Rochester Americans and Jacksonville Icemen 2024 Season Thread.
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MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
Ostlund with the empty netter, 4-0.
Sixth Amerk who has scored a shorty this year so far.
Sixth Amerk who has scored a shorty this year so far.
MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
Narrowed it down, seems to have been Madison Bowey who tagged him with an elbow.
Ace
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Pretty good for just an USHL coach who never won nothing, amirite?
I was told he was a bum by top men.
Top men.
Just looking at some stats... the Amerks are 20-6-1 on the road this season. That's a ridiculous 0.759 winning percentage. At home, a pedestrian 11-8-3. And it looks like a chunk of that boils down to having the 2nd worst PP in the league on home ice (11.5%) going into tonight's game vs. the 2nd best PP on the road (22.2%). They've scored only 9 PPG's at home and a league best 24 on the road.
The PK is sort of opposite - 2nd best in the league going into tonight at 90.5% at home, 81.5% on the road (20th going into tonight's action).
They are second in the AHL in goals for, again leading the league on the road and 17th at home including tonight's win.
I wonder if someone can ask Leone more about what the differences are between their home and road performance on the PP especially. Not a big criticism, just an anomaly to me.
They have the league leader in PPG in Murray with 11 and the league leader in SHG in Slaggert with five too. It's fun and odd.
The PK is sort of opposite - 2nd best in the league going into tonight at 90.5% at home, 81.5% on the road (20th going into tonight's action).
They are second in the AHL in goals for, again leading the league on the road and 17th at home including tonight's win.
I wonder if someone can ask Leone more about what the differences are between their home and road performance on the PP especially. Not a big criticism, just an anomaly to me.
They have the league leader in PPG in Murray with 11 and the league leader in SHG in Slaggert with five too. It's fun and odd.
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What’s impressive is doing it with so many young guys in key spots. It’s still the AHL. It’s a man’s league. Ostlund is contributing now that he’s healthy…he’s 20. Rosen is still only 21. Neuchev is 20. Helenius and Wahlberg are teenagers. Kozak 21. Novikov 21. Komarov 20.
Ups and downs sure for most of them…but that’s 8 very young pro players. Levi’s 22. Johnson 23. You can get to almost half a lineup any given night of guys who just aren’t going to be the finished physical product they will be.
And the Kulich factor. Obviously they wouldn’t have predicted to have him all year…but he played four games. That’s what they had for what would have been their best player. 4 games. First place.
Ups and downs sure for most of them…but that’s 8 very young pro players. Levi’s 22. Johnson 23. You can get to almost half a lineup any given night of guys who just aren’t going to be the finished physical product they will be.
And the Kulich factor. Obviously they wouldn’t have predicted to have him all year…but he played four games. That’s what they had for what would have been their best player. 4 games. First place.
Consider they had gone 1-3-0 to start and had a 1-4-3 stretch in November that kicked off with that clunker in WBS... they've been workmanlike in how they have strung together wins since. 23-7-1 since that clunker and it's not felt like they ever just throw their sticks on the ice and expect to win.
Just riffing because I can't sleep - defensively they are well structured and disciplined. They don't tend to get caught pinching from the blueline and almost all of their defensemen rotate to cover the net front, handing off from one side to the other without doing things like chasing behind the net/beneath the goal line or drifting out of position. The forwards come back to help defend. It isn't a lot of hope and prayer to get the puck up the ice, it's organized rushes and having multiple options. The lower lines GRIND and it pays off. Net front and net jam are normal, not something that one has to wait around and hope someone decides to do. Players play the body, not just one or two guys. Everyone seems willing and eager to take a chip off their check though some of them are very much more robust. Depth guys contribute, all three of the goalies have given them an opportunity to win, and they are quick almost to a man. Having most of their AHL vets be in that 25 to 26 year old area, some with a lot of very successful collegiate experience certainly helps. And they were wise enough to draw down Prow's usage to be the 7 instead of pushing him into the lineup every night. Their oldest regular d-man is Clague IIRC. But they move the puck well.
The PP has had some issues and they haven't had all of the consistency for their scoring line guys. Jobst went through a drought but has picked up lately.
Not to say everything is great, just it's a lot more fun to watch them and it's pretty clear they are getting good work out of their practice time. The special teams could be more consistent from home to away, but for the contributors to be so young is really cool. And when one guy falls back, someone else is there to push things forward. Ostlund started slow, then got hurt but Helenius was the opposite. Dunne's been a nice find - size, a little snarl and push back, but also a good AHL player. IIRC he's pacing to have his best 5-on-5 season in the AHL (his PP numbers are down because he's on the 2nd unit at times which doesn't get as much work behind Ostlund, Helenius, Jobst).
If the big club could do the sort of things they do in Rochester, I would be so much more pleased with watching their product.
The PP has had some issues and they haven't had all of the consistency for their scoring line guys. Jobst went through a drought but has picked up lately.
Not to say everything is great, just it's a lot more fun to watch them and it's pretty clear they are getting good work out of their practice time. The special teams could be more consistent from home to away, but for the contributors to be so young is really cool. And when one guy falls back, someone else is there to push things forward. Ostlund started slow, then got hurt but Helenius was the opposite. Dunne's been a nice find - size, a little snarl and push back, but also a good AHL player. IIRC he's pacing to have his best 5-on-5 season in the AHL (his PP numbers are down because he's on the 2nd unit at times which doesn't get as much work behind Ostlund, Helenius, Jobst).
If the big club could do the sort of things they do in Rochester, I would be so much more pleased with watching their product.
Jim Bob
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