Amerks Sabotage an Excellent Game For Brodeur

Considering how badly the season has gone, it wasn’t until the 27th game of the season that the Amerks were shut out for the first time.  They lost to the Peoria Rivermen (currently in 2nd place in the Western Conference) on Friday night by the final score of 2-0.  The Amerks sabotaged an excellent game [...]

Amerks Pickup First Road Win in Houston

The Amerks were able to mess with Texas and pickup their first road win of the season tonight in a 2-1 shootout against the Houston Aeros.  Jacob Micflikier scored the winning goal in the shootout and Mike Brodeur had another stellar game in goal.
Brodeur saved 26 of 27 shots through the end of overtime and [...]

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 and [...]

Game Day 11-19-2008: Brighter Ice Surface!

Tonight, the Rochester Americans and Toronto Marlies face off at 7:05pm EST at Blue Cross Arena.  This will be the second of eight games between the two North Division teams.  The Amerks look for their first win of the season against the Marlies.  Rochester dropped a 5-2 decision in the previous meeting with Toronto back [...]

Practice 11-18-2008: We Have A Veteran That Needs To Get On The Ice

Why in the world isn’t Jason Cipolla on the ice for the Amerks?  I watch him practice at least twice a week with the boys and I always wonder why he doesn’t still play.
He is barely older then Rory Fitzpatrick and it’s time to suit up.  When he is doing skating drills with players, he [...]

Amerks Defeated by the Moose Yet Again

The Amerks have already played the Manitoba Moose four times this season, which has resulted in four of eleven losses, and being outscored 17-4.  The Rochester Americans just can’t seem to get the puck in the net to keep themselves in games, or try and make a comeback to win some games.  The loss drops [...]

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Beat ‘Em…Amerks Lose 6-1 To The Crunch

The Rochester Americans lost tonight to the Syracuse Crunch in a sad 6-1 final score.  This, of course, is better than last year on the Crunch’s “Pink Out” night when the Amerks were creamed 9-2.

Emmerson made his AHL debut tonight and did a good job.  But, more on that later.
The first period started out with [...]

Amerks Win Their First Game of the Year…The Hard Work Pays Off

The Rochester Americans won their first game of the season tonight against the Quad City Flames in a 5-4 victory.  Although the game really came down to the bitter end, the players put in 110% effort all night and their hard work finally payed off.
I have been at a lot of practices already this year [...]

Thursday Morning Amerks’ Practice 10-23-2008

Here we are again at the arena (my son’s favorite thing to do on a Thursday morning).  Practice isn’t under way yet, but there is someone on the ice…

Jordan Henry is skating by himself right now.  Doing some good ol’ fashion skating drills on his own.  He looks pretty good.  Hopefully, that knee sprain is [...]

Amerks Monday Practice; Short Chat with Curt Styres

The Amerks returned to practice this morning after a trip to Winnepeg over the weekend where they lost two games against the Manitoba Moose.
Tanner Glass and Jason Garrison have been the two best players this season, it’s noticeable in practice as well.  Any time you see a great play it’s one of them.
Amerks Owner Curt [...]