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AHL – Amerks at Phantoms – Sat Oct 27 – 7:00PM ET

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AHL GDT: AMERKS (4-2-1) at PHANTOMS (2-3-0) – SAT OCT 27 – 7:00PM ET – AHL Live, WHTK-AM, Sirius 207, XM 92

10.22 – Rochester Amerks' Frederick Roy finds his role (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

10.23 – Amerks’ Porter making best of new AHL stint (Olean Times Herald – Bill Hoppe)

10.23 – Amerks beat Bulldogs 3-1 in Buffalo (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

10.24 – Amerks’ Mancari hoping second stint with Sabres more successful (Olean Times Herald – Bill Hoppe)

10.25 – T.J. Brennan packs a punch for Amerks with his slapshot (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

10.26 – Phantoms fall to Albany Devils, finish road trip 1-3 (The Saratogian – Michael Cignoli)

10.26 – Amerks fall to baby Pens despite another late-game rally (Amerks – Game Recap)

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ROCHESTER AMERICANS (Beat Coverage)

Tonight's Lineup

71 Marcus Foligno - 19 Cody Hodgson - 15 Evan Rankin
72 Luke Adam - 22 Phil Varone - 25 Mark Mancari (A)
28 Zemgus Girgensons - 12 Kevin Porter (C) - 10 Brian Flynn
74 Nick Tarnasky - 32 Rick Schofield - 91 Frederick Roy

2 Joe Finley - 20 Nick Crawford
7 Brayden McNabb - 13 Mark Pysyk
3 TJ Brennan (A) - 4 Alex Biega

33 David Leggio
49 Connor Knapp

Roster Notes

Maxime Legault (UBI; two weeks) and Corey Tropp (right knee; season-ending) remain sidelined with injuries. Matt
MacKenzie, Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Jonathan Parker, Drew Schiestel and Kevin Sundher are scratched tonight.

ADIRONDACK PHANTOMS (Beat Coverage)

NHL Affiliate & Notables

Philadelphia Flyers: 3 Marc-Andre Bourdon, 10 Brayden Schenn, 14 Sean Couturier, 28 Brandon Manning,
36 Erik Gustafsson.

Tonight's Lineup

26 Zac Rinaldo - 10 Brayden Schenn - 11 Shane Harper
24 Harry Zolnierczyk - 14 Sean Couturier - 25 Matthew Ford
16 Tye McGinn - 9 Rob Bordson - 23 Ben Holmstrom (C)
18 Tyler Brown - 15 Andrew Johnston - 8 Mike Testwuide

13 Zack FitzGerald - 5 Danny Syvret (A)
28 Brandon Manning (A) - 20 Cullen Eddy
36 Erik Gustafsson - 3 Marc-Andre Bourdon

33 Scott Munroe
35 Cal Heeter

Roster Notes

Oliver Lauridsen, Eric Wellwood, Garrett Roe, Jeff Dimmen and Matt Mangene are scratched tonight for Adirondack.

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A/V CLUB

10.23 – Highlights of Rochester's 3-1 win versus Hamilton on Tuesday. <3:34>

10.26 – Highlights of Adirondack's 5-1 loss in Albany on Friday. <1:52>

10.26 – Highlights of Rochester's 5-4 OTL in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Friday. <7:16>

10.27 – FlyersTV previews tonight's game between Adirondack and Rochester. <4:34>

GAMEDAY CHAT

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GAMEDAY STREAMS

AHL Live (subscription required) – Atdhe – FirstRow – Wiziwig

At this rate, I'll never catch an Amerks game... :(

Just an FYI ... For the radio feed and if your not near the Rochester area ... On a smartphone DL the Iheartradio app and search for ...

1280 WHTK

I did this recently and it worked well :thumbu:

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Originally Posted by ZZamboni (Post 55316025)

Just an FYI ... For the radio feed and if your not near the Rochester area ... On a smartphone DL the Iheartradio app and search for ...

1280 WHTK

I did this recently and it worked well :thumbu:

The game will also be on NHL Network Radio on Sirius and XM.

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Originally Posted by ZZamboni (Post 55316025)

Just an FYI ... For the radio feed and if your not near the Rochester area ... On a smartphone DL the Iheartradio app and search for ...

1280 WHTK

I did this recently and it worked well :thumbu:

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Originally Posted by Zip15 (Post 55317789)

The game will also be on NHL Network Radio on Sirius and XM.

See OP's first line of text. :sarcasm:

Both teams played last night. I'd still expect Leggio to start in goal, as it's not a 3-in-3 for Rochester, but Adirondack does play tomorrow afternoon, so I'd expect to see Munroe tonight and possibly some other lineup changes to stay fresh, shake-it-up.

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Originally Posted by Woodhouse (Post 55317825)

See OP's first line of text. :sarcasm:

Oh yea, your first line of text must be some funky code for "hey DL the Ihearttadio app for a smartphone to get the games"

:biglaugh:

Seriously, I saw the first line. My post addressed something else.

:thumbu:

Keep up the good work!

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Originally Posted by Woodhouse (Post 55317945)

Heeter played last night so I'd definitely expect Munroe tonight.

wow 244 shots on Leggio. That is a lot of shots averaging 35 a game. At this rate he will be worn out by December. Worst goals against 27(we have played a few more games than some) however Lake Erie with same amount of games have allowed 16 goals.

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Originally Posted by hockeylover1 (Post 55318909)

Mistake by the Sabres to go with almost all offensive defenseman. They just can't play defense. They said in June a vet defenseman was a priority and then they just didn't sign one. Predictably, the defense is a huge weak point.

Going to my first Amerks game of the year tonight. I will try and take some notes and report back tomorrow.

Is the AHL website broken or are the amerks really in the Western conference? :laugh:

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Originally Posted by Disengage (Post 55318585)

Heeter played last night so I'd definitely expect Munroe tonight.

Adirondack's beat writer expects Munroe to start as well; projects tonight's scratches as Wellwood, Mangene, Roe, Lauridsen, Dimmen.

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Originally Posted by HockeyH3aven (Post 55319353)

Is the AHL website broken or are the amerks really in the Western conference? :laugh:

Everyone in the Eastern Conference is further east than Rochester though. They are however the eastern-most team in the Western Conference and also have the western-most team (Abbottsford, BC) in their division.

All offensive defensemen ? Have you watched any games? FInley? BIega? McKEnzie? Pysik? THey are all defensive defensemen. Defense is a team effort and everyone has to be involved in the backcheck.

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Originally Posted by hockey18 (Post 55321071)

All offensive defensemen ? Have you watched any games? FInley? BIega? McKEnzie? Pysik? THey are all defensive defensemen. Defense is a team effort and everyone has to be involved in the backcheck.

Yes I've probably watched more games than anyone on here. The defense, as a whole, is very offensive. They've mostly had the same defense since the beginning of last season and they've always been poor in their own zone.

I see Schenn, Couturier, and then what I can only possibly imagine as a bunch of goons on that Adirondack team.

Too bad Tropp isn't able to tune up Rinaldo again. Maybe someone else can knock his punkin' block off instead.

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Originally Posted by hockey18 (Post 55321071)

All offensive defensemen ? Have you watched any games? FInley? BIega? McKEnzie? Pysik? THey are all defensive defensemen. Defense is a team effort and everyone has to be involved in the backcheck.

No, not really. Pysyk plays both ends of the ice well, but Biega's definitely a more offensive than defensive player. Brennan and McNabb hit and score, but I don't think either are anything special defensively, and Brennan is outright awful in his own zone sometimes. Finley is definitely D-first, but he's also slow as hell, and MacKenzie's just...young. That group could definitely be helped out by adding a steady stay-at-home vet.

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Originally Posted by Chainshot (Post 55323749)

Too bad Tropp isn't able to tune up Rinaldo again. Maybe someone else can knock his punkin' block off instead.

I'm sure Foligno doesn't like Rinaldo, they've had some run-ins in the past. I wouldn't mind seeing him tee off on him. :)

Note: OP Addition

10.27 – FlyersTV previews tonight's game between Adirondack and Rochester. <4:34>

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Originally Posted by Chainshot (Post 55323749)

Too bad Tropp isn't able to tune up Rinaldo again. Maybe someone else can knock his punkin' block off instead.

Rinaldo has been playing well according to their broadcast crew. He laid a solid open ice hit on Larsson last night. (Rinaldo segment starts around 2:40 in above clip, hit at 2:55)

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Originally Posted by Kishire (Post 55324129)

I'm sure Foligno doesn't like Rinaldo, they've had some run-ins in the past. I wouldn't mind seeing him tee off on him. :)

very much agree

Nice shift by Zemgus, following a poor Amerks PP.

GOAL! - Schofield. Nice shift by the whole line. Roy will probably get his first point on that.

Edit: Nope..Brennan and Tarnasky with the assists.

Score! 1-0 Rochester!

Brennan and TarNasty get the assists on the goal.