Tag:Keaton Ellerby
Amerks Training Camp Roster and Other Notes
The 2009/2010 season for the Rochester Americans is finally upon us. It seems as if everyone from youth hockey all the way up to the NHL has started except for the Amerks. The Amerks will open training camp on Thursday morning from 10am – Noon at the ESL Centre. The camp roster is supposed to …
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Florida Panthers Article: Optimism In Rochester
The article below appeared on the Florida Panthers site this past Sunday about the optimism surrounding the upcoming Rochester Americans season, something that has been missing in recent years. One thing that’s exciting is the interest in the Amerks that a lot of Panther fans have taken. These fans view the Rochester Americans as the …
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Panthers Finish Day 1 of Rookie Camp
It was an exciting day for hockey fans on Monday as a number of teams including the Florida Panthers started their first official practices for the rookies. Here’s a couple of reports out of camp, I don’t have plans to post updates often unless something spectacular is reported out of camp so check the links. …
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Florida Panthers Rookie Camp Opens Today
The Florida Panthers open their rookie camp on this morning down in Florida at Incredible ICE, but I prefer to call it the warm up to Amerks training camp on September 24th! A number of players were in Rochester this past week prior to heading down to Florida including David Brine who tossed out the …
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Keaton Ellerby Ready to Join the Panthers
The Florida Panthers saw the departure of Jay Bouwmeester this summer and in the wake of that they’re in need of help on defense, Keaton Ellerby is well aware that an opportunity awaits him in September. I had the chance to talk to Ellerby this weekend and he stated, “They’ve told me that I have …
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Amerks vs Crunch Pre-Season Games
In news that comes as no surprise at all, the Amerks two pre-season games will be against the Syracuse Crunch. The teams aren’t even in the same division anymore so we can’t say division rivals. Thruway rivals maybe? The teams will play a home and home series with two games in three nights. The first …
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Florida Panthers Draft Defenseman Dmitry Kulikov
The Florida Panthers drafted defenseman Dmitry Kulikov with their first round pick (14th overall) in this years NHL draft. Kulikov is only 18 years old which means he would not appear in an Amerks uniform until at least the 2010-2011 season. The 2008-2009 season in the QMJHL with Drummondville was his first in North America. …
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2009 Development Camp Roster
The Florida Panthers released the list of players invited to their 2009 Development Camp which starts on Sunday May 31st and runs through June 7th. The core of the players that will be there are essentially ones that will be playing for the Rochester Americans in the 2009/2010 season. Noticeably absent is Tanner Glass and …
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Panthers Get Back to Work
The Florida Panthers will open their annual development camp about an hour outside of Toronto next week at the Teen Ranch, it feels like it was just yesterday that we wrote about our visit to last years camp. The camp is a great place for signed and unsigned prospects to get the chance to go …
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Amerks Defeat Marlies in Overtime
The Rochester Americans defeated the Toronto Marlies in overtime on Wednesday night by the final score of 5-4. Randal Gelech scored the game winning goal at 1:53 in overtime, assisted by Stefan Meyer. Due to other commitments (sons hockey practice), I didn’t get the chance to watch or listen to the game, so here’s the …
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Strong Effort by Amerks not Enough to defeat Crunch
The Syracuse Crunch are undefeated at home this season against the Rochester Americans and continued that streak on Saturday night with a 3-2 win in front of 6,117 fans at the War Memorial. Unlike previous contests between the two teams in Syracuse the Amerks put in a solid effort on the ice. The Crunch scored …
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Sprukts and Shantz Lead Amerks to Win
The one thing that Rochester Americans can still play for is the role of spoiler. They did a good job tonight by winning 4-2 over the Binghamton Senators and can try again on Saturday in Syracuse. The Senators and Crunch are both in the hunt for the playoffs and each team needs every point they …
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