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Crunch End Four-Game Skid with 4-0 Win

March 26, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Syracuse Crunch News Release


Syracuse, NY - The Syracuse Crunch got a three-point night from Greg Moore, a two-point effort from Chad Kolarik and a 36-save shutout performance from Kevin Lalande, snapping the club's four-game losing streak with a 4-0 win tonight over the Toronto Marlies at the War Memorial at Oncenter.

The Crunch got things started and scored the first goal of the game for the first time in their last four tries when Toronto's Jay Rosehill was sent to the box for boarding Nick Holden at the 8:46 mark of the first.

On the ensuing power play, Mike Ratchuk's rip from the point was alertly deflected by Moore and past James Reimer for the 1-0 Crunch lead.

Syracuse added to that lead and made it 2-0 with just 46 seconds remaining in the second stanza when Evan McGrath found the loose puck in a scrum at the top of the crease and pushed it by Reimer.

The Crunch extended their lead to 3-0 at the 6:21 mark of the third when Moore found Kolarik open in the high slot and Kolarik snapped a shot that went off the glove of Reimer and trickled over the line for the three-goal advantage.

Toronto head coach Dallas Eakins did something you don't see often with his team down by three goals when he pulled Reimer with roughly six minutes left to play and his team on the power play.

The Crunch almost capitalized twice, when Dan Fritsche's empty net bid rang of the crossbar and Kevin Harvey's long-range shot hit off the right post, but finally put the game away with just under two minutes remaining when Moore found the empty net for his second of the game to seal a 4-0 Crunch win.

The empty-netter was a shorthanded goal, the Crunch's third in the last three games, giving the club its 16th of the season and tying it for the league lead in that category with Hershey. The Crunch's record for most shorthanded goals in a single season is 19, set during the 2002-03 season.

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