Helenius Hat Trick Powers Amerks Past Hartford With Five-Goal Rally

Rochester's comeback was emphatic on Sunday afternoon at Blue Cross Arena: after falling behind, the Americans scored five consecutive goals to erase a 3-1 Hartford lead and walk away with a 6-3 victory over the Wolf Pack.

The catalyst was a hat trick from Helenius, whose three-goal performance anchored the five-unanswered-goal run that turned a potential loss into a rout. Hartford had built the two-goal cushion and appeared in control before Rochester's offense found another gear entirely, shutting the Wolf Pack out for the remainder of the game.

The result extended Hartford's recent struggles in Rochester. The Wolf Pack have now made a habit of stumbling at Blue Cross Arena, a trend that is becoming difficult to ignore from a pipeline perspective. For a Hartford club trying to establish consistency as a feeder to the NHL parent club, dropping winnable road games in this fashion compounds the damage of each individual loss.

Rochester's five-goal run is the kind of sequence that front offices notice beyond the standings. It signals a depth of offensive capability that doesn't rely on a single line to carry the load, even if Helenius was the headliner on this occasion. Three goals from one player in a comeback win at home is a momentum-shaping performance.

The Amerks entered Sunday having dropped a 5-3 decision to Syracuse earlier in the weekend, with Jones, Fiddler-Schultz, and Meyer among the scorers in that setback. Bouncing back with a six-goal effort against Hartford shows Rochester can respond, which matters as the calendar pushes deeper into the 2025-26 season.