After a victory on Friday night against the Utica Comets, the Syracuse Crunch’s in-state rival got their revenge as they scored three times in the third period to upend the home team, 5-2. Chase Stillman had a hat trick that included the eventual game-wining goal early in the third period. For the Crunch, Daniel Walcott and Gabriel Fortier had the goals while Matt Tomkins stopped 34 of 38 shots.
In his first game since being re-assigned, Alex Barré-Boulet had an assist on Fortier’s power play goal. For Syracuse, it was their second loss in a row as they had lost to Belleville (of course) 4-2 on Saturday night. Sean Day and Lucas Edmonds had the goals in that game. Hugo Alnefelt took the loss with 20 saves on 23 shots.
Syracuse will be back on the ice on Wednesday when they head to Rochester to take on the Americans.
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Coach Cooper post-game comments [Tampa Bay Lightning]
“We’re not beating ourselves.” When the Lightning limit the mistakes, they can be one of the better teams in the league. They’re showing that on this road trip.
2027 Men’s World Junior Championship to be hosted by Alberta [TSN]
The 2027 showcase will head west as Hockey Canada announced that the tournament will be in Alberta. Where in Alberta? That hasn’t been set just yet. Next year’s is in Edmonton and the following one will be in the Twin Cities in Minnesota.
Jamie Pushor inducted into the Adirondack Thunder Hall of Fame [Post Star]
The Lightning’s Assistant General Manager/Director of Player Personnel was inducted into the ECHL’s team Hall of Fame this weekend. He was with the team in the mid-90s when they were part of the AHL’s North Division. In 196 games with them he had 5 goals, 44 assists, and a whopping 379 penalty minutes. He would later win the Stanley Cup as a player (Detroit in 1997) and as an executive (Tampa Bay 2020 and 2021).
This is how you get nicknamed “Showtime”
