Admirals Game Results

AHL Game Night: 11-2-13 Crunch at Senators

37 weeks 4 days ago

Crunch's streak is snapped.

SYR-2
BNG-4

Cedrick Desjardins allowed 4 goals on 37 shots for the loss.

First Period
BNG Hoffman, (5) (Ceci, Pageau), 7:31
SYR Rankin, (3) (Paquette, Sergeev), 9:42 (PP)

Second Period
BNG Prince, (2) (Pageau, Ceci), 14:23
BNG Puempel, (3) (Pageau, Robinson), 19:50

Third Period
BNG Schneider, (4) (Pageau, Hoffman), 5:48
SYR Kucherov, (11) (Korobov, Namestnikov), 12:22

Syracuse gets Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Wednesday.

Box score from TheAHL.com.
Kucherov, Crunch Rally Past Americans in Shootout, 5-4

37 weeks 5 days ago

By Jeremy Houghtaling

Led by Nikita Kucherov's second-straight four-point night, the Syracuse Crunch rallied past the Rochester Americans in the shootout, 5-4, at the Onondaga County War Memorial Friday.

Kucherov, the American Hockey League's rookie of the month, registered a pair of goals and assists, as well as a shootout goal in the Crunch's fifth-straight win. The Russian leads the league with 10 goals.

"It's great, it felt good," Kucherov said of the award. "I just need to keep working."

"He just makes a lot of plays that other guys don't," said Crunch coach Rob Zettler. "He sees the ice so well."
AHL Game Night: 11-1-13 Americans at Crunch

37 weeks 5 days ago

The 'ovs spur an amazing Crunch comeback.

RCH-4
SYR-5 (SO)

Kristers Gudlevskis allowed 4 goals on 33 shots in regulation and OT before stopping 4 of 5 in the penalty shot session for the win.

First Period
RCH Adam, (8) (McNabb, Sulzer), 3:25 (PP)
SYR Kucherov, (9) (Brown, Korobov), 3:58
RCH Tardif, (2) (Varone, McNabb), 9:13 (PP)
RCH McNabb, (2) (Varone, Bagnall), 14:21

Second Period
RCH Sundher, (2) (Tardif, McNabb), 6:53
SYR Kucherov, (10) (Korobov, Namestnikov), 7:52

Third Period
SYR Nesterov, (1) (Namestnikov, Kucherov), 12:38 (PP)
SYR Namestnikov, (5) (Kucherov, Nesterov), 17:23 (PP)

Overtime
NO SCORING

Shootout
RCH- Jacobs
SYR- Kucherov, Paquette

Nikita Kucherov and Vladislav Namestnikov were the game's first and second stars. As of this moment, Kucherov is 1 back of the AHL lead in points and up by 2 for the league lead in goals. Namestnikov had quietly snuck into a tie for 3rd in the AHL in scoring and, along with Kucherov, is tied with many others for 7th in the league in helpers. Nikita Nesterov also chipped in 1 goal and 1 assist and now has 1 goal and 6 points in his first 9 pro games in North America.

It took a while for the team to adjust to having J.P. Cote and Brett Connolly not in the lineup, but they continue to have an unstoppable power play and a top line that always gives them a puncher's chance in any situation. They'll head to Binghamton to play the Senators tomorrow night having now climbed to 5th in the Eastern Conference with their 5 game winning streak. Think what'll happen if they ever find consistency in the back and/or something resembling second line scoring.

Box score from TheAHL.com.
Big Second Period, Gudlevskis' Shutout Lift Crunch Over Tigers

38 weeks 4 days ago

By Jeremy Houghtaling

Kristers Gudlevskis stopped all 22 shots in his American Hockey League debut and the Crunch surged ahead with five goals in the second period, lifting Syracuse to a 5-0 win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at the Onondaga County War Memorial Saturday.

Eleven players recorded a point in the Crunch's third-straight win. Jean-Philippe Cote registered a goal and an assist, while Nikita Kucherov and Luke Witkowski each added two assists.

Matt Taormina, Evan Rankin, Cedric Paquette and Vladislav Namestnikov each registered a goal. JT Brown, Dana Tyrell, Dmitry Korobov and Nikita Nesterov chipped in a helper apiece.
AHL Game Night: 10-26-13 Sound Tigers at Crunch

38 weeks 4 days ago

Toothless Tigers defanged by kid Gudlevskis.

BRI-0
SYR-5

Kristers Gudlevskis stopped all 22 shots he faced to get the shutout in his AHL debut.

First Period
NO SCORING

Second Period
SYR Cote, (1) (Tyrell), 0:49
SYR Namestnikov, (4) (Kucherov, Nesterov), 2:51
SYR Taormina, (2) (Brown, Kucherov), 15:17 (PP)
SYR Rankin, (2) (Witkowski, Korobov), 16:49
SYR Paquette, (3) (Cote, Witkowski), 19:56 (SH)

Third Period
NO SCORING

Vladislav Namestnikov, Gudlevskis, and J.P. Cote were the game's three stars. Namestnikov with a highlight goal scoring from his knees. Nikita Kucherov now tied for 5th in the AHL in scoring, 7 back of the leader Travis Morin of Texas.

Syracuse moves on to face Albany on Wednesday.

Box score from TheAHL.com.
AHL Game Night: 10-25-13 Crunch at Comets

38 weeks 5 days ago

Two points the hard way.

SYR-2
UTI-1 (SO)

Cedrick Desjardins stopped 19 of 20 in regulation and OT and 5 of 6 in the shootout for the win. He'll backstop most, if not all, of Syracuse's games over the next couple of weeks as Helenius recovers from the dreaded upper body ailment.

First Period
UTI Stuart, (2) (Sauve, Dalpe), 4:39 (PP)

Second Period
SYR Kucherov, (6) (Taormina, Namestnikov), 6:43 (PP)

Third Period
NO SCORING

Overtime
NO SCORING

Shootout
SYR- Richard, Paquette
UTI- Ferriero

Cedric Paquette (Dump Truck!) and Desjardins were the game's first and second stars. Paquette scored the winning shootout goal to deliver the payload! They seriously need to play a truck horn when he scores. Nikita Kucherov continues to stake his claim as the most dangerous power play weapon in the AHL, aided and abetted by partner-in-crime Vladislav Namestnikov.

Syracuse outshot Utica 34-20, and really spent the whole game hurling chances against the wall that was Joacim Eriksson. Forunately, even despite that frustration, they at least made sure to get the two points in the shootout session.

Side note, wow, Utica. The AHL stuck you with the abbreviation UTI? At best that recalls Universal Technical Institute, which is the guys that break into your Judge Mathis in the afternoons (when you're too ill to go to work) to try to entice you to learn how to fix big rigs (not to be confused with the Cordon Bleu cooking college). At worst, that gets medical, as in Urinary Tract Infection. Now, I'm not one to tell you what to do as a franchise, but I might request the AHL to switch your abbreviation to UTC instead (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga having a less negative connotation). Annnnnd a rivalry is born. You're welcome.

Syracuse draws Bridgeport tomorrow night.

Box score from TheAHL.com.
AHL Game Night: 10-19-13 Crunch at Senators

39 weeks 4 days ago

Mid course correction successful.

SYR-4
BNG-1

Riku Helenius allowed 1 goal on 27 shots for the victory. I dare say he just defined himself as the #1 tonight.

First Period
SYR Sergeev, (2) (Richard, Mormina), 9:48 (PP)

Second Period
BNG Prince, (1) (Wideman, Petersson), 17:23 (PP)

Third Period
SYR Namestnikov, (3) (Kucherov, Taormina), 2:34
SYR Kucherov, (5) (Brown), 9:15
SYR Paquette, (2) (Taormina), 15:38

Nikita Kucherov and Vladislav Namestnikov were the game's first and second stars. I'd like to buy a vowel, Pat. Kucherov, as of this posting, leads all AHL rookies in scoring and is just 3 points off the pace for the overall league lead.

Syracuse washes out the taste of that bitter defeat last night at the hands of the Senators. This was a big win psychologically for the team. They're off until Friday when they'll play Utica. Utica is the new affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks.

Box score from TheAHL.com.
Liiga Game Night: 10-18-2013

39 weeks 5 days ago

Finland

Jokerit 4 @ HIFK 2

FW Saku Salminent, Jokerit: Did not play
2012-2013 Season totals: 13 GP, 1-1-2, E, 12 PIM

2013 7th-rounder Saku Salminen, who got his first taste of the top Finnish league last season, has yet to make his 2013-2014 debut. Jokerit (15 GP, 30 PTS) next plays host to Kalpa (14 GP, 13 PTS), which is currently bringing up the bottom of the league table, on Tuesday.
Despite Significantly Outshooting Senators, Crunch Fall 6-2

39 weeks 5 days ago

By Jeremy Houghtaling

Despite outshooting Binghamton 22-8 in the second period and 42-20 overall, the Syracuse Crunch fell to the Senators 6-2 at the Onondaga County War Memorial Friday.

Syracuse struggled to solve Binghamton goalie Nathan Lawson, who stopped multiple odd-man rushes and point black opportunities. He finished with 40 saves and was the first star of the night.

"We had plenty of chances to score," said Crunch coach Rob Zettler. "We got sloppy. We weren't stopping on pucks, we weren't doing some little details. The chances they had were good -- I didn't think they had a lot of them -- but the chances they had were good."
AHL Game Night: 10-18-13 Senators at Crunch

39 weeks 5 days ago

Wow, that's ugly.

BNG-6
SYR-2

Cedrick Desjardins allowed 6 goals on 20 shots for the loss. That's probably not the stat line you want the start after a Twitter kerfluffle that was, at a minimum, ill conceived.

First Period
BNG Hoffman, (1) (Wideman, Zibanejad), 7:05 (PP)
SYR Namestnikov, (2) (Kucherov, Taormina), 16:42 (PP)

Second Period
SYR Kucherov, (4) (Namestnikov, Brown), 8:18 (PP)
BNG Robinson, (1) (Puempel, Da Costa), 9:43
BNG Blood, (1) (Wideman, Dziurzynski), 10:43
BNG Hoffman, (2) , 15:28

Third Period
BNG Petersson, (2) (Wideman, Zibanejad), 4:43
BNG Puempel, (1) (Da Costa, Robinson), 14:11

Vladislav Namestnikov was the game's third star.

Two things have to happen early in this season while the youngsters adjust to their new roles. One, guys like Korobov absolutely have to be stabilizing influences. Guys with some experience need to be leaders and they can't be making mistakes that lead to scoring chances. It can't be the blind leading the dumb. That's a recipe for disaster. And, second, one of these two goaltenders needs to be the magic eraser when mistakes are made. 6 on 20 shots is bad, no matter how you slice it. As with what I've said about the Lightning's situation, the Crunch need either Desjardins or Helenius to be a reason they win games.

Lucky for Syracuse, they don't have to wait long to atone. They get Bingo in Bingo tomorrow night.

Box score from TheAHL.com.