The Marlies knew they’d have a very motivated Americans team coming back at them today after handing them a 5-1 loss last night in Rochester. Penalty trouble proved costly to the Marlies as the Amerks answered back with a 5-1 win of their own to even out the home-and-home with a win apiece.
A penalty in the opening frame cost the Marlies as the Americans capitalized on a man-advantage to take an early lead. The opening goal was scored by Americans’ forward C.J. Smith who beat a screened Michael Garteig with a shot from the point at 13:25. The goal was assisted by Kevin Porter and Zach Redmond.
The Amerks saw an early power play opportunity in the second as Josh Jooris was called for interference just 44 seconds into the frame. The Marlies penalty kill did their job to kill off the infraction and the game returned to even strength. At the 5:00 mark of the frame, Smith scored his second of the game beating Garteig with a snipe from the hash marks. The Marlies saw their first power play opportunity of the game at 6:21 of the second as Rochester’s Danny O’Regan was called for tripping. They were unsuccessful on the man-advantage and the game returned to even strength. The visiting Amerks held the Marlies to only four shots on goal in the second period and held a 2-0 lead on the scoresheet after 40 minutes of play.
Trevor Moore got the Marlies on the board at 2:43 of the final frame, beating Scott Wedgewood with a beautiful wrist shot from an awkward angle. Dmytro Timashov picked up the lone assist on Moore’s 19thof the season. The Amerks responded with three unanswered goals, including two power play goals and an empty netter from C.J. Smith to complete the hat-trick.
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