The best news for the Amerks second game of this road trip against the Grand Rapids Griffins is that they’ll have Joe Finley and Shaone Morrisonn back on defense after they missed a few games. Morrisonn has missed the last three games while serving a three game suspension. Finley has missed the past four Amerks games while called up to the Buffalo Sabres. The defense has gotten by but those two are much more capable defensively against the top lines of opposing teams.
Rochester came back from being down 3-1 this past Saturday against the Griffins and won in the shootout, final score was 4-3. Nick Crawford, Zack Kassian and Mark Voakes scored in regulation and Paul Szczechura, Jonathan Parker and Shawn Szydlowski scored in the shootout for the win. David Leggio made 35 saves for his 12th win of the season. Leggio is now 12-10-1 with a 2.82 GAA. My guess is that Leggio gets another start tonight.
The key to an Amerks win is simple, build a lead through the first two periods and hold on to it going into the third. Pretty basic. The Amerks are 18-4-2-1 when they have a lead going into the third period. They’ve found ways to come [...]Read More










