Crunch squash Hamilton.
HAM-1
SYR-5
Riku Helenius [13] allowed just 1 goal on 20 shots for the victory.
First Period
SYR Palat, (3) (Barberio, Johnson), 0:26
SYR Connolly, (8) (Killorn, Johnson), 7:08 (PP)
SYR Taormina, (3) (Conacher, Brown), 13:42 (PP)
HAM Palushaj, (7) (Beaulieu, Leblanc), 19:42
Second Period
NO SCORING
Third Period
SYR Killorn, (4) (Palat, Barberio), 6:28
SYR Labrie, (4) (Connolly, Korobov), 11:08
Brett Connolly [14], Ondrej Palat [15], and Alex Killorn [16] were the three stars of the game.
Don't look now, but Palat has snuck past teammate Dmitri Korobov into the top spot in the league in +/- at +17. Tyler Johnson [17], who still leads the league in goal scoring, is lingering in a tie for third in the league at +14.Richard Panik [18] and Radko Gudas [19] are also in the top-20 in the league in the statistic.
Syracuse gave some rough treatment to former Lightning farmhand Cedrick Desjardins [20], running up a 42-20 shot advantage en route to pinning 5 goals on him. When you score 26 seconds into a game and swarm to a 3-0 lead within the first 14 minutes, it's safe to say you were ready to go at puck drop.
Keith Aulie [21] (pictured) was back in the lineup for Syracuse for the first time since late October. The big d-man was +2 with 3 shots on goal.
Syracuse will move on to face Adirondack tomorrow night.
Box score [22] from TheAHL.com.