The win moves the Crunch to 9-4-0-0 on the season and 3-0-0-0 in the 12-game season series with the Comets.
Utica scored the only goal of the first period, but Syracuse came back with five straight goals in the second period. Both the Crunch and Comets scored in the final frame. Dylan Duke scored three power play goals to give him his first career hat trick, while also adding a helper. Declan Carlile And Conor Geekie posted multi-point games with two assists each.
A total of thirteen Crunch players earned a point that night.
Crunch goalkeeper Brandon Halverson earned the win by knocking down 25 of 27 shots. Nico Daws stopped 13 of 19 shots for the Comets. Syracuse’s power play turned into 3-of-5 opportunities, while Utica remained scoreless on its four-man advantages.
Lenni Hämeenaho put the Comets ahead, 1-0, at 15:04 of the opening frame. Mikaël Diotte shot in from the right point and Hämeenaho stood in front of the net and tapped in the rebound.
Syracuse had a busy second period, scoring five goals on eight shots in the frame. Stachowiak scored the first of the night for the Crunch four minutes into the period. After a battle along the right boards, Gauthier threw the puck to Stachowiak, who potted a wrister from the right spot. Dylan Duke scored his first power play goal of the night two minutes later to give Syracuse its first lead of the night. Conor Geekie fired a one-timer from the right circle that deflected off Duke and inward. Duke added its second goal on the man advantage just past the half-way mark of the frame. Nick Abruzzese sent a cross-ice pass to Duke, he held it for a second and then ripped it in from the top of the right circle.
Tristan Allard extended the Crunch lead 4-1 at 15:27 of the second frame. Lucas Mercury moved the puck across the ice to the left circle Niko Huuhtanen to immediately send it to Allard, who shot it home from the slot. Brendan Harig scored the final Crunch goal of the middle frame to put them up 5–1 with two and a half minutes to play in the period. Gabriel Szturc centered the puck from the goal line and Furry potted a one-timer from the slot.
Nearly six minutes into the final period, Duke completed its hat trick with its third power play goal of the night. Jacob Pelletier sent the puck over the front of the net for Duke to dump in from the right side of the crease. A minute later, the Comets made it 6-2 when Ethan Edwards hammered in a rebound.
The Crunch return home Friday when they host the Hershey Bears for the annual Military Appreciation Night game presented by Visions Federal Credit Union.
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