Rochester Americans 2023-2024

[LGR4GM]

 

[inkman]

 

[French Collection]

1-0 shootout win over Utica. Good effort without Rousek.

Houser with the shutout, didn’t want to be outdone by Comrie. He also saved all 4 shootout attempts.

Weissbach with the winner.

[GASabresIUFAN]

Can the Amerks still make the playoffs?

[dudacek]

2 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Can the Amerks still make the playoffs?

They'll have to really tank the final three weeks to miss.

If my math is correct any combination of Amerk regulation wins and Senator regulation  losses that equals 6 should get them in.

Top 5 in the division make it.

• 2 Utica: 71 points, 9 games left
• 3 Syracuse: 68, 10
• 4 Rochester: 67, 10
• 5 Cleveland: 63, 11
• 6 Belleville: 62, 8

Real battle looks to be versus Syracuse for the 1st-round bye

[Claude Balls]

Big win for Rochester today. Kulich with two more goals. Duffer did the color commentary next to Don Stevens and he did a great job, very smooth.. So much better than Ric Seiling was. 

[DarthEbriate]

Rosen ties it late. Weissbach and Houser take care of business in the shootout.

[K-9]

I noticed Kulich was out of the lineup tonight. Anybody know why?

[pi2000]

7 minutes ago, K-9 said:

I noticed Kulich was out of the lineup tonight. Anybody know why?

Yes, I'm sure somebody does. 

[inkman]

Tyson Kozak just rearranged Tyce Thompson’s face.  Tage won’t be too happy.  😀.  

[inkman]

 

[inkman]

Oh no!

 

[DarthEbriate]

The Amerks are quietly 7-0-2-1 in their last 10 and have jumped into 2nd place in the North. Everyone could still shuffle around, and the Amerks need at least one more win to avoid 4th place and the best-of-3 play-in round, but they've played great (with Kulich and Rosen scoring key goals) to jump to the front of the pack.

Their likeliest first round matchup will be with either Syracuse or Utica. The Crunch and Comets face each other in 2 of the final 3 games of the season so they'll be motivated to avoid the best-of-3 play-in round.

[Zamboni]

On 4/1/2023 at 7:11 PM, inkman said:

Oh no!

 

Tage’s little brother took it like a champ 

[inkman]

28 minutes ago, Zamboni said:

Tage’s little brother took it like a champ 

I wonder if he ever ends up playing with his bro

[Zamboni]

2 hours ago, inkman said:

I wonder if he ever ends up playing with his bro

They did play against each other last year. But with each other on the same pro team …. That would be cool for them at some point.

[JohnC]

A question for the Rochester afficionados here: Is Rosen the most improved player within this season? And which two or three players do you project to move up to the NHL within another year or two?

[inkman]

16 minutes ago, JohnC said:

A question for the Rochester afficionados here: Is Rosen the most improved player within this season? And which two or three players do you project to move up to the NHL within another year or two?

Kulich and Rousek will be in the NHL 2024 & 2023 respectively.  Rosen still weighs 160 lbs soaking wet and he’s a super one dimensional player.  

[JohnC]

18 minutes ago, inkman said:

Kulich and Rousek will be in the NHL 2024 & 2023 respectively.  Rosen still weighs 160 lbs soaking wet and he’s a super one dimensional player.  

Thanks for your insightful response. In three years or so when Rosen is more physically developed, do you see him as an NHL player? Or as you describe it, he is a too one dimensional in a higher league that requires, to a degree, two-dimensional play? Or is it simply too early to make that projection?

Edited April 10, 2023 by JohnC