Location: Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse, NY.
Time: 7:00 PM.
Season Series: Syracuse leads 1-0.
Standings:
Albany: 13-9-0-1, 27 points, .587, 2nd place in North Division
Syracuse: 13-6-0-2, 28 points, .667, 1st place in North Division
Crunch Leading Scorers/Goaltending:
Matt Taormina, 19 points (7 G, 12 A); Yanni Gourde, 18 points (6 G, 12 A); 3 tied with 15 points
Adam Wilcox, 9-3-0, 2.13 GAA; Kristers Gudlevskis, 4-3-2, 3.03 GAA
Last Game, Crunch: Syracuse defeated Lehigh Valley 4-2 at home on Wednesday.
Latest News/Notes:
Syracuse is 8-1-0-1 on home ice so far this season; forward Joel Vermin is on a 3 game goal scoring streak; despite giving up 50 shots to the Phantoms on Wednesday night, the Crunch lead the AHL in shots allowed per game (25.90); defenseman Mathieu Brodeur, who was in Albany’s training camp, has appeared in 3 games since signing a PTO on Saturday; despite not playing since November 18th, Scott Wedgewood ranks 9th in the league in goals against average (2.18); John Quenneville is tied for the league lead in rookie scoring (18 points).
Syracuse Crunch goalie isn’t getting bigger, but his game is sure growing (syracuse.com)
CrunchCast #5 (Raw Charge)
2017 ECHL Hall of Fame Class is Hendrick, Kowalsky and Phillips (ECHL.com)
Road to the pros: From Oshawa Generals backup to New Jersey Devils prospect (SportsNet)
Broadcast Info: AHL Live or ESPN Radio Syracuse
Social: @trace_1114, @AlbanyDevils, @SyracuseCrunch, @syrhockey, @CrunchSyracuse
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