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Andrei Vasilevksiy and Crunch Stonewall Senators, 4-0

December 18, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Syracuse Crunch News Release


SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped all 27 shots in his first shutout this season as the Syracuse Crunch stonewalled the Binghamton Senators, 4-0, tonight at the War Memorial Arena.

Daniel Walcott recorded his first professional goal, while Cameron Darcy, Dylan Blujus and Tye McGinn also lit the lamp during the Crunch shutout.

The victory breaks a five-game winless streak and moves the Crunch to 11-10-3-1 on the season and 4-0 in the 10-game season series. The Senators were handed their fourth consecutive loss and drop to 6-17-2-0.

Crunch goaltender Vasilevskiy was solid, turning aside all 27. Senators netminder Chris Driedger allowed four goals on 27 shots. Syracuse special teams were highly successful, going 2-for-5 on the man-advantage and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.

The Crunch opened the scoring with 5:16 remaining in the first period. While on the power-play, Anthony DeAngelo slid one to the slot for Darcy to redirect into the back of the net for his second of the season. Matthew Peca picked up the secondary assist.

At the 7:46 mark of the middle stanza, Walcott netted his first professional tally. The Crunch won the faceoff and shot the puck out for David Broll to circle to Blujus at the right point. Blujus fired a shot that was tipped down low by Walcott to build a 2-0 lead.

Syracuse added two more in the final period to down Binghamton, 4-0. Just 2:38 into the frame, Blujus slotted one through traffic from the point on the man-advantage. Slater Koekkoek picked up a point with the primary assist. Peca earned his fourth multi-point game of the season with the secondary helper. With less than two minutes left in the final stretch, DeAngelo threw one on net for McGinn to deflect past Driedger. Blujus posted his first professional three-point game with an assist.

The Crunch are back in action tomorrow when they host the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at the War Memorial Arena at 7 p.m.

Single game and season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased either in person at the Crunch Box Office located in the War Memorial on 800 South State Street in Syracuse or by calling the office at 315-473-4444. For the latest Crunch news, visit www.syracusecrunch.com or follow the club on Facebook (www.facebook.com/syracusecrunch), Twitter (@SyracuseCrunch) and Instagram (@officialsyracusecrunch) using #SyrCrunch and #BelieveInBlue.

Crunchables: Tonight was the first shutout for Andrei Vasilevskiy since Dec. 10, 2014 against Springfield...Matthew Peca has four multi-point games this season, three of which have come against Binghamton...Tonight's contest saw a season-high 88 penalty minutes. The previous season-high was 43 against Binghamton on Dec. 4.

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