts, Drew Larman, Stefan Meyer, Michael Duco, Tanner Glass, Dan Collins, Karl Stewart, Shawn Matthias, Kenndal McArdle, Michal Repik, David Brine, Randall Gelech and Riley Emmerson. Forwards Jarret Lukin, Kyle Hagel, Andrew Sweetland, Judd Blackwater and Jacob Micflikier currently remain in residence.

The rest of the AHL also announced their rosters as well.

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