GDT: AHL – Amerks at Marlies – Sat Dec 8 – 7:00PM ET – TV: Sportsnet ONE, ESPN America

[Woodhouse]

AHL GDT: AMERKS (10-8-2) at MARLIES (12-8-1) – SAT DEC 8 – 7:00PM ET – Sportsnet ONE, ESPN America, AHL Live, WHTK-AM

12.06 – Amerks try to tune out lockout news (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

12.07 – Amerks' Knapp earns first victory in win over Adirondack (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

12.07 – Knapp impressive as Amerks defeat Phantoms (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)​

ROCHESTER AMERICANS (Beat Coverage)

Tonight's Lineup

71 Marcus Foligno - 22 Phil Varone - 10 Brian Flynn
72 Luke Adam - 12 Kevin Porter (C) - 25 Mark Mancari (A)
91 Frederick Roy - 92 Kevin Sundher - 29 Maxime Legault
44 Drew Schiestel - 24 Jonathan Parker - 20 Nick Crawford

7 Brayden McNabb - 13 Mark Pysyk
2 Joe Finley - 34 Jerome Gauthier-Leduc
3 TJ Brennan (A) - 4 Alex Biega

49 Connor Knapp
33 David Leggio

Roster Notes

Zemgus Girgensons (UBI), Cody Hodgson (broken hand), Matt MacKenzie (UBI), Evan Rankin, Rick Schofield (hip),
Nick Tarnasky (UBI) and Corey Tropp (knee; season-ending) are scratched or out injured tonight 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.

Tonight's Lineup

37 Brad Ross - 13 Nazem Kadri - 23 Matt Frattin
12 Ryan Hamilton (C) - 11 Keith Aucoin (A) - 15 Spencer Abbott
9 Nicolas Deschamps - 22 Joe Colborne - 18 Carter Ashton
29 Jerry D’Amigo - 14 Will Acton - 8 Greg Scott

19 Jake Gardiner - 21 Mike Kostka
2 Mark Fraser - 5 Korbinian Holzer
17 Paul Ranger - 24 Simon Gysbers

30 Ben Scrivens
1 Mark Owuya

Roster Notes

Jesse Blacker, Greg McKegg, Kenny Ryan, Jussi Rynnas (groin), Dylan Yeo and Mike Zigomanis are scratched or out
injured tonight for Toronto.​

A/V CLUB

12.01 – Highlights of Rochester's 3-2 OTL to Toronto last Saturday. <5:59>

12.02 – Highlights of Toronto's 5-4 win over Lake Erie on Sunday. <6:00>

12.07 – Highlights of Rochester's 3-1 win over Adirondack last night. <2:17>


GAMEDAY CHAT

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[French Connection]

Ok, enough already, why isn't Nick Crawford playing?

 

[sabrefan27]

Great question. Apparently they need to get JGL's "feet wet". So we get to watch him turn the puck over and drag Finley down with him.

 

[AmerksPuck]

hopefully adam porter and mancari can keep it going from last night, they all played great games.

with torontos skill up front and our shaky D, i dont have much confidence tonight...

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Ok, enough already, why isn't Nick Crawford playing?

I think the D&C guy tweeted that him and Schofield were injured, but didn't know what specifics. Woodhouse has it as upper body injury.

 

[Woodhouse]

Ok, enough already, why isn't Nick Crawford playing?

Coach's prerogative. Crawford was a healthy scratch, so it's not injury.

I think the D&C guy tweeted that him and Schofield were injured, but didn't know what specifics. Woodhouse has it as upper body injury.

MacKenzie (UBI) is the D with an injury, not Crawford. Tarnasky (UBI) and Schofield (hip) were the two in Kevin O's tweet yesterday, but both should be healthy by Tuesday, as should Hodgson (hand).

 

[Woodhouse]

No Zigomanis for the Marlies tonight, among other notes:

Jon Abbott ‏@HockeyAbbs
#marlies expected to have Ross, Abbott and Colborne in up front. Zigomanis is likely to sit this one out as part of rotation vs Roch 1/2

Link: https://twitter.com/HockeyAbbs/status/277535091637514240

Jon Abbott ‏@HockeyAbbs
On D' you will likely hear these pairings: Gardiner-Kostka/Fraser-Holzer/Ranger-Gysbers with Blacker injured. Scrivens in. @TSN1050Radio 7pm

Link: https://twitter.com/HockeyAbbs/status/277535572225044480

 

[SabresFan26]

down 1

 

[SabresFan26]

Knapp gets back to back starts

 

[SabresFan26]

The fourth line this evening is
Schiestel Parker Crawford

 

[SabresFan26]

Down 2

 

[SabresFan26]

Gauthier-Leduc on their for both goals and did not look good on the second and Knapp needs to stop the second

 

[Woodhouse]

8 D?!

Finley-JGL are -2 already; we may see some shuffling. The first goal deflected in off JGL; on the second goal, Legault briefly picked JGL allowing Hamilton to walk out from the corner and score. Not impressed.

 

[SabresFan26]

8 D?!

Finley-JGL are -2 already; we may see some shuffling. The first goal deflected in off JGL; on the second goal, Legault briefly picked JGL allowing Hamilton to walk out from the corner and score. Not impressed.

hasn't improved yet either

 

[Woodhouse]

Here's the goals so far:

 

[Rhett4]

The Amerks are a mediocre team made worse by injuries. The Marlies are a stacked team with quality veterans and depth. Most of these games have been no contests this year...

 

[SabresFan26]

Luke Adam scores with 57 seconds left down 1 4-3

 

[SabresFan26]

Amerks lose 4-3

 

[SuperNintendoChalmrs]

Jerome Gragnani-Leduc


It was bound to be said.

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

Jerome Gragnani-Leduc


It was bound to be said.

I wonder if his sister thinks he should get more ice time too.

 

[hockeylover1]

You will never see Rolston do any shuffling. There are no adjustments made from the beginning of the game until the end. Watching that game was embarrassing but Rolston will keep the same line up for Tuesday. Same guys on for the goals against getting walked around. Game too fast for them. Watching the Marlie coach compared to Amerk's is embarrassing.

 

[TheWook]

Hopefully they get a few bodies back by then

 

[sabrefan27]

You will never see Rolston do any shuffling. There are no adjustments made from the beginning of the game until the end. Watching that game was embarrassing but Rolston will keep the same line up for Tuesday. Same guys on for the goals against getting walked around. Game too fast for them. Watching the Marlie coach compared to Amerk's is embarrassing.

I've been watching the Amerks since the early to mid 90's and Rolston is by far the worst coach this team has had in that time period. And my father, who's been going since the 60's, thinks he's one of the worst ever.

It's literally like he coaches a house youth hockey team. No one is accountable. No adjustments are ever made. Weird and bizarre lines are the norm, his handling of goalies makes Ruff's ability there look like genius, prospects have been regressing etc. Regier and the Sabres had a big miss with Rolston.

 

[sabrefan27]

Oh and in case no one else noticed, the Amerks played short a player. 17 skaters. Why? Buffalo seems to have no idea, or simply just don't care, about the Amerks. A pro team playing a skater short. With the ECHL and free agents, not bringing a player in is pathetic. And beyond that, one of the forwards was a defenseman.

 

[Woodhouse]