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Crunch Grab 3-1 Series Lead with Game 4 Win

May 31, 2013 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Syracuse Crunch News Release


Wilkes-Barre/Scranton - The Syracuse Crunch defeated the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4-2 tonight at the Mohegan Sun Arena.

The victory gives the Crunch a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Final series.

The Penguins opened the scoring 13:40 into the first period. With Radko Gudas sitting in the penalty box for interference, Scott Harrington's shot found the back of the net on the blocker side of Cedrick Desjardins. Dominik Uher and Riley Holzapfel assisted on the power-play goal.

Brendan Mikkelson answered back for the Crunch less than two minutes later with a goal from the right point. Matt Taormina and Ondrej Palat picked up the assists on the play.

The Crunch and Penguins again traded goals less than two minutes apart to end the second period. With 16:40 gone in the period, Warren Peters passed from along the right boards to an open Jayson Megna in front of the net. Dominik Uher also assisted on Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's second goal. Brett Connolly tipped a Mark Barberio shot past Brad Thiessen to tie the game 1:32 minutes later. Dan Sexton picked up a helper, as well.

Syracuse took its first lead of the game with a goal just 1:50 into the third period. Ondrej Palat wrapped around the net and drew Thiessen out of position before passing to Tyler Johnson for the goal. Vladislav Namestnikov was also credited with an assist on Johnson's ninth goal of the playoffs.

With less than a minute left in the game, J.T. Wyman sealed the Crunch's victory with an empty-net goal.

The Crunch and Penguins will travel to Syracuse for Game 5 tomorrow night at the War Memorial.

Crunchables...The Crunch have eight players with a goal during the 2013 Eastern Conference Final...Brett Connolly's last goal was Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals (May 10)...With two assists tonight, Ondrej Palat broke the tie with Mark Arcobello (Oklahoma City) and now leads the league in playoff points (19)...Cedric Paquette made his AHL debut during tonight's game...Richard Panik sat out his first game of the 2013 Calder Cup Playoffs due to an injury

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