Tag: Rochester Americans

TORONTO MARLIES (30-22-3-1 – 64 Points) vs.
ROCHESTER AMERICANS (30-23-4-3 – 67 Points)

FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	SO	FINAL
TORONTO	0	1	1	0	1-2	3
ROCHESTER	1	1	0	0	0-3	2

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |    PHOTOS    |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Toronto: A. Steeves (18) (T. Kivihalme), B. McMann (18) (Unassisted)
Goaltender: M. Hutchinson (26/28) W             

Rochester: S. Malone (11) PP (O. Laaksonen, A. Ruotsalainen), S. Malone (12) (E. Prow, R. MacInnis)
Goaltender: U. Luukkonen (27/29) L    

ON THE SCORESHEET

• Alex Steeves scored 30 seconds into the second period. He is tied for fifth overall amongst rookies in goals (18). Steeves has 37 points (18 goals, 19 assists) in 42 games this season.
• Bobby McMann scored unassisted at 3:51 of the third period. He has five goals through his last four games.
• Teemu Kivihalme had the lone assist on Steeves’ second period goal. He has two assists in 16 games this season.
• Michael Hutchinson stopped 26 of 28 shots he faced. This was his second win in a shootout this season.

IN THE SHOOTOUT

• Joey Anderson – Goal (2021-22: 3/3)
• Nick Robertson – Goal (2021-22: 0/1)

OF NOTE

• This was Michael Hutchinson’s 100^th career AHL win. He is 100-62-12-15 over 10 seasons, playing for Toronto, Springfield, Manitoba, St. John’s and Providence. Through his career, he has a 0.919 save percentage and 2.53 goals against average.
• This was Joey Anderson’s first winning goal in a shootout this season. He has scored in each of his shootout attempts.
• Toronto went 3-for-4 on the penalty kill and 0-for-4 on the power play. Toronto is 8-12-2-1 when not scoring on the power play and 15-7-2-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Toronto had a 30-28 edge in shots in all situations. Bobby McMann led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 11-4-1-0 when outshooting their opponents.
• The Marlies are 17-12-2-1 against North Division opponents and finish the regular season 4-2-0-0 against the Americans. Toronto outscored Rochester 22-17 through six games.

RECORD WHEN Not scoring first                      8-15-2-0 Trailing after 1                         7-14-1-0 Trailing after 2                         3-15-1-0 On the road                             18-14-10-1 March                                      6-7-0-0 Friday                                      5-4-0-0

MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players Goals               21 (J. Anderson) Assists            36 (J. Duszak) Points              46 (B. Seney) PPG                 7 (J. Anderson) Shots               135 (A. Steeves) +/-                    +16 (B. Seney) PIMS                89 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On what he liked in tonight’s game:
The commitment and the buy-in. Everybody played pretty well. Hutchinson had a great game for us, made some really huge saves five-on-five and then the shootout there, his patience to shut the door on them. A lot of good efforts from a lot of guys.

On the importance of forwards Alex Steeves and Bobby McMann’s performance:
They’ve meant a lot to our team. They are a big part of it. Both of them are in a lot of situation whether it’s power play, penalty kill, five-on-five, we lean on them for a lot of things. The timeliness of them stepping up in big games like this has been something that has set them apart.

On heading into the last month of the season:
Just the preparedness for us to know how we need to play and prepare ourselves for hopefully the playoffs. It’s starting to feel like that anyways. This was a game where you could tell every shift was so important, every play was a big play no matter how big or small it was. It’s going feel like that the rest of the way. Regardless if it’s a divisional opponent or not, the points matter and everyone can start to feel it. You get to this time of year and teams are tighter and not giving up as many offensive chances and making less mistakes. Just our team’s consistency and patience to sticking to our plan and being confident in what we’re doing.

MICHAEL HUTCHINSON (100^th CAREER AHL WIN)

On the team’s defence:
We had a really good defensive effort tonight. After their second goal, we really bared down. Players were blocking shots, picking up sticks and doing the little things as far as getting the puck out and battling. Myers was a great addition. He was all over the place tonight and really brought the energy for us too. If we play the way we did from the second goal on, we’re going to win a lot of games down the stretch.

On his 100^th AHL win:
It’s cool. I didn’t even know I was anywhere close to that. I couldn’t tell you how many games I played or anything like that. I don’t follow my own career that closely … There’s not many players who are able to stick around long enough to reach those types of milestones … It’s nice to get that right now and I’m sure at some point after my career, I’ll look back on it, pretty special.

BOBBY McMANN (1 GOAL)

On tonight’s game:
Obviously really proud of the guys that played tonight and the group we’ve got because they went up early and we didn’t quit, we stuck with it. Didn’t give them much for the rest of the game and chipped away and were able to squeak one out in the shootout.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time
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March 26 vs. Bridgeport – 4:00 p.m.
March 29 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
March 30 at Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m. (PDT)
April 1 at Manitoba – 7:00 p.m. (MT)
April 3 at Manitoba – 2:00 p.m. (MT)

ROCHESTER AMERICANS (26-19-3-2 – 57 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (24-15-3-1 – 52 Points)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
ROCHESTER	1	3	1	–	5
TORONTO	0	1	2	–	3

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |    PHOTOS    |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Rochester: A. Ruotsalainen (7) (B. Murray, L. Weissbach), B. Murray (13) PP (J. Peterka, A. Ruotsalainen), A. Ruotsalainen (8) (B. Murray, K. Weissbach), N. Pastujov (1) PP (M. Eliot, R. Scarfo), E. Prow (8) PP (L. Weissbach, B. Murray)
Goaltender: U. Luukkonen (33/36) W  

Toronto: J. Kopacka (6) (B. McMann), A. Suomela (11) (B. Menell, J. Duszak), J. Anderson (19) (J. Duszak, S. Der-Arguchintsev)
Goaltender: J. Woll (27/32) L          

ON THE SCORESHEET

• Jack Kopacka put the Marlies on the board at 9:19 of the second period. He has 12 points (6 goals, 6 assists) in 34 games this season.
• Antti Suomela scored at 6:03 of the third period. He has 20 points (11 goals, 9 assists) in 26 games with the Marlies. Suomela has matched a career-high in points (20).
• Joey Anderson scored at 16:35 of the second period. He has points (2-2-4) in consecutive games.
• Bobby McMann recorded the primary assist on Kopacka’s second period goal. He has 18 points (11 goals, 7 assists) in 34 games this season.
• Brennan Menell registered the primary assist on Suomela’s third period goal.
• Joseph Duszak picked up the secondary assist on Suomela’s goal and the primary assist on Anderson’s goal, both in the third period. He has points (2-7-9) in his last eight games.
• Semyon Der-Arguchintsev had the secondary assist on Anderson’s third period goal. He has points (1-1-2) in consecutive games. He has 25 points (10 goals, 15 assists) in 39 games this season.
• Joseph Woll stopped 27 of 32 shots he faced.

OF NOTE

• Toronto went 4-for-7 on the penalty kill and 0-for-3 on the power play. Toronto is 6-6-2-1 when not scoring on the power play and 12-8-2-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Toronto had a 36-32 edge in shots in all situations. Brett Seney led the Marlies with five shots on goal. Toronto is 9-4-1-0 when outshooting their opponents.
• The Marlies are 14-10-2-1 against North Division opponents and 3-2-0-0 against the Americans. Toronto has outscored Rochester 19-15 through five games.

RECORD WHEN Not scoring first                      6-14-2-0 Trailing after 1                         6-12-1-0 Trailing after 2                         2-12-1-0 At home                                   12-7-2-1 February                                  5-3-1-0 Sunday                                    3-4-1-0

MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players Goals               19 (J. Anderson) Assists            30 (J. Duszak) Points              39 (B. Seney) PPG                 6 (J. Anderson) Shots               109 (A. Steeves) +/-                    +15 (B. Seney) PIMS                79 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On today’s game:

Definitely not the result that we wanted. On any given night, it is a really tough league. It’s a tough division that we’re playing in so, credit to them for a big push after yesterday’s game. I thought we came out pretty good in the first period. I know we didn’t get the first one but our energy was in a good place, we were generating some chances.

On the message to the team following physical moments:
Just to keep sticking together, keep fighting through the adversity. It’s more about staying positive with them and trying to calm the tension. You want them to get emotional and get into the game but also find their confidence and their puck play and structure and not let the moments of the game derail everything about what we’re trying to do.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

March 2 vs. Abbotsford – 7:00 p.m.
March 5 at Cleveland – 7:00 p.m.
March 6 at Cleveland – 12:00 p.m.
March 8 vs. Providence – 3:00 p.m.
March 9 vs. Abbotsford – 11:00 a.m.

ROCHESTER AMERICANS (22-15-2-1 – 47 Points) vs.
TORONTO MARLIES (21-12-2-1 – 45 Points)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2022

	1	2	3	OT	FINAL
ROCHESTER	1	1	0	–	2
TORONTO	1	2	2	–	5

GAME SUMMARY    |    GAME SHEET |    PHOTOS    |      SCRUMS

SCORING SUMMARY

Rochester: B. Murray (8) PP (E. Prow, L. Weissbach), P. Tischke (1) (A. Ruotsalainen, P. Krebs)
Goaltender: M. Robson (26/30) L   

Toronto: A. Biega (1) (S. Der-Arguchintsev), M. Hollowell (3) (S. Der-Arguchintsev, K. Rubīns), N. Robertson (1) (S. Der-Arguchintsev, A. Suomela), J. Anderson (14) PP (B. McMann, J. Duszak), N. Robertson (2) EN (Unassisted)
Goaltender: M. Hutchinson (30/32) W    

ON THE SCORESHEET

• Alex Biega opened the scoring at 6:47 of the first period. This was his first goal of the season. He has five points (1 goal, 4 assists) in 16 games with the Marlies.
• Mac Hollowell scored at 10:42 of the second period. He has points (1-1-2) in his last two games played. Hollowell has 13 points (3 goals, 10 assists) in 22 games this season.
• Nick Robertson scored the game-winning goal at 16:52 of the second period and later added an empty-net goal at 17:42 of the third period. The game-winning goal was his first of the season. He has six points (2 goals, 4 assists) in four games.
• Joey Anderson scored on the power play at 13:23 of the third period. This was his fifth power play goal of the season.
• Semyon Der-Arguchintsev had the lone assist on Biega’s first period goal and later added the primary assists on Hollowell and Robertson’s second period goals. He has points (2-3-5) in his last three games. This was his first three-point game with the Marlies.
• Kristiāns Rubīns recorded the secondary assist on Hollowell’s second period goal. He has five points (1 goal, 4 assists) in 27 games with the Marlies this season.
• Antti Suomela picked up the secondary assist on Robertson’s second period goal. He has points (3-1-4) in four consecutive games. Suomela has 13 points (6 goals, 7 assists) in 19 games this season.
• Bobby McMann collected the primary assist on Anderson’s third period power play goal. He has 14 points (10 goals, 4 assists) in 27 games this season.
• Joseph Duszak registered the secondary assist on Anderson’s third period goal. This was his 14^th power play assist.
• Michael Hutchinson stopped 30 of 32 shots he faced.

OF NOTE

• The Marlies are on a five-game point streak (4-0-1-0) heading into the AHL All-Star break.
• Toronto went 2-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-4 on the power play. Toronto is 14-7-1-0 when scoring on the power play and 9-6-2-1 when allowing a goal on the penalty kill.
• Rochester had a 32-31 edge in shots in all situations. Mac Hollowell and Nick Robertson led the Marlies with four shots on goal. Toronto is 14-8-2-1 when outshot by their opponent.
• The Marlies are 11-7-1-1 against North Division opponents and 2-1-0-0 against the Americans. Toronto’s last game against Rochester was on Nov. 5 in a 4-1 road win. Toronto has outscored Rochester 12-10 through three games.

AT THE HALFWAY MARK

• Toronto is 21-12-2-1 (45 points) midway through the season and have outscored their opponents 120-119. The club is 2^nd in the North Division and tied for 10^th overall in the league.
• Toronto collected their most wins in a single month in January (8-3-1-0) which included a season-high six-game winning streak.
• The Marlies have recorded five or more goals in 11 games (9-0-1-1).
• Four goaltenders – Erik Källgren, Michael Hutchinson, Keith Petruzzelli and Joseph Woll – have picked up wins for the Marlies. Källgren leads all Marlies goaltenders in wins (12), save percentage (0.912) and goals against average (2.82).

RECORD WHEN Scoring first                            15-1-1-1 Tied after 1                              5-2-0-0 Leading after 2                        15-1-2-1 At home                                   10-5-1-1 February                                  2-0-0-0 Saturday                                  7-4-1-0 3 goal game                             5-2-0-0

MARLIES LEADERS *Amongst active players Goals               14 (J. Anderson) Assists            25 (J. Duszak) Points              31 (B. Seney) PPG                 5 (J. Anderson) Shots               82 (A. Steeves) +/-                    +12 (B. Seney) PIMS                55 (R. Clune)

POSTGAME QUOTES

HEAD COACH GREG MOORE

On the team’s four game winning streak heading into the break:

The team has put in a lot of work since the beginning of the season. I would say the last month or so in terms of our process, the starts to games, the maturity we’re starting to build in playing with leads or even coming back in games late in the third. There’s a lot of pieces right now that are coming together. We’re putting in the work and we’re getting the results.

On Michael Hutchinson:

He did great. He competed really hard, kept us in there in the first period. I felt as a team we built and got better slowly as the game went on. Second period was much better than the first. Hutch had some real timely saves to give our team confidence.

On Nick Robertson:
To be able to return after being out for so long and have such an impact this quickly is because of how hard he works off the ice and on the ice. He took his return to play very seriously. He was ready when the challenge came to return and we’re seeing the fruits of that labour.

MICHAEL HUTCHINSON

On today’s game:
It was kind of a strange start to the game. I felt like we were controlling a lot of in-zone time in their end, but the shot clock didn’t really reflect that. We had some good scoring chances there, we just missed the net. Then they had a few shots on their power play and after that they were really funneling pucks to the net and really crashing the net for rebounds. The shots add up pretty quick that way but it’s fun playing those games as a goalie because you’re always involved in the game and you’re into it early.

On Mac Hollowell’s performance:

It was awesome, I thought he played unbelievable all night tonight. Right from the get-go he was talking to me on our puck protections and exchanges behind the net. He was very vocal out there which was nice to see, especially a guy who was in and out of the lineup right now, and then the third period, everyone is talking about the fight, but he blocked one almost with his face on a seam pass. That’s a huge block right there in a tight game. He was doing all the little things tonight as well as being able to contribute on the scoresheet and have a good fight which is always nice to see when both guys come away unscathed, but it was good momentum for us.

UPCOMING GAMES:
*All times Eastern Standard Time

February 16 vs. Utica – 7:00 p.m.
February 18 at Belleville – 7:00 p.m.
February 19 vs. Belleville – 4:00 p.m.
February 21 vs. Laval – 3:00 p.m. (Scotiabank Arena)
February 23 vs. Laval – 7:00 p.m.