Former Amerk Spoils New Year's Celebration in Rochester
Published on January 1, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Rochester Americans News Release
(Rochester)...The Rochester Americans started off 2011 on the losing side following a 4-1 loss to the Syracuse Crunch tonight at The Blue Cross Arena. The Amerks managed to net one, however the Crunch were finally able to win their first game against the hometown team this season. With the loss, the Amerks fall to 16-17-2-1 overall and 6-12-1-1 on home ice. In the victory, Syracuse advances to a 13-18-1-3 record.
Scott Timmins (1+0) led the Amerks tonight, scoring the sole Rochester goal of the contest. Amerks netminder Tyler Plante managed to save 38 of 42 shots in the losing effort.
Leading the Crunch tonight was former Amerk Nathan Paetsch (2+1), who netted two and assisted another. Maxime Macenauer (1+1) also had a multiple-point game, while MacGregor Sharp (1+0) also scored for the team. In the win, Syracuse goaltender Timo Pielmeier posted 18 saves on 19 shots and also earned the third star of the game.
Syracuse made the score 1-0 midway through the opening period on a goal-mouth pile-up in front of Plante. In a scramble in front of the Rochester net, the puck bounced off the goal post and onto the stick of a falling Macenauer, who used his stick to poke it between the legs of Plante at 12:40. Trevor Smith (0+1) and Paetsch picked up the helpers.
After the first Amerks tally of the night was ruled "no goal", they were unable to tie it before the Crunch gained a two-goal advantage. With about five minutes remaining in the second stanza, Paetsch earned his second point of the night with a power-play goal right from the point. The goal was his sixth of the season, with Patrick Maroon (0+1) and Dan Sexton (0+1) assisting. With less than a minute to go in the period Sharp made it 3-0. After Plante denied his initial shot, Sharp grabbed his own rebound and buried the puck for his second of the year.
Rochester was finally able to respond 19 seconds into the third period with a goal by Timmins. After Kenndal McArdle (0+1) and Clay Wilson (0+1) dished the puck back and forth a few times, Wilson took a shot on Pielmeier, but missed. Timmins picked up the rebound and put one past Pielmeier for his eighth this season.
Paetsch earned his third point of the evening when he scored a second time and once again put the Syracuse club ahead by three. The goal was Paetsch's seventh this year, and came upon a pass from Macenauer. Paetsch grabbed the puck and fired it past Plante at 5:29. The assist also gave Macenauer a multiple-point game tonight and Trevor Smith (0+1) also helped on the marker.
Rochester remains at home on Sunday, January 2nd as the Adirondack Phantoms make their way west for their second and final trip to Western New York this season. The 5:05 p.m. non-divisional matchup will be the third of four contests between the intrastate rivals this season and will be carried live on SportsRadio 1280 WHTK and FM 107.3, Rochester's Sports Talk. The game will also be televised live on Time Warner Cable SportsNet Channel 26.
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