Month:October 2008
It's Hockey Night in Rochester!
The Amerks play the Syracuse Crunch tonight for the 2008-2009 home opener. The game starts at 7:35pm at the Blue Cross Arena. I went down to practice today to see what the team would look like on a game day. Last year, whenever I was at a game day practice it just looked like kids …
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Amerks Opening Night Festivities
The start of the 2008/09 Rochester Americans season is finally upon us!! The organization has new ownership, a new sole affiliation, new players, new fans, new web site.. let’s play some hockey. Here’s some additional notes for opening night, along with events at the arena. When asked about Fridays opener after practice on Thursday morning, …
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Ryan-James Hand and James DeLory at Training Camp
Ryan-James Hand and James DeLory two took a moment at the end of practice to share some moves with each other.
Amerks Roster Heading into Opening Night
The roster for the Rochester Americans season opener is pretty much set. It appears as if we won’t have that goon / enforcer / muscle that we had all hoped for, but it’s time to move beyond that (for now). Assuming the team can put in a solid effort for 60 minutes, the team should …
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Improvements for Opening Night at Blue Cross Arena
The Amerks start the 08/09 regular season labeled as “A New Day for a Rochester Tradition” on Friday night, you’ll also see some noticable differences as you arrive at Blue Cross Arena. An update on the team we’ll see on the ice Friday night is going to be posted later tonight. As you approach the …
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Amerks in need of an Enforcer, MacIntyre wins job with Oilers
The Edmonton Sun has reported that Steve MacIntyre has won a job with the Edmonton Oilers. MacIntyre was originally signed on July 10th by the Florida and introduced as our “policeman.” He was going to be our heavyweight that would prevent the Amerks from getting pushed around all season. Many fans had said he would …
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Subscribe to the LetsGoAmerks RSS Feed
Lets Go Amerks RSS Feed - If you’re already familiar with RSS, click the link and subscribe, otherwise read on. This may seem “complicated,” but take a moment to read on. It’s one of those things that once you take a few minutes to understand it you’ll wonder how you ever used the internet without …
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Get Amerks News and Scores via text message!
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Amerks' Fun Fest a Success
Today, the Amerks held their first Fun Fest at Blue Cross Arena. My husband and I brought our son down to see what was going on. It was a great time for all of us. At 1:00 when the doors opened there were plenty of kids getting their skates on who were very excited to …
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Ryan Hand and Nine Others Cut From Amerks
Today the Amerks cut down the roster by ten players. Most of the players everyone thought were going to be gone but, one stands out as a shocker for a lot of fans…Ryan James Hand. Hand was the player all the fans wanted to keep around. He was kind to people and just a general …
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Amerks Fall To Crunch 5-2 In Preseason Matchup
The Amerks lost to the Syracuse Crunch tonight 5-2 in their first preseason game. Everyone knew they could look forward to a few fights tonight and I’m sure a lot of people wanted to see (or hear about) Ryan James Hand take on Jon “Nasty” Mirasty. But, who was ready for the four fights that …
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Gameday Skate at ESL
Here we are at the morning skate at a colder than usual ESL Centre. The first group is on the ice right now, the group that we assume will be playing tonight against the Crunch. Shantz and Beckford-Tseu are the goalies on the ice. Would guess that Shantz will be starting tonight, Plante tomorrow. Kenndal …
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