Rochester returned from the All-Star break Friday at the BCA, losing in overtime to Toronto, 3-2. The loss was the Amerks’ ninth in a row, and 25th in their last 27 games.
Down 1-0 at the end of two, Marek Zagrapan knotted the score 2:48 into the third. The Slovakian pivot took the return feed from David Brine on the give-and-go and deposited a shot over Justin Pogge’s shoulder for his 15th goal of the season.
Just over five minutes later, Mark Mancari would crash and bury a loose puck for an unassisted goal to give the Amerks the 2-1 lead.
As is the case recently, the Amerks couldn’t hold on to it. The Marlies would eventually tie the game, and later score off a turnover 1:20 into the extra session to seal the deal.
Michael Funk didn’t play tonight due to the infamous upper-body injury, and is out for at least a week. Mike Card remains out due to a serious concussion.
The Amerks line:
Zagrapan: goal
Mancari: goal, 2 PIM
Sekera: +1
Gragnani: +1
Weber: -1, 2 PIM
Hunter: zeros
Tomorrow afternoon, Rochester will attempt to beat the same Marlies club for the first time in seven tries.
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