GDT: Rd.2 AHL best-of-5 playoffs: Amerks (2&0) @ Crunch, Gm3 5/1 7pm

[PromoTheRobot]

Refs letting stuff go.

[PromoTheRobot]

Syracuse pulls the goalie with 6:47 to go 

He's back in.

Back out 

Rosen ENG. 4-0. 4:50 left 

Edited 16 hours ago by PromoTheRobot

[sabremike]

[PromoTheRobot]

Levi shutout win. 4-0. Next game Thursday in Syracuse.

[PromoTheRobot]

3 stars: 3) Kulich 2) Clague 1) Levi, 35 saves. 🧱

[Believer]

22 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Levi shutout win. 4-0. Next game Thursday in Syracuse.

35 saves on 35 shots.

Bravo, Levi!

[Flashsabre]

I wonder if they were as unimpressive as last game.😛

[Porous Five Hole]

The family had a blast.  
 

It was a weird game….it took three hours and ended in regulation.  
The KO from the fight, two pucks on the ice at one time at one point, a Cuse fan got booted by security in front of me, a lady took a puck to the face that stopped the game, etc. 

Let’s sweep the gross Crunch. I’ll be driving to Cuse for game three on Thursday.  

[Porous Five Hole]

https://pickinsplinters.com/2025/04/27/win-one-for-komarov-was-amerks-rallying-cry-after-scary-injury/
 

Write up from our beat writer 

[Jorcus]

That had to be the longest 2nd period I ever remember. Even before the fight it was really dragging. Syracuse plays a very trappy game and the Amerks were having a lot of trouble with it. Once Kulich blasted home the Power play goal The Crunch had to open up a bit and the Amerks had more ice to work with. To the Amerks credit even though they gave up a lot of shots few were high danger and it's not like either team was giving up breakaways. Levi was good not to give up any soft ones. Crunch had one open net post hit when the got behind Levi but that was it. Amerks needed to clean up own zone exits and offensive zone entries. Took too many off side plays. Still they can skate circles around the Crunch when they can avoid the checks. Hope they keep rolling. 

[PromoTheRobot]

[Taro T]

45 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Shades of the old short lived Campbell Conference playoff format (which went 2-3-2 & IIRC briefly let the higher seeded team decide whether to have the bookend games or the ones in the middle (might be misremembering that, but could swear they had that option for a year or 2)) in the Laval Cleveland series.

[thewookie1]

29 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Shades of the old short lived Campbell Conference playoff format (which went 2-3-2 & IIRC briefly let the higher seeded team decide whether to have the bookend games or the ones in the middle (might be misremembering that, but could swear they had that option for a year or 2)) in the Laval Cleveland series.

Very weird that the first two are in Cleveland; could easily backfire on Laval

[shrader]

1 hour ago, Taro T said:

Shades of the old short lived Campbell Conference playoff format (which went 2-3-2 & IIRC briefly let the higher seeded team decide whether to have the bookend games or the ones in the middle (might be misremembering that, but could swear they had that option for a year or 2)) in the Laval Cleveland series.

I’d love to see a 1-1-1-1-1 format someday (or the 7 game version). Travel isn’t really an issue when you get a Rochester-Syracuse matchup. It would have been great years ago when MLB had the subway series matchup. 

[inkman]

I like that Komorov is willing but the body must be able!  Oof!

 

 

[Rasmus_]

A winning environment, who knew that was a thing lol   Keep it up Amerks. 

[Big Guava]

9 hours ago, shrader said:

I’d love to see a 1-1-1-1-1 format someday (or the 7 game version). Travel isn’t really an issue when you get a Rochester-Syracuse matchup. It would have been great years ago when MLB had the subway series matchup. 

Way too much unnecessary travel

[Taro T]

9 hours ago, shrader said:

I’d love to see a 1-1-1-1-1 format someday (or the 7 game version). Travel isn’t really an issue when you get a Rochester-Syracuse matchup. It would have been great years ago when MLB had the subway series matchup. 

The team equipment managers would have a contract out on the head of whomever proposed that should it actually happen.

[DarthEbriate]

35 minutes ago, Taro T said:

The team equipment managers would have a contract out on the head of whomever proposed that should it actually happen.

The series format also needs to be consistent across all teams. If you need to open the series on the road because your arena has had a convention booked for 9 months, but you still want weekend revenue, fine. But 1-1-1, alternating between Abbotsford and Coachella Valley would be horrible.

[dudacek]

I was like “wow Komarov is actually hanging in there against a monster”D then that happened.

Overall, Amerks havent backed down an inch in the physical game despite the Crunch being very aware they need to play that way.