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Crunch Fall to Americans, 4-3, in Shootout

October 25, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Syracuse Crunch fell to the Rochester Americans, 4-3, in a shootout tonight at the Blue Cross Arena.

Despite the loss, the Crunch collected a point by making it to overtime as they dropped to 2-3-0-1. The Americans are now 3-4-0-0 on the season with a 1-0 lead in the 10-game season series.

Crunch goaltender Adam Wilcox made 37 saves on 40 shots in his third start of the season. Americans goaltender Andrey Makarov turned aside 30 of 33. Syracuse was unable to convert on five power play opportunities, while Rochester struck on 2-of-6 man-advantages.

The Americans were first on the board at the 8:41 mark of the first period. While on the power play, Matt Donovan fired a shot on goal that was turned away. Phil Varone chased down the rebound behind the net and banked it off the netminder to put Rochester up, 1-0.

The Crunch responded just 49 seconds into the middle frame. Luke Witkowski drove to the net and tried to slam the puck home, but was stopped. Yanni Gourde was in the perfect position to pick up the rebound in the slot and chip it over Makarov's outstretched leg to knot the score, 1-1. Slater Koekkoek recorded the secondary assist.

It only took the Americans 1:26 to take back the lead. Jerome Leduc skated the puck into the zone on the right wing side. He passed down to Cal O'Reilly at the left goal post. A quick cross-crease pass set Nick Baptiste up to net the go-ahead goal.

With 4:38 remaining in the second, Mike Blunden evened the score, 2-2. Jonathan Marchessault started a rush when he stripped the puck in the defensive zone. Blunden received his pass, got around the defense and scored the equalizer top shelf with the forehand. Jeff Tambellini grabbed a point with the secondary helper.

The Americans took the lead for the third time at the 4:57 mark of the final period. While on a 5-on-3 power play, O'Reilly fed it down to Varone in the right corner. Wilcox went down on his cross-crease pass and allowed Jason Akeson to light the lamp from the left goal post.

Anthony DeAngelo recorded his first pro goal six minutes later and tied the game, 3-3. DeAngelo controlled the puck down low and ripped a wrist shot just under the cross bar. Mike Angelidis and Henri Ikonen assisted on the rookie's tally.

The teams remained tied through regulation and the overtime period and required a shootout. Varone and Akeson went on to score in the shootout and down the Crunch, 4-3.

Syracuse travels to Toronto to face the Marlies on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Syracuse Crunch 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: Rookie Anthony DeAngelo notched his first professional goal tonight. He has three assists on the season...This is the first time the Crunch have required a shootout since Jan 31, 2015 when they defeated the Hershey Bears.

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