Shorthanded Crunch manage to steal a point. LV-3SYR-2 (OT) Brandon Halverson allowed three goals on 29 shots for the OT loss. First Period8:06 LV Gendron (10), (Abols)17:40 LV Grans (4), (Andrae, Wisdom) Second Period18:52 SYR Ylonen (7), (Teasdale, Walford) Third Period19:43 SYR Fortier (5), (Pouliot, Ylonen) Overtime2:02 Furry (3), (Belpedio) Jesse Ylonen was the game’s … Read more
Makeshift Crunch lineup manufactures two points thanks to Tomkins. BEL-2SYR-3 Matt Tomkins allowed two goals on 43 shots for the victory. After a somewhat rocky start to his year he’s now 5-3-1 with 1 SO, a 2.81 GAA, and a .907 sv%. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period4:27 SYR Ylonen (6), (Walcott)5:59 SYR Crozier (3), (Edmonds, … Read more
Two straight bad results. TB-1SJ-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 25 shots for the loss. First Period13:53 SJ Toffoli (15), (Vlasic, Rutta) Second Period12:55 SJ Ferraro (3), (Granlund)17:44 TB Cirelli (15), (Cernak, Hagel) Third PeriodNO SCORING Shots were an even 25-25. I get it’s the first game of a long roadie but also losing … Read more
Halverson leads Crunch to massive win to start the year. SYR-2TOR-0 Brandon Halverson stopped all 28 shots he faced to outduel Matt Murray for the SO victory. Halverson’s numbers are now a gaudy 10-4-4 on the campaign with 4 SO (tied for league lead), a 1.70 GAA (tops in the league) and a .937 save … Read more
Bad habits bite shorthanded Lightning. MTL-5TB-2 Jonas Johansson allowed four goals on 35 shots for the loss. Not a master class in defending in front of him tonight. First Period12:07 MTL Newhook (7), (Matheson, Laine) Second Period0:37 TB Hagel (17), (unassisted)12:34 MTL Dvorak (3), (Guhle, Carrier)18:28 MTL Evans (10), (Armia)18:54 TB Kucherov (17), (Point, Raddysh) … Read more
Lightning sink the garbage scow that is the SS Blue Shirts. NYR-2TB-6 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 44 shots for the victory. Score effects happened to the shot totals. First Period2:27 TB Kucherov (16), (Point, Guentzel)9:23 NYR Panarin (16), (Trocheck, Fox)18:11 TB McDonagh (1), (Cirelli)(SH) Second Period3:35 TB Point (23), (Kucherov)5:02 TB Cirelli (14), … Read more
Crunch complete a big weekend sweep. SYR-5LAV-2 Brandon Halverson allowed two goals on 23 shots for the victory. He’s now 9-4-4 with 3 SO, a 1.80 GAA, and .933 sv%. First PeriodNO SCORING Second Period2:09 LAV Simoneau (3), (Condotta, Engstrom)8:25 SYR Szturc (4), (Ylonen, Crozier)(PP)17:45 SYR Ylonen (5), (Sheary, Brown)18:59 SYR Crozier (2), (Sheary) Third … Read more
Big Crunch win in a usual house of horrors. SYR-4LAV-1 Matt Tomkins allowed one goal on 23 shots for the victory. Three of his last four appearances have been quality starts and he’s raised his season sv% above the goaltending Mendoza line to .901 for the season. I think the brief recall to Tampa may … Read more
And to all a good night… except for Sunrise fans. Hope you all drive off the side of a tall bridge. TB-4FLA-0 Jonas Johansson(!) stopped all 36 shots he faced for the SO victory. After seemingly facing some serious jeopardy of losing the backup job earlier in the year, he’s now had three really high … Read more
Good game gets flushed in a blink. FLA-4TB-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 25 shots for the loss. First Period15:51 FLA Reinhart (21), (Ekblad, Tkachuk)19:55 TB Paul (8), (Hedman, Raddysh) Second Period10:28 FLA Greer (4), (Nosek)(SH)11:10 FLA Luostarainen (5), (unassisted)(SH) Third Period3:26 TB Point (22), (Guentzel, Raddysh)19:29 FLA Reinhart (22), (Lundell, Barkov)(EN) Brayden Point … Read more