GDT: AHL – Amerks at Monsters – Thu Dec 13 – 7:00PM ET

[Woodhouse]

AHL GDT: AMERKS (11-9-2) at MONSTERS (12-11-2) – THU DEC 13 – 7:00PM ET – AHL Live, WHTK-AM

12.09 – Every game matters? Not for this organization (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

12.10 – Rochester Amerks' Jonathan Parker works hard through tough year (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

12.11 – Leggio lifts Amerks to win over Abbotsford (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

12.12 – Amerks feel good after win over Heat — as they should (D&C – Kevin Oklobzija)

12.12 – Quailer score unleashes toy toss, beats Monsters at Copps (Hamilton Spectator – Ken Peters)​

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)
74 Nick Tarnasky - 91 Frederick Roy - 29 Maxime Legault
28 Zemgus Girgensons - 92 Kevin Sundher - 24 Jonathan Parker

20 Nick Crawford - 7 Brayden McNabb
3 TJ Brennan (A) - 4 Alex Biega
2 Joe Finley - 34 Jerome Gauthier-Leduc

33 David Leggio
49 Connor Knapp

Roster Notes

Cody Hodgson (hand), Matt MacKenzie (UBI), Mark Pysyk, Evan Rankin (hand), Rick Schofield (hip), Drew Schiestel
and Corey Tropp (knee; season-ending) are scratched or out injured tonight for Rochester. Hodgson is out again and
could return on Saturday. Pysyk is a healthy scratch.


LAKE ERIE MONSTERS (Beat Coverage)

NHL Affiliate & Notables

Colorado Avalanche: 24 Cameron Gaunce, 31 Calvin Pickard, 41 Tyson Barrie, 43 Mike Sgarbossa, 46 Stefan Elliott.

Tonight's Lineup

40 Mark Olver - 43 Mike Sgarbossa - 29 Bill Thomas (A)
7 David van der Gulik (A) - 11 Andrew Agozzino - 20 Bryan Lerg (C)
28 Paul Carey - 42 Brad Malone (A) - 23 Dean Strong
18 Mike Connolly - 10 Jamie MacQueen - 58 Patrick Bordeleau

6 Karl Stollery - 41 Tyson Barrie
8 Barry Goers - 37 Sean Sullivan
22 Thomas Pock - 46 Stefan Elliott

30 Sami Aittokallio
31 Calvin Pickard

Roster Notes

Jamie MacQueen and Dean Strong were recalled to Lake Erie from Denver-CHL on Wednesday. Cameron Gaunce, Mitchell Heard,
Joey Hishon (concussion; still out from a 2011 Brayden McNabb elbow) and Geoff
Walker are scratched or out injured tonight for Lake Erie .​

A/V CLUB

12.07 – Highlights of Lake Erie's 5-1 loss in Charlotte last Friday. <0:59>

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

12.08 – Highlights of Rochester's 4-3 loss in Toronto last Saturday. <6:00>

12.11 – Highlights of Lake Erie's 1-0 loss in Hamilton on Tuesday. <1:21>

12.11 – Highlights of Rochester's 3-2 SOW over Abbotsford on Tuesday. <5:43>


GAMEDAY CHAT

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[UncleBenny]

Would be nice to get another win tonight and have some momentum rolling into the weekend against Toronto.

 

[Jacob582]

Would be nice to get another win tonight and have some momentum rolling into the weekend against Toronto.

Yeah, it will be nice if they can start a winning streak, and Hodgson can help them continue it this weekend.
Go Amerks!

 

[Taelin]

Looks like I won't be able to catch this game (will be watching the Wolves game), but hopefully we can get the 2 points!

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

It's never on a channel I can watch.

 

[Woodhouse]

Pysyk is a healthy scratch. Parker had an early post. Porter in the low right slot chips in a nice Mancari pass (Foligno with second assist), but Monsters come right back and score two as Sgarbossa nets his tenth on a rebound (Thomas, Olver assists) and then Thomas from Sgarbossa on the PP.

 

[Woodhouse]

3-1 LE. Pock credited with the goal after a lengthy review; was originally called no-goal, clearly over line.

 

[Woodhouse]

End of 1. 3-1 LE. Shots 16-6 LE.

 

[SabresFan26]

Wow Pysyk has a shorter leash than 90 percent of the team

 

[TheWook]

Very rough first period for them.

 

[Woodhouse]

4-1 LE.

I have yet to see Brennan out there in the second... took another hot-head penalty in the first, idk if he's injured or benched. Rolston had Varone out there between Foligno and Parker for the next faceoff, so he's obviously attempting to juggle lines/pairings.

EDIT: Back to Foligno-Varone-Flynn.

 

[Ralonzo]

Adam on a scrambly sort of play closes the gap, 4-2 now.

Edit: Lone assist to Porter, although JGL had the initial dump-in. A very Andreychuk-y goal from the crease, Adam using his reach and hands to finish.

Edit 2: Rochester carrying play since the Adam goal, looks like it fired em up.

 

[Ralonzo]

Sgarbossa and Thomas go 2-on-2 and convert with a cross-ice feed in the last minute. Not well defended at all by either Rochester d-man, didn't see who it was. 5-2 LE now.

 

[Woodhouse]

Sgarbossa and Thomas go 2-on-2 and convert with a cross-ice feed in the last minute. Not well defended at all by either Rochester d-man, didn't see who it was. 5-2 LE now.

JGL was defending Sgarbossa on the near side; Biega I believe was defending Thomas. I saw none of Brennan that period.

End of 2. 5-2 LE. Shots 27-13 LE. RCH 4v5 1:20.

 

[Zip15]

MacKenzie goes from playing shutdown minutes to the back of a milk carton after a bad game. Pysyk goes from top-pairing with McNabb to healthy scratch after a rough game. Meanwhile, several underperformers find themselves in the lineup every night. Rolston's a hack.

 

[TheWook]

Brennan back out on the ice

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Why is Pysyk scratched, but JGL playing? Makes no sense.

 

[Ralonzo]

Well what do you know, Legault shovels one in on a bad rebound of a Biega point shot, 5-3. Porter with the 2nd assist. Still very early in the 3rd.

 

[sabrefan27]

MacKenzie goes from playing shutdown minutes to the back of a milk carton after a bad game. Pysyk goes from top- pairing with McNabb to healthy scratch after a rough game. Meanwhile, several underperformers find themselves in the lineup every night. Rolston's a hack.

He's either the worst coach ever or the Sabres are calling the shots on everything.

 

[SabresFan26]

MacKenzie goes from playing shutdown minutes to the back of a milk carton after a bad game. Pysyk goes from top-pairing with McNabb to healthy scratch after a rough game. Meanwhile, several underperformers find themselves in the lineup every night. Rolston's a hack.

agreed, pretty much what I posted earlier in the thread. Rolston has favorites?

 

[Ralonzo]

6-3 again, another brutal breakdown in defensive coverage.

Sundher-Foligno-Girgensons the line now, all 3 of them have been going tonight.

 

[Woodhouse]

6-3 again, another brutal breakdown in defensive coverage.

Sundher-Foligno-Girgensons the line now, all 3 of them have been going tonight.

Go figure they score too.

 

[Ralonzo]

This is wild, Sundher rags the puck to the right point, throws it at net and Foligno tips it home, 6-4. Mancari might get the 2nd assist.

Edit: Make it Crawford on the 2nd assist.

 

[Ralonzo]

Gonna get even more wild, goal light is on, Amerks celebrating, but neither ref saw the puck in.

Off to review we go, could be 6-5 when we get back.

Edit: Review says: goal. Might be Foligno's.

Edit 2: Nope, Parker from Brennan and Sundher is announced.

 

[Woodhouse]

It's a goal, 6-5 LE. Parker from Brennan and Sundher. 11:03 left in 3rd.