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Crunch Earn Point in 4-3 Shootout Loss to Wolf Pack

February 9, 2018 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Syracuse Crunch News Release


SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Syracuse Crunch climbed back from a two-goal deficit to force overtime, but were topped by the Hartford Wolf Pack, 4-3, in a shootout tonight at the War Memorial Arena.

Despite peppering 46 shots on goal, the Crunch were pushed to a four-game winless streak and drop to 26-17-2-3 on the season. Syracuse finished 1-0-0-1 in the home-and-home season series with Hartford.

Connor Ingram turned aside 12-of-15 shots in net for the Crunch before being relieved by Eddie Pasquale in the middle frame. Pasquale went on to stop all six shots he faced in regulation and went 1-for-3 in the shootout. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 43-of-46 shots between the pipes for the Wolf Pack and turned aside 2-of-3 shooters. Syracuse converted on 1-of-4 power play opportunities and went a perfect 2-for-2 on the penalty kill.

Adam Tambellini opened scoring for the Wolf Pack halfway through the first period. He capitalized on a turnover in the slot and beat Ingram unassisted.

The Crunch got on the board just one minute into the second period. Anthony Cirelli passed to Olivier Archambault behind the net. The left winger dug out a centering feed for Alexander Volkov to send home as he cut across the slot.

Ten seconds later, Hartford reclaimed the lead when Filip Chytil did a spin-a-rama in the bottom of the left circle and backhanded the puck underneath Ingram's pads. Cole Schneider got a point for the assist. The Wolf Pack went up by two at the 7:03 mark of the second frame. Chytil carried the puck into the zone and threw a pass over for Ryan Gropp to score from the left wing. Ryan Sproul tallied the secondary helper.

Mitchell Stephens pulled the Crunch back within one while on the power play with 17 seconds remaining in the middle frame. Carter Verhaeghe sent a cross-zone pass for the rookie to fire bar down from the right point. Mathieu Joseph picked up a point for the assist. The Crunch knotted the game for a second time eight minutes into the final stanza. Joseph sped down the right wing and potted a wrister with the help of Verhaeghe and Ben Thomas.

After a scoreless overtime period, the game went to a shootout. Tambellini scored in the first round before Verhaeghe evened it as the first shooter in third round. Gropp followed Verhaeghe with the game-winner to lift the Wolf Pack over the Crunch.

Syracuse hosts the Laval Rocket tomorrow at 7 p.m.

Single game tickets and packages are on sale now and can be purchased in person at the Crunch office located inside the War Memorial Arena at 800 S. State St. in Syracuse, 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.

Crunchables: A Crunch rookie has scored in 11 consecutive games...Mathieu Joseph has seven points in his last four games (1g, 6a). He now leads the team in both points (33) and multi-point games (8).

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