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LINUS WEISSBACH SEASON IN REVIEW

LINUS WEISSBACH: SEASON IN REVIEW

Jun 22, 2023

It was a career season for Linus Weissbach, who really saw his game take off in his second season for the Rochester Americans. He recorded 20 goals and 27 assists in his 69 games played.

"I think I grew and became a better hockey player, which is obviously the ultimate goal: every year, you want to come in and get better," Weissbach said at his end-of-season interview. "So I think I did that, and as a result, our whole team got better."

Weissbach started the season strong, pacing the Amerks squad with four goals and seven points in the month of October. He rode a three-game goal streak to end the month, and scored the overtime game-winner on November 23. 

He delivered two shootout-winning goals in back-to-back weeks in March, and reached the 40-point mark for the first time in his career on March 26. He closed out the regular season on a five-game goal streak.

Weissbach scored the first goal of the Calder Cup Playoffs for the Amerks, and added three goals and seven assists throughout the run, including two goals in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

"Linus Weissbach is playing the best hockey of his pro career right now," Amerks head coach Seth Appert said in early May. "How physically competitive he is, how hard he is on the puck, his willingness to play away from the puck."

"I'm incredibly proud of him: how far his game has come from October last year to how competitive he is right now."

Weissbach explained how this season was a lot easier of a transition for him. "I think you see how you really have to put more time and effort in than you originally think coming into pro," he said. "I learned a lot about how to manage your time and energy in a wise way."

Off the ice, Weissbach spent a lot of time with his fellow Swedes on the team: he lived in an apartment with rookies Isak Rosen and Filip Cederqvist. It's the first time in his career that he was surrounded by so many Swedes, and he credit Lawrence Pilut with helping him out, too.

According to Rosen, Weissbach did most of the cooking for the trio throughout the season. When asked about taking the rookies under his wing, he joked: "Last year I took care of JJ, and this year I took care of Rosey. I guess that's my job here."

All jokes aside, he was really supportive of Rosen, on and off the ice. "It’s his first year away from home and all that stuff," Weissbach said, "So it’s cool to see and I’m happy to be a part of his journey."

Their relationship off the ice certainly helped Weissbach gain their trust on the ice as well. Appert praised Weissbach's ability to really be a driver this season: "He’s doing a good job bringing other guys into the fight."

He was a driver on the ice and an excellent teammate, but he was also an active member of the Rochester community throughout the season, too.

Weissbach is a restricted free agent this summer.

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