Archive for April, 2008
Tyler Plante Has Surgery
Goaltender Tyler Plante is currently in Florida having surgery. One can only assume it is on his shoulder that was ailing him throughout the end of the season.
Amerks Equipment Sale
The Rochester Americans will be holding an equipment sale on Saturday, April 19th in the main lobby of The Blue Cross Arena at the conclusion of the 2007-08 American Hockey League season. The sale, which runs from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., will offer fans the opportunity to purchase hockey apparel, new and used:
-Pants
-Helmets
-Gloves
-Practice jerseys
-Stick [...]
LetsGoAmerks.com - Our First Season
We just wanted to take a moment and say thank you to everyone who has continued to read our site daily. The on ice hockey season may be over, but there’ll be plenty going on during the off season that we will continue to cover. Even though the players locker rooms have been cleaned out, [...]
Amerks say off-ice circus had an impact
Reported in the Tuesday April 15, 2008 edition of the Democrat and Chronicle:
Kevin Oklobzija
Staff writer
As the losses piled up on the ice and the franchise’s financial turmoil swirled to tornado force off it, Rochester Americans players didn’t make excuses.
For the most part, they talked a good game, even if they didn’t always play one.
They were [...]
Amerks End Season With a Win
The ice was being removed from Blue Cross Arena this morning after the Rochester Americans closed out the 07/08 season with a 6-5 victory over the Lake Erie Monsters on Sunday night at Blue Cross Arena.
Mark Mancari scored two goals and also got an assist, he led the team this season with 57 points. His [...]
Amerks Season Ends Tonight
The Rochester Americans close out the season tonight at Blue Cross Arena against the Lake Erie Monsters, game time is at 6:05pm. The Amerks will end the season with the worst record in the league, worst record in Amerks team history, and are currently on a six game losing streak.
Tonight is also Amerks Awards Night [...]
Friday Morning Practice
The Amerks had there usual morning skate today at Blue Cross Arena, one player that stuck out was a face on the ice that hasn’t been seen since January 5th, Mike Card. Unfortunately he won’t be playing in any of these final three games, but he looked great practicing in full gear with the team.
Tyler Plante [...]
Final Weekend of the Season
The Rochester Americans play the Syracuse Crunch tonight at Blue Cross Arena to begin the final weekend of the season. The team is hoping for a better game tonight than last Sundays embarrassing 10-3 loss against the Crunch.
The Amerks have lost 9 out of 11 games against the Crunch this season, and have also been [...]
Amerks Squander Three Goal Lead in Hamilton
After building a 4-1 lead shortly into the second period, the Amerks allowed the Hamilton Bulldogs to score seven more goals and win the game 8-4.
At the end of the first period as I got up to walk around Copps Coliseum I said, “I won’t get my hopes up especially heading into the second period.” I was [...]
Amerks Given Ultimatum
As the Rochester Americans head into the final four games of the season, the city has issued an ultimatum to Steve Donner, the co-owner of the Amerks and Knighthawks – sell the teams or vacate the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial.
We’ll find a way to summarize all of this next week, until then [...]
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