AHL Game Night: 3-16-19 Devils at Crunch
Volkov and company expand Crunch's North Division lead.
BNG-1
SYR-4
Martin Ouellette allowed just 1 goal on 18 shots for the victory.
First Period
4:02 SYR Andreoff (24), (Barre-Boulet, Verhaeghe)(PP)
Second Period
1:59 SYR Volkov (15), (Dumont, Tammela)
11:42 SYR Verhaeghe (28), (Stephens, Labrie)
19:24 BNG Schmelzer (10), (Saracino, Seney)(PP)
Third Period
19:02 SYR Volkov (16), (Andreoff, Thomas)(EN)
Carter Verhaeghe, Alexander Volkov, and Ouellette were the game's three stars. Volkov made a strong push late in the season last year to seal a 20-goal campaign and he looks to be following the same roadmap this season. He now had 4 goals in his last 5 games to ease up to 16 goals for the season.
Syracuse's win, coupled with Rochester's loss to Charlotte, pushes the Crunch up to a 3 point advantage in the race for the North Division crown. Now the schedule gets a little spicy with a short turnaround for a Tuesday/Wednesday back-to-back against the league-leading Checkers. Glass half empty man says, "Oh my goodness, if the Crunch drop both games they open the door for Rochester to take back the division lead!" Glass half full man says, "Sweep the set and the Crunch will have the best rest record in the entire league." The stakes are high this coming week.
Box score from TheAHL.com.