Nov 12, 2022
The Rochester Americans (7-4-1-0) close out their busy three-game week tonight as they travel to CAA Arena to face the Belleville Senators (4-6-1-0) for the first time this season tonight at 7 p.m. All the action will be carried live on 95.7 FM/950 AM The Fan Rochester as well as AHLTV.
Tonight’s contest is the second of eight meetings this season and the first between the two teams in Belleville since the Amerks eliminated the Senators in the play-in round of the 2022 Calder Cup Playoffs. Rochester swept Belleville courtesy of back-to-back overtime victories to embark on its first extended playoff run in 18 years.
Both teams have near-perfect records this season when leading after the second period. Belleville is 2-0-1-0 while Rochester is 4-1-1-0. The Amerks also boast a perfect 3-0-0-0 record when outshooting the opponent, whereas the Senators are 2-4-1-0 in that regard.
Despite boasting a 3-3-1-1 record in the eight-game series last season against Belleville, Rochester shows a 13-8-5-1 mark over the last five years between the two teams. The Amerks earned four points in the four meetings in Rochester last season, and over the last five years show a 4-6-2-1 mark compared to a 8-2-3-0 record north of the border.
Rochester is 13-13-1 all-time against Belleville despite being outscored 97-93 through the first 27 meetings with the Senators. Four of the last seven matchups between the two clubs have been decided beyond regulation, and including the two postseason games, Rochester has won three consecutive contests in overtime by way of a 4-3 score.
Four different skaters recorded multi-point efforts, including Filip Cederqvist (2+1) and Aleksandr Kisakov (1+1), but the Amerks couldn’t hold off a late push by the Cleveland Monsters, who scored in the final minute of regulation before prevailing in overtime to escape with a 6-5 win Friday at The Blue Cross Arena.
Despite the Amerks suffering their first loss on home ice this season, the club extended its point streak to six games, going 5-0-1-0 over that span. Overall, Rochester is 7-4-1-0 through the first 12 games of the season and have points in five of its last six games to remain in second place in the AHL’s North Division standings with 15 points.
Along with Cederqvist and Kisakov notching their first multi-point outings, Isak Rosen (0+2) and Mitch Eliot (1+1) both earned two points each. Chase Priskie, who returned to the lineup Friday…
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