Appert becomes seventh head coach in franchise history to reach 100 career wins
Jan 12, 2024
The Rochester Americans (16-12-3-1) used a pair of third-period goals, one of which came in the final minutes of regulation, to earn a 3-2 victory over the Charlotte Checkers (17-13-4-0) in the first of back-to-back meetings between the two teams Friday night at Bojangles’ Coliseum.
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It was also a milestone win for Amerks head coach Seth Appert, who becomes just the seventh head coach in the 68-year history of the franchise to reach 100 career wins with Rochester.
With the victory, Rochester pushed its point streak to four games, improving to 3-0-1-0 over that span, while also winning the last three games in Queen City dating back to the start of last season. The Amerks also improved 8-15-0-0 all-time against Charlotte after splitting the first two games of the season series with the Checkers earlier this year and taking the first game of the weekend series.
Kale Clague (1+1) recorded his fourth multi-point game of the season for the Amerks while Justin Richards and Joseph Cecconi scored their fourth and first goals of the campaign, respectively, in in the third period. Lukas Rousek and Viktor Neuchev each extended their point streaks while Tyson Jost, Mason Jobst and Brett Murray all recorded an assist.
Goaltender Devin Cooley (6-5-2) made his first appearance since Dec. 29 and 12th overall of the campaign for Rochester. The netminder, who shows a 2-0-1 mark in his last three road contests, made 37 saves to earn the victory.
Gerry Mayhew (1+1) notched a goal and assist while Jake Wise completed the scoring for Charlotte, who played its first home game since Dec. 22.
Goaltender Spencer Knight (10-7-4) made his 21st appearance of the campaign and was dealt the loss despite making 20 saves.
Less than four minutes after Charlotte took a 2-1 lead 45 seconds into the final period, Rochester answered right back to even the score at the 4:31 mark.
Aleksandr Kisakov began an offensive play inside the Amerks zone as he slid a pass to Neuchev. The latter of the two forwards provided an outlet to Clague, who sprinted up the left wall. Prior to Clague stepping across the blueline, he handed it to Richards,…
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