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  • AHL Game Night: 3-23-13 Devils at Crunch
    8 weeks 15 hours ago

    Still hanging onto first place.

    ALB-1
    SYR-3

    Riku Helenius allowed 1 goal on 28 shots for the victory. He came within 54 seconds of a shutout before Albany's power play goal. Still, with the effort tonight, Helenius has finally managed to get his save percentage back to .900 for the season. He had a good February and is having a good March, which the Lightning have to hope leads to a good Option B for Syracuse come playoff time.

    First Period
    SYR Namestnikov, (5) (Gauthier, Jacques), 13:39
    SYR Sexton, (6) (Wyman), 14:25

    Second Period
    SYR Brown, (10) (Wyman, Sexton), 14:00

    Third Period
    ALB Anderson, (13) (Whitney, Gelinas), 19:06 (PP)

    Dan Sexton, Vladislav Namestnikov, and Helenius were the game's three stars. Namestnikov's strong play in March also has to have the Lightning extremely happy. We at the website can't wait to see him and Nikita Kucherov lined up together, which could happen this season depending on how the QMJHL playoffs go.

    With Providence going down to Worcester, Syracuse holds a 2 point lead on Binghamton for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Springfield and Providence lag by 3 points. Syracuse gets Rochester next on Wednesday, and with just 11 games left in the regular season every point matters from here on out, as it could be the difference between being 1 seed or a 4 seed.

    6 of Syracuse's remaining 11 games are at home, including a nice 5 game homestand to close out the regular season. Also, 6 of the 11 games are against teams that currently would not make the playoffs, although the team they have the most games left with, ironically Norfolk, is just 2 points out of 8th in the East.

    Box score from TheAHL.com.

  • NA Juniors Playoff Game Night: 3-23-13
    8 weeks 15 hours ago

    Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

    (9)Drummondville Voltigeurs 2 @ (8)Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 3
    Rouyn-Noranda leads best-of-7 first round series, 2-0

    W Nikita Kucherov, R-N: 0-1-1, +3, 2 PIM, 2 SOG, 0 Hits
    Playoff totals: 2 GP, 0-2-2, +1, 0 PIM
    Season totals: 33 GP, 29-34-63, +17, 14 PIM
    With R-N: 27 GP, 26-27-53, +18, 12 PIM
    With Quebec: 6 GP, 3-7-10, -1, 2 PIM

    Nikita Kucherov didn’t score, but had an assist and was plus-3 as the Huskies took a 2-0 lead in their quarterfinal series over the Volts. The Huskies overcame a 2-1 deficit to win. Game 3 is Tuesday.

    (10)Val-d’Or Foreurs 8 @ (7)PEI Rocket 3
    Best-of-7 first round series tied, 1-1

    D Artem Sergeev, VDO: 0-0-0, E, 1 SOG, 2 Hits
    Playoff totals: 2 GP, 1-0-1, E, 0 PIM
    Season totals: 55 GP, 6-33-39, +20, 65 PIM

    Val-d’Or tied the series at one game apiece with a blowout win on Prince Edward Island on Saturday. Fifty-goal scorer Anthony Mantha (2013) had two goals and three assists for the Foreurs. Game 3 is Tuesday.

    Ontario Hockey League

    (E7)Kingston Frontenacs 4 @ (W2)Barrie Colts 7
    Barrie leads best-of-7 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, 2-0

    D Jake Dotchin, BAR: 0-0-0, E, 4 PIM
    Playoff totals: 2 GP, 0-0-0, E, 6 PIM
    Season totals: 66 GP, 4-18-22, E, 81 PIM
    With Barrie: 28 GP, 2-6-8, -1, 42 PIM
    With Owen Sound: 38 GP, 2-12-14, +1, 39 PIM

    Kingston put up 45 shots on Barrie goaltender Mathias Niederberger (undrafted), but the young German earned the win, 7-4. Game 3 is Monday.

  • NHL Game Day: 3-23-13 Lightning at Senators
    8 weeks 19 hours ago

    Same garbage. Different day.

    TB-3
    OTT-5

    Mathieu Garon allowed 3 goals on 11 shots before being lifted for Cedrick Desjardins, who allowed 1 on 20 shots the rest of the way to take the backdoor loss.

    First Period
    12:49 OTT Silfverberg (8), (Methot)
    14:29 OTT Gryba (1), (Turris, Methot)
    17:01 OTT Latendresse (4), (Silfverberg, Zibanejad)
    19:50 OTT Alfredsson (7), (Wiercioch, Gonchar)(PP)

    Second Period
    NO SCORING

    Third Period
    11:37 TB Johnson (2), (Brewer, Panik)
    13:53 TB Johnson (3), (Carle)
    18:01 TB Purcell (7), (Hedman, Salo)
    19:39 OTT Alfredsson (8), (Turris, Greening)(EN)

    Tyler Johnson was the game's third star.

    It was like a replay of the Toronto game. The Lightning came out strong. They had some chances and some zone time in Ottawa's end but couldn't cash in. Brain farts turn into goals. One or two goals become a four goal lead for the bad guys. Next thing you know the team's in garbage time where it seems like the veterans have checked out and only the Tampacuse kids are doing work. It's something that needs to be corrected. There's still 17 games left to go, and if veterans are already mentally checked out and making tee times, they need to be gone from this organization at the deadline. Period. Point blank.

    Alex Killorn had 2 penalty minutes, 5 shots, and 5 hits in 18:37.

    Johnson had 2 goals and was +1 with 3 shots and 2 hits in 16:10. He was also 70% on draws. He's doing everything he needs to do right now to ink his name onto Tampa's roster for next season.

    Richard Panik had a helper and was +2 with 1 shot, 4 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 12:45. He was impactful in his return to the team, hitting a post in the First Period, being active physically, and getting a helper in the final frame. It was really fun to see Palat/Johnson/Panik getting to play together in the NHL and they looked like their chemistry definitely translated to the show.

    Ondrej Palat was +1 with 2 shots and 2 hits in 12:21.

    Radko Gudas had 2 shots, 5 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 18:54.

    Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.

  • KHL Playoff Game Day: 3-23-13
    8 weeks 19 hours ago

    KHL Playoffs (Russia):

    Eastern Conference Finals
    (1)Kazan 2 vs. (3)Chelyabinsk 1 (OT)
    Nikita Nesterov, Chelyabinsk, DNP
    Playoff totals: 8 GP, 0-2-2, E, 6 PIM
    Regular season totals (KHL): 35 GP, 0-1-1, +6, 14 PIM
    Regular season totals (MHL): 2 GP, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM

    Ex-NHLer Alexei Morozov had a pair of assists, including on the game winning goal 4:16 into Overtime as Kazan defeated Chelyabinsk 2-1 in Game One of their KHL Eastern Conference Finals series. Caps first rounder Evgeny Kuznetsov scored Traktor's lone goal. Kazan outshot Chelyabinsk 47-24 in the match. Game Two is Sunday.

    Meanwhile, in the Western Conference, Dynamo Moscow has jumped out to a 2-0 lead in their series against St. Petersburg.

    In the Nadezhda Cup, Khabarovsk's Nikita Gusev finished with 1 goal and 5 points in 12 games to go with a -2 rating and 6 penalty minutes. The Nadezhda Cup is played between teams that fail to make the KHL postseason.

  • NCAA Game Night: 3-22-13
    8 weeks 1 day ago

    Brown Bears 4 @ No. 1 Quinnipiac Bobcats 0
    ECAC Semifinals

    F Matthew Peca, QU: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
    Season totals: 34 GP, 10-12-22, +10, 32 PIM

    Brown’s 5-9, undrafted goaltender Anthony Borelli stopped 29 shots and the Bears had four goals in the first two periods to upset top-ranked Quinnipiac in the ECAC semifinals. The Bobcats won the regular season conference title long ago with a remarkable campaign, but still chose not to touch their conference trophy as they had the tournament title in mind. It was not to be. They will play Yale in the Third Place Game on Saturday before their place in the national tournament is announced on Sunday.

    Colorado College Tigers 2 vs No. 2 Minnesota Golden Gophers 0
    WCHA Final 5 Semifinals

    G Adam Wilcox, MIN: Loss, 18 saves on 20 shots
    Season totals: 38 GP, 25-7-5, 1.85 GAA, .922 sv%, 3 SO

    Colorado College got two goals against Adam Wilcox, and goaltender Joe Howe (undrafted) made them stand up to propel the Tigers to the WCHA Final 5 championship game against Wisconsin. The Badgers upset top-seeded St. Cloud State. On Friday, Wilcox was beat first by a wrist shot from the circles that appeared to be deflected on its way into the upper corner of the net above Wilcox’s blocker. The second goal was a sweeping shot from the low right circle that may have been hard to read as a defender got a stick on it at the time it was released. The puck found it’s way through Wilcox, who made several strong saves to keep the game close in the final period. Nevertheless, he took his seventh loss of the season in 37 decisions. Minnesota will get an at-large bid to the national tournament.

  • NA Juniors Playoff Game Night: 3-22-13
    8 weeks 1 day ago

    Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

    (9)Drummondville Voltigeurs 2 @ (8)Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 4
    Rouyn-Noranda leads best-of-7 first round series, 1-0

    W Nikita Kucherov, R-N: 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM, 0 SOG, 1 Hit
    Season totals: 33 GP, 29-34-63, +17, 14 PIM
    With R-N: 27 GP, 26-27-53, +18, 12 PIM
    With Quebec: 6 GP, 3-7-10, -1, 2 PIM

    Nikita Kucherov had his first career QMJHL playoff point as the Huskies scored three times in the third period for a come-from-behind Game 1 win. Game 2 is Saturday.

    (14)Acadie-Bathurst Titan 4 @ (3)Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5
    Blainville-Boisbriand leads best-of-7 first round series, 2-0

    C Cedric Paquette, BLB: 1-0-1, -2, 2 PIM, 2 SOG, 1 Hit
    Playoff totals: 2 GP, 1-1-2, E, 2 PIM
    Season totals: 63 GP, 27-56-83, +29, 103 PIM

    Paquette’s power play goal – his eighth career playoff marker – gave the Armada a 2-0 lead in the first period, helping the Armada to a Game 2 win and 2-0 series lead. Paquette was 16 of 27 of faceoffs. Game 3 is Tuesday.

    (10)Val-d’Or Foreurs 2 @ (7)PEI Rocket 3 (OT)
    PEI leads best-of-7 first round series, 1-0

    D Artem Sergeev, VDO: 1-0-1, E, 0 PIM, 5 SOG, 3 Hits
    Season totals: 55 GP, 6-33-39, +20, 65 PIM

    Val-d’Or tied the game with just over three minutes left in regulation, but PEI scored in the first minute of overtime to give the Rocket at 1-0 series lead. Sergeev (pictured) scored on the power play – his first career QMJHL playoff goal in seven games. Game 2 is Saturday.

    Ontario Hockey League

    (W5)Guelph Storm 2 @ (W4)Kitchener Rangers 5
    Kitchener leads best-of-7 Western Conference Quarterfinals, 1-0

    C/W Tanner Richard, GUE: 0-1-1, -1, 0 PIM
    Season totals: 52 GP, 11-51-62, +18, 94 PIM

    Kitchener scored four times in the second period en route to a 5-2 Game 1 win over Tanner Richard and Guelph. Carolina prospect Ryan Murphy had two goals for the Rangers. Richard’s assist was his sixth career playoff point. He had a goal and four assists in six games last year.

  • ECHL Game Night: 3-22-13
    8 weeks 1 day ago

    Florida Everblades 2 vs. Cincinnati Cyclones 6

    W Alex Hutchings, FLA: Did not play
    Season totals: 40 GP, 14-20-34, E, 30 PIM

    D Charles Landry, FLA: 0-0-0, -3, 1 SOG, 0 PIM
    Season totals: 46 GP, 4-11-15, +1, 27 PIM

    F Maxime Langelier-Parent, FLA: Did not play
    Season totals: 3 GP, 2-1-3, -3, 5 PIM
    (Syracuse Crunch contract)

    D Daniel Milan, FLA: Did not play
    Season totals: 42 GP, 2-6-8, +5, 56 PIM

    D Pat Nagle, FLA: Did not play
    Season totals: 31 GP, 14-9-3, 3.02 GAA, 787 S / 882 SA (.904 SV%)

    Florida was able to trim a 2-0 deficit late in the second period but Cincinnati responded with another strike before the second intermission and two more goals in the first half of the final frame to put the game out of reach for the hosts. The Everblades outshout the Cyclones 36-28 for the match with the bulk (20) of those chances generated in the second period. With the loss, Florida dropped to fourth-place in the South Division, though it holds three games in hand on Gwinnett and two on both South Carolina and Greenville. Charles Landry was the Lightning's lone prospect in the lineup with Dan Milan a scratch and both Alex Hutchings and Pat Nagle previously recalled to AHL Syracuse. Florida (34-22-11, 79 PTS) and Cincinnati (41-18-8, 90 PTS) take the ice again Saturday night.

    Official Recap | Box Score

  • Crunch Shut Out By Tokarski, Bulldogs
    8 weeks 1 day ago


    By Jeremy Houghtaling

    Even with a familiar face in the opposition's net, the Syracuse Crunch tried to focus on the two points up for grabs.

    Former teammate Dustin Tokarski stole the show, turning away 40 shots between the pipes for the Hamilton Bulldogs to hand the Crunch a 1-0 loss at the Onondaga County War Memorial Friday night.

    "It's the same two points," said Crunch goaltender Riku Helenius. "Obviously, I wanted to win today, but it didn't happen…Even when you play against your friends, it doesn't change things."

  • AHL Game Night: 3-22-13 Bulldogs at Crunch
    8 weeks 1 day ago

    Tic's revenge.

    HAM-1
    SYR-0

    Riku Helenius allowed 1 goal on 26 shots to take the loss in a classic goaltending duel against ex-tandem mate Dustin Tokarski. Tokarski stopped all 40 shots he faced for the sweet revenge against Syracuse.

    First Period
    NO SCORING

    Second Period
    NO SCORING

    Third Period
    HAM Belzile, (1) (Bournival, Stejskal), 10:10

    Helenius was the game's third star. Tokarski, of course, got top star billing.

    Box score from TheAHL.com.

  • NCAA Game Night: 3-21-13
    8 weeks 2 days ago

    Colorado College Tigers 4 vs. No. 4 North Dakota 3 (OT)
    WCHA Final 5 Quarterfinal

    F Brendan O’Donnell, UND: 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
    Season totals: 27 GP, 2-8-10, E, 18 PIM

    Brendan O’Donnell had an assist on UND’s first goal, but he and his teammates won’t be advancing in the WCHA Final 5 after their overtime loss on Thursday. O’Donnell’s assist came when he won a battle in the right wing corner, using his skate to knock a puck to Habs prospect Danny Kristo, who swung around the net and roofed a wrist shot into the net. North Dakota later battled back to force overtime, but a CC shot banked off a UND defenseman and into the net in overtime to send the Tigers on to face the top-seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers and Lightning prospect Adam Wilcox in the semifinals on Friday. North Dakota will now wait for an at-large bid to the national tournament, to be announced on Sunday.

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