The Rochester Americans made their first visit to Milwaukee since 2007 on Sunday afternoon to face the Admirals, and the home team came away with a 2-1 overtime victory over the Amerks in a goaltending battle between Nathan Lieuwen and Pekka Rinne. With the overtime loss, the Amerks moved to 28-19-4-4 on the season and have picked up points in six of their last seven games.
After two scoreless periods that featured several scoring chances at both ends of the ice, the teams traded goals in a seven-second span midway through the third period before the game was eventually decided in overtime as Charles-Olivier Roussel scored both Milwaukee goals.
Lieuwen, who was starting in the Amerks’ net for the sixth time in the last seven games, stopped 26 of 28 Milwaukee shots and has now allowed two or fewer goals in 12 of his last 16 appearances. Jamie Tardif scored the lone goal for Rochester on assists from Chad Ruhwedel and Phil Varone, giving Varone a three-game point streak and 10 points in his last seven outings.
Game Preview Article - at Rockford Ice Hogs - Tuesday, March 4 - Amerks.com -
http://www.amerks.com/preview.asp?gameID=20140304
Panthers Acquire Mancari From Blues, Janik goes to Wolves - Sunday, March 2 - TheAHL.com -
http://theahl.com/panthers-acquire-mancari-from-blues-p190714
Ristolainen and Bagnall - A Winning Combination - Justin Ritzel - February 28 - TheAHL.com -
It’s no secret to anyone who has witnessed a Rochester Americans game over the past few months that the defensive duo of Rasmus Ristolainen and Drew Bagnall has been of critical importance to the Amerks’ recent surge through the American Hockey League.
Who would have expected such early returns from two players who have tread such different paths to AHL careers? One is a recent first-round draft pick of the Buffalo Sabres, while the other is a 426-game AHL veteran. Call it luck, chance or good team management, the pairing of Ristolainen and Bagnall has been a key contribution for the 27-18-3-4 Amerks.
Their good fortune together, however, is that much more interesting considering the differing nature of their hockey backgrounds.
http://theahl.com/ristolainen-bagnall-a-winning-combination-p190655
Thanks for all you've done this year, man! I really appreciate it. I always check in here on game night to see who's on the score sheet, and you always provide. Your work doesn't go unnoticed.
Seconded. LaxSabre, 26CornerBlitz and Woodhouse all do a fanstastic job on transferring and consolidating lots of good stuff from other sources to this forum for us.
Seconded. LaxSabre, 26CornerBlitz and Woodhouse all do a fanstastic job on transferring and consolidating lots of good stuff from other sources to this forum for us.
What will the Amerks lines look like?
Here were the lines for Sundays game vs Milwaukee - Rob Sanderson didn't tweet the lines for last nights game vs Chicago.What will the Amerks lines look like?
Here were the lines for Sundays game vs Milwaukee - Rob Sanderson didn't tweet last nights lines - vs Chicago.
Adam-Varone-Tardif - Larsson-Porter-Zigomanis - Gillies-Catenacci-Armia - Roy-Schaller-Irwin -
McNabb/Ruhwedel - Bagnall/Risto - MacKenzie/Pysyk.
LaxSabre - so Klesa just replaces McNabb? or does Bagnall get promoted to the top D-Line?
Here were the lines for Sundays game vs Milwaukee - Rob Sanderson didn't tweet the lines for last nights game vs Chicago.
Adam-Varone-Tardif - Larsson-Porter-Zigomanis - Gillies-Catenacci-Armia - Roy-Schaller-Irwin -
McNabb/Ruhwedel - Bagnall/Risto - MacKenzie/Pysyk.
LaxSabre - so Klesla just replaces McNabb? or does Bagnall get promoted to the top D-Line and Klesla replaces him?
No idea where Deslaurier goes - I assume he will be in the top nine though - perhaps he replaces Gillies?
Kevin Porter scored twice on the power-play to bring the Rochester Americans within a goal, but it wasn’t enough as the Amerks couldn’t complete the comeback and dropped a 4-2 decision to the Rockford IceHogs Tuesday at BMO Harris Bank Center. With the loss, Rochester falls to 28-20-4-4 on the season and closes out its four-game Midwest road swing with a 1-2-1-0 record.
Porter scored his 11th and 12th of the season, both coming on the power-play in the third period, to help the Amerks rally from being down 3-0 and Nathan Lieuwen finished with 25 saves in the loss, marking the first time the netminder allowed three goals or more since Feb. 16. Brayden McNabb, Joel Armia and Rasmus Ristolainen all recorded assists for the Amerks, who despite the loss, have collected points in six of their last eight games and have won 13 of their last 20.
Armia should really probably be the scratch now with Deslaurier added to a healthy lineup. Doubt it happens though.
He has played that badly? Thats sad.
He has played that badly? Thats sad.