Mancari, Zagrapan, and Funk being sent back?

After the Buffalo Sabres final pre season game against the Pittsburgh Penguins the team held autograph sessions throughout the arena with different players at various locations.  The only players who appeared to be missing that were scheduled were Mark Mancari, Marek Zagrapan, and Mike Funk.
Seems like an almost safe bet that we’ll see an announcement [...]

Amerks lose to Syracuse 4-3

AMERKS LOSE TO SYRACUSE 4-3 IN PRESEASON FINALE

(Oswego, NY - September 30)… The Rochester Americans dropped their preseason finale today, 4-3, to the Syracuse Crunch at the Oswego State Campus Center Ice Arena. The Amerks ended the preseason with a 1-2-0-0 record.Rochester got three second-period goals from Martin Lojek, Mike Card and Drew Larman. Rookie [...]

Amerks Put Down the Bulldogs 3-2

The Amerks put down the Bulldogs in their first preseason game tonight with a 3-2 victory at the ESL Centre, with goals from Tanner Glass, Kenndal McArdle and Adam Taylor.
Adam Dennis had a great showing stopping 16 of 18 shots faced.
Goals for Hamilton came from Duncan Milroy and Thomas Beauregard.
The Amerks took the victory in [...]

Three Games in Three days!

Stefan Meyer and Martin Lojek

Panthers send 2 players to Amerks
(September 27, 2007) — Forward Stefan Meyer and defenseman Martin Lojek will be reassigned to the Rochester Americans by the Florida Panthers.

New Amerks Jerseys Revealed!

The new Reebok Edge jerseys that the Rochester Americans will be wearing for the 07/08 season were ‘revealed’ in EA Sports NHL ‘08 earlier this month, and as expected they are exactly what they’ll be wearing as Recognition Experts now has them for sale online.
Looks like we’ll see these in action at Fridays pre-season game against the [...]

Amerks Camp 09-26-2007

Here’s some video I took at the Amerks training camp on Wednesday September 26, 2007.  No claim to have anything professional here, just some clips put together.
[youtube 5mgRk2e8vy4 Training Camp]

2007 Training Camp Roster

When training camp for the Amerks opened on Monday they provided a roster of players at this years camp (not including players still not sent down by the Panthers and Sabres).
Amerks 2007 Training Camp (74kb .pdf)

Speedy McArdle should spark Amerks

Today’s Democrat and Chronicle wrote this article about Rochester Americans rookie Kenndal McArdle.. 
He clearly made the right decision. McArdle, a first-round pick of the Florida Panthers in 2005, should make a solid impact as a rookie left winger with the Rochester Americans this season.
“He’s an exceptionally fast skater,” said Panthers pro scout Jack Birch. “He’s got [...]

Sabres Send a few back..

The Buffalo Sabres have announced that Dylan Hunter, Patrick Kaleta, Mike Card, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Mike Weber and goaltender Adam Dennis will be rejoining the Amerks this week at training camp.  Clarke MacArthur, Mark Mancari and Marek Zagrapan are still battling for a possible starting spot as a forward for the Sabres and Andrej Sekera and Michael [...]