Tag:Practice
Benoit Groulxs Morning Speech; Two Player Moves
Shortly after the start of practice this morning Benoit Groulx stepped up to the board and started talking to the team. It wasn’t a speech filled with yelling and anger but more of one from I would almost say the heart. He talked to the team about playing with heart and as a team to …
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Christmas Is Over…Amerks Ready To Take On The Bulldogs 12-26-2008
Tonight, the Rochester Americans take on the Hamilton Bulldogs at the Blue Cross Arena. The game starts at 7:35PM and should have a pretty good size crowd as the post Christmas game usually does. Mike Broduer should be starting in goal tonight even after he slipped up during Sunday night’s game. Stefan Meyer should be …
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Back To The Grind: Practice 12-17-2008
 After a well-deserved two day break, the Amerks are back on the ice today with a few additions. Shawn Matthias and Michal Repik are back from their call-ups to the Florida Panthers. They had great chemistry when playing together in Florida, I would like to see that transfer to the AHL. One major piece …
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Amerks' Monday Morning Workout
The team was schedule to have practice this morning at 11am, a better term would be that the team had a workout. They spent 58 minutes on the ice without a single puck. Benoit Groulx wasn’t kidding after Fridays game when he said that the team whole lot worse on Monday. The only time Groulx …
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Practice 11-20-2008: The Red Army Leaves
“What’d you think of the game last night?” The first thing Benoit says to the team when he gets on the ice. “Now it’s over, behind us…tomorrow, it’s different. Forget about last night, work hard. Do not think about last night, it’s over. Now we practice hard and work for tomorrow.” Karl Stewart, Janis Sprukts …
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Practice 11-13-2008: Happy Birthday Jason Garrison
It’s Jason Garrison’s 24th birthday today…so, happy birthday to him. He was also named the Morgan Stanley Player of the Month for October yesterday. So, congratulations and happy birthday. Stefan Meyer, Tanner Glass and Mike Caruso are all on the ice practicing today. Whatever was ailing Meyer yesterday seems to have healed itself fairly quickly. …
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Practice 11-06-08: Have we hit rock bottom yet?
It’s another day and another practice here at the ever so clean Blue Cross Arena. It really is a clean arena, the cleaning crews either do a great job, or when you only have 1,000 people at a 10,000 seat venue it’s going to be an easy cleaning job. Oh yea, the players are on …
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Amerks' Practice 11-03-2008: Back To The Grind
Jody Gage was just on the bench talking first to Jacob Micflikier and then to Andrew Sweetland. I don’t know what that was about, but if they are going to send Micflikier away it would be a crying shame. He is a bright spot on this team. Andrew Sweetland I often forget exists, so if …
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Game-day Skate 11-01-2008: No Rest For The Weary
After a 5-2 loss to the Toronto Marlies last night, the Amerks are back on the ice preparing for their second game of the weekend tonight against the Hamilton Bulldogs. The Bulldogs are hot right now, and if the Amerks think they are going to get a win out of them they need to play …
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Practice 10-30-2008
The team is working in smaller groups today. Right now half the team is sitting on the bench while the other half practices puck movement. It is very informative. They are really getting some good passing and scoring going on. Kenndal McArdle, once again, can stick the puck anywhere he wants to in the net. …
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Practice 10-29-2008: The Return Of Rory
The day you have all been waiting for is here. Rory Fitzpatrick has returned from his head injury and is practicing with the team. Peter Aston is also back on the ice today after a day off with a sore hip. We have eight defensemen on the ice now. A nice sight to see. The …
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Amerks' Practice 10-28-2008
I was hoping to see a really tough practice today after Saturday and Sunday’s games (and even Friday’s, it wasn’t a beautiful win). And that is exactly what I am seeing. Coach Benoit is not messing around today…not that he ever messes around. During the first drill we are here for there are people still …
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