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Losing Texas Trip Ends Today Against Houston; Stuart Injured and Out a Month

December 18, 2011 - By Keith Wozniak

When fans begin to panic there’s often another voice that will say ‘it’s only December’ or ‘there’s still 48 more games to be played’ but things are starting to look very bleak for this Rochester Americans team. The Amerks were shot down big time by the Texas Stars on Saturday night by the final score of 6-2. This is the day after they lost in overtime by the score of 3-2. The game on Sunday evening is against the Houston Aeros, one of the top teams in the league and a team that they lose to earlier this month on home ice.

Things had sounded like they were going in the right direction when the Amerks took an early 2-0 lead with two goals only 30 seconds apart early in the first period against the Stars on Saturday but it was all downhill from there. The Stars erupted with four goals in the second period and also had a 13-4 advantage in shots in the second period. This Amerks team had no chance. Part of that blame can likely be placed on the Sabres who have called up the key parts of this team. To be a successful team you need to win [...]Read More

Tags: Colin Stuart ι Drew MacIntyre ι Evan Rankin ι Houston Aeros ι Injuries ι Postgame ι Rob Bordson ι San Antonio Rampage ι Texas Stars ι TJ Brennan ι Tyler EnnisCategories: Amerks

Amerks Weekend in Texas, Week in Review

December 16, 2011 - By Keith Wozniak

The Amerks are on a long road trip to Texas and will be looking for a big weekend full of wins to put this last three in three behind them and gain some ground in the standings. They’ll play the Rampage on Friday, Stars on Saturday and Aero’s on Sunday. All three games are must win but the game against the Rampage (the current Florida Panthers affiliate) has some more meaning for obvious reasons. More on that below.

They started out well last weekend with a 3-0 win over the Albany Devils but went on to lose two games by only one goal, one against the Phantoms and the other the Bulldogs. Paying attention to details is something the team talked about after the great win on Friday night but they lost focus of that the next two nights which resulted in two losses. Evan Rankin had two goals against Adirondack which gave them a 2-1 lead before eventually losing in overtime. A four minute high sticking penalty by Drew Schiestel gave the Phantoms the power play in overtime which was the deciding factor. The next night against Hamilton the final score was 2-1 which meant it was a close [...]Read More

Tags: Bill Thomas ι Brayden McNabb ι Colby Robak ι Derek Whitmore ι Eric Selleck ι Evgeny Dadonov ι Houston Aeros ι Injuries ι Jacob Markstrom ι Jeff Taffe ι Michael Caruso ι Michal Repik ι Mike Blunden ι Paul Szczechura ι San Antonio Rampage ι Scott Timmins ι Texas Stars ι Tim Kennedy ι Zack KassianCategories: Amerks

Other Blogs Covering AHL Teams

October 15, 2011 - By Keith Wozniak

Without anything Rochester Americans related to write about this morning I thought I’d take a minute to share some links to other blogs out in cyberspace covering AHL teams, much like I cover the Amerks here.

We’re all unique in how we cover our teams but all hold one thing in common, being passionate about the teams that we cheer on. There are independent sites, not associated with any major news papers / media outlets. I’ll work on a separate list of blogs written by those places.

Here’s what I have in my reading list, if there’s others out there please share!

(in no particular order – if anyone feels like copying and pasting this list for their site go right ahead, just don’t forget to add mine!)

Power Play Post Show (Podcast discussing all AHL teams)
http://www.pppshow.net/

Wrap Around (Binghamton Senators)
http://bobppps.wordpress.com/

Admirals Roundtable (Milwaukee Admirals)
http://admiralsroundtable.com/

Chairman How’s Glorious Army (Syracuse Crunch)
http://chairmanhowsgloriousarmy.com/

Chasing Checkers (Charlotte Checkers)
http://chasingcheckers.com/

Chirps From Center Ice (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins)
http://nafsnep.wordpress.com/

Hershey Bears Hockey (Hershey Bears)
http://hersheybearshockey.blogspot.com/

Sweetest Hockey on Earth (Hershey Bears)
http://www.sweetesthockeyonearth.com/

Hundred Degree Hockey (Texas Stars)
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Tags: Albany Devils ι Binghamton Senators ι Charlotte Checkers ι Hershey Bears ι Houston Aeros ι Milwaukee Admirals ι Oklahoma City Barons ι Peoria Rivermen ι Providence Bruins ι San Antonio Rampage ι Syracuse Crunch ι Texas Stars ι Wilkes-Barre/Scranton PenguinsCategories: Amerks

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

Calder Cup Finals are Set, Hershey vs Texas

May 26, 2010 - By Keith Wozniak

At the start of the season it was easy to predict that the Hershey Bears would be in the Calder Cup finals, predicting the Texas Stars would be there opponent would not have been a prediction. The Stars defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs in game 7 to advance to the finals. All eyes are on the Stanley Cup finals at this point, but this should be a decent series for the Calder Cup.

Here’s the NHL.com recap of the Stars win:

The first-year Texas Stars rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 4-2 on Wednesday night to win Game 7 of the AHL Western Conference Finals and a berth in the Calder Cup Finals.

The Austin-based Stars won Games 6 and 7 in Hamilton to earn the opportunity to face the defending AHL champion Hershey Bears, the top farm team of the Washington Capitals, beginning on June 3 at Hershey.

The Stars become the first team since the Chicago Wolves and Bridgeport Sound Tigers in 2002 to reach the Calder Cup Finals in their first AHL season. In doing so, Texas won a pair of Game 7s on the road – just the fifth time in AHL [...]Read More

Tags: Hamilton Bulldogs ι Hershey Bears ι Playoffs ι Texas StarsCategories: 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

Off Season Changes in the AHL

August 3, 2009 - By Keith Wozniak

Just in case you’ve been enjoying the summer, here’s what has been going on around the American Hockey League in terms of changes in cities, affiliations, divisions, and rules.

New Cities / New Team

The Quad City Flames moved from Moline, Illinois to Abbotsford, British Columbia and and are now called the Abbotsford Heat. They are still the affiliate of the Calgary Flames.

The Philadelphia Phantoms moved from Philadelphia to Glens Falls, NY and are now known as the Adirondack Phantoms. They remain the affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers.

A new team joined the league called the Texas Stars located in Cedar Park, Texas. Cedar Park is about a half hour North of Austin. They are the affiliate of the Dallas Stars. The team was granted limited membership into the league. The limited membership is conditioned on the completed purchase of an existing AHL franchise within one year, by April 2010.

The Iowa Chops was involuntarily suspended by the league for the 2009/2010 season. “The Iowa franchise has unfortunately been unable to remedy certain violations of the provisions of the league’s Constitution and By-Laws,” said American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews.

Oklahoma City could be the home of [...]Read More

Tags: Abbotsford Heat ι AHL ι American Hockey League ι Edmonton Oilers ι Iowa Chops ι Oklahome City ι Philadelphia Phantoms ι Quad City Flames ι Rochester Americans ι Syracuse Crunch ι Texas StarsCategories: 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!