**This Week’s Storylines**
**Coming off Saturday’s 7-4 come-from-behind win over the league-leading Toronto Marlies, the Amerks have notched at least one point in 15 of their last 21 games since the turn of the New Year. Additionally, Rochester has a 15-4-8-3 record in 30 games away from The Blue Cross Arena this season. The four regulation losses are the fewest in the American Hockey League while their 41 points are third-most in the league.
**The Amerks tied a season-high in Saturday’s 7-4 win over Toronto by scoring times during the third period, including five unanswered goals over the final 5:58 of regulation. It was the second time this season the Amerks put up six goals in a single period, matching the same mark they previously set when they scored six during the second period in a 7-6 shootout win over Hershey back on Nov. 3.
**The Amerks enter the final week of February having appeared in 10 games that went beyond regulation since Jan. 1. Overall on the season, Rochester leads the AHL in games decided after the third period with 23, showing as 7-8 mark in overtime while going 2-6 in shootouts.
** Despite missing his first six games of the season due to injury, rookie forward C.J. Smith continues to pace the team with 25 assists and 39 points in 50 games thus far this season. The Des, Moines, Iowa native currently ranks fourth in scoring among all AHL rookies while his 25 assists are tied for fourth-most between all first-year skaters.
**With nine points (5+4) over his last eight games, including the opening goals in Friday and Saturday’s matchups with the Marlies, Seth Griffith remains second on the team in points. The former AHL All-Star has maintained nearly a point-per-game pace all season as he shows 34 points (13+21) through 36 games and hasn’t gone more than three games without a point all season.
**Along with Griffith, second-year forward Kyle Criscuolo remains the team-leader in goals as he has 15 through 48 games this season. Over his last eight games, Criscuolo shows nine points (3+6), which includes a career-high four-point (2+2) effort against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Feb. 16. His 33 points (15+18) rank third among all Rochester forwards.
** The Amerks own three of the top point-producing defensemen in the AHL in Zach Redmond, Stuart Percy and rookie Brendan Guhle. Redmond leads all Amerks defensemen with 33 points (10+23) through 48 games, ranking tied for third on the team and fifth among all AHL defensemen in scoring. The veteran blueliner is also tied for fourth in goals by a defenseman with 10, which is a new career-high. Guhle is fourth in scoring among all AHL rookie blueliners with 24 points (8+16), while his eight goals are third-most. With his two-point (1+1) performance Saturday, Percy has established career-highs in goals (5), assists (22), and points (27) in 49 games.
