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Crunch Roll Past Marlies

February 7, 2009 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Syracuse Crunch News Release


Syracuse, NY - The Syracuse Crunch jumped out to a 3-0 lead that they never relinquished and defeated the Toronto Marlies tonight, 4-1, in front of 3,233 fans at Ricoh Coliseum.

With only four shots through the first 17 minutes, the Crunch struck quickly with two breakaway goals in a 10-second span late in the first period by Russian rookies Nikita Filatov and Maksim Mayorov.

At the 18:11 mark, Filatov took a head-man pass from Craig MacDonald and sprung in from the left side on Toronto starter Adam Munro.

With his angle being cut down by the Marlies defense, Filatov let go a wicked wrister that found the top right corner to give the Crunch a 1-0 lead.

Mayorov struck just 10 seconds later on almost the same exact play. Mayorov corralled a pass that Aaron Rome threaded through traffic and came in uncontested on Munro.

Mayorov faked to his backhand and slid the puck through the five-hole to put the Crunch up 2-0.

Starting the second with a two-goal lead, the Crunch did not let up and went up 3-0 3:18 in.

On a great individual effort, Mayorov got the puck behind the net, did a spin move and sent a no-look pass into the slot right to John Vigilante who beat Munro for the three-goal cushion.

Sebastian Dahm was very solid in between the pipes for Syracuse, stopping all 29 shots he saw through the first two stanzas.

Toronto cut the Crunch's lead to 3-1 when Tim Stapleton's wrister beat Dahm on the power play at the 4:55 mark of the third.

However, that is all the Marlies would get, as Derek MacKenzie added an unassisted empty-net goal with 1:30 remaining to cap a 4-1 win for the Crunch.

Dahm made a season-high 43 saves on 44 shots to pick up the win.

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