Pete Choquette Syracuse starts to buckle down. TOR-0SYR-5 Matt Tomkins stopped all 38 shots he faced for the shutout victory. It’s Tomkins second shutout in his last three starts and he’s raised his season save percentage to .911 with a recent hot streak that has come just as Brandon Halverson has cooled off. First Period1:00 SYR Crozier … Read more
Syracuse offense strangled in Lehigh Valley. SYR-2LV-4 Brandon Halverson allowed three goals on 21 shots for the loss. First Period18:13 LV Gendron (14), (unassisted)19:38 SYR Pouliot (7), (Geekie, Goncalves)(PP) Second Period15:44 LV Richard (9), (Abols, Andrae) Third Period13:30 LV Gendron (15), (Wilson, Belpedio)18:45 SYR Goncalves (5), (Crozier, Pouliot)19:12 LV Ginning (2), (Eklind, Lycksell)(EN) Derrick Pouliot … Read more
Syracuse shares its love of tall guy goals on Valentine’s Day. SYR-5ROC-1 Matt Tomkins allowed one goal on 24 shots for the victory. First Period6:43 SYR Finley (5), (Walford, Fortier)14:46 ROC Dunne (7), (Wahlberg)(SH) Second Period5:57 SYR Duke (14), (Brown, Ylonen)19:26 SYR Sheary (12), (Goncalves, Pouliot) Third Period11:25 SYR Brown (6), (Ylonen)17:56 SYR Brown (7), … Read more
Morning hockey for the Crunch. SYR-4TOR-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 Period7:49 TOR Kokkonen (3), (Nylander)15:28 TOR Blandisi (9), (Barbolini, Clifford) Second Period0:27 SYR Crozier (4), (Sheary)4:15 … Read more
No Kucherov? Dial Z for Zemgus. TB-5MTL-3 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 35 shots for the victory. The opponent again carried wide swaths of this game and Vasilevskiy again filled the cracks when things went sideways, including stopping a penalty shot. First Period6:56 TB Paul (16), (Hagel)10:28 TB Hedman (8), (Goncalves, Cirelli)18:53 MTL Gallagher … Read more
Roller coaster goes up. SYR-5HER-0 Matt Tomkins stopped all 16 shots he faced for the SO victory, his second SO of the season. First Period9:52 SYR Kersten (1), (unassisted) Second Period7:34 SYR Sheary (11), (Finley, Crozier)8:46 SYR Pouliot (6), (Geekie, Crozier)(PP)10:57 SYR Carlile (4), (Sheary, Fortier) Third Period7:10 SYR Korczak (5), (Allard, Pouliot) Conor Sheary, … Read more
Lightning steal another two big points on the road. TB-6DET-3 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 37 shots for the victory. When things got dicey in the Second Period, Vasiy made sure to put up the forcefield. First Period1:28 TB Hagel (25), (Kucherov, Cernak)2:56 TB Cernak (2), (Kucherov, McDonagh)9:47 DET Tarasenko (7), (Seider, DeBrincat)11:49 TB … Read more
New look Crunch lineup gets disappointing result. UTI-4SYR-2 Matt Tomkins allowed three goals on 31 shots for the loss. First Period5:54 SYR Finley (3), (Pouliot, Dumont)15:02 UTI Beckman (10), (Strand, Vilen)(PP) Second Period15:43 SYR Sheary (10), (Korczak, Carlile)(PP)19:24 UTI Halonen (16), (unassisted) Third Period14:09 UTI Parent (10), (Schmelzer, Willman)19:23 UTI Schmelzer (11), (Foote)(EN) Jack Finley … Read more
Cirelli-less Lightning paint a scrappy masterpiece. OTT-1TB-5 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed one goal on 27 shots for the victory. First Period9:23 TB Guentzel (27), (Point, Kucherov)(PP) Second Period5:27 OTT Amadio (5), (Stutzle, Chabot)10:14 TB Hagel (24), (McDonagh, Vasilevskiy) Third Period15:44 TB Point (29), (Kucherov, Goncalves)19:08 TB Cernak (1), (Point)(EN)19:34 TB Chaffee (10), (Raddysh, Lilleberg) Ryan McDonagh, … Read more
Tampa Bay grinds out another crucial win. OTT-3TB-4 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 30 shots for the victory. When the Sens made their push in the Third, he came up aces. First Period14:09 OTT Amadio (4), (Greig, Perron)(PP) Second Period1:44 TB Glendening (3), (Lilleberg, Perbix)7:38 TB Kucherov (25), (Hedman)(PP)9:30 OTT Giroux (11), (Chabot, Stutzle) … Read more