The Amerks came closer to clinching a playoff spot with a seven goal performance on Saturday evening on the road against the Toronto Marlies. The Amerks have only scored seven goals one other time this season, a 7-4 win back on November 29th against the Syracuse Crunch. This Rochester team seems to have a switch that allows them to show up one game but not another. After a lousy performance during a 4-3 loss on Friday night the team rebounded with great play on Saturday.
Well, I should be careful how I use the term great play. It’s not really great that the penalty kill unit allowed three goals against. It could be time to take Chris Taylor and Jordan Henry off of the penalty killing unit. I don’t have an answer as to who should replace them, but when something is not working it can’t hurt to make a change.
“Our power play was pretty good and we matched specialty teams,” Benoit Groulx said after Saturdays game. “At this time of year you can’t lose on specialty teams.”
The specialty teams is something that the coaches and players are aware have been an issue and are an issue [...]Read More
