Posts Tagged ‘Trevor Parkes’

Griffins 3 Goals in Under 3 Minutes Defeats Amerks; Gongalsky vs Piche

January 26, 2012 - By
Griffins 3 Goals in Under 3 Minutes Defeats Amerks; Gongalsky vs Piche

The Amerks lost on Wednesday night and there’s two ways you could look at the standings after this game.  The glass half empty way is that the Amerks are following the Buffalo Sabres lead and slowly sinking in the standings.  There’s only four points that separates the Amerks from the Rockford IceHogs who are in last place in the conference.  They’re also only six points from last place in the league.  The glass half full way is that the Amerks are only two points from eighth place in the conference and four points from sixth place.  The good news is that the Amerks play nine out of 12 games in February on home ice so if there was ever a time to really turn things around it’d be in February.  The ship hasn’t sunk but there’s reason for concern.

The real downfall has been the inconsistencies.  Everything from goal scoring to goaltending to wins and losses.  This is a hard working group of hockey players with a lot of potential how much they can really accomplish is the question.  The hope for any sports team is to get into the playoffs and then anything can happen.  It’s going to take [...]Read More

Recap: Amerks First Home Win Had It All, Including Seven Goals

October 17, 2011 - By
Recap: Amerks First Home Win Had It All, Including Seven Goals

It’s amazing how one solid hockey game can put another one in the past, even if there’s only four games played on the season.  The Rochester Americans on Sunday evening showed what they can be capable of when all of the right pieces fall into place with a 7-2 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins.  There’s still some things to work on (defensive turnovers) but overall it was an exciting night of hockey inside Blue Cross Arena.

Six different players scored goals, 10 players tallied an assist, 15 out of 18 players had at least one shot on net and 52 minutes in penalties were handed out.  This was the type of hockey game that would’ve had the arena off it’s foundation at the home opener. The game also featured fights, questionable hits and a couple instances of blood on the ice.  But it happened tonight and if you weren’t there you missed out.  This is also the type of hockey game that if played like this often will quickly attract fans regularly into the building.

A quick turnaround from the doom and gloom of Thursdays home opener.  There’s every reason to believe that after that poor performance they’ve turned [...]Read More