The Amerks picked up a point again on the road against a tough Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins team which is better than nothing. It came down to the skills competition where Eric Tangradi scored in the eighth round scoring top corner glove side on Drew MacIntyre for the win. These one goal losses and one point games could come back to haunt the Amerks in April. A week ago they were only one point back of the first place Marlies and after tonight their seven back from first in the division but tied for eighth in the conference.
The game started with both teams skating back and forth for the first 10:48 before the first whistle of the game and then they finished the first period in under a half hour. At 17:11 of the first period Marcus Foligno put the puck on goaltender Brad Thiessen who tried to go for the glove side but it went off the edge of his glove. The puck landed to the side of the net where Phil Varone was skating in and scored for his third of the season.
Jason Williams tied the game at 11:07 of the second period with a shot from the [...]Read More


