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[inkman]

Mersch ties it up at 1-1 with a cross crease feed from Biro. 

Dell in net. 

[inkman]

Amerks tie is up at 2 with under 4 minutes to go.  Michael Mersch with another tally. 

[carpandean]

Nice!  Lead with 1:20 left!

Edit: Malone with the goal.

Edited December 19, 2021 by carpandean

[inkman]

Mugsy Malone puts the Amerks ahead 3-2 with 1:20 on the clock. MacInnis with the nice feed from the corner to Malone who was flashing to the crease. 
 

gotta love Sean Malone.  Wish he had a scoetch more talent, he’d be an NHL for sure. Dude is always working. 

[carpandean]

🤬  Tied on a bad bounce off of the backboards.

[inkman]

I gotta say, without Quinn, Peterka and Krebs are noticeably unnoticeable. 

Going to OT 

[dudacek]

Wonder when Stevens is going to notice Epson isn’t playing goal any more.

[inkman]

Peterka just gave Dell the most genuine hug I’ve ever seen in a sporting event. Saved the Amerks bacon with an incredible odd man rush save. 

[inkman]

Going to a shootout 

[inkman]

R2 just went all D2 and scored in the shootout 

Peterka with an I’ll advised horizontal shootout attempt that actually goes in.  Amerks win in the SO.  

[dudacek]

  On 12/19/2021 at 2:52 AM, inkman said:

R2 just went all D2 and scored in the shootout 

Peterka with an I’ll advised horizontal shootout attempt that actually goes in.  Amerks win in the SO.  

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2nd replay showed it was a helluva shot.

Your point stands.

I agree that Peterka has faded the last week or two. He’s certainly missing the chemistry with Quinn, but he just isn’t showing the burst he was earlier in the year.

Disagree on Krebs. He was very noticeable to me - mostly in a good way, although he continues to force some passes and I just don’t see 1C skill. I do see 2C reads and effort. Did better on battle tonight, and he’s very good in rotating back to where the puck is going after a battle concludes. Appert was leaning on him like he was Bergeron: PP, PK, double-shifting, 4-on-3, 3-on-3. Played centre pretty much exclusively, which hasn’t been the case for most of his time in Rochester.

[LGR4GM]

  On 12/19/2021 at 2:40 AM, inkman said:

I gotta say, without Quinn, Peterka and Krebs are noticeably unnoticeable. 

Going to OT 

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Quinn drove his line in juniors. 

I think Peterka needs another ahl year and I worry about Krebs a little. 

[Flashsabre]

  On 12/19/2021 at 3:07 AM, LGR4GM said:

Quinn drove his line in juniors. 

I think Peterka needs another ahl year and I worry about Krebs a little. 

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No worries with Krebs. He is a player. Needs a finisher to finish off his setups.

[dudacek]

It didn’t catch up to them initially, but the Amerks missing Murray Jankowski Quinn Fitzgerald Davidson Weissbach is starting to show. Lotta fringe guys filling out the roster right now.

[GASabresIUFAN]

  On 12/19/2021 at 3:20 AM, dudacek said:

It didn’t catch up to them initially, but the Amerks missing Murray Jankowski Quinn Fitzgerald Davidson Weissbach is starting to show. Lotta fringe guys filling out the roster right now.

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Any team that loses 30% of it's initial roster is going to struggle.  Without those guys teams are able to take away Krebs and JJP.  While I think Jankowski and Murray are gone for good, the rest will return and that will help. It will also help when they get back to full strength in goal be it Tokarski with Dell or UPL with Dell.

[tom webster]

  On 12/19/2021 at 2:37 AM, inkman said:

Mugsy Malone puts the Amerks ahead 3-2 with 1:20 on the clock. MacInnis with the nice feed from the corner to Malone who was flashing to the crease. 
 

gotta love Sean Malone.  Wish he had a scoetch more talent, he’d be an NHL for sure. Dude is always working. 

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Malone has/had NHL talent. Injuries just killed him.

[dudacek]

  On 12/19/2021 at 5:13 AM, tom webster said:

Malone has/had NHL talent. Injuries just killed him.

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Quinn is the Amerks game breaker, but within the AHL, Malone is it’s heartbeat.

[Norcal]

As much as the AHL is supposed to be a developmental league for future NHLers tonight was dominated by a career AHL line.

The M line of Macinnis Malone and Mersch dominated the score sheet in this one. 

Mersch is an old school player, a hard working guy the kids can learn from but he makes me laugh sometimes how he skates around bearing down all over the ice. 

He did score from his knees on a deflection like that in this game. 

Dell made that glove save look special. Real old school, throw your glove out kinda save.

Peterka appreciated it and gave him a hug. Dell belongs down here IMO

OT was fun. Peterka with a chance late, how did he stay on his feet?

R2 just looks much more comfortable in Rochester. Like he trusts his skill more. 

Peterka blew his chance by for the win in the shootout. Quite a shot. 

 

[Palm Trees And Taxes]

Question: Are there a lot of COVID-19 cases being reported in the AHL compared to the NHL?

[Norcal]

Same prolly. Every team has had some

  On 12/20/2021 at 11:11 PM, Ruff Around The Edges said:

Question: Are there a lot of COVID-19 cases being reported in the AHL compared to the NHL?

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