2
0
When Pyotr’s away, Hugo will play.
SYR-5
CLE-0
Hugo Alnefelt stopped all 35 he faced for the shootout victory. With Kochetkov recalled to Carolina, the nets are his and full marks for taking advantage tonight.
First Period
1:36 SYR Dumont (1), (Chaffee, Day)(PP)
4:37 SYR Robert (3), (Goncalves, Day)
Second Period
8:21 SYR Walcott (2), (unassisted)(SH)
10:39 SYR Koepke (2), (Dumont, Lilleberg)
Third Period
4:46 SYR Groshev (1), (Allard, Thompson)(PP)
Alnefelt, Gabriel Dumont, and Sean Day were the game’s three stars.
No problems assimilating a new system in Syracuse thus far. They pretty much crushed Cleveland tonight, scoring a couple of goals early and staying on their throat into Third Period garbage time. Can’t do much better than a 3-0 start to the campaign with a +8 goal differential. Not bad for an organization the northern hockey media says has no prospects.
Maxim Groshev with his first pro goal in North America in that garbage time with a nasty sharp angle snipe off the rush on the power play.
Box score from TheAHL.com.
