HAMILTON — Daniil Prokhorov scored his first AHL goal, but the Hamilton Hammers lost 4–1 to the Rochester Americans at TD Coliseum on Friday, October 16.

Rochester led 3–0 after two periods, with goals from Jake Richard, Zac Funk and Trevor Kuntar. Jason Polin later sealed the result into an empty net.

Hamilton briefly appeared to have a second-period goal from Ryan Healey, but it was disallowed after Rochester challenged for offside, according to the Hammers' recap.

Rookie milestones in defeat

Prokhorov's power-play goal came at 16:27 of the third period. Ethan Bear and Quinn Finley assisted, giving Finley his first professional point in his debut.

Hamilton's Vitek Vanecek stopped 38 of 41 shots. Rochester's Matthew Villalta made 24 saves as the Hammers' record moved to 1–3–0–1.

Hamilton next hosts the Syracuse Crunch on Sunday, October 18 at 3 p.m. Eastern, completing its four-game homestand.

Sources: Hamilton's October 16 recap; Rochester's October 16 recap; Hamilton's schedule.

Lead image: Hamilton's arena at York Boulevard and Bay Street North, March 28, 2014, then named FirstOntario Centre, with older Copps Coliseum signage visible. File photograph by Vhayes1992, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, unchanged. Historical venue context, not the renovated TD Coliseum's current appearance or Friday's game.