Rochester Americans and Jacksonville Icemen 2024 Season Thread.

[Jacob582]

Amerks at Monsters tonight at 7 PM.

From Duff:

Ostlund who has missed 2 games is out week to week with an upper body injury.

Kozak is out day to day with a lower body injury.

Kulich and Kisakov draw into the lineup.

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Also (from Joe Yerdon): Kevin Dineen fired as Utica's head coach after a 0-8-1 start.

 

[Chainshot]

Amerks at Monsters tonight at 7 PM.

From Duff:

Ostlund who has missed 2 games is out week to week with an upper body injury.

Kozak is out day to day with a lower body injury.

Kulich and Kisakov draw into the lineup.

Tough break for Kozak AGAIN. *sigh*

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Also (from Joe Yerdon): Kevin Dineen fired as Utica's head coach after a 0-8-1 start.

Not a surprise. They are a mess.

 

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Kulich stopped on a breakaway on the PK. Great chance.

 

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Crafty net-front pass from Komarov to Slaggert and the Amerks tie it at 1.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854331460624257138

 

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Helenius overpower's Greaves with Neuchev and Wahlberg jamming the net, 2-1 Rochester on the PP.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854337192123912195

 

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Wahlberg celebrating but not it.

And now Rosen cross-seam to Kulich and it's 3-1.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854345801289379873

 

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Kisakov wires it from the high slot and scores to make it 4-1.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854346663147544675

 

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Kulich just got a crosscheck from Ceulemans right in the face. Ewww.

 

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And the primary lights just went off in the arena.

 

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Cuelemans "scores" off his skate while Rosen is dumping his ass beside Sandstrom, goal under review.

Edit - goal overturned. Heh. 4-1 remains the score.

 

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Novikov gets a breakaway and misses the net. It wasn't a situation where he was coming out of the box... defended the blueline and just took off. That lad moves really well in a straight line.

 

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Amerks have gone 2/7 on the PP, so far Cleveland is 1/6, heading to their 7th.

 

[Ace]

How is Helenius playing? I know he’s scored in three straight…but I haven’t watched a game because I’m not in the Flosports business and the AHL abandoned me

 

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Mateychuk scores on the PP in the final minute, 4-2 final.

Amerks have won 10 out of 11 road games going back to last season.

Sandstrom looked solid. Rosen up to 5 game point streak. Metsa with 2 assists tonight. Amerks put 48 shots on Greaves and it seemed like they responded to any attempts to get physical with them.

 

[Chainshot]

How is Helenius playing? I know he’s scored in three straight…but I haven’t watched a game because I’m not in the Flosports business and the AHL abandoned me

So far, pretty good but still a lot more to learn. First star tonight in Cleveland. He puts himself into positions where he's getting hit and while I think he likes the contact aspect, it's going to wear him down IMO. The adaptation is coming along. That top line is three first rounders now with Rosen and Kulich on the wings and they were humming.

I made the mistake of seeing the "just xyz dollars per month" for the hockey package and thought I would be billed monthly. Nope. They took the whole thing. Not what I wanted to pay for...

 

[Jacob582]

Competent goaltending by Sandström.

 

[ValJamesDuex]

Any early impressions on Leone ?

 

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Any early impressions on Leone ?

He said he wants tenacious and they are tenacious. They feel more organized early than they did under Appert - his teams seemed to figure it out over the course of a season. Leone's seem to have good structure and execution already and are a bit grittier.

 

[ValJamesDuex]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854354633495388661

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854357972740100501

 

[Gabrielor]

They look dominant through 9. Goaltending remains a question though

 

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They look dominant through 9. Goaltending remains a question though

The defensive zone play is much better right now than it was in any early season under Appert. They are back, they seem to be in lanes and get onto people with support. They swarm but don't get out of position. It's fun to watch.

 

[Gabrielor]

The defensive zone play is much better right now than it was in any early season under Appert. They are back, they seem to be in lanes and get onto people with support. They swarm but don't get out of position. It's fun to watch.

The forward talent has improved too. They are very, very skilled.

 

[Chainshot]

In other news, I'm going to the Icemen game tonight. Some weird things for them so far -

Fewest games played in the conference - tied for least with only 4.
Fewest points in the conference - tied with Greenville with only 3.

Hopefully this is like the last few years when I go and then they go on a run. I wonder if the 5-6 healthy scratches in Rochester get cycled down to start helping out on the farm. Fiddler-Schultz and Poolman in particular are the guys I could see being a big help.