GDT: AHL – Amerks-Marlies Home-and-Home – Fri Nov 30 – 7:05PM ET – Sat Dec 1 – 7:00PM ET

[Woodhouse]

AHL GDT: AMERKS (9-7-1) at MARLIES (9-8-1) – FRI NOV 30 – 7:05PM ET – AHL Live, WHTK-AM

11.23 – Brian Flynn's hat trick propels Amerks past Albany (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

11.25 – Despres propels Pens past Marlies (The Citizens' Voice – Jonathan Bombulie)

11.25 – Offense sparks to life in Hershey Bears win over Toronto Marlies (The Patriot-News – Tim Leone)

11.27 – Rochester Amerks' T.J. Brennan working on his defense (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

11.27 – Rochester Amerks game moved to Buffalo (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

11.28 – Mike Kostka is turning heads with the Toronto Marlies (Yahoo Sports – Dustin Pollack)

11.28 – Jake Gardiner: Marlies best place to be (Toronto Sun – Lance Hornby)

11.28 – Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle has sights fixed on Marlies (Toronto Sun – Lance Hornby)

11.28 – Amerks play 'boring hockey' in loss to struggling San Antonio (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

11.29 – Rochester Amerks' Mark Mancari looks to break out of slump (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)


AHL GDT: AMERKS (9-8-1) at MARLIES (10-8-1) – SAT DEC 1 – 7:00PM ET – Sportsnet ONE, AHL Live, WHTK-AM

11.30 – Rochester Amerks lose to Toronto Marlies (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

ROCHESTER AMERICANS (Beat Coverage)

Last Night's Lineup

71 Marcus Foligno - 22 Phil Varone - 15 Evan Rankin
91 Frederick Roy - 12 Kevin Porter (C) - 10 Brian Flynn
74 Nick Tarnasky - 32 Rick Schofield - 29 Maxime Legault
44 Drew Schiestel - 72 Luke Adam - 25 Mark Mancari (A)

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

33 David Leggio
49 Connor Knapp

Roster Notes

Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Zemgus Girgensons (UBI), Cody Hodgson (hand), Matt MacKenzie (UBI), Jonathan Parker,
Kevin Sundher (UBI) and Corey Tropp (knee; season-ending) were scratched or out injured last night for Rochester.


TORONTO MARLIES (Beat Coverage)

NHL Affiliate & Notables

Toronto Maple Leafs: 13 Nazem Kadri, 19 Jake Gardiner, 22 Joe Colborne, 23 Matt Frattin, 30 Ben Scrivens.

Last Night's Lineup

13 Nazem Kadri - 11 Keith Aucoin (A) - 18 Carter Ashton
9 Nicolas Deschamps - 22 Joe Colborne - 23 Matt Frattin
39 Greg McKegg - 7 Mike Zigomanis (A) - 12 Ryan Hamilton (C)
29 Jerry D’Amigo - 14 Will Acton - 8 Greg Scott

19 Jake Gardiner - 21 Mike Kostka
27 Jesse Blacker - 5 Korbinian Holzer
17 Paul Ranger - 24 Simon Gysbers

30 Ben Scrivens
1 Mark Owuya

Roster Notes

Spencer Abbott, Mark Fraser (shoulder), Brad Ross, Kenny Ryan, Jussi Rynnas (groin) and Dylan Yeo were scratched
or out injured last night for Toronto.

A/V CLUB

11.23 – Highlights of Rochester's 5-2 win over Albany last Friday. <3:34>

11.24 – Highlights of Toronto's 2-1 loss to WBS last Saturday. <3:05>

11.25 – Highlights of Toronto's 4-2 loss to Hershey on Sunday. <2:30>

11.28 – Highlights of Rochester's 4-2 loss to San Antonio on Wednesday. <4:25>

11.30 – Highlights of Toronto's 4-1 win in Rochester on Friday. <1:49>

11.30 – Highlights of Rochester's 4-1 loss to Toronto on Friday. <2:10>


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[Dangles McGavin]

Wow, nice GDT!

[DJN21]

wooo party deck here I come, go amerks!

[sabrefan27]

Don't care about Toronto's mediocre record. That team has so much talent. Tough game.

Also, Kevin O alluded in his article that Adam will be back and playing with Mancari. So the lines will be tweaked probably.

[Woodhouse]

Yeah, both teams are expected to tweak their lineups. The Amerks will dress Adam, who skated with Mancari in yesterday's practice; while the Marlies, who had 3-in-4 last weekend and begin a 3-in-3 weekend tonight, are expected to rotate personnel and account for Fraser's injury.

Lance Hornby ‏@sunhornby
Marlie injury update: D Mark Fraser (strained shoulder) and G Jussi Rynnas (groin) will likely miss next three games until next week.

Link: https://twitter.com/sunhornby/status/273856102888767488

Paul Hendrick ‏@HennyTweets
Ryan hamilton moves back onto line with mike zigomanis and greg mckegg. Brad ross moves back to the extra line.#marlies

Link: https://twitter.com/HennyTweets/stat...74099784355840

[Jacob8hockey]

Very nicely done GDT!

[Woodhouse]

Pre-game notes:

• Schiestel dresses again as Parker and JGL sit; is skating with Adam and Mancari.

1st period notes:

• RCH PENALTY as Rankin gets two for hooking; Ashton and Kadri with point-blank chances on a centering pass and rebound respectively, Leggio saves twice; a backdoor pass redirected on net, Leggio saves again; penalty expires.
• TOR PENALTY as Acton gets two for tripping Adam behind the net as Scrivens gave it away; left circle shot on SH 3-on-2 saved by Leggio; RCH counters as Porter takes a drop pass, but Scrivens flashes the glove; penalty expires.
• TOR PENALTY as McKegg gets two for holding; RCH barely can get past their blue line; SH chance for Hamilton saved; Rankin with three whacks from the goalmouth but can't put it past Scrivens and his right pad; penalty expires.
• RCH PENALTY as Biega get two for tripping...
• TOR GOAL! 1-0 TOR. Ashton; assists to Aucoin and Kostka. Pysyk whiffs on the poke check as Aucoin splits the defense and then dishes to Ashton on the left for the one-time goal.
• TOR GOAL! 2-0 TOR. Frattin; assists to Deschamps and Blacker. Just 0:15 later, Frattin picks the top corner after being left alone in the slot.
• TOR PENALTY as Ashton gets two for holding Brennan...
• END OF 1ST PERIOD. 2-0 TOR. SHOTS 14-10 TOR. RCH 5V4 1:14.

A definite advantage to the Marlies that period as Leggio came up on huge several occasions; conversely, the only real RCH chances were the Porter and Rankin opportunities noted above.

[sabrefan27]

The Amerks are a total mess in every aspect of the game right now.

[Woodhouse]

Marlies posted the goals to YouTube already:





EDIT: It's 3-0 now as Frattin snipes another one. I think Brennan was the one with the original turnover behind the net and the **** coverage afterward.

[sabrefan27]

It was Brennan. That's 3 goals he's cost in 2 games.

[DJN21]

embarrassing game to be at and watch...
and with that I give this caveat...the amerks hit everything in sight and tried to instigate as many fights as possible to get things turned around...the Marlies demonstrated both an excellent level of cowardice and level of patience n maturity by not being egged into it...

[DJN21]

Foligno-the usual hit everything he could, tried to start about 5 fights finding no takers, had chances but lacks real finish...was the least of our concerns

Flynn-was the usual impressive sparkplug til he gift wrapped an empty netter...embarsssing

Rankin-tried to throw his body otherwise was kinda meh

Adam-belch

Mancari-had he not saved a goal by literally pulling it off the crease Id be bashing him up and down this board...gotta go

Varone-his footspeed impressed me, he got around on defense but on offense...meh

Roy-reminds me of gerbe....hit people twice his size...plays twice his size, yet results are minimal..often times like gerbe. still love him...

Brennan...defense still is iffy, still tries to play wing every chance he gets...AM VERY IMPRESSED BY HIS WILLINGNESS TO BE PHYSICAL. Sorry to bold that but...he really showed something tonight I dont usually see from him...

Finley-not as bad as usual...couldnt find a taker for a fight

Pysyk-most invisible hes been all year...not sure if thats a compliment or negative...absolutely nothing bad to say...nothing great though either...had a terrible turnover and turned around rode his guy into the boards taking him down and regaining the puck...def a game highlight for me.

McNabb...mostly terrible again...outlet passing is terribleee. needs to either focus on shooting or hitting cuz this middle game is embarassing.

Biega-thought this was one of his worst games this year and hes had some good ones so its hard to get on him much...questionable passing but no one else seems to be willing to help him out so...

Leggio-unreal for almost a first period...then dropped the ball...looks terrible handling the puck...looks awesome...then terrible...idk what to make of him...theres times I think he could rival Miller or Rinner etc other times he looks like a backup...cant seem to put whole periods/games together...bails us out which buys us sympathy but he really can be a bonehead too

[Woodhouse]

I'm choosing to recycle last night's GDT for the second leg of the home-and-home with Toronto. Also, I didn't watch the second half of Friday's game as closely as usual – BC@BU was on NBCSN – so I've got no additional notes to share.

***

Friday's boxscore:

Toronto Marlies 4 at Rochester Americans 1 - Status: Final
Friday, November 30, 2012 - Blue Cross Arena

Toronto 2 1 1 - 4
Rochester 0 0 1 - 1

1st Period-1, Toronto, Ashton 5 (Aucoin, Kostka), 16:02 (PP). 2, Toronto, Frattin 6 (Deschamps, Blacker), 16:17. Penalties-Rankin Rch (hooking), 5:11; Acton Tor (hooking), 8:05; McKegg Tor (holding), 13:13; Biega Rch (tripping), 15:18; Ashton Tor (holding), 19:13.

2nd Period-3, Toronto, Frattin 7 (Acton), 3:41. Penalties-Finley Rch (cross-checking), 4:42; Zigomanis Tor (interference), 6:58; McNabb Rch (boarding), 10:30; Legault Rch (bench minor - too many men), 16:27.

3rd Period-4, Rochester, Legault 1 (Biega, Tarnasky), 3:46. 5, Toronto, D'Amigo 3 19:07 (EN). Penalties-Flynn Rch (double minor - high-sticking), 14:36; Kostka Tor (hooking), 15:01.

Shots on Goal-Toronto 14-10-7-31. Rochester 10-10-9-29.
Power Play Opportunities-Toronto 1 / 7; Rochester 0 / 4.
Goalies-Toronto, Scrivens 6-6-0 (29 shots-28 saves). Rochester, Leggio 9-7-0 (30 shots-27 saves).
A-6,197
Referees-Keith Kaval (40).
Linesmen-Fraser McIntyre (94), Derek Sylvester (76).

I've added last night's D&C recap:

11.30 – Rochester Amerks lose to Toronto Marlies (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

Game highlights:

11.30 – Highlights of Toronto's 4-1 win in Rochester on Friday. <1:49>

11.30 – Highlights of Rochester's 4-1 loss to Toronto on Friday. <2:10>

[Taelin]

Will have this game PVR'd and will watch it when I get home!

It's been a while since I have been able to watch an Amerks game.

[sabrefan27]

Word of warning. You will want to turn it off before the first period ends. Worse than Wednesday. Didn't think that was possible.

[AmerksPuck]

Originally Posted by sabrefan27

Word of warning. You will want to turn it off before the first period ends. Worse than Wednesday. Didn't think that was possible.

They need to change something up as this is obviously not working.

Foligno-Adam-Flynn
Roy-Porter-Mancari
Parker/Schiestal-Varone-Rankin
Tarnasky-Schofield-Legault

??? Just kind of threw that together quickly but something needs to change up front as they haven't had anything going the past 2 games.

[sabrefan27]

Rolston put Schiestel with Mancari and Roy with Flynn. Right then and there, there was no chance of offense.

I'm sorry but there's no coaching. No leadership. They are never prepared. Amerks gave up 2 goals in 15 seconds. Rolston stood there like a statue. Toronto gives up 1 goal then another scoring chance, and Eakins calls a time out.

[Stop Winnin]

We missing Hodg and Tropper.

[sabrefan27]

Hodgson wouldn't have saved the last 2 train wrecks. It's more than that.

[TheyAreGoodScaryGood]

Nice I can watch this one

[Guess What]

On stations near buffalo?

[Disengage]

[Ralonzo]

Any instant video of that interview chick?

[French Connection]

The way this entire D core has played it is very confusing why the coaches are singaling out only a couple of players. Crawford sitting is a head scratcher.

[Ralonzo]

Frattin apparently didn't learn his lesson last year, but the linesmen get in there before history repeats