After what seems like an eternity since last weekends road win in Binghamton the Amerks are finally back to action tonight against the Syracuse Crunch. On Saturday night they’ll take on the Toronto Marlies.
The last time the Amerks and Crunch played was October 25th when Amerks shutout the Crunch 3-0. That same game ended with a total of 54 minutes in penalties in the last 10 seconds of the game.
Rochester is currently tied for first place in the league with the Manchester Monarchs at 19 points. The team certainly does not take their eight game winning streak for granted and they’re certainly not acting over confident. That will be tested tonight when they play a Syracuse Crunch team that is short on players.
Derek MacKenzie and Alexandre Picard were called up this week by the Columbus Blue Jackets and center Jared Aulin is out of the lineup with a hand injury. Simon Ferguson was signed to a PTO by the Crunch to join the team for some needed help.
During the 2008/2009 season some teams seemed to take the Amerks lightly and the games were close, that’s something that could happen in reverse [...]Read More