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Crunch Come Back to Defeat Bears

October 30, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Two quick Syracuse Crunch goals in the second period turned the tide on a gamedominated early by the Hershey Bears, and the hosts went on to a 4-1 victory onFriday night at the War Memorial Arena.

The Bears came out flying afterthe opening faceoff, and thanks to a relentless forecheck, grabbed the game'sfirst goal just 2:46 in. RookieMadison Bowey would force a turnover behind the Syracuse net, and the puck poppedout into the slot to an untouched Dustin Gazley. The winger ripped the puck past the glove of Crunchnetminder Andrei Vasilevskiy for his second of the season.

Syracuse would finally get someshots at goaltender Dan Ellis later in the frame on their only power play ofthe period, but the backstop was up to the task and made two point-blank stopson captain Mike Angelidis to send the Bears into the intermission with thelead.

The Crunch woke up from thatopening period and turned the tide by scoring twice in a span of 16 seconds inthe middle frame to take a 2-1 lead after two. Matt Taormina would tie the game, sending a low slap shotthrough a screened Ellis at 11:36. He would then send Matthew Peca and Anthony DeAngelo into the Bears'zone two-on-one, a play that finished with DeAngelo sliding Peca's pass behindEllis at 11:52.

Early in the third period, atthe expiration of a double-minor carry-over penalty to Connor Carrick, JeffTambellini redirected a Taormina pass inside the right post from the hash marksat 2:28.

Later, while a four-on-foursituation was turning into a Syracuse power play, Mike Blunden emerged from thepenalty box and collected a Dylan Blujus pass for a breakaway that he convertedat 6:43.

Vasilevskiy made 27 saves on 28shots and improved to 2-0-0 in his conditioning stint. Ellis made a season-high 28 stops butfell to 2-2-0. The Bears finished0-for-4 on the power play and 4-for-6 on the penalty kill.

The Bears return home tomorrow,October 31 to host the St. John's IceCaps. Individual tickets for this and all Bears home games may bepurchased at the GIANT Center box office, by calling (717) 508-BEAR or onlineat TicketMaster.com.

NOTES: The Bears scratched D Christian Djoos,C Zach Sill and LW Jakub Vrana... Chris Bourque is one point shy of 400 in hisHershey career, with 399 points (133 goals, 266 assists) in 399 gamesplayed...Madison Bowey's assist extended his point streak to three games (1-2-3)...GDan Ellis played his 199th career AHL game and is 93-88-7 in hiscareer...Dustin Gazley appeared in his 150th AHL game.

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