Sabres Daily: Americans Stay Alive With Road Victory Over Bears

The Rochester Americans may have been deflated after blowing a two-goal lead to Hershey in the final 10 minutes of regulation in Game 4 of the Calder Cup Eastern Conference Final, but they were able to regroup and stay alive with a 4-1 victory over the Bears on Wednesday.

That Jiri Kulich shot 🤩 pic.twitter.com/gpSPcUA7gg

— x-Rochester Americans (@AmerksHockey) May 31, 2023

Jiri Kulich scored his seventh goal of the postseason 4:43 into the first period to give Rochester a lead they would never relinquish. In the third, Lukas Rousek scored the game-winner and an empty-netter and Michael Mersch tallied on the power-play, the first goal on the man advantage the Americans have scored in the series.

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THE CAPTAIN ON THE POWER PLAY 🙌 pic.twitter.com/Bvqh1KtQ8I

— x-Rochester Americans (@AmerksHockey) June 1, 2023

Malcolm Subban made 32 saves for his eighth win of the postseason. Rochester returns home to Blue Cross Arena on Friday for Game 6 in hopes of forcing a deciding Game 7 in Hershey on Sunday.

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