Jun 1, 2022
By Warren Kosel
A distraught Seth Appert took his usual position behind the podium prepared to address the media, something he’s done every day since the start of training camp.
As he peered up in anticipation of the first question, an obvious sense of disappointment took over the second-year head coach, but not because the Rochester Americans saw their season come to a heartbreaking end in a triple-overtime loss to the Laval Rocket in Game 3 of the North Division Finals the night before.
It was because at that very moment, he knew it would be the final day that his team would be together before going their separate ways.
For the past several weeks, Appert admitted that he didn’t want the season to end, and it wasn’t because he was at the helm of the team’s most impressive postseason runs in almost two decades. It was simply because he didn’t want to stop coaching this particular group of players who arrived in Rochester back in September as individuals and by season’s end forged an unbreakable bond.
As the question came in from Suzie Cool, the team’s multimedia journalist, Appert was nearly at a loss of words, which if anyone knew Appert, was uncharacteristic of Rochester’s bench boss.
He was asked to reflect on how the last few weeks allowed him more time to continue coaching the Amerks and, unsurprisingly, his response was just as expected.
“They have a unique blend of fun and hard work, and you don’t find a lot of teams like that. It was fun to coach these guys.”
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“I’m probably more disappointed that I didn’t get more (time) than happy that we got extra,” said Appert, who guided the Amerks to the third round of the playoffs for the first time since 2004. “That’s…
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