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Syracuse smothers Utica on teddy bear toss night.
UTI-1
SYR-5
Hugo Alnefelt allowed one goal on 29 shots for the victory. His season save percentage rose back to .910 in the effort.
First Period
4:25 UTI Stevens (5), (Gambardella, Clarke)
7:19 SYR Element (3), (Smith, Dumont)
12:19 SYR Koepke (2), (Smith, Raddysh)
Second Period
5:23 SYR Raddysh (9), (Fortier, Ryfors)
11:55 SYR Robert (11), (Goncalves, Usau)
Third Period
16:28 SYR Goncalves (4), (Fortier, Koepke)(EN)
Alnefelt, Shawn Element, and Cole Koepke were the game’s three stars.
I have to say, maybe the most impressive part of the night for me was that the Crunch buckled down and had a clean sheet in the Third Period. Instead of freelancing in garbage time, they stayed on it defensively. That’s a sign of growing maturity, in my books.
Darren Raddysh’s insanely good season continues. He moved back into the top spot in the league in scoring with 9-23-32 in 22 games, two points clear of Calgary’s Matthew Phillips who was recently recalled to the NHL. Alex Barre-Boulet sits one point back of Phillips. Prior to this season, Raddysh’s career high was 6-22-28 in 62 games for Hartford in the ’19-’20 season. 1.45 points a game is a crazy pace for any player, let alone a defenseman.
Syracuse vaults into third in the North Division with the win, two points back of Rochester and six points back of Toronto.
Box score from TheAHL.com.
