GDT: AHL – Amerks at Crunch – Sat Nov 10 – 7:30PM ET

[Woodhouse]

AHL GDT: AMERKS (6-4-1) at CRUNCH (7-1-2) – SAT NOV 10 – 7:30PM ET – AHL Live, WHTK-AM

11.06 – Legault ready to play; Hodgson out “a couple weeks” (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

11.07 – Syracuse Crunch goalie Riku Helenius blanks Hamilton, 3-0 (Post-Standard – Lindsay Kramer)

11.08 – Crunch defenseman Barberio has a way of lifting family and teammates (Post-Standard – Lindsay Kramer)

11.08 – Rochester Amerks give Brian Flynn bigger role (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

11.09 – Syracuse Crunch clamps down on Hamilton in 4-1 win (Post-Standard – Lindsay Kramer)

11.09 – Rochester Amerks lose, but Luke Adam impresses (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

11.09 – Most evident from Friday: Adam belongs at center (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

11.10 – In Amerks' loss, Adam proves he belongs at center (WGR – Matthew Coller)

ROCHESTER AMERICANS (Beat Coverage)

Last Night's Lineup

71 Marcus Foligno - 72 Luke Adam - 10 Brian Flynn
28 Zemgus Girgensons - 12 Kevin Porter (C) - 25 Mark Mancari (A)
74 Nick Tarnasky - 32 Rick Schofield - 29 Maxime Legault
91 Frederick Roy - 92 Kevin Sundher - 15 Evan Rankin

2 Joe Finley - 47 Matt MacKenzie
7 Brayden McNabb - 13 Mark Pysyk
3 TJ Brennan (A) - 4 Alex Biega

33 David Leggio
49 Connor Knapp

Roster Notes

Cody Hodgson (hand; two weeks) and Corey Tropp (right knee; season-ending) remain sidelined with injuries.
Nick Crawford, Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Jonathan Parker, Drew Schiestel and Phil Varone (ill) were scratched
last night for Rochester.


SYRACUSE CRUNCH (Beat Coverage)

NHL Affiliate & Notables

TB Lightning: 5 Keith Aulie, 18 Vladislav Namestnikov, 23 JT Brown, 28 Brett Connolly, 89 Cory Conacher.

Last Night's Lineup

89 Cory Conacher - 19 Alex Killorn - 28 Brett Connolly
12 Ondrej Palat - 9 Tyler Johnson - 14 Richard Panik
20 Pierre-Cedric Labrie - 10 Mike Angelidis (C) - 15 JT Wyman
88 Philip Michael-Devos - 23 JT Brown

6 Matt Taormina - 24 Jean-Philippe Cote (A)
44 Dmitry Korobov - 3 Radko Gudas
8 Mark Barberio (A) - 27 Evan Oberg - 42 Jared Nightingale

34 Dustin Tokarski
31 Riku Helenius

Roster Notes

Vladislav Namestnikov (shoulder; 4-6 weeks) remains sidelined, while Keith Aulie, Danick Gauthier and
Eric Neilson were scratched last night for Syracuse.

A/V CLUB

11.03 – Highlights of Rochester's 4-3 loss in Hamilton last Saturday. <1:53>

11.07 – Highlights of Syracuse's 3-0 win versus Hamilton on Wednesday. <1:18>

11.09 – Highlights of Rochester's 2-1 loss to Adirondack last night. <3:45>

11.09 – Highlights of Syracuse's 4-1 win versus Hamilton at Montreal's Bell Centre last night. <1:51>


GAMEDAY CHAT

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GAMEDAY STREAMS

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[Taelin]

Hopefully the game doesn't start on time, so I can catch the last part of the 3rd period...

[BalticWarrior]

Looks like Z has got a spot in top-6,awesome

[Allaboard]

With Tropp and Hodgson out this could be a big chance for big Z.

[DJN21]

any word on Varone for tonight?

[Woodhouse]

Leggio vs Helenius tonight; we're about to head out the door, so I won't be posting notes on this game until I watch the archive tomorrow morning.

Originally Posted by DJN21

any word on Varone for tonight?

Same scratches as last night, so no Varone again.

Crunch scratches: Aulie, Namestnikov, Koborov, Gauthier.

[Rammstein816]

Looks like some different line combos tonight:

Foligno - Flynn - Rankin
Girgensons - Porter - Roy
Sundher - Adam - Mancari
Tarnasky - Schofield - Legault

http://atdhenet.tv/52562/watch-roche...yracuse-crunch to watch

[Fly Boy]

None of the streams are working yet. It's kind of annoying.

Edit: ^Ah thank you!

[Rammstein816]

Originally Posted by Helo

Looks like Z has got a spot in top-6,awesome

I went to the game last night and he and Legault were by far the most engaged and physical Amerks. The guy has a non-stop motor, which is in contrast to another rookie, Kevin Sundher, he seemed to float way too much. Despite lack of results, Luke Adam played a good game last night as well.

[Rammstein816]

Tarnasky just dropped Nielsen in a short fight. Pulled Nielsen's jersey over his head and took him down.

[Rammstein816]

Gudas takes a run at Luke Adam and Finley takes to letting him know that he shouldn't do that. Finley beat an unwilling combatant in Gudas. I'm not shocked something happened, since Gudas took out Tropp last time these two teams played.

Edit: Finley gets an extra 2 for roughing (basically instigating).

[Rammstein816]

Leggio with a solid save after Flynn got a shorthanded chance at the other end.

[Rammstein816]

2 minutes tripping for Matt MacKenzie.

[Rammstein816]

End of the 1st - scoreless period. Action was pretty limited and play was even. If nothing else, between the last 2 games, the Amerks have looked excellent when it comes to fighting. Foligno destroyed Bourdon yesterday, Finley took down Gudas, and Tarnasky handled himself in both his fights.

[Rammstein816]

Legault with the shot from way out, tipped in front by Nick Tarnasky for the goal.

3rd of the year for Tarnasky from Legault and Schofield.

Labrie takes a roughing penalty and the Amerks on the power play for the 1st time.

[Rammstein816]

Rankin shoves Tyler Johnson after a shorthanded chance and a mini-scrum breaks out. TJ Brennan gets 2 for roughing. 4 on 4 for 14 seconds.

[Rammstein816]

Panik with the last second power play goal for Syracuse to even it at 1. Devos and Killorn with the assists.

[Rammstein816]

Rankin with the tip in from the point shot by Biega. Similar to the Tarnasky goal. 2-1 Rochester. Assists to Flynn and Biega.

[Rammstein816]

Mancari breaks free for a partial breakaway. 2 minute slashing penalty on Barberio as Mancari misses wide.

[Jacob582]

Flynn has had a good November. Taking advantage of the opportunity.
October : -4
November: 2 goals, 3 assists, +3. Points in all 4 games so far

[Rammstein816]

10 minute misconduct for Finley. Not sure why. Nielson gets 2 minutes for roughing now.

[Jacob582]

Originally Posted by Rammstein816

Looks like some different line combos tonight:

Foligno - Flynn - Rankin
Girgensons - Porter - Roy
Sundher - Adam - Mancari
Tarnasky - Schofield - Legault

http://atdhenet.tv/52562/watch-roche...yracuse-crunch to watch

Lindy Ruff helping with the line juggling?

[TheWook]

Looks that way

[Rhett4]

Foligno and Brennen give the 'Merks a 2-goal lead.

[Rhett4]

Flynn off a Foligno rebound makes it 5-2. Foligno...drool.