Archive: May 2008
It seems rather odd to have spent the day at the Florida Panthers rookie camp, and then made it home in time to watch game four of the Stanley Cup finals. The Panthers have begun planning for next season while the 07/08 season hasn’t even ended.
We made the road trip to not only get our fix of hockey, but to also check out many likely players that will fill the Rochester Americans lineup next season (assuming the Panthers become the sole affiliate).
Speaking of the affiliation, any player that was on the Amerks team last season showed a great sigh of relief when asked about last season. All were happy that it’s over and are already focusing on next year. I did ask if anyone had heard anything about the affiliation being made official and heard two responses, “it’s up in the air,” and “within a couple of weeks.” All things that we have heard before.
Two of the 2007-08 Amerks will be in attendance at the Rochester Red Wings baseball game tomorrow night (May 30th).
The NHL and AHL are yet to crown a champion and the Florida Panthers have already started looking forward to
From “On Frozen Pond” by George Richards – As I’m sure you all have heard, the Panthers inked center Michael
As previously reported on May 1, 2008 about Martin Lojek signing in Europe, we finally have more info that he
From GuelphStorm.com: Mike Caruso Signs with Panthers The Florida Panthers signed defenceman Mike Caruso to an entry-level contract on
Assuming the Florida Panthers sign back on as an affiliate of the Amerks we should expect to see Calla be
From the D&C: The American Hockey League unanimously approved the majority sale of the Rochester Americans to Curt Styres today.
Defenseman Martin Lojek is signing a one-year contract with a team in the Czech Republic. In 72 games played in the 2007-08 season, Lojek scored 6 goals and 5 assists for 11 points.
