Rochester Americans and Jacksonville Icemen 2024 Season Thread.

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Dunne finally gets one that counts with only 1 second left in the game. Not sure what was up but this was Brannstrom's worst game as an Amerk and Ostlund and Rosen weren't much better. Helenius was mostly invisible as well. The best settled offense came out of Dunne being on the ice with any of the other grinders - Warren, Slaggert, Joshua. Levi was okay, the PK managed to not give up a goal, but the PP was absolutely terrible tonight - in part due to key puckhandlers being poor, particularly Brannstrom.
 
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Browsing the Crunch lineup... holy f*** are they big. 10 guys (including the goalie tonight) 6'3" or bigger. Only 3 are sub-six footers.

First PP to Rochester due to Jagger Joshua hustling and being held, the PP continues to be tight and their best looks don't amount to clean shots.
 
Ostlund is absolutely flying on his last shift, gains the zone and heads toward the boards, drawing in 2 Crunch checkers. He lays the puck through on right onto Rousek's stick who then finds Brannstrom as the trailer... who then creases the post.
 
Now Ostlund springs Rosen who gives those short steps to blow past Crozier who has to reach out and slash him. Second PP of the game for the Amerks. They miss Murray of course.

On the PP, Rosen gets him the puck slight to the right side of Fanti, just misses high. Ostlund reloads and draws contact near that same LW faceoff dot and backhands sauce to Brannstrom who blasts another onetime.

Jobst with a deflection PPG off Metsa's shot. Rosen gets the secondary since he partially intercepted a Crunch clear that wound up on Metsa's stick prior to gunning it on net for Jobst's deflection.
 
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First whistle in the Jax-SC game preceded a fight by Dale's son Ben who used to play in Jacksonville. Spirited but not technically good fight by either guy - thought Hawerchuk lost it.

It's 1-0 SC.
 
Amerks have carried play, shots are 21-8 but it's still just 1-0 Rochester.

Feels like Helenius best game in some time. He's been in the play, thrown some hits, drew a penalty, and had some solid PP play.
 
Syracuse going to their usual methods after the fight - physical play has picked up - and Angelo catches Ostlund knee-on-knee. Noah looks like he's okay. I would think there will be more hands thrown if this goes 3-0. Amerks heading to the PP, tripping is the call on the play against Ostlund.
 
Jobo has had enough of their shit - runs Sheary at the end of Sheary on a SH breakaway, then they come together at center ice and it's hobbit on hobbit action.

Jobst tagged him and put him on the ice.

Edit - I have to say how much I enjoyed seeing Sheary losing that after he got in a couple of early ones. That guy was such a passenger in Buffalo.
 
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Was at the Crunch game tonite
Rochester looked small compared to syracuse
Rochester did dominate play
Really like the Russian defencemen
Rochester was driving a lot of the play

Refs called it fairly tight I think. Most nights, they let a lot more go. Benefited Rochester

Big size difference b/t Rochester and Syracuse
Rochester did much better job this game playing through contact.
 

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