Feb 24, 2024
The Rochester Americans (24-18-5-2) close out their grueling stretch of seven games in 11 days tonight when they take on the league-leading Hershey Bears (40-9-0-3) in a battle of the AHL’s two oldest teams at 7:00 p.m. All the action from Giant Center will be carried live on The Sports Leader 95.7 FM/950 AM The Fan Rochester as well as AHLTV.
The Amerks, who have points in 10 of their last 15 games, currently sit in a third-place tie with the Belleville Senators, six points back of the second-place Syracuse Crunch. The club has one game in hand on Belleville.
Hershey, who last night became the first team this season to reach the 40-win mark, own the league’s best record with a 40-9-0-3 mark through 52 games. The Bears have points in eight of their last 10 contests (7-2-0-1).
By earning a win tonight, Rochester would split the season-series with the Bears. The Amerks have posted an even record or better against Hershey in each of last five seasons dating back to the 2018-19 season.
The Amerks have collected at least one point in six of their last 14 games against Hershey overall, going 5-8-1-0 over that span dating back to the start of the 2016-17 campaign.
Tonight’s matchup between the league’s two cornerstone franchises is the first in Hershey since Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals this past spring. The Bears ended Rochester’s longest playoff run in 20 years on their way to capturing their AHL-best 12th Calder Cup.
Forward Mason Jobst scored for the third straight game but the Amerks fell short in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Belleville Senators Friday night at The Blue Cross Arena.
While Jobst found the back of the net for the third time this week and added his 10th point (6+4) of February, Linus Weissbach and Jeremy Davies both tallied an assist. Weissbach has notched 12 (7+5) of his last 13 points on home ice while Davies has four points (2+2) over his previous five outings.
Goaltender Dustin Tokarski (7-7-3) made his 18th appearance of the campaign and first start at home since Dec. 27. The veteran netminder stopped 32 of the 33 shots he faced prior to the shootout.
Jeremy Davies and Kale Clague are among the AHL’s top scoring defensemen, having combined for 11 goals and 45 points this season.
Davies, who had points in three straight games for the second time this season since closing out the month of October on a five-game point streak, scored his eighth goal of…
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