By CRAIG POTTER
Rochester goalie Linus Ullmark makes 31 saves as defenseman Stuart Percy nets 2 goals in 3-0 win.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Rochester Americans goalie Linus Ullmark recorded his first shutout of the season as he made 31 saves in notching a 3-0 victory over the Binghamton Devils before 3,289 fans at the Blue Cross Arena on Wednesday night.
“Obviously with a shutout, that’s what you’re aiming for every night,” Ullmark said. “Able to get that so quick(ly) in the season and not have to wait two years for it, it’s a huge confidence booster.
“The players are sticking to the system, blocking shots, boxing out and you can see clearly that I have a very good team out there in front of me every night.”
Veteran defenseman Stuart Percy tallied his first 2 goals as an Amerk as he opened the scoring on a power play 2:12 into the opening period. Steve Moses and Casey Nelson were credited with the assists on the goal.
“You always want to get power play scoring opportunities, and tonight they went in for us,” Percy said. “It got the team going a bit and we just tried to build off that.”
Percy closed out the scoring with an empty net goal.
“It’s always nice to get your first goal but it’s also good to get the win,” said Percy.
Eric Cornel netted his second regular season goal, also on a power play, less than two minutes later for a 2-0 advantage. Sahir Gill and Percy assisted on the play.
“It was good to get the early lead tonight,” Amerks head coach Chris Taylor said. “We have not had the lead early in home games this season. Obviously with our two goals coming from the power-play, it was clicking, but I attribute the good start to our first shift. We began the game with a good fore-check and kept Binghamton in their own zone and drew a penalty.”
The teams battled scoreless the rest of the way until Percy’s empty net marker.
*NOTES – Alex Nylander skated in the team warm-up but did not play. Coach Chris Taylor said he is day-to-day as to when he would play his first game this season…On Thursday Taylor confirmed that Nylander would play Friday against Hartford…Justin Bailey, who was just sent down following sustaining an injury with the Buffalo Sabres, also did not play but could on Friday night against Hartford.
Links
Rochester Americans – amerks.com
Videos
Stuart Percy power play goal – https://youtu.be/UsI2KGgEJuE
Eric Cornel power play goal – https://youtu.be/YuoMxV9bazg
Linus Ullmark 29th save – https://youtu.be/XGgLZMCTkWI