Amerks @ Moose

Another Friday night, and yes. I'm home. And yes, I'm just listening to a game.

Rochester's in Winnipeg taking on the Manitoba Moose, both teams looking for their first win of the year. The game's available via radio stream at SportsRadio 1280 WHTK's website (On Air -- Listen Live).

The Amerks opening line-up:

David Brine - Drew Larman - Kenndal McArdle
Rory Fitzpatrick - Doug O'Brien
Tyler Plante

It's pretty much a crapshoot trying to figure out the lines, but I'm going to try.

Garrison is out with MacDonald on defense..
Glass, Matthias and Duco..
Brine, Larman, McArdle..
Fitzpatrick and O'Brien as a defense pair..
Caruso and Aston on a pair..
Calla.. Collins.. Sweetland?
Sprukts and Repik are out.. and Karl Stewart maybe?

I don't think that's quite right. The defense may be, but I'm not too sure about the forwards. They were all out together at some point, and Sprukts and Repik were out on a line regularly.

All in all, Plante played a good game. He earned another start, but the offense was abysmal again, scoring only one goal. Matthias is yet to put up a point, and Rochester, after a Moose empty net goal, fell by a score of 3-1. They're back in action again tonight, as are the Panthers.

Bryan Allen will be out for the Cats, and with what happened with Olesz and the Islanders' Chris Lee back in the preseason, I think Belak's going to be back in the lineup tonight, so unless someone else is a scratch, only one of Frolik or Stewart makes it in. If it's not Frolik, he seriously, unquestionably, needs to be sent to Rochester. We're supposed to be a better parent than the Sabres were last year, and a part of the turnaround from last season. They've yet to do this, and they're stuck idling by keeping Frolik off the ice here, and off the ice up there.

I haven't found anything about Shantz yet, either. He's going to be loaned to another ECHL team, but they don't seem to have anything done, yet. The ECHL season has just gotten underway, so something should be happening soon.