Tag:Grand Rapids Griffins
Cleve Kinley to Attend Amerks Camp
The list of players that will be attending the Amerks training camp should be available any day now, prior to that I’ll be relying on articles posted elsewhere. The first name I’ve come across is defenseman Cleve Kinley. Kinley was just signed by the Florida Everblades as their 15th player under contract. There’s little chance …
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Amerks 2009-2010 Schedule Released
The day has finally arrived for the 2009/2010 American Hockey League schedule! Time to start planning road trips. If you’re looking for start times check here. Here’s the full schedule: [table id=7 /] [table id=8 /] [table id=9 /] [table id=10 /] [table id=11 /] [table id=12 /] [table id=13 /] Here’s the early season …
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Amerks Jersey Ranked 2nd by The Hockey News
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 …
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American Hockey League Teams on Twitter
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 …
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Amerks Announce 09/10 Opponents
The Rochester Americans along with other teams in the American Hockey League today announced the schedule format and division alignments for the 2009/2010 season. The biggest change is that the Syracuse Crunch are headed for the East Division in the Eastern Conference and the Amerks stay in the North Division of the Western Conference. Another …
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AHL Division Finals Preview
The Amerks season ended about two and a half weeks ago but the season continues for eight other teams in the American Hockey League. The Division Finals started on Tuesday night with the Providence Bruins defeating the Worcester Sharks by the final score of 3-2 in OT. The question to be asked though is, outside …
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Second Period Snoozefest Leads to Amerks Loss
The Amerks were shutout 3-0 against the Grand Rapids Griffins on Sunday evening at the Blue Cross Arena. The first period was decent with great plays on each side of the ice, unfortunately the game became a snooze fest if you were an Amerks fan. This was a different team than we saw the two …
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Amerks Come Close but Lost in Shootout
There are two things that are for certain about the Rochester Americans this season, those things are that they are capable of competing against the best teams in the league and they’re also capable of playing like a last place team. Trying to figure out ahead of time which team that will be is the …
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Amerks at Home vs Grand Rapids Griffins Tonight
The Amerks are finally back home from the long and grueling road trip to the midwest. On his way to the ice Tyler Plante commented, “I am still so tired from that trip.” I would expect that they all are. They played five games in six nights. All five games were in different cities. There …
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Amerks Split Weekend In Grand Rapids
The Amerks played two games this weekend against the hot and high scoring Grand Rapids Griffins. The team won in a shootout on Friday night, and lost tonight 8-4. Tonight’s issues weren’t scoring goals, but stopping them. After the first period, the score was 1-1. But, when the second period started, Mike Brodeur did not get back …
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Rochester Americans Travel to Grand Rapids; Sprukts Loaned to Latvia
The All-Star break has come to a close which means the season is starting to wind down for the Rochester Americans, which is probably considered a good thing. The team is on the road this weekend for back to back games against the Grand Rapids Griffins. A week ago against Thursday when they lost to …
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Can't Score Goals, Shutout By Griffins; Meyer Scratched
“Story of our season, can’t buy a goal,” were words used by coach Benoit Groulx after the Amerks were shutout 6-0 by the Grand Rapids Griffins. The Amerks also aren’t able to compete with the top teams in the AHL, as evident by the standings as well the games last night against the Griffins and …
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