Andrew Amerk

Alright, so about 1100 for an Amerks game. About 1/4-1/5 of a normal Friday or Saturday crowd.

Why? Just because he was a figure skater?

His great uncle was Mike Boland, who played a handful of games for the Sabres and spent a couple seasons with the Amerks.

No, but I love a good tartar on my haddock fish fries.

This was actually the most exciting moment of the game.

Was he driving drunk that night? Or just going too fast in his Porsche?

I actually loved that. Knowing at some point Ray and Domi were gonna go at it - just not knowing when.

For me, it was driving from Rochester to Buffalo with my friends just to attend the parties in the plaza in 2006. What an incredible atmosphere and thing to be a part of. I did attend the final game against Carolina in person, but the games I watched in the plaza were actually more fun.

He was behind the counter working the espresso machine.

Yeah, because getting hammered and crashing into a Tim Ho’s is clearly C material.

I’m pretty sure I saw Ralph at Duffs.

Because he’s not ready. Do you like to eat burgers that have been on the grill for 40 seconds?

They don’t know how to spell his name? 🤦‍♂️

Amerks with a bit of a momentum loss in the 2nd. Taking a lot of penalties. Down 2-1 after 2. Up in shots 24-18.

For those not watching, 1-1 after the first. Amerks came out rusty but started picking up the play as the period went on. Shots 13-4 currently.

https://www.amerks.com/article/AMERKS ANNOUNCE 2020-21 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER Pretty interesting. Only 3 forward lines and only 2 D pairs?

Is it really glass tho?

I never realized Tim Ho’s was ever good at all. The only good thing I’ve ever gotten from them was some Sabres Donut sign thats in my Sabres Cave.

I’m sorry to hear this. I’ll be praying for the situation.

Just wanted to say that I’m sorry to hear about all of this. Ive been having similar issues with my shoulder for a few years now. A year of PT did nothing - it has only gotten worse. I’m frustrated and don’t know where to go from here. It’s getting to the point where I can barely lift my arm, and it’s incredibly hard to get sleep. I was a baseball pitcher, bowler, and liked to throw a lot of checks in hockey. Not sure if that’s all connected to my issue or not, but I’m very frustrated that I’m not able to play with my daughter in ways that I wish I could.

It’s near lunacy. I get the whole “gotta earn your spot” concept/rhetoric, but that gets completely tossed out of the window when a dozen players that didn’t earn their spot to play with Eichel have been placed on his wing instead of Skinner.

For those interested, you can get all of the Amerks games for $35. https://www.watchtheahl.com/#/

The Skinner problem is the overall usage since he has been here - not the contract. 1. You bring him in, knowing he’s a goal scorer. You decide to use him with your top center. Surprise, surprise, he nets 40 goals. 2. The next season, knowing he’s a goal scorer, you move him away from your top center. You actually put him on a line with no real center. Surprise, surprise, he struggles. 3. Year 3, you bring in a capable veteran center. Okay, great - since you don’t plan on pairing him with your top center ever again, now at least he has a real C to skate with. Oh...wait...let’s NOT do that. Let’s stick him on the 4th line and see what happens. Surprise, surprise, he stinks - still knowing he’s a goal scorer, and having the gift of hindsight to KNOW he needs someone halfway talented at C to get him the puck.

Serious questions need to be asked about why the NHL allowed an illegal goal to decide the Cup in ‘99.