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Crunch Drop 2-1 Decision to IceCaps in Overtime

January 7, 2017 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Syracuse Crunch News Release


SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Mike Halmo scored the Syracuse Crunch's lone goal in a 2-1 overtime loss to the St. John's IceCaps tonight at the War Memorial Arena.

The Crunch earned one point and move to 18-9-1-5 on the season. Syracuse is now 2-0-1-1 in the eight-game season series with St. John's.

Crunch goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis turned aside 17-of-19 shots on goal. His counterpart, Yann Danis, earned the win with 32 saves for the IceCaps. Syracuse was able to convert on 1-of-4 power play opportunities, while killing both St. John's man-advantages.

The IceCaps opened scoring with 1:27 to play in the first period. Julien Brouillette threw the puck into the slot where Anthony Camara backhanded it up and over the netminder.

Halmo evened the score late in the second period to eventually force overtime while on the power play. Cory Conacher ripped a slap shot from the right point for Halmo to tip in front of the cage. Joel Vermin earned a point on the equalizer.

Daniel Audette one-timed a feed from Stefan Matteau at the 1:24 mark of the overtime frame to take the victory. Julien Brouillette earned a secondary assist on the game-winner.

The Crunch are back in action when they travel to face the Utica Comets on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Syracuse Crunch single game and ticket packages for the 2016-17 season are on sale now and can be purchased either in person at the Crunch office located in the War Memorial Arena at 800 S. State St. 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 (@syracusecrunch) using #SyrCrunch, #WeAreOne and #BLUnited.

Crunchables: Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond played in his 600th professional game tonight...Yanni Gourde had a 12-game home points streak (6g,12a) snapped tonight...The Crunch have power-play goals in four consecutive games...For the third game in a row, the Crunch have held their opponent to under 20 shots.

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