[GDT] Flames vs Americans - Oct 24 @ 5:05pm MST & Oct 25 @ 5:00pm MST

[Drury18]

Adirondack Flames (1-5-0-0) vs Rochester Americans (Buffalo Sabres) (3-1-0-0)

Friday October 24th @ 5:05pm MST
Saturday October 25th @ 5:00pm MST


It's time to turn this team setting up to MAX POWER!

Notes:

• This is the second of 12 meetings between Adirondack and Rochester this season
• Rochester beat Adirondack in the season opener 6-1 on October 10th
• Adirondack has been outscored by their opponents 11-24 so far this season
  

Roster Notes:

• Josh Jooris (F) is still up with the Calgary Flames
• Trevor Gillies (F) will serve the fourth of his 12 game suspension starting tonight. He will be eligible to return on Nov 12
• Mark Cundari (D) and Ben Hanowski (F) look to be game time decisions

Standings:

• Adirondack is ranked 25/30 in the AHL
• PP is 12th in the AHL at 16.1% (5/31)
• PK is 25th in the AHL at 74.2% (23/31)

Point Streaks and Notables:

• Granlund - 2G, 2A in 6GP
• Ferland - 2G, 1A in 6GP
• Stevenson - 2G, 2A in 6GP

Injuries:

• Emile Poirier (Shoulder) - Unknown
• Corey Potter (Shoulder) - 2-3 weeks
• Mark Cundari ("Upper Body") - Day to Day
• Ben Hanowski (Undisclosed) - Day to Day

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[Caged Great]

Wasn't able to watch the Utica game till last night (I like that you can watch archived games with AHL live). Wow what a disappointment that was. Tonight I'll be able to watch live.

[TheDebaser]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

Wasn't able to watch the Utica game till last night (I like that you can watch archived games with AHL live). Wow what a disappointment that was. Tonight I'll be able to watch live.

There's nothing like getting disappointed in real-time.

[Caged Great]

Addy is off to a decent start

[Caged Great]

Thessien is between the pipes

[Caged Great]

PP for Addy. I think it was Arnold that got nailed into the boards.

[Gaskal]

Granlund is awesome. 1-0.

[Caged Great]

Goal. Granlund, nice wrister, picked the corner. 1-0

[Caged Great]

He faked a pass across and wired it top corner. Nice Nice goal.

[MyFlamesFirst]

Good to see an early goal. We desperately need to sweep this series and get back on track.

[Caged Great]

lots of neutral zone play since.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Crap. Tied up 1-1 on the PP.

Ramage is horribly undisciplined.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

FFS. 2-1 now for the Amerks about a minute after their last goal. Grigorenko.

I forgot these two teams were the ones where the line brawl broke out.

[Caged Great]

Thessien made the first and second save but couldn't keep out the third.

on the first one.... Grieg's shot was just a good one.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

The lineups as far as I can see (Caged Great, maybe you can help confirm?):

Ferland-Granlund-Reinhart
Baertschi-Knight-Wolf
BVB-Arnold-Elson
Hathaway-Agostino-Tousignant

Kulak-Wotherspoon
Stevenson-Yonkman
Culkin-Ramage

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Yonkman just pounded the poop out of Bagnall at the end of the period.

Aliu and Tousignant talking a lot as well. I can't get enough of Tousignant. Anywhere he goes he's hated. Sometimes he doesn't even do anything and he'll get facewashed just because it's him.

[Caged Great]

That's what i've been seeing.

This has actually been one of their best periods in terms of controlling the play. It's been in the Merks end more than the Flames.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

That's what i've been seeing.

This has actually been one of their best periods in terms of controlling the play. It's been in the Merks end more than the Flames.

Yeah, not a bad period at all. Hopefully something to build on.

From the four games I've seen of Addy, I love how relentless Arnold is both on the forecheck and backcheck. He's doing it again tonight. Considering he shoots right, there could be a spot for him on Calgary's third or fourth lines as either a center or RW in the coming years. Never hurts having a hard working defensive specialist on the big club.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

I like the potential of the Kulak-Wotherspoon pairing. You've got yourself the stay at home guy paired with a mobile puck mover. Wotherspoon is just Wotherspoon. Doesn't look like he's missed a step since his injury. If Kulak can grow into perhaps a Brodie-lite, these two could be a stud pairing in the AHL this season.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire

I like the potential of the Kulak-Wotherspoon pairing. You've got yourself the stay at home guy paired with a mobile puck mover. Wotherspoon is just Wotherspoon. Doesn't look like he's missed a step since his injury. If Kulak can grow into perhaps a Brodie-lite, these two could be a stud pairing in the AHL this season.

I agree, I really am liking both Kulak and Wotherspoon. Each still needs some work (Wotherspoon less so) but they are doing a great job thus far. I wouldn't be shocked if both are on the team in the next year or two.