Head coach Benoit Groulx started Chris Beckford-Tseu on Wednesday night against the Binghamton Senators, and Rochester played like a totally different team, and after Binghamton scored twice in less than a minute (12 minutes in to the first period), the team's confidence was gone. The Sens added a third goal (second on a power play) 56 seconds in to the second, and Mike Duco scored after a set up from Shawn Matthias and Stefan Meyer. All that remained was an empty net goal for the Senators, and the Amerks, who outshot Binghmaton 37-28, finished up on the wrong end of a 4-1 final.
It was during a fight in that game that Riley Emmerson reinjured his ankle and Stefan Meyer sprained his knee in the game. Beckford-Tseu is now 3-12-1 and his GAA and save percentage are 378 and .871%, respectively.
Moving forward to Friday night's game against the Manchester Monarchs, Brodeur was back in net and Luke Beaverson and Andrew Sweetland were called up from the Everblades to fill in for the injured players.
A power play goal in the first five minutes put Manchester on top, but Rochester answered back pretty quickly when Janis Sprukts (Garrison, Larman) scored his ninth goal of the year. The lead, however, was short-lived and less than three minutes later, the Monarchs were back on top and this time, the goal came on a two-man advantage. Manchester would pad their lead 57 seconds in to the second period and the score held at 3-1 until nearly the end of the frame when Janis Sprukts (Repik, Garrison) scored his second of the game and tenth of the season to the cut the deficit to one. Halfway through the third period, the Amerks capitalized on a power play and it was, once again, Janis Sprukts (Brine, Garrison) picking up the goal for his eleventh on the year to make it Manchester 3 - Sprukts 3, but it changed immediately thanks to Shawn Matthias' sixth goal of the year (Duco, Ellerby). Kenndal McArdle iced it with an empty net tally (Sprukts, Garrison) and Rochester skated off with a 5-3 win, despite trailing 3-1 early.
Goaltender Mike Brodeur stopped 33 of 36 and improved to 11-4-1 with the win. Sprukts had a hat trick and an assist (four points) and Jason Garrison had four assists of his own.
The third and final game of the road trip would be against the Atlantic Division leading Providence Bruins. Rochester elected to start Mike Brodeur again.
Providence was up 2-0 before the seven-minute-mark of the first period thanks to two quick goals, one of which came on the power play, less than 40 seconds apart. But the Amerks got one back no more than 50 seconds after the second goal was scored when Rory Fitzpatrick (McArdle, Sprukts) capitalized on a Rochester power play. Soon after, Janis Sprukts scored his 12th of the year (Aston, Larman) and before the period had ended, Kenndal McArdle had a goal of his own (Sprukts, Fitzpatrick). In the second, the only goal came off the stick of Amerks' center Drew Larman. It was his fourth of the year, with assists to Andrew Sweetland and Janis Sprukts. Providence would get one back, but the Amerks were able to hold on and pick up a 4-3 win.
Brodeur stopped 30 of 33, improving to 12-4-1. His GAA is 2.07 and his save percentage is a healthy .933%. Both of those stats are currently top-three for goaltenders in the AHL.
ECHL
The Elmira Jackals played four games this week, but David Shantz started only two and was only dressed for three of the four games. He allowed five goals on twenty-five shots Tuesday against Tyler Plante and the Dayton Bombers to lose 6-3, and the following night with Plante sitting out the second night of a back-to-back, Shantz faced a total of 13 shots on the entire night. He allowed three goals, but the Jackals flipped the scores around and won 6-3.
Shantz is 5-4-1 with Elmira with one shutout, a 2.88 GAA and an .887%.
Tyler Plante appeared in three games for Dayton with the first being the Shantz/Plante showdown on Tuesday night. In the game, Plante stopped 32 of 35 and then in the second game of the back-to-back, he was called upon to replace Drew Paul halfway through the game. Dayton trailed 4-0 at the time. Plante only faced seven shots and allowed a goal, but the Bombers were too far behind to come back. His last game of the week was Saturday against Johnstown. Plante stopped 23 of 25, but the Chiefs won the game, 2-1.
Plante is 6-9-0 with a 3.08 GAA and a save percentage right at .900%.
Juniors
The Saginaw Spirit had a great week, winning all three games that they played, and defenseman Adam Comrie helped out offensively, assisting on two goals (22, 23) -- including the overtime winner -- on Friday's 3-2 victory in Ottawa and scoring once (8) in Sunday's 6-3 win at Kingston. . . James DeLory was named the Oshawa Generals' captain for all home games, and serves as an alternate captain for all road games. He had two assists in Friday night's 5-3 win at Mississauga , first on a power play goal and later, shorthanded. The Generals returned home for two games, and DeLory served as the Generals' captain in a 5-2 loss to Guelph and a 5-4 win against Sault Ste. Marie. . . For Guelph, Panthers' defense prospect Corey Syvret had two assists (14, 15) in Friday's game against London, and he added another (16) in Saturday's 5-2 win in Oshawa. . . A.J. Jenks was scoreless on Friday in Plymouth's 5-3 win against the Barrie Colts, but he only played for eleven seconds on Saturday after jumping in to a brawl that saw six players sent to the box and four with fighting majors. Jenks and his opponent, Marcus Carroll, were each given a game misconduct and both have been suspended for two games by the OHL. . . Brady Calla played in three games this week with the Spokane Chiefs, scoring his first goal with the new club on Wednesday in a 4-2 win against Portland. Spokane defeated Portland again on Friday 7-1, with Calla held of the board, but he registered an assist on the game-tying goal Saturday against Tri-City. The Chiefs won the game after the shootout by a 2-1 final. . . The Brandon Wheat Kings scored 14 goals in two games last week, winning by scores of 7-2 and 7-4. Defenseman Colby Robak had an assist (15) in Friday's 7-2 win against Prince Albert and was a +2 in the rematch, and win, on Saturday night.
CCHA
Matt Rust only played in one of Michigan's two games against Bowling Green over the weekend. He had four shots, but the Wolverines were beaten 3-0. . . Ohio State defenseman Matt Bartkowski was on the top pairing for the weekend series against Ferris State and in Friday's 6-2 victory, Bartkowski picked up his eighth assist of the year. When the teams faced off again the following night, the defenseman scored his third goal of the year to put Ohio State ahead 2-1, but the game would need to be settled in a shootout, and Ohio State would ultimately come away with a 3-2 victory. . . Ryan Watson was scoreless while centering Western Michigan's third line on Friday night against Alabama-Huntsville, although WMU won the game 4-3. The next night, Western Michigan rolled to a 5-1 win with Watson scoring a goal (4) and adding an assist (2).
WCHA
Derrick LaPoint and the North Dakota Fighting Sioux were unbeaten over the weekend against Michigan Tech, although they could only muster up a 3-3 tie on Friday. On Saturday, LaPoint had an assist and went +2 in North Dakota's 5-0 win. . . Denver didn't play last week.
Hockey East
Maine had a frustraing weekend and despite outshooting their opponents by a considerable margin in both games, the Black Bears wound up losing 3-1 to Bentley and finished in a 2-2 draw against Providence. Defenseman Matt Duffy had nine shots on goal in the two games, but no points to show for it and only a -3 for his efforts. . . Brian Foster faced 24 shots and allowed four goals, but the Wildcats scored six of their own against Dartmouth. It was the Wildcats' only game of the week.
Sweden
Brynäs played against MODO and Frölunda last week and Jacob Markström was in net for both contests. In the former, Markström stopped 28 of 30, but the offense could only get one goal through and the game was MODO's, 2-1 the final. Saturday night, Markström faced 24 shots from Frölunda, and he turned aside 23. Brynäs only had 17 shots in the game, but they scored three times and came away with the win.
Through 28 games, Markström has a 2.18 GAA and a .926%.
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