AHL Game Day: 1-16-23 Comets at Crunch

Syracuse’s heater continues unabated. UTI-1SYR-5 Hugo Alnefelt allowed just one goal on 34 shots for the victory. His save percentage for the season rose to .917 as the sample size grows to justify the claim of a breakout campaign. First Period3:18 SYR Goncalves (7), (unassisted)(SH)11:16 SYR Fortier (7), (Walcott, Day)15:10 UTI Stevens (11), (Gambardella, Clarke) … Read more

NHL Game Night: 1-14-23 Lightning at Blues

Lightning get measuring stick roadie off to a good start. TB-4STL-2 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed two goals on 25 shots for the victory. First Period2:39 STL Pitlick (2), (Toropchenko)12:22 TB Point (24), (Perbix)16:43 TB Point (25), (Stamkos, Kucherov)(PP) Second Period12:44 TB Perbix (4), (Sergachev, Point)13:55 STL Buchenevich (15), (Kyrou, Thomas)18:22 TB Killorn (14), (Hagel) Third PeriodNO … Read more

AHL Game Night: 1-14-23 Crunch at Phantoms

Syracuse starting to go on a heater. SYR-5LV-2 Hugo Alnefelt returned to the nets from injury after nearly a month’s absence and allowed two goals on 27 shots for the victory. He improved to 8-4-1-1 on the campaign with a 2.58 GAA, .912 sv%, and 1 SO, as he’s had a nice sophomore bounce so … Read more

AHL Game Night: 1-13-23 Rocket at Crunch

Carrick’s return marks end of losing skid. LAV-3SYR-7 Max Lagace allowed three goals on 31 shots for the victory. First Period1:00 LAV Pitlick (4), (Belzile)4:48 SYR Koepke (3), (Edmonds, Ryfors)8:02 LAV Belzile (8), (Harvey-Pinard, Pitlick)(PP)15:46 SYR Element (8), (Raddysh) Second Period1:39 SYR Dumont (7), (Ryfors, Element)(PP)5:11 SYR Goncalves (5), (Myers, Fortier)9:32 SYR Carrick (5), (Myers, … Read more

NHL Game Night: 1-12-23 Canucks at Lightning

Despite allowing the false hope goal, Lightning clinch successful segment. VAN-4TB-5 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed four goals on 40 shots for the victory. A couple of garbage time goals by Vancouver blemished up a very good performance. First Period4:14 VAN Garland (8), (Horvat, Schenn)14:37 TB Perry (6), (Sergachev, Colton)(PP) Second Period2:30 TB Killorn (13), (Perbix, Hagel)5:44 … Read more

NHL Game Night: 1-10-23 Blue Jackets at Lightning

Columbus beaten by wrathful Lightning. CBJ-3TB-6 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 24 shots for the victory. First Period1:40 TB Kucherov (15), (Cernak, Hagel)9:05 TB Paul (15), (Kucherov, Hedman)(PP) Second Period7:04 CBJ Bayreuther (2), (Roslovic, Laine)10:25 TB Namestnikov (3), (Bellemare) Third Period4:35 CBJ Berni (1), (Laine, Boqvist)6:33 TB Kucherov (16), (Hedman, Stamkos)(PP)12:22 TB Point (23), … Read more

AHL Game Night: 1-8-23 Crunch at Bears

Groundhog’s night. SYR-3HER-4 Max Lagace allowed four goals on 22 shots for the loss. His save percentage drops to .874 for the season. First Period4:19 HER Malenstyn (1), (Rybinski, Sutter) Second Period2:49 HER McMichael (7), (Protas)8:22 SYR Finley (5), (Fortier, Myers)10:36 HER Sgarbossa (11), (Frank, Iorio)14:32 HER Vecchione (13), (Protas, Frank)(PP) Third Period8:37 SYR Dumont … Read more

AHL Game Night: 1-7-23 Americans at Crunch

Crunch can’t recover after spotting Rochester three goals. ROC-4SYR-3 Max Lagace allowed three goals on 16 shots before being lifted at the First Intermission. Jack LaFontaine allowed one goal on 13 shots the rest of the way for the back door loss. Lagace now has a .876 save percentage whereas the injured Hugo Alnefelt checks … Read more

NHL Game Night: 1-6-23 Lightning at Jets

Penalties and bad luck conspire against Tampa Bay to conclude roadie. TB-2WPG-4 Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed three goals on 19 shots for the loss. Two 5-on-3 goals can hardly be faulted, especially given he’s coming off a pretty bad bug that kept him out last night. First Period11:48 TB Cirelli (2), (Stamkos)19:28 WPG Dubois (18), (Connor, … Read more

AHL Game Night: 1-6-23 Senators at Crunch

Syracuse offense can’t capitalize on quality start by Lagace. BEL-3SYR-2 (SO) Max Lagace allowed two goals on 32 shot in regulation and OT before surrendering to both shooters in the penalty shot session for the SO loss. I feel like as much firepower as Syracuse has, they can’t waste a night when Lagace allows two … Read more