April 12: Devils 4 - Amerks 3 (OT)
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After forcing overtime by tying Friday's regular-season home finale at 3-3, the Rochester Americans (45-22-5-2) earned a point for the seventh straight game against the Binghamton Devils (28-40-6-0), but Binghamton stole the extra point as they left The Blue Cross Arena with a 4-3 overtime win.
Despite the loss in the extra frame with 15 seconds remaining, Rochester closed out its season series with the Devils with a 7-2-1-0 record, and dating back to the start of the 2017-18 season, the club has recorded at least one point in 16 of the last 20 meetings while showing a 12-4-3-1 record during that span.
Rookie forward Rasmus Asplund, who was named the club's Rookie of the Year and Most Improved Player prior to the game, and first-year defenseman Will Borgen each tallied a pair of points (1+1) for Rochester. In his first game back with the Amerks since returning from a six-game stint with the Buffalo Sabres, Victor Olofsson scored his 28th goal of the season to complete the scoring.
Goaltender Adam Wilcox (13-8-5) stopped 23 of the 27 shots he faced but was dealt the overtime loss. Over his last six appearances, Wilcox shows a 3-0-2 record.
April 13: Amerks 3 - Crunch 4
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Despite a pair of goals from Victor Olofsson, the Rochester Americans (45-23-5-2) saw the Syracuse Crunch (47-21-4-3) claim the North Division title with a 4-3 win on Saturday night at the War Memorial Arena.
Despite the road loss, just the ninth in regulation away from The Blue Cross Arena this season for the Amerks, Rochester secured a second-place finish in the AHL's North Division, setting up a first-round matchup with the defending champion Toronto Marlies for the start of the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs.
The Amerks concluded a 12-game head-to-head series with the Crunch earning at least one point in eight contests while showing a record of 6-4-1-1.
With Olofsson's 29th and 30th goals of the season, he becomes the first Amerks skater to score 30 goals in a season since Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville both reached the mark during the 2004-05 campaign. Former Crunch forward Dalton Smith rounded out the scoring for Rochester, which has points in eight of the last 10 games. Goaltender Scott Wedgewood (28-14-5) stopped 28 of the 31 shots he faced but was dealt with the loss.
April 14: Amerks 4 - Senators 2
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Thanks to three points apiece from Taylor Leier (2+1) and Wayne Simpson (0+3), as well as three power-play goals, the Rochester Americans (46-23-5-2) closed out the 2018-19 regular-season with a 4-2 victory over the Belleville Senators (37-31-3-5) at CAA Arena on Sunday afternoon.
Rochester finished the campaign with an AHL-best 25-9-3-1 road record and its nine regulation losses were tied for fewest in the AHL this season. The 25 wins away from The Blue Cross Arena were also tied for most by any AHL team and matched a single-season franchise record which was set during the 1998-99 season.
As Leier tallied his first three-point outing of the season, he also reached the 40-point mark for the second time in his career, while Simpson recorded his first three-assist effort for the Amerks, who finished the season winning 11 of the last 14 road games. Tage Thompson (1+1) and Kyle Criscuolo (0+2) also turned in multi-point efforts while Casey Fitzgerald scored his first professional goal to wrap up the scoring.
Netminder Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made his professional debut for the Amerks and stopped 32 shots he faced to earn his first-career win in the crease.
