Utica, N.Y. – The Utica Comets downed the Syracuse Crunch by a score of 4-2 Saturday night at the Adirondack Bank Center.
Reid Boucher drew first blood with three minutes to go in the opening frame, firing a one-timer past Crunch goaltender Connor Ingram. Nikolay Goldobin and Thatcher Demko tallied the assists.
Darren Archibald extended the lead to 2-0 three minutes into the second period with a power play goal. Cam Darcy and Goldobin picked up the assists. Jonne Tammela cut the lead to 2-1 with a power play goal of his own, tipping a shot over the shoulder of Thatcher Demko. Michael Bournival and Jaime McBain were credited with the assists. Boucher put the Comets up 3-1 with 4:53 remaining in the middle frame. Darcy and Philip Holm had the assists. Darcy made it 4-1 two minutes later, burying a rebound past Ingram. Ashton Sautner and Goldobin registered the assists.
Bournival scored 29 seconds into the third period to pull the Crunch to within two. Anthony Cirelli and Daniel Walcott had the assists. Demko shut the door on the Crunch in the final period, stopping 19 shots in the process.
Demko finished with 40 saves to improve his record to 16-7-5. Ingram stopped 18 shots before being replaced by Nick Riopel to end the game. Riopel stopped both shots he faced. Ingram takes the loss and his record falls to 10-7-2. The Comets power play went 1-2, while the penalty kill surrendered one goal in six attempts.
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