May 15, 2022
Arttu Ruotsalainen’s league-leading sixth goal of the Calder Cup Playoffs 1:39 into overtime lifted the Rochester Americans (4-1) to their second win in as many days over the Utica Comets (1-2) in front of a sellout crowd of 10,741 Sunday at The Blue Cross Arena.
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With a 2-1 series lead in the best-of-five North Division Semifinals, the Amerks can close out the series with a win in Game 4 on Tuesday, May 17 on home ice.
The overtime victory was the Amerks’ fourth of the postseason as well as the fourth by a 4-3 score. It was the club’s second straight game that required extra time after Rochester claimed Game 2 on Saturday night just 89 seconds into the overtime.
While Peyton Krebs and JJ Peterka recorded two assists each, Mark Alt, Jimmy Schuldt, Casey Fitzgerald, and Ryan MacInnis all notched a helper. Brandon Biro and Sean Malone both scored their first goals of the playoffs while Lukas Rousek netted his second. Ruotsalainen capped off the scoring as he tallied his league-leading sixth goal and ninth point, which is second in the AHL.
Goaltender Aaron Dell (3+1) earned his fourth win of the playoffs as he stopped 30 of the 33 shots he faced.
Utica defenseman Robbie Russo (0+2) and Fabian Zetterlund (1+1) both logged multi-point games as they each tallied two points. AJ Greer scored his fourth goal of the playoffs while Aarne Talvitie was credited with his first, respectively. Netminder Akira Schmid (0+1) made his first-career postseason appearance but suffered the loss as he made 34 saves.
With the game deadlocked at 3-3 in the final minute of regulation, Rochester drew a power-play, but was unable to score in the first 15 seconds of the man-advantage,…
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