With all the chips pushed to the middle, Syracuse annihilates Belleville.
BEL-0
SYR-6
Max Lagace stopped all 27 shots he faced for the shutout victory. After struggling below the .900 save percentage mark most of the campaign, Lagace and Syracuse, as a whole, are peaking at the right time.
First Period
12:21 SYR Richard (17), (Ryfors, Raddysh)(PP)
Second Period
10:22 SYR Hudon (28), (Perbix, Nash)(PP)
13:38 SYR Nash (7), (Ryfors, Claesson)
16:51 Fortier (14), (Elie, Day)
Third Period
10:11 SYR Smith (4), (Dumont, Fortier)
15:55 SYR Hudon (29), (Goncalves, Barre-Boulet)
Lagace, Charles Hudon, and Gabriel Fortier were the game’s three stars.
Belleville came into this game riding a heater and the stakes could not have been higher with third place and the final first round bye hanging in the balance. And, yet, the Crunch just blew the Sens straight off the rink. Every game seemingly down this stretch has been “the biggest game of the year” to this point, and every game Syracuse seems to be rising to the occasion. It’s been amazing to see and portends great things for the playoffs.
Box score from TheAHL.com.