Rochester Amerks/Elmira Jackals Thread-2014-2015 Season-Part II

[LaxSabre]

@RSandersonWHTK -
Adirondack (who #Amerks host on Friday) leads Syracuse 9-0. The Crunch is in first place in the Eastern Conference.
Make that 10-Zip! Adirondack #AHLFlames are absolutely scorching the Syracuse "Cru-unch" tonight. #AHL 3rd 18:24 [0]#SYRvsADK[10].
Adirondack's 10-0 victory tonight over Syracuse is 1st time an #AHL team has won by double-digits since December 2002.
Syracuse 29 Adirondack 27 - yes, 10 Adirondack goals on 27 shots. Gudlevskis allowed 4/13 then York allowed 6/14.

AHL Communications @AHLPR -
The @AHLFlames set an AHL 2014-2015 season high for goals in a game in tonight's 10-0 win over Syracuse.
The @AHLFlames are the first AHL team to score 10+ in a shutout since Worcester defeated Providence 11-0 on November 30, 2002.
The @AHLFlames are the first AHL team to win a game by a double-digit margin since December 8, 2002 - Hamilton 15 Cleveland 1.
The last time a AHL team scored 10 goals at the Glens Falls Civic Center was March 7, 1993 - Adirondack Red Wings 10 Springfield Indians 4.

Game Recap - Flames Score 10 Goals In Blanking Of Crunch - TheAHL.com - Tuesday, February 10.
The 10 goals sets a 2014-2015 AHL season high as well as marks a franchise-high for the Flames.
Sven Baertschi recorded the first hat trick in his professional career. Turner Elson (2G) - Kenny Agostino (1G-2A) - Mark Cundari (1G-2A) -
Markus Granlund (1G-1A) - Ben Hanowski (2A) - Garnet Hathaway (3A) - Brian McGrattan (2A) - Tyler Wotherspoon (2A) all posted multiple-point efforts.
Thirteen Adirondack skaters registered at least a point. Goaltender Joni Ortio stopped all 29 Syracuse shots en route to his fourth shutout on the season.

Rest Of The Game Recap - http://theahl.com/flames-score-10-goals-in-blanking-of-syracuse-p196226

Boxscore - Flames 10 Crunch 0 - Tuesday, February 10 - TheAHL.com - http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1014171

 

[LaxSabre]

Game Preview - Amerks Close Out Eight-Game Roadie Tonight - Amerks.com - Wednesday, February 11.

Tonights Game - Following a successful a four-game trek through the Midwest Division, the Rochester Americans are back in the Empire State tonight as the Amerks conclude their season-long eight-game road swing with a North Division showdown against the first-place Utica Comets at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. The 7:00 pm ET contest will be the fourth of eight scheduled meetings between the two teams this season and will be broadcast LIVE on FOX Sports 1280 AM Rochester. Rest Of The Game Preview - http://www.amerks.com/preview.asp?gameID=20150211

@RSandersonWHTK - Ontario Reign who will join #AHLPacific Division next season - will be unveiling their new #AHL logo and colors at 4:00 pm PT. #ReignAHL

 

[LaxSabre]

Prospects Recap - Tuesday, February 10 - Martin Extends-Ullmark Excellent - Kris Baker @SabresProspects - SabresProspects.com

WHL - Brycen Martin (-2) extended his point streak to eight games Tuesday with a goal and an assist as Saskatoon was defeated by Moose Jaw 6-3.
Martin continues to elevate his game of late, racking up 4 goals and 17 points in his first 13 games since being traded to the Blades from Swift Current.

QMJHL - Vaclav Karabacek produced one shot on goal and a tripping minor as Baie-Comeau toppled Chicoutimi 6-2.
Karabacek has amassed 3 goals and 7 points in 15 games since being dealt to the Drakkar.

SHL - Linus Ullmark was magnificent in stopping 37 of 38 shots as MODO edged Djurgardens IF 2-1.
Ullmark improved to 10-15 on the year with a 3.04 GAA and .910 save%.
Gustav Possler contributed four shots on goal in 16:54 of action.

Rest Of The Recap - http://www.sabresprospects.com/2015/02/210-recap-martin-extends-ullmark.html

 

[LaxSabre]

Guess no more worrying that Brendan Lemieux only scores power-play goals...

Good luck in the Winnipeg system.

 

[LaxSabre]

Rochester Americans retweeted -
@BuffaloSabres - Trade - #Sabres acquire Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian, Jason Kasdorf from @NHLJets
for Myers, Stafford, Lemieux, Armia and 1st rd pick. #BUFtrade

@RSandersonWHTK -
Official - #Sabres acquire Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian, RPI G Jason Kasdorf from WPG for Myers, Stafford, #Amerks Armia, Lemieux and a '15 1st.
Expecting Joel Armia will be reporting to #AHL St. John's. #IceCaps 12th in Eastern Conf. - they're home tonight (but that's a long trip).
Monster slobberknocker trade. Not gonna pick winner yet, but it's definately not #Amerks. That said, Armia probbably would've been gone soon anyways.

@kevinoDandC - For the #Amerks, losing Joel Armia is a major loss. But if he wasn't traded, he was headed to Buffalo when Stafford, others were traded.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Wow that's a bad trade by Buffalo. Not that I care I honestly don't but Evamder Kane is a problem child and he's nothing special. Bogosian was decent in Atlanta. They gave up a lot to get very little. Im shocked theres not anger in this thread by the fact the Americans just lost Armia.

 

[sabrefan27]

The Amerks are going nowhere and Armia is injury prone. Not a big deal from the perspective.

 

[LaxSabre]

@AmerksHockey -

Thank you to Joel Armia for your contributions and time with the #Amerks. Good luck with the Jets organization.

 

[LaxSabre]

AJ Jakubec ‏@AJonSports - Not surprised to see Brendan Lemieux involved in Kane/Myers blockbuster.
His agent (Claude) told the Sabres Brendan wasn't signing in BUF.

‏@AJonSports - Don't know the exact reason. Claude just didn't want him playing there.

Craig ‏@CraigPilc - Is WPG better than Buffalo? who wouldn't want to be a Sabre in 2 years?

‏@SabresProspects - WPG has a great group of prospects at all positions. Good balance...and Trouba turns just 21 in two weeks.

@BuffNewsVogl - Murray on Lemieux - "We tried to sign him earlier this year, but we couldn’t come to an agreement. That had nothing to do with trading him."

 

[LaxSabre]

@RSandersonWHTK - It's official - Glens Falls, NY's ECHL team, which begins play next season, will be called the Adirondack Thunder.

@AmerksHockey - Roster Move - The #Amerks have reassigned forward Kevin Sundher to the Elmira @JackalsHockey of the @ECHL.

@RSandersonWHTK - #Amerks have sent LW Kevin Sundher to ECHL Elmira.
He's been working on conditioning in Rochester after suffering from Christmas time illness.

 

[jrb2590]

Prospects Recap - Tuesday, February 10 - Martin Extends-Ullmark Excellent - Kris Baker @SabresProspects - SabresProspects.com

WHL - Brycen Martin (-2) extended his point streak to eight games Tuesday with a goal and an assist as Saskatoon was defeated by Moose Jaw 6-3.
Martin continues to elevate his game of late, racking up 4 goals and 17 points in his first 13 games since being traded to the Blades from Swift Current.

QMJHL - Vaclav Karabacek produced one shot on goal and a tripping minor as Baie-Comeau toppled Chicoutimi 6-2.
Karabacek has amassed 3 goals and 7 points in 15 games since being dealt to the Drakkar.

SHL - Linus Ullmark was magnificent in stopping 37 of 38 shots as MODO edged Djurgardens IF 2-1.
Ullmark improved to 10-15 on the year with a 3.04 GAA and .910 save%.
Gustav Possler contributed four shots on goal in 16:54 of action.

Rest Of The Recap - http://www.sabresprospects.com/2015/02/210-recap-martin-extends-ullmark.html

wow brycen martin is tearing it up. Seems like Ullmarks numbers are improving too, and he has a bad team in front of him from what it sounds like. I thought I heard on WGR today that he is coming to NA next year? is that true? i thought he had one more year, but maybe that was poster/oloffson

 

[Paxon]

wow brycen martin is tearing it up. Seems like Ullmarks numbers are improving too, and he has a bad team in front of him from what it sounds like. I thought I heard on WGR today that he is coming to NA next year? is that true? i thought he had one more year, but maybe that was poster/oloffson

I haven't watched a MODO game in a while but yeah, his team is brutal. At least when Nylander was there they had some scoring from him, but before, during, and after they've been garbage defensively. Ullmark's game has improved after maybe the first month. You can't expect great numbers in that situation. His play since early on has been fine from what I've seen and according to the numbers. The plan as far as I know has been for him to come to NA after this season.

 

[tsujimoto74]

wow brycen martin is tearing it up. Seems like Ullmarks numbers are improving too, and he has a bad team in front of him from what it sounds like. I thought I heard on WGR today that he is coming to NA next year? is that true? i thought he had one more year, but maybe that was poster/oloffson

Yeah, Ullmark had a bit of a rocky start, but he's been putting up real good numbers lately. His team is crap, which doesn't help. His contract with MODO (iirc) ends after this season, and he signed his ELC, so no reason to think he won't come over this summer.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

I haven't watched a MODO game in a while but yeah, his team is brutal. At least when Nylander was there they had some scoring from him, but before, during, and after they've been garbage defensively. Ullmark's game has improved after maybe the first month. You can't expect great numbers in that situation. His play since early on has been fine from what I've seen and according to the numbers. The plan as far as I know has been for him to come to NA after this season.

Similar-ish situation to RPI. No offensive support..

 

[LaxSabre]

Game Recap - Amerks Close Out Roadie With Win Over First-Place Utica - Amerks.com - Wednesday, February 11.

The Rochester Americans scored twice late in the first period to overcome an early one-goal deficit and held on for a hard-fought 2-1 win over the first-place Utica Comets Wednesday night at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. With the win, the Amerks wrap up their season-long eight-game road swing with a 3-3-2-0 record and have now collected points in five straight games while improving to 21-26-3-0 on the season.

All three goals in the game were scored in the first period. The third goal was scored by rookie defenseman Brady Austin - his first professional goal/a shorthanded goal/that became the game-winning goal - with less than one second left. Jerome Leduc also scored for the Amerks while William Carrier assisted on both Rochester tallies and Zac Dalpe earned the primary assist on Austin’s game-winner to push his point streak to a season-high six games. Matt Hackett was solid in net for Rochester, stopping 22 of the 23 shots he faced including several key saves during a ten save third period. Carter Bancks potted the lone goal for the Comets who saw their four-game win streak halted. Former Amerk Jacob Markstrom finished with 18 saves on 20 shots in the loss.

Rest Of The Game Recap - http://www.amerks.com/recap.asp?gameID=20150211

Boxscore-GameSheet - Amerks 2 Comets 1 - Wednesday, February 11 - TheAHL.com - http://theahl.com/stats/official-game-report.php?game_id=1014178

 

[misterchainsaw]

Amerks will actually lose their two best forwards, as someone has to be called up for Stafford still.

 

[joshjull]

Amerks will actually lose their two best forwards, as someone has to be called up for Stafford still.

They can just put Hodgson back in for now and not carry an extra forward. Murray was asked about that ( a call up) and said TBD. Which could many anything at this point from more trades are in the works to they just haven't decided yet.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

@RSandersonWHTK - It's official - Glens Falls, NY's ECHL team, which begins play next season, will be called the Adirondack Thunder.

@AmerksHockey - Roster Move - The #Amerks have reassigned forward Kevin Sundher to the Elmira @JackalsHockey of the @ECHL.

@RSandersonWHTK - #Amerks have sent LW Kevin Sundher to ECHL Elmira.
He's been working on conditioning in Rochester after suffering from Christmas time illness.

Kinda lame they chose that name instead of something more relatable to that nice region.

What the heck kinda illness did he have for almost 2 months? Mono lol

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

What the heck kinda illness did he have for almost 2 months? Mono lol

Turns out he was just really bored.

 

[LaxSabre]

Prospects Recap - Wednesday, February 11 - Austins First Nets Amerks Win-Bailey Cruising -
Kris Baker @SabresProspects - SabresProspects.com

AHL - Brady Austin scored his first professional goal Wednesday as Rochester held on for a 2-1 victory at Utica.
The goal - which arrived with one second remaining in the first period - held up as the game winner.
Austin has 5 points in 41 AHL contests.

OHL - Justin Bailey connected for his 31st goal of the year as Sault Ste. Marie toppled Sarnia 5-2.
The power play marker was Bailey 61st point of the season.

WHL - Sam Reinhart scored on the power play as Kootenay doubled up Medicine Hat 6-3.
Reinhart has points in 26 of 30 games this season en route to collecting a total of 43 (13+30).

Rest Of The Prospects Recap - http://www.sabresprospects.com/2015/02/211-recap-austins-first-guides-amerks.html

 

[LaxSabre]

College Prospects On TV This Weekend - Friday, February 13 - Saturday, February 14 - Sunday, February 15.

Friday, February 13 - J.T. Compher - 3:30 pm ET - Michigan vs Michigan State -
Replay Of The Hockey City Classic game that was played last weekend-Soldier Field-Chicago, Illinois.

Brad Navin - 6:40 pm ET - Wisconsin at Ohio State - LIVE - Big Ten Network. (Replay - Saturday, February 14 - 2:00 am ET - Big Ten Network.)

Mark Adams/Anthony Florentino vs Connor Hurley/Cal Petersen -
7:30 pm ET - Providence at Notre Dame - LIVE - NBC Sports Network - LIVE Extra via NBCSports.com

J.T. Compher vs Hudson Fasching/Christian Isackson -
9:00 pm ET - Michigan at Minnesota - LIVE - Big Ten Network. (Replay - Saturday, February 14 - 6:00 am ET - Big Ten Network.)

Saturday, February 14 - Jack Eichel (?) - 7:00 pm ET - Boston University at New Hampshire - LIVE - Fox College Sports Atlantic.
(Replay - Sunday, February 15 - 2:00 pm ET - Fox College Sports Atlantic.)

Mark Adams/Anthony Florentino vs Connor Hurley/Cal Petersen -
8:00 pm ET - Providence at Notre Dame - LIVE - NBC Sports Network - LIVE Extra via NBCSports.com

Sunday, February 15 - J.T. Compher vs Hudson Fasching/Christian Isackson -
1:00 am ET - Michigan at Minnesota - Tape Delay - Fox College Sports Central.
(Replay - Monday, February 16 - 2:30 am ET - Fox College Sports Atlantic.)

 

[Savitar]

Linus Ullmark has completed the impossible. His GAS is now officially out of the 3's and back to where it should be in the 2's! In 28 games Ullmark has a GAA of 2.99 and a save percentage of 912%

If he can finish off the season with a GAA in the range of 2.85 than all be extremely happy considering he was on a last place Modo team that would be thrilling to see how he bounced back!

 

[MackAttack26]

Linus Ullmark has completed the impossible. His GAS is now officially out of the 3's and back to where it should be in the 2's! In 28 games Ullmark has a GAA of 2.99 and a save percentage of 912%

If he can finish off the season with a GAA in the range of 2.85 than all be extremely happy considering he was on a last place Modo team that would be thrilling to see how he bounced back!

His save % over the past 10-15 games must be really impressive. I remember formthe longest time he was floating between 860-880%.

Had a rough start to the season but can't wait to see what he can do next year in Rochester. I still see him as a potential starter in the future.

 

[CaseyMitts37]

Ullmark is so talented, can't wait to see him play in North America next year

 

[Gras]

They'd probably get slapped around a little.