Tag:Jack Birch
Jack Birch No Longer Works for the Florida Panthers
Updated July 2nd… Birch’s contract expired June 30th and was not renewed. As I’m reading up on the NHL Draft and the changes on the horizon for the Florida Panthers, one thing I noticed was that Jack Birch’s name is no longer listed as a member of the Florida Panthers staff. I used the term …
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Chris Beckford-Tseu has a Clean Slate
Mention the name Chris Beckford-Tseu around the fans that closely followed the Amerks last season and they’ll quickly ask, “he’s not coming back is he?” Chris Beckford-Tseu was signed by the Florida Panthers during the summer of 2008 to be the #1 goaltender for the Rochester Americans. Jack Birch had talked about Beckford-Tseu being the …
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Amerks Coach Benoit Groulx Answers a Few Questions
Benoit Groulx was off the ice at the first day of training camp to observe the players taking part in the first scrimmage. He was there to observe and see what players had to offer. He was observing with Jack Birch, Jody Gage, and Ted Nolan. How’s that for a jury deciding your future? Players …
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Florida Panthers Article: Optimism In Rochester
The article below appeared on the Florida Panthers site this past Sunday about the optimism surrounding the upcoming Rochester Americans season, something that has been missing in recent years. One thing that’s exciting is the interest in the Amerks that a lot of Panther fans have taken. These fans view the Rochester Americans as the …
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Florida Panthers Rookie Camp Opens Today
The Florida Panthers open their rookie camp on this morning down in Florida at Incredible ICE, but I prefer to call it the warm up to Amerks training camp on September 24th! A number of players were in Rochester this past week prior to heading down to Florida including David Brine who tossed out the …
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Amerks Summer News Stories, Getting Caught Up
It has been a busy summer for the Rochester Americans with a lot of great news and a couple of stories that have generated some bad press. Looking at the bigger picture it has been a positive summer. Here’s the start of “round up” type posts I’ll be doing once the season gets started. There’s …
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Updated: Dadonov Contract Approved by NHL
It was recently mentioned that Russian prospect Evgeni Dadonov of the Florida Panthers had signed a deal and would be a part of the Rochester Americans in the upcoming season, but Dadonovs coach thinks differently. Earlier in the Spring of 2009 it was announced that Dadonov had signed a 2yr deal with Chelyabinsk Traktor of …
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Archive of Kevin O's live blog with Jack Birch
Originally on the Democrat and Chronicle, Kevin Oklobzija had conducted a live chat with the director of player personal for the Florida Panthers, Jack Birch. These things typically disappear over time on the D&C’s web site, so here is the transcript from that chat: Conversation with Jack Birch (11/25/2008) 11:59 Scott Norris:  Welcome to our …
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Audio from Jack Birch and Jody Gage Press Conference
I’ve finally had the chance to encode the full audio from the press conference that Jack Birch and Jody Gage held last Thursday at Blue Cross Arena regarding the troubles the Amerks’ have had on the ice this season. Rather than write an article about what was said, we’ve uploaded the audio from both of …
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This is What $2 Million in Scouting Gets You
So, the Rochester Americans lost to the Toronto Marlies tonight at Blue Cross Arena by the final score of 5-2 in front of one of the smallest crowds that anyone could remember. After the teams were done warming up I was able to count just over 200 people in seats around the arena. On my …
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Looking back at the first 20% of the Season
The Amerks loss to the Hamilton Bulldogs on Sunday evening ended the first 20% of the season. The team has won two games, at this pace they’ll win eight more through the rest of the season. So, anyone have anything positive to look back on? While the Amerks have only won two games and are …
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Help! I Need Somebody…Not Just Anybody…
During last night’s game, a familiar Beatles’ tune was played after one of the Moose’ goals. As “Help!” was playing I was laughing a little to myself, thinking about how badly we really need some help. And no, it can’t just be from anybody…we need huge changes. This topic has already been discussed a million times …
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