Feb. 12: Amerks 2 - Monsters 5
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The Rochester Americans came up on the short end of a 5-2 decision Tuesday night against the Cleveland Monsters (23-21-5-1) at Quicken Loans Arena. It was just the second time all season that the Amerks suffered back-to-back regulation road losses.
Forward Remi Elie scored his first goal as an Amerk and later assisted on Wayne Simpson's third-period goal for the Amerks, who show a record of 24-6-2-3 against Cleveland since the start of the 2011-12 season, which includes a 10-2-1-0 record in the last 14 meetings. Goaltender Scott Wedgewood (17-8-2), who has won eight of his last 11 games dating back to the day after Christmas, was tagged with the loss as he made 29 saves.
Feb. 15: Crunch 1 - Amerks 0
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Following a 1-0 loss to the Syracuse Crunch (30-15-2-1) Friday night at Blue Cross Arena, the Rochester Americans have gone three games without a point for just the second time through 51 regular-season games during the 2018-19 campaign. The contest was the first-leg of a home-and-home series between the two clubs and first of four matchups over the next nine days between the intrastate rivals.
Of Rochester's 18 skaters, 16 recorded at least one shot on net, including a team-high five shots from defenseman Brendan Guhle, while goaltender Scott Wedgewood (17-9-2) was tagged with the loss as he made 31 saves. Dating back to the day after Christmas, Wedgewood shows a 9-5-1 record during that span and has won has won eight of his last 12 games.
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In the second game in as many days of the home-and-home series between the Rochester Americans and the Syracuse Crunch (30-15-2-2), newcomer Taylor Leier netted the only goal in a six-round shootout to lift the Amerks past the Crunch, 3-2, Saturday at the War Memorial Arena. The win snaps Rochester's three-game slide and moves the Amerks back atop the AHL's North Division standings heading into Sunday's weekend finale against Binghamton.
While Leier scored his second shootout-clinching goal of the season for the Amerks, Remi Elie and Will Borgen both tallied their second goals of the slate. Former Syracuse netminder Adam Wilcox (9-6-3) stopped 29 shots in the game plus six more in the skills competition to improve to 4-0-1 this season versus his former club.
The Amerks have now earned a point in six of the seven games this season with the Crunch and show a 4-1-1-1 record in the 12-game series.
Feb. 17: Devils 1 - Amerks 5
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On the strength of a pair of goals in each of the first two periods of Sunday afternoon's game at Blue Cross Arena, the Rochester Americans closed out their three-in-three weekend with a dominating 5-1 victory against the intrastate rival Binghamton Devils (23-27-5-0).
The line trio of Remi Elie (1+1), Andrew Oglevie (1+1) and Taylor Leier (0+2) combined for six points while Yannick Veilleux, Wayne Simpson and Andrew MacWilliam rounded out the scoring for the Amerks, who close dout the weekend with back-to-back wins.
Goaltender Scott Wedgewood earned his 10th win in the last 13 games and set a new career-high with his 18th overall on the season while improving to 18-7-2 on the season as he stopped 27 shots on the afternoon.
