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Morning hockey for the Crunch.
SYR-4
TOR-5 (OT)
Brandon Halverson allowed three goals on 11 shots before being pulled for Matt Tomkins who allowed two on 17 shots the rest of the way for the dreaded back door loss.
First Period
7:49 TOR Kokkonen (3), (Nylander)
15:28 TOR Blandisi (9), (Barbolini, Clifford)
Second Period
0:27 SYR Crozier (4), (Sheary)
4:15 TOR Villeneuve (2), (Blandisi, Clifford)
Third Period
2:27 TOR Hirvonen (7), (Niemela, Mermis)
9:50 SYR Carlile (5), (Bisson, Goncalves)
15:09 SYR Finley (4), (Sheary, Fortier)
16:39 SYR Geekie (1), (Finley, Sheary)(PP)
Overtime
1:45 TOR Shaw (6), (Grebenkin, Rifai)
Conor Sheary was the game’s third star.
I’m hard pressed to remember a time a North American pro game started at 11:00 am as this one did today, and from the looks of it the Crunch weren’t all that ready for the early start either. Give them credit for not only getting the false hope goal after falling behind by three in the Third Period but also getting the real hope goal to steal a point out of this game.
Conor Geekie notched his first goal with Syracuse and is now 1-1-2 in three games. Jack Finley now has a three game point streak with 2-3-4 in that span. Among the defensmen prospects, Declan Carlile has 3-2-5 in his last six games while Max Crozier has 3-9-12 over his last 13 games.
Box score from TheAHL.com.
