Starting on Wednesday night we’ll start to get an idea of what this years Rochester Americans team is really made of when they start a crazy week of four games in five nights.  They’re home on Wednesday versus the Binghamton Senators, away at Albany on Friday, Syracuse on Saturday, and return home on Sunday to play the Crunch again.

The team is on a three game winning streak and the team chemistry appears to be building every game.

In two previous back to back home and away games the team has struggled out of the locker room getting started.  The first road game in Albany was a mess, they lost 6-1.. but it was only the third game of the season.  This past Saturday was a different story.  Too many penalties in the first period allowed the Marlies to take an early 3-0 lead in the first.  The Amerks pulled together and came back to win the game 4-3 in OT thanks to a short handed goal by David Brine.

“We may have taken them lightly after the game on Friday night.  The win shows our pride and depth in the locker room knowing the game is not over,” Benoit [...]Read More