Tag:Jordan Henry
Amerks Hold on Tight and Defeat Marlies in Shootout
The Rochester Americans got the job done on Friday night defeating the Toronto Marlies to clinch home ice advantage for their first round in the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs. It may not have been pretty as the Amerks gave up a three goal lead but they found a way to get the job done, and …
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A Few Items from Amerks Morning Skate and Pink Boards
The Amerks just finished up their typical morning skate at Blue Cross Arena prior to the last regular season home game tonight against the Toronto Marlies. Once the Amerks get at leats one point or the Abbotsford Heat lose a game the dates for the first home games of the playoffs will be officially announced. …
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Griffins Double Up Amerks to Halt Winning Streak
The Amerks had the odds stacked against them against Grand Rapids with majority of the teams defense either called up or injured. The Griffins were able to score six goals against the Amerks in their 6-3 win which also denied the Amerks the chance to clinch home ice advantage. The magic number is now one …
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Plante and Mink Lead Amerks to Win Against Bears
Tyler Plante made 32 saves, including this excellent save pictured above on Alexandre Giroux, to lead the Amerks to a 3-1 win over the Hershey Bears in a rare Friday night win. A two goal performance by Graham Mink and an empty net goal by Mike York was enough for the offense to keep the …
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Hudson and Henry Fight Videos vs Marlies
In his first professional game Carl Hudson dropped the gloves with Andre Deveaux of the Toronto Marlies. Hudson had just skated by Jesse Blacker of the Marlies and looked like he had just barely hit him but it also looked at the time like there was an elbow involved. Immediately after Deveaux went after Hudson …
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Marlies Capitalize on Amerks Bad Defensive Game to Win
The Rochester Americans had a chance to clinch a spot in the playoffs on Sunday afternoon if they defeated the Toronto Marlies and the Lake Erie Monsters lost in regulation to the San Antonio Rampage. Former Rochester American forward Stefan Meyer and the Rampage did their part defeating the Monsters in the final 90 seconds …
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Amerks Win with an Early Goal and Penalty Killing
When the Lake Erie Monsters scored only 1:40 into the third period to make it a one goal game I became a little worried. The Amerks held on to a 2-0 lead for the previous 39 minutes and with this team you never know what could happen, so a third period meltdown was on my …
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Weekend Recap: Two Losses, A Goalie Scored and Steiner Sent to Reading
The Amerks lost two games on the road this weekend and sent Daniel Steiner back to Reading. That’s the weekend in one sentence. I took the weekend off from watching Amerks hockey and apparently I did not miss all that much but felt the need to write a recap of the weekend. ** Daniel Steiner …
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Rats Never Back Down and Defeat Amerks
The Amerks did something they have not been able to do for a while, play an entertaining home game. Unfortunately the game went downhill as it went on and they ended up losing. Albany scored a power play goal at 7:04 of the third period to take a 4-3 lead and from that point on …
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Amerks Break Friday Night Curse; Gameday at Hamilton
The Rochester Americans finally broke their Friday night curse with a home win against the Grand Rapids Griffins. Their previous home win on a Friday night dated back to November 27th. That’s about the time the season took a slump, slide, or you could even call it evening out. A Friday night win gets a …
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Gameday: Amerks vs Moose, Going for 2k Wins
The Amerks start a five gome home stand tonight with three of the five games against North Division opponents. The division is getting closer and teams are trying to move ahead of Rochester in the standings. Alexander Salak will get the start tonight vs the Manitoba Moose. Based on the last players out on the …
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Panthers Call Up Keaton Ellerby
Keaton Ellerby packed his bags last night to travel to Atlanta today for the Panthers vs Thrashers game. Whether he makes it to the game with weather issues on the East Coast or if they even need him is another story. Not a bad reward for a poor effort in Friday nights loss to the …
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