SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse Crunch powered past the Rochester Americans, 6-1, tonight at Blue Cross Arena.
Alexander Volkov and Gabriel Dumont both tallied a goal and an assist, while Alex Barre-Boulet put up two helpers to push the Crunch to 45-20-4-3 on the season and 5-3-1-1in the 12-game season series with the Amerks.
Goaltender Atte Tolvanen earned his third consecutive win with 29 saves in net for the Crunch. Scott Wedgewood turned aside 19-of-25 between the pipes for the Amerks. Syracuse was unable to convert on three power play opportunities, but went a perfect 6-for-6 on the penalty kill.
The Crunch opened scoring 13:59 into the game and doubled their lead before the first intermission. After getting a cross-zone feed from Andy Andreoff, Volkov cut across the slot and shoveled in a backhander. Hubert Labrie tallied the secondary helper. With just 36 seconds remaining in the frame, Barré-Boulet skated the puck into the zone on a 2-on-1 and threw a pass for Dumont to chip in.
Syracuse made it a three-goal lead 9:27 into the middle frame when Cal Foote scored on a long right-point shot. Assists went to Volkov and Cory Conacher.
The Amerks stole one back with 5:34 remaining in the second period. Kevin Porter sent the puck up the boards from the corner for Jack Dougherty to send home from the right point. Tage Thompson tallied a point on the play.
Syracuse added three more in the third period to complete a dominant victory. At the 8:27 mark, Carter Verhaeghe picked off a pass in the slot and beat Wedgewood. Brady Brassart then went backdoor off quick passing from Otto Somppi and Dennis Yan at 13:28. With 4:56 remaining in the game, the Crunch capitalized on a misplayed puck by behind the net and Boris Katchouk potted his 11th of the season with the help of Dumont and Barre-Boulet.
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