Rochester played four games this week, including a late-morning game on Wednesday in Toronto, and they wrapped up the week with another road game in Toronto with two home games in between (Lake Erie, Grand Rapids).
The Amerks acuired Randall Gelech from the Grand Rapids Griffins, and when injuries mounted, recalled Kevin Baker (third in ECHL scoring) from the Florida Everblades. Jacob Micflikier, who had a goal and five assists through thirteen games in Rochester, has remained with the Everblades and since being sent down, has put up eighteen points in only seven games, while Baker skated in one game before returning to the ECHL.
As for the games, Rochester went with Chris Beckford-Tseu against the Toronto Marlies on Wednesday and he played well, stopping 33 of 36 shots, but the offense was only able to get 18 shots off and only one of them made it past Justin Pogge. The lone goal came in the second period, Rochester trailing at the time, 1-0: Franklin MacDonald, while shorthanded, took a feed from Karl Stewart and fired the puck into the net -- his first of the season. Kenndal McArdle added an assist on the goal, as well. After the game, the Amerks made the move to add Gelech, the Panthers recalled Shawn Matthias and Luke Beaverson was sent down to the Everblades.
Despite the minimal offense, the team played a good game and that momentum carried them on to Friday night's game against Lake Erie. The Monsters, by most accounts, played a poor game while Rochester played well enough to skate to a 2-0 lead and then hang on in the third to win, 2-1. It was Beckford-Tseu getting the 'W' while stopping 27 of 28 with Dan Collins (3) and Michal Repik (5) supplying the goals. Mike Duco and Andrew Sweetland assisted on Collins' go-ahead goal and for Sweetland, it was his first pro point, while Repik's power play goal was set up by Stefan Meyer and Keaton Ellerby. It was also Gelech's first game with Rochester.
Saturday night, the Amerks went to Grand Rapids to play the Griffins and as has become the norm, took an almost immediate penalty. The team killed it off, but through twenty minutes and a missed penalty shot by McArdle, the Amerks eventually skated to their dressing room down 2-0 after one. Beckford-Tseu was relieved by David Shantz, and Grand Rapids added another goal before Stefan Meyer scored his fifth (assists: Repik, Ellerby). CBT wound up taking the loss while Shantz turned aside 20 of 21. Grand Rapids prevailing, 3-1.
Sunday afternoon's game was a good one. Back in Toronto, the Amerks took their customary early penalties and the Marlies capitalized, scoring on their first power play, but Rochester took advantage of their own power play chances, scoring twice in the opening frame. First, while on a 5-on-3, Jason Garrison scored his second of the year from Janis Sprukts and Repik, and five minutes later, Repik scored his sixth -- from Ellerby and Jordan Henry. Toronto tied the game in the second and Sprukts gave the lead back to Rochester 18 seconds later. It was his third -- unassisted. It stayed 3-2 until a bit past the midway point of the third when Toronto tied the game and eventually took it to a shootout. Rochester scored on three of their chances, Toronto on four and in the eighth round of the shootout, the game went final: 4-3 Toronto.
Rochester is now 3-17-0-2.
ECHL
Tyler Plante played in all four of Dayton's games this week, going 2-1-1 and stopping a little over 91% of his shots. On Tuesday, he faced 40 shots and stopped all but three, including a 21-save second period. An empty net goal in the third made the final 4-2 Cincinnati. He allowed two goals on twenty shots Friday night and stopped only one of four in the shootout, though Dayton picked up a point in the 3-2 loss. The following night, Plante played well and stopped 30 of 32, earning the second star of the night for his efforts. He wasn't too good on Sunday, but Dayton scored four and that was enough to come away on top, 4-3. Plante stopped 19 of 22 in the win.
Juniors
James DeLory added one assist (2) in three games while going +3 with four penalty minutes. Oshawa has been playing well of late, winning six of their last ten and picking up at least a point in nine of ten. DeLory has four points in eight games since returning to the OHL. . . Plymouth won two of three, but remains at the bottom of their conference. A.J. Jenks picked up the second assist on Wednesday's game-winner against the league-leading Windsor Spitfires and on Friday, scored once (7) in a 4-3 road win at Sarnia. Saturday's game was a 6-1 loss and tempers flared late, with Jenks involved in one of the fights against the much smaller Derek Holden. He picked up an extra roughing minor, while Holden had an additional high-sticking penalty, and Jenks finished the game with 7 PIM. . . Adam Comrie was ineffective in Saginaw's 4-2 loss against Windsor on Friday, going even in plus/minus but only adding a slashing minor to the scoresheet -- Windsor fired 52 shots, compared to Saginaw's 20 -- but Comrie didn't play on Saturday, while Saginaw beat Sarnia 7-1. . . Corey Syvret had two assists on Saturday and one assist on Sunday, but Guelph only managed to come away with one win in their three games. As for Syvret, he now has 12 points in 27 games. . . Brady Calla scored his first goal since returning to the WHL on Friday night, although the goal came on an empty net. He was a +3 on the night (an 8-5 win against Regina) but limited to a roughing minor on Saturday. He has four points in five games. . . It was a tough week for Colby Robak who, in three games was unable to help the Wheat Kings win more than once, going without points and finishing a modest -3. . .
CCHA
Matt Rust was back to the second line for the Michigan Wolverines, but Rust was without points through each of the Wolverines' games this week. He's been a top penalty killer, however, and he's quite an aggressive forechecker which should bode well for him as he moves through the organization. Anyway, the Wolverines shocked the top-ranked Golden Gophers -- in Minnesota -- with a decisive 6-3 win on Friday yet Michigan followed it up with a frustrating 3-0 loss against Wisconsin on Saturday. The way the Florida Panthers are playing in front of Craig Anderson (and the way Anderson's responding) is pretty similar to what's going on with the Wolverines' goaltenders right now. Billy Sauer has had no offensive support and when he gets beat, the team doesn't rebound, while the Wolverines are a fantastic team in front of Byran Hogan. . . Unranked Ohio State hosted #14 Nebraska-Omaha for two games this weekend and upset the visitors by winning both games. Freshman defenseman Matt Bartkowski played on the top pairing in the Saturday game and added an assist (his sixth point), but he was a +2 in both games. The Buckeyes have won six of seven. . . Western Michigan was in South Bend for two games against #2 Notre Dame and on Friday, fell by a 4-1 score. Ryan Watson made it into the lineup for Saturday's game centering the fourth line. Watson was witout points, but WMU managed to take the game as a 3-3 regulation tie through to a shootout where they eventually lost in five rounds, 2 goals to 1. . .
WCHA
Derrick LaPoint started Friday night's game against Cornell on a pairing with defenseman Chay Genoway, but by the time the game had ended, Genoway had five points and LaPoint had none. The Sioux won the game 7-3, but on Saturday, again even and without points, LaPoint and North Dakota skated to a 2-1 loss. . . John Lee picked up the third assist of his college career Friday against Colgate while putting three shots on net and on Saturday, Lee finished a +1 to finish +2 over the weekend, but it was teammate Marc Cheverie who had the big weekend. Friday night, Chevy stopped 29 of 30 Colgate shots en route to a 6-1 Denver victory and on Saturday, the Pioneers hosted 13-0-0 Air Force. In front of a sellout home crowd, Cheverie made 38 saves on 39 shots, earning first star honours and handing Air Force their first loss of the year. . .
Hockey East
New Hampshire only played once this week, but the Wildcats lost and should fall further off the charts after losing to Merrimack, 4-3. Brian Foster allowed four goals on twenty-seven shots and the goaltender is now 5-4-2, with a 2.43 GAA and a save percentage at .924%. . . Matt Duffy was a +1 with three shots on goal in Maine's 3-2 loss to Vermont on Saturday. . .
Sweden
Jacob Markström picked up a shutout last Monday in impressive fashion, stopping 40 shots against Södertälje in a 1-0 win. He gave up four goals on twenty-eight shots Thursday in a 4-3 loss againt Rögle, but on Saturday, he was in top form to take on Timrå and made 29 saves as Brynäs picked up a 2-1 win. . .
Czech
Martin Lojek remains with "Havířovská hokejová společnost" and played in two more games this week. . . Václav Nedorost added another assist and has twenty points (8G, 12A) through 28 games, good enough for second on his team (Bílí Tygři Liberec). . .
Russia
Sergei Gayduchenko made 36 saves on 39 shots last Monday in Russia's 3-2 loss to Team OHL. Against the WHL, Gayduchenko faced 40 shots and stopped 35. The offense, however, was stagnant and Russia fell to Team WHL, 5-0. The following night (Thursday), Gayduchenko sat as backup. The Russian Selects scored only once, losing 2-1, and spoiling a stellar 44-save effort by Alexander Pechurskiy. . . Evgeny Dadonov played in all six games, scoring two goals and two assists. . .
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