Tag:Injuries
Updates on Amerks Injuries and Player Moves
The story for the Amerks throughout the month of December was injuries and player moves, both up to the Panthers and fill ins from ECHL teams. The new year brings what should be some more stability to the team with a number of players returning Friday January 8th. Here’s a quick update on injuries and …
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Alexander Salak Out Two Weeks
I think everyone in Blue Cross Arena on Sunday evening for a brief moment saw the entire season go down the drain when Alexander Salak was laying on the ice injured. His replacement was booed before he even reached the goal crease. Well, the good news is that he is only expected to miss two …
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Amerks Monday Morning Injury Update
The Amerks started out a strong team and have since turned into a team depleted by injuries and call ups. Straight to the point, Benoit Groulx said after the game Sunday evening that he does not expect anyone back in the next 10 days to two weeks. Still not a clear timeline but the fact …
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Ellerby Called Up; MacIntyre Sick; Mike York Update
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Florida Panthers played another game and another player was injured. Not sure of the details but the Panthers Twitter feed said that Dmitry Kulikov left the game with a “lower body” injury. So after the game Keaton Ellerby packed his bags and is getting called up. Update: …
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New Defenseman A.J. Thelen; Koistinen Injured; Garrison Likely Up
The news of the day out of downtown Rochester is that Ville Koistinen is likely done for the season with a knee injury, Jason Garrison is likely to be called up on Friday, and that A.J. Thelen has been brought in from the Florida Everblades for extra help on defense. Koistinen probably hurt his knee …
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Amerks Win Seventh Game this Season vs Crunch
The second period may have been one of the worst this season for the Amerks but they were able to hold on and after 60 minutes left the ice with a win and two more points in the standings. It was the seventh win this season for the Amerks against the cross state rival Syracuse …
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Amerks Chased Down by Bears, Lose 6-2
The complete team won on Saturday night and that team was the Hershey Bears. The game ended with the Bears winning 6-2 which goes along with the Amerks motto this season of losing big if they’re going to lose. I did not watch the game so I can’t offer too much, but from what I …
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Amerks End Road Trip With a 2-1 Win; Injury Updates
It wasn’t pretty but the game was full of effort and the Amerks were able to end their six game road trip with a 2-1 win over the Abbotsford Heat. They end the road trip with three wins and three losses, respectable based on the circumstances. The game was scoreless until 7:27 of the third …
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Plante and Vokoun Injuries; Beckford-Tseu Called Up
Monday turned out to be a busy day for all of the goalies in the Florida Panthers organization. Had some other things planned today so I’m a little late to the party. Chances are you know these things already, but I still wanted to post to keep everything up to date. ** As noted during …
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Gameday: Amerks at Binghamton Senators
The Amerks are back in action tonight on the road against the Binghamton Senators. These same two teams played nine days ago when the Amerks defeated the Senators by the final score of 4-2. That game was also filled with a lot of action near goaltender Tyler Plante. That’s also the same game that he …
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Mike Duco is Day to Day
Mike Duco is currently day to day with his shoulder injury. He hurt his shoulder when Phil Oreskovic and Andre Deveaux of the Toronto Marlies hit him hard into the boards on October 17th in Toronto. Amerks trainer Kent Weisbeck said that Duco is just waiting for his shoulder to not feel as sore so …
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Post Game Injury Report
It appears as if Rory Fitzpatrick could be missing some time. He left the bench with a few minutes left in the first period and did not return. It appeared to be a groin injury and could be a relapse with his sports hernia. Fitzpatrick will be talking on Thursday to the doctor who performed …
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