Syracuse Crunch WeeklY 2016-17 CRUNCH SCHEDULE War Memorial Arena • 800 S. State St. • Syracuse, NY 13202 • 315-473-4444 • www.SyracuseCrunch.com • @SyracuseCrunch OCTOBER (4-3-0-0 – 2-1-0-0 home, 2-2-0-0 road) 15 Sat. ROCHESTER W, 4-1 WEEKLY RELEASE — JANUARY 25, 2016 — VOL. 23, NO. 15 16 Sun. at Rochester W, 6-3 21 Fri. UTICA L, 5-4 FIRST-PLACE CRUNCH TAKE THE SHOW ON THE ROAD WEEK 15 RESULTS 22 Sat. at W-B/Scranton L, 3-1 Syracuse remains first in the North Division entering 28 Fri. at Binghamton W, 4-3 Wednesday, Jan. 18 | Game 38 at Albany | OTL, 3-2 Week 16, despite suffering consecutive home losses for SYR 0 0 2 0 - 2 Shots: 9-9-13-0-31 PP: 0/4 29 Sat. PROVIDENCE W, 3-2 the first time this season, including their first shutout 30 Sun. at W-B/Scranton L, 6-1 ALB 1 0 1 1 - 3 Shots: 8-8-8-2-26 PP: 1/3 loss of the year Saturday vs. Utica. The Crunch are on 3rd Per. - Gourde 13 (Thomas, Conacher), 10:47. Richard 9 NOVEMBER (7-2-0-2 | 4-0-0-1 home | 3-2-0-1 road) the road for their next six games and 12 of 14. 4 Fri. at Rochester W, 3-2 (Morin, Brodeur), 13:17. Wilcox 14-5-3 (26 shots-23 saves). 5 Sat. UTICA W, 2-1 TOP PERFORMERS Friday, Jan. 20 | Game 39 vs. Binghamton | L, 4-2 11 Fri. BRIDGEPORT SOL, 3-2 BNG 1 1 2 - 4 Shots: 9-7-7-23 PP: 0/4 Yanni Gourde is the new Crunch leader for goals at 14 SYR 1 0 1 - 2 Shots: 17-7-12-36 PP: 0/2 12 Sat. ROCHESTER W, 7-2 after he scored four times in a five-game span Jan. 13-20. 18 Fri. at Hershey L, 5-1 1st Per. - Morin 8 (Richard, Walcott), 8:08. 3rd Per. - Gourde 14 Before a scoreless Saturday vs. Utica, Gourde scored a goal (Conacher, Morin), 17:07. Gudlevskis 6-6-5 (22 shots-19 saves). 19 Sat. ALBANY W, 3-2 in three straight games (Jan. 16-20), the second time he's 23 Wed. at Utica L, 2-1 assembled a three-game goal-scoring streak this season. Saturday, Jan. 21 | Game 40 vs. Utica | L, 4-0 25 Fri. TORONTO W, 5-4 (OT) The All-Star has equaled his goal output from all of last UTI 0 0 4 - 4 Shots: 8-5-15-28 PP: 0/4 26 Sat. at Binghamton W, 4-2 season (65 games), and is nearing the goals-per-game SYR 0 0 0 - 0 Shots: 6-8-6-20 PP: 0/4 29 Tue. at St. John’s W, 6-2 pace from his career-best 2014-15 season when he scored Wilcox 14-6-3 (27 shots-24 saves). A-6,327 (sellout) 30 Wed. at St. John’s SOL, 3-2 29 times (0.368 vs. 0.381 goals per game.) DECEMBER (7-4-0-2 | 6-1-0-1 home | 1-3-0-1 road) Gourde, 25, is three games short of 200 for his Crunch Category Average/Total AHL Rank (Prev) 3 Sat. ROCHESTER W, 6-2 career (regular season). He's played 322 pro games, four in Power Play 16.6% (30-for-181) 20th (13th) 4 Sun. at Hershey L, 4-2 the NHL, 280 in the AHL and 38 in the ECHL. 7 Wed. LEHIGH VALLEY W, 4-2 Penalty Kill 84.2% (139-for-165) 6th (9th) Tanner Richard moved ahead of Erik Condra for fourth Goals For 3.00 GFA (120) 14th (11th) 9 Fri. ALBANY W, 4-2 in Crunch scoring after a five-game scoring streak Jan. 13- 10 Sat. UTICA W, 4-3 (SO) 20. Richard has 24 points (9g, 15a), including two goals Goals Against 2.93 GAA (117) 18th (T-12th) 16 Fri. at Hartford SOL, 2-1 and five assists in the last two weeks. Shots For 29.80 SF/G (1192) 15th (15th) 17 Sat. at Bridgeport W, 5-3 Richard is one game shy of 250 for his AHL career. He Shots Against 25.73 SA/G (1029) 1st (1st) 18 Sun. at Providence L, 3-1 has 136 points in parts of five seasons with Syracuse. He Penalty Minutes 15.95 PIM/G (638) 6th (6th) 21 Wed. HARTFORD L, 5-4 led the Crunch with 54 points last season (11g, 43a). Category Leader 26 Mon. at Rochester L, 5-1 All-Star Matt Taormina remains Syracuse's leading 28 Wed. HERSHEY W, 3-2 (OT) Points 37 Taormina scorer at 37 points (12g, 25a), but is scoreless in three Goals 14 Gourde 30 Fri. BINGHAMTON SOL, 3-2 games; he has one assist over the last five contests. He's tied 31 Sat. ST. JOHN’S W, 7-5 for seventh in the AHL and alone in first for defensemen. Assists 25 Taormina JANUARY (12 games – 6 home, 6 road) He has 20 special teams points, 18 on the power play. PIM 77 Dotchin 6 Fri. at Rochester SOL, 4-3 Cory Conacher had two assists last week for a season Plus/Minus +13 Bournival 7 Sat. ST. JOHN’S OTL, 2-1 total of 28 (6g, 22a), third on the team. He has 13 points Wins 14 Wilcox 11 Wed. at Utica OTL, 2-1 (2g, 11a) over the last 12 games. Conacher had 10 shots on GAA 2.57 Wilcox 13 Fri. TORONTO W, 5-4 goal Wednesday in Albany, a Crunch season high. Save % .902 Wilcox 14 Sat. W-B/SCRANTON L, 3-1 Jeremy Morin had three points last week (1g, 2a), 16 Mon. W-B/SCRANTON W, 4-1 including his fifth multi-point game. He's ninth on the 4-1 Jan. 16. W-B/Scranton has the AHL's second best 18 Wed. at Albany OTL, 3-2 Crunch at 17 points (8g, 9a). offense (3.45 goals per game) and defense (2.36 goals 20 Fri. BINGHAMTON L, 4-2 against average). Then Pens are 16-4-0-0 at home. 21 Sat. UTICA L, 4-0 TRANSACTIONS Top scorer Jake Guentzel remains in the NHL, leaving 25 Wed. at W-B/Scranton 7:05 p.m. 27 Fri. at Springfield 7:05 p.m. Jake Dotchin made his NHL debut Saturday in Arizona, Oskar Sundqvist (14g, 19a) and veteran Tom Kostopoulos 28 Sat. at Utica 7 p.m. becoming the 45th player to appear in a game for both (13g, 18a) as the club's active leading scorers. Tristan Jarry Syracuse and Tampa Bay since the clubs affiliated in 2012. (17-7-1, 2.24) and rookie Casey DeSmith (12-2-2, 2.28) FEBRUARY (12 games – 3 home, 9 road) Eight players have been added to that list during the rank sixth and ninth, respectively for AHL G.A.A. 2 Thu. at Albany 7 p.m. 2016-17 season, including NHL debuts for Brayden Point, The Crunch visit Springfield for the first time this season 4 Sat. at Toronto 3 p.m. Tanner Richard, Matthew Peca, Adam Erne and Dotchin. Friday for their first meeting with the Thunderbirds, 5 Sun. at Toronto 1 p.m. Dotchin, who remains on Tampa Bay's roster, logged the Florida Panthers' new AHL affiliate. The franchise 10 Fri. BINGHAMTON 7 p.m. 11:47 of ice time over 18 shifts in the loss to Arizona. He relocated from Portland this season after the Springfield 11 Sat. ROCHESTER 7 p.m. got 15 minutes on 20 shifts in his second game, Tuesday's Falcons were moved to Tucson, Arizona, by the Coyotes. 12 Sun. at Utica 5 p.m. win in Chicago, with his first penalty and shot on goal. The 11th-place club (15-17-6-2) is led by Chase Balisy 15 Wed. at Albany 7 p.m. 18 Sat. at St. John’s 6 p.m. Joel Vermin was reassigned to the Crunch Sunday after at 23 points (7g, 16a); he's the only player with more than 19 Sun. at St. John’s 2:30 p.m. a week with Tampa Bay; he played one Lightning game 18 points. At nine goals, Mackenzie Weegar is the only 22 Wed. at Toronto 11 a.m. and missed four Syracuse games. Vermin has played nine player with more than seven markers. Reto Berra (9-8-2, 24 Fri. at Rochester 7:05 p.m. NHL games this season with two assists, plus 23 AHL 2.24) owns the league's seventh-best G.A.A. and has been 25 Sat. ROCHESTER 7 p.m. games with 13 points (7g, 6a). recalled by Florida. Veteran Mike McKenna (6-9-6, 3.09) Kevin Lynch was signed to a professional tryout contract has one more appearance but 22 more goals allowed. MARCH (14 games – 9 home, 5 road) Saturday and made his Crunch season debut against The Comets host the Crunch Saturday for the rivals' 3 Fri. HERSHEY 7 p.m. Utica. It marked his 61st game for Syracuse over the last seventh of 12 meetings. Though Utica (18-16-5-1) remains 4 Sat. BINGHAMTON 7 p.m. three seasons. The Michigan alum appeared in 53 games three spots behind Syracuse in the North Division, it is 5 Sun. at Binghamton 5:05 p.m. for the Crunch in 2014-15 (3g, 1a). He started this, his 4-1-0-1 vs.