Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Quiet Morning

Yesterday, Rochester released Neil Clark from his PTO. Clark, 6'2", 210 pounds picked up 10 PIM in his two games; two five-minute majors for fighting, each time against Jon Mirasty. The Amerks are still a couple of days from their next game.

Maybe this move is indicative of someone being brought in to play the heavyweight role..

Meanwhile, Duco's made a bit of an impression on the Crunch enforcer -- from the Syracuse Post-Standard writer Lindsay Kramer:
Duco and teammate Kenndal McArdle got into it with Mirasty and Syracuse's Tom Sestito on the benches at the end of Saturday's game.

Mirasty pointed to the dividing glass and then flexed his muscles at Duco. At the time, I didn't quite catch the significance of that gesture. Tuesday, Mirasty said he was signaling that Duco is a tough guy when he's protected by the divider.

"The little rat Duco started the whole thing. He was chirping our players and was swinging his stick," Mirasty said. "I think he was trying to be a little agitator out there. I couldn't allow that."

One of Duco's stick swipes caught Sestito on the visor. I checked with the league office on Tuesday, and they said the matter is still under investigation.

Moving down from Rochester to Florida's west coast, a little more info about James DeLory.


Apparently, DeLory suffered a concussion while he was with the Amerks and it seems affiliates cannot assign injured players. DeLory is already in Estero and the Everblades are a couple days from the start of the regular season, but DeLory is not on the roster. The 'Blades head coach, Malcolm Cameron does not want to cut a player who can play for one who can't play.

There's a little bit more information about it at the Naples News 'Blades Blog, which is here.

Would the Minnesota Wild loan Riley Emmerson to the Amerks? Please?

Over the weekend, Matt Rust centered the Wolverines' top line in both games. He picked up one assist in one game, and two assists in the other. The Wolverines are 2-0, while Rust has 3 points to start the season.

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