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Bad loss could cost Crunch in division title hunt.
SYR-4
LV- 6
Hugo Alnefelt allowed three goals on five shots before being lifted for Matt Tomkins who allowed two on 19 shots the rest of the way for the back door loss.
First Period
6:37 LV Gaucher (7), (unassisted)(SH)
7:33 LV Brooks (10), (Laczynski, Belpedio)(SH)
10:15 LV Marody (16), (unassisted)
16:41 SYR Koepke (18), (Crozier, Barre-Boulet)
Second Period
5:25 LV Marody (17), (Samson)
12:31 SYR Fortier (12), (Myers, Harpur)
14:57 SYR Edmonds (8), (Day, Merela)(PP)
Third Period
2:05 LV Furry (6), (Polei, Andrae)
18:36 SYR Koepke (19), (Barre-Boulet, Finley)(PP)
19:50 LV Marody (18), (Brooks, Laczynski)(EN)
Cole Koepke was the game’s second star.
This feels a bit like a game where the team was looking ahead to a harder opponent tomorrow and they really shot themselves in the foot. The team pulled close a couple of times after their miserable start, but every time they got close enough to sniff Lehigh Valley’s aftershave it seems the Phantoms got a timely goal.
Syracuse still holds a two point lead atop the division and the tiebreaker with Cleveland, but now the Monsters have a game in hand. Syracuse has eight regular season games left to play, with high-powered Providence coming into Syracuse tomorrow.
Box score from TheAHL.com.
