SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse Crunch fell to the Toronto Marlies, 4-3, in overtime tonight at Coca-Cola Coliseum.
The Crunch earned one point in the loss and move to 32-24-7-2 on the season and 1-0-1-1 in the four-game season series against the Marlies.
Goaltender Max Lagace turned aside 21-of-25 shots in net for the Crunch. Michael Hutchinson stopped 29-of-32 between the pipes for the Marlies. Syracuse and Toronto both went 0-for-2 on the power play.
The Crunch opened scoring on the first shot of the game just 14 seconds into the first period when Cole Koepke tipped Fredrik Claesson’s right-point shot.
Just two minutes into the middle frame, Syracuse doubled their lead. Alex Barre-Boulet carried the puck into the zone and passed it back to set up Darren Raddysh for a one-timer from the blue line.
The Marlies finally responded at the 8:37 mark and rattled off three straight goals to steal the lead. The first came when Lagace made the save on Semyon Der-Arguchintsev’s shot, but he grabbed his own rebound and centered it for Nick Robertson to score from the slot. Five minutes later, Curtis Douglas banked a shot off the goaltender and in from behind the net. The team then went on top at 17:43 when Alex Steeves one-timed a shot from the left circle.
With 1:35 remaining in the game, Riley Nash tipped Barre-Boulet’s left circle shot to even the score and force overtime.
Mikhail Abramov potted the game-winner for Toronto 3:41 into the extra frame when he finished off a pass from Josh Ho-Sang during a 2-on-0 rush.
The Crunch return home to host the Springfield Thunderbirds on Friday.
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