The Marlies‘ lack of offense and faltering special teams have been prevalent in the recent losing skid, and that was the story again today as Rochester took over the top spot in the North Division with a 2-0 win at Ricoh Coliseum.
First Period
The first period was a tightly-played 20 minutes, with neither team giving up much in the way of time or space through the neutral zone at even strength.
The first real chance occurred because of a big hit by Andrew MacWilliam on Colin Greening in neutral ice, leading to an odd-man rush for Amerks, but Rochester was unable to make the killer pass to capitalize.