GDT: AHL – Amerks vs Griffins – Fri Oct 19 – 7:05PM ET – TV: TWCS

[Woodhouse]

AHL GDT: AMERKS (1-2-0) vs GRIFFINS (0-1-1) – FRI OCT 19 – 7:05PM ET – TWCS, AHL Live, WHTK-AM

10.15 – Amerks' Corey Tropp done for season (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

10.16 – Griffins make first road trip of the season (Griffins – Press Release)

10.16 – Those who missed Amerks game were the lucky ones (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

10.17 – Amerks turn to veteran Porter for leadership (Amerks – Anthony Laurendi)

10.18 – Andersson expected to lead in third season with Griffins (MiHockeyNow – Andrea Nelson)

10.18 – NHL lockout on minds of some Amerks players (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

ROCHESTER AMERICANS (Beat Coverage)

Tonight's Lineup

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

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

Jerome Gauthier-Leduc (LBI), Maxime Legault (UBI; two weeks) and Corey Tropp (right knee; season-ending) are
sidelined with injuries. Nick Crawford, Jonathan Parker, Drew Schiestel and Kevin Sundher were scratched for
tonight's game.


GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS (Beat Coverage)

NHL Affiliate & Notables

Detroit Red Wings: 7 Brendan Smith, 13 Gustav Nyquist, 19 Riley Sheahan, 27 Tomas Tatar, 28 Tomas Jurco.

Tonight's Lineup

27 Tomas Tatar - 29 Landon Ferraro - 13 Gustav Nyquist
21 Trevor Parkes - 19 Riley Sheahan - 28 Tomas Jurco
10 Jeff Hoggan (C) - 22 Louis-Marc Aubry - 9 Francis Pare
23 Triston Grant - 12 Brent Raedeke - 15 Mitch Callahan

4 Nathan Paetsch (A) - 7 Brendan Smith
5 Adam Almquist - 32 Brian Lashoff (A)
14 Chad Billins - 44 Brennan Evans

1 Jordan Pearce
30 Tom McCollum

A/V CLUB

10.12 – Highlights of Rochester's 5-4 shootout win vs Syracuse on Friday. <3:08>

10.12 – Highlights and post-game comments from Grand Rapids' 3-2 loss to Milwaukee on Friday. <2:08>

10.13 – Highlights of Rochester's 3-1 loss in Toronto on Saturday. <6:00>

10.13 – Highlights and post-game comments from Grand Rapids' 4-3 shootout loss to Hamilton on Saturday. <2:14>

10.16 – Highlights of Rochester's 3-1 loss to Binghamton on Tuesday. <2:01>


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[Woodhouse]

Legault's out for two weeks or so; Schofield was scratched last game because of a virus and returned to practice on Thursday.

Also, there's been some line shuffling:

Coach Ron Rolston switched lines during Tuesday’s game and for practice Thursday. Foligno and Evan Rankin were Phil Varone’s wingers. Mark Mancari joined Hodgson and Luke Adam. Zemgus Girgensons and Brian Flynn were alongside Kevin Porter.

Link: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/...Amerks-players

[Woodhouse]

It's also costume night at BCA:

[Taelin]

Looks like I'll be watching the highlights again.

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Huh, didn't know Paetsch was with the Griffs nowadays.

[SabresBillsBuffalo]

Crawford needs to get his earned playing time. He should be playing over some of these guys, and schofield is a scrub no idea why Roy or Parker can't get a shot over him. This tough guy fascination is annoying.

[mercy]

Originally Posted by Taro Tsujimoto

Huh, didn't know Paetsch was with the Griffs nowadays.

I remember when he was the only one who could make our PP click back when we were an offensive powerhouse.

[sabrefan27]

Originally Posted by SabresBillsBuffalo

Crawford needs to get his earned playing time. He should be playing over some of these guys, and schofield is a scrub no idea why Roy or Parker can't get a shot over him. This tough guy fascination is annoying.

First, Schofield is not a tough guy. He's a good, defensive center.

Second, Parker is terrible and should never see AHL ice all year. I watched Schofield play all last year in Syracuse, he's a good AHL player.

[Chainshot]

Originally Posted by sabrefan27

First, Schofield is not a tough guy. He's a good, defensive center.

Second, Parker is terrible and should never see AHL ice all year. I watched Schofield play all last year in Syracuse, he's a good AHL player.

Agreed on Schofield - high energy, very good defense. He knows his role and plays it well.

[Woodhouse]

Originally Posted by Taro Tsujimoto

Huh, didn't know Paetsch was with the Griffs nowadays.

Paetsch should be on their top pair with Brendan Smith (if they don't juggle their lines again).

[jfb392]

Looks like Frédérick Roy is apparently in the lineup:

jcarriere72 I know what I'm doing tomorrow night.I'm going to watch @FreddyRoy play his 1st Game in the AHL #MyMan #Rochester

http://twitter.com/jcarriere72/statu...55167540965376

[sabrefan27]

Hope he's in for Flynn. Wasn't impressed.

[tsujimoto74]

Excited to see Roy play.

[Woodhouse]

Kevin Oklobzija reports: Schofield, Roy, Biega in; Legault, Sundher, Schiestel out.

[French Connection]

Originally Posted by Woodhouse

Kevin Oklobzija reports: Schofield, Roy, Biega in; Legault, Sundher, Schiestel out.

Schiestel out is a head scratch-er as he was by no means the worst of the bunch.

[minuteater]

Happy that I stayed with TWC so that I can watch these few games that they broadcast

[gallagt01]

Brennan falls in the corner, in turn gets beat to the puck and Parks' feed in front finds Jurco who slips it past Leggio.

[Timbo Slice]

Brennan definitely earned that minus.... yikes. Falls down racing to get the puck and the Griffins cashed in. Ugly.

[Woodhouse]

Brennan falls!

[Fly Boy]

Stream was working and now its not. I want to watch.

Edit: Working now again.

[Timbo Slice]

Watching Adam with interest tonight. He's on Rochester's big line with Hodgson and Mancari, so hopefully that ignites him.

[Fly Boy]

Can this team go 5 min without committing a penalty?

[Timbo Slice]

Nice stop by Leggio. Only thing that keeps this PK from getting destroyed each and every game.

[Timbo Slice]

Game is really fast paced. The Amerks are, again, sloppy. Can't complete simple passes.

[gallagt01]

I'm not overly impressed with Adam and Hodgson's lack of consistency on a shift-to-shift basis. These guys should look a lot better.