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 — NOVEMBER 22, 2016 — VOL. 23, NO. 6 16 Sun. at Rochester W, 6-3 21 Fri. UTICA L, 5-4 CONDRA LAST-SECOND GOAL LIFTS CRUNCH WEEK 6 RESULTS 22 Sat. at W-B/Scranton L, 3-1 Syracuse split a pair of Week 6 games, a 5-1 loss in 28 Fri. at Binghamton W, 4-3 Hershey Friday, and a dramatic 3-2 win Saturday vs. Friday, November 18 | Game 12 at Hershey | L, 5-1 29 Sat. PROVIDENCE W, 3-2 Albany. The victory vaulted the Crunch over the Devils SYR 0 1 0 - 1 Shots: 7-11-6-24 PP: 0/9 30 Sun. at W-B/Scranton L, 6-1 for second in the North Division and fifth in the Eastern HER 3 0 2 - 5 Shots: 8-6-8-22 PP: 3/5 NOVEMBER (11 games – 5 home, 6 road ) Conference. At 8-4-0-1 (.654 points percentage) the 2nd Per. - Richard 4 (Conacher, Taormina), 0:33. Wilcox 4 Fri. at Rochester W, 3-2 Crunch are one win behind division-leading Toronto, 5-3-0 (4 shots-2 saves); Gudlevskis (18 shots-15 saves). 5 Sat. UTICA W, 2-1 Friday's opponent. The Crunch also play two road 11 Fri. BRIDGEPORT SOL, 3-2 Saturday, November 19 | Game 13 vs. Albany | W, 3-2 games in Week 7, Wednesday in Utica and Saturday in ALB 0 2 0 - 2 Shots: 9-15-7-31 PP: 2/6 12 Sat. ROCHESTER W, 7-2 Binghamton. 18 Fri. at Hershey L, 5-1 SYR 0 2 1 - 1 Shots: 9-14-7-30 PP: 0/3 Erik Condra scored with 1.9 seconds remaining in 2nd Per. - Taormina 2 (Peca, Gourde), 2:34. Richard 5 (Gourde, 19 Sat. ALBANY W, 3-2 Saturday's third period to capture the Crunch's eighth 23 Wed. at Utica 7 p.m. Taormina), 4:06. 3rd Per. - Condra 3 (Vermin, Walcott), 19:58. win in their 13th game (two games ahead of last year's . Gudlevskis 3-1-1 (31 shots-29 saves). 25 Fri. TORONTO 7 p.m. pace). Condra's third goal of the year is his first game- 26 Sat. at Binghamton 7:05 p.m. winner, the sixth player to provide a deciding score. Category Average/Total AHL Rank (Prev) 29 Tue. at St. John’s 6 p.m. Condra was recalled by Tampa Bay Monday. 30 Wed. at St. John’s 6 p.m. Power Play 15.0% (9-for-60) 21st (13th) DECEMBER (13 games – 8 home, 5 road) LATE STRIKES Penalty Kill 80.7% (46-for-57) 19th (5th) 3 Sat. ROCHESTER 7 p.m. Erik Condra's goal at 19:58 of the third period Saturday Goals For 3.15 GFA (41) 11th (8th) 4 Sun. at Hershey 5 p.m. is the latest the Crunch have scored a regulation goal Goals Against 2.92 GAA (38) 17th (13th) 7 Wed. LEHIGH VALLEY 7 p.m. since Oct. 23, 2015, when Matthew Peca pulled Syracuse Shots For 28.54 SF/G (371) 22nd (20th) 9 Fri. ALBANY 7 p.m. within a goal of Hartford at 19:58 of the third, but Shots Against 25.08 SA/G (326) 1st (1st) 10 Sat. UTICA 7 p.m. Syracuse lost, 4-3. Penalty Minutes 13.46 PIM/G (175) 17th (19th) 16 Fri. at Hartford 7:15 p.m. Prior to Saturday, the latest regulation game-winning 17 Sat. at Bridgeport 7 p.m. goal during the Crunch-Lightning affiliation was earlier Category Leader 18 Sun. at Providence 5:05 p.m. this season: Yanni Gourde completed a three-goal third Points 12 Conacher 21 Wed. HARTFORD 7 p.m. period at 18:44 for a 3-2 Syracuse win at Rochester. Before Goals 5 Richard 26 Mon. at Rochester 7:05 p.m. that, the team's latest regulation go-ahead goal was Nov. Assists 9 Conacher 28 Wed. HERSHEY 7 p.m. 8, 2013, when Nikita Kucherov delivered at 17:58 of the PIM 29 Dotchin 30 Fri. BINGHAMTON 7 p.m. third at Norfolk for a 2-1 Crunch win. Plus/Minus +6 Bournival 31 Sat. ST. JOHN’S 5 p.m. Last year Syracuse did not score any winning goals in the JANUARY (12 games – 6 home, 6 road) Wins 5 Wilcox final minute of regulation, but they scored last-minute, GAA 2.50 Wilcox 6 Fri. at Rochester 7:05 p.m. game-tying goals twice in two games, both from Tye 7 Sat. ST. JOHN’S 7 p.m. McGinn. On Feb. 28, McGinn scored at 19:51 of the third Save % .903 Wilcox 11 Wed. at Utica 7 p.m. in Binghamton, an eventual Crunch shootout win, 5-4. UPCOMING: UTICA, TORONTO, BINGHAMTON 13 Fri. TORONTO 7 p.m. The next game, March 2 in Lehigh Valley, McGinn scored Week 7 for the Crunch comes with the team's first 14 Sat. W-B/SCRANTON 7 p.m. at 19:30 of the third, but Syracuse lost in a shootout, 3-2. midweek game of the season, Wednesday in Utica. The 16 Mon. W-B/SCRANTON 1 p.m. On two other occasions during the Lightning era has Crunch will play midweek games in five of the next six 18 Wed. at Albany 7 p.m. Syracuse scored a game-tying goal in the final minute: weeks (through December). The only previous week with 20 Fri. BINGHAMTON 7 p.m. April 5, 2014, vs. Utica (Jonathan Marchessault at 19:07) three games this year was three-in-three Oct. 28-30. 21 Sat. UTICA 7 p.m. and March 15, 2013, vs. Norfolk (Mike Angelidis at All three games this week are against North Division 25 Wed. at W-B/Scranton 7:05 p.m. 27 Fri. at Springfield 7:05 p.m. 19:40). opponents. Syracuse is 7-1-0-0 against the North this 28 Sat. at Utica 7 p.m. season, compared to 1-3-0-1 versus the Atlantic. TOP PERFORMERS ✴ ✴ ✴ FEBRUARY (12 games – 3 home, 9 road) Tanner Richard recorded his fourth and fifth goals of Despite winning their last two, the Comets are 5-9-1-0 2 Thu. at Albany 7 p.m. the season in Week 6, one Friday in Hershey and one for a .367 points percentage, last in the AHL. Alexandre 4 Sat. at Toronto 3 p.m. Saturday vs. Albany. Richard leads Syracuse with five Grenier is the team's active leader at 13 points (5g, 8a). 5 Sun. at Toronto 1 p.m. goals; four other player have four goals each. Richard's Curtis Valk owns the team lead in goals, seven. Goalies 10 Fri. BINGHAMTON 7 p.m. five markers have all come in the last three games Richard Bachman (3-6-0) and rookie Thatcher Demko 11 Sat. ROCHESTER 7 p.m. following his first pro hat trick Nov. 12. Last year Richard (2-3-1) have nearly identical goals-against averages, 3.40 12 Sun. at Utica 5 p.m. potted 11 goals in 71 games. His career best was 2014-15 and 3.41, respectively. Utica ranks 26th in goals allowed 15 Wed. at Albany 7 p.m. 18 Sat. at St. John’s 6 p.m. with 13 goals in 70 games. and 25th in goals scored. Syracuse is 1-1 vs. Utica. 19 Sun. at St. John’s 2:30 p.m. ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ ✴ 22 Wed. at Toronto 11 a.m. Matt Taormina recorded three points (1g, 2a) in The North Division lead will be on the line Friday when 24 Fri. at Rochester 7:05 p.m. Week 6 to lead the Crunch, including his first multi-point Syracuse and Toronto meet for the first of eight times. The 25 Sat. ROCHESTER 7 p.m. performance of the season Saturday vs. Albany (1g, 1a). Marlies are 9-4-0-1 (.679), second best in the conference. Taormina has a seven-game scoring streak, tied for the Brandon Leipsic is Toronto's and the league's leading MARCH (14 games – 9 home, 5 road) longest of his career. He started the 2013-14 season with scorer at 19 points (5g, 14a), including 10 power-play 3 Fri. HERSHEY 7 p.m. points in seven straight games (2g, 8a) for the Crunch, points. Rinat Valiev leads the league in penalty minutes 4 Sat. BINGHAMTON 7 p.m. Oct. 12-30. He also had a six-game streak during his (58) and major penalties (4). Antoine Bibeau (6-3-1) is 5 Sun. at Binghamton 5:05 p.m. rookie year, Jan. 3-13, 2010, with the Lowell Devils. tied for the league lead in shutouts, three, and owns the 8 Wed. ST. JOHN’S 7 p.m. 10 Fri. SPRINGFIELD 7 p.m. ✴ ✴ ✴ league's 11th best goals-against average, 2.20. 11 Sat. ST. JOHN’S 7 p.m. Yanni Gourde pulled within one point of the Crunch ✴ ✴ ✴ 15 Wed. at Lehigh Valley 7:05 p.m. scoring lead Saturday with two assists vs. Albany. Gourde The Crunch won the first of 10 meetings with 17 Fri. at Utica 7 p.m. has 11 points (4g, 7a) in 13 games, including three multi- Binghamton Oct. 28, 4-3. The Senators have since 18 Sat.