0
0
Crunch let lead and Game One slip away.
SYR-2
ROC-3
Rochester Leads the Series 1-0
Brandon Halverson allowed three goals on 30 shots for the loss.
First Period
NO SCORING
Second Period
0:21 SYR Sheary (1), (Fortier)
3:29 SYR Duke (1), (Santini, Brown)
4:26 ROC Warren (1), (Metsa, Novikov)
7:14 ROC Fiddler-Schultz (1), (Helenius)(PP)
Third Period
3:55 ROC Clague (1), (Rousek, Fiddler-Schultz)
Conor Sheary was the game’s third star.
Syracuse has drawn a tough assignment with Rochester given Buffalo’s season is over and the Americans have a roster loaded with some high-quality talent. The mostly healthy Crunch proved they could stand toe-to-toe with Rochester tonight and even staked themselves to a 2-0 lead early in the Second Period, but allowed three unanswered goals. It’s a shame because stealing Game One would’ve really put Rochester behind the eight ball in a short best-of-five series. Rochester outshot Syracuse 30-27 in the contest with the bulk of their shots coming in a scoreless 16 shot First Period.
Dylan Duke scored his first career AHL playoff goal in the loss.
Game Two is slated for Sunday, again in Rochester.
Box score from TheAHL.com.
