Mancari Saves The Day, Card Injured, as Rochester Americans Finally Score.

With that effort, the Amerks once again avoided being put in the record books for all the wrong reasons.  Their scoring drought lasted 252:09, until Mancari scored his PP goal at 7:47 of the third period.  The only team with a longer scoreless stint was a team in New Haven in 1938-39, who went 258:49 without scoring a single goal.

Mancari only further proved why it is ridiculous that he has been rotting on the fourth line, while players with half of his skill and experience are getting double shifts.

As expected, the Amerks were defeated by the Manitoba Moose by the final score of 5-1 in Manitoba.  The two teams will meet again on Saturday night and we’ll probably experience a similar outcome.

In the third period, Pierre-Cedric Labrie of the Moose delivered a vicious hit to Mike Card of the Amerks which resulted in every player on the ice throwing punches.  Mike Card layed motionless on the ice and had to be assisted off.

Card had just returned on Wednesday, after missing over a month with a concussion.  He has been diagnosed with another severe consussion and will miss a lot of time.

The Amerks were given seven power play opportunities, but only Mancari was able to capitalize on one of them.

Dylan Hunter and Clark MacArthur returned to the Amerks, as did Tanner Glass, after playing in Florida.

Tyler Plante started in goal for the Amerks and made 16 saves, and his record with the Amerks fell to 1-6.

Franklin MacDonald and Adam Taylor were healthy scratches.  Andrej Sekera did not make the trip, and isn’t expected back on Saturday either.

Goals for the Moose were scored by Luc Bourdon (PP), Michael Grabner (2), Juraj Simek, and Brad Moran (

The two teams will face off again on Saturday night at 8:30pm EST. The game can be heard live on Hot Talk 1280 WHTK and live on B2 Networks.  Based on the way fists were flying in the third tonight, we may expect more of the same.

Article originally appeared on www.letsgoamerks.com