Brandon Bochenski scored twice, including the game-winner in overtime to lead the Binghamton Senators to a come from behind 4-3 win over the Syracuse Crunch Saturday night in American Hockey League action.
The Crunch opened the scoring in this one late in the first period on a goal from Alexander Svitov. Syracuse's leading scorer collected a gorgeous drop pass from Greg Mauldin and his one-timer beat Senator netminder Ray Emery for his 9th of the season a 1-0 Crunch lead.
Just over three minutes later Syracuse added to that lead on a power play goal from Brad Moran. The veteran center corralled what appeared to be a shot from the point by blueliner Aaron Johnson and easily slipped a backhander past a prone Emery for a two-goal Crunch advantage heading into the second period.
Early in the second the Crunch made it a three goal game courtesy of some nice tic-tac-toe passing from their rejuvenated power play unit. Joe Motzko one-timed an Andre Lakos pass to Brad Moran, who was camped to the left of the Senator net. Moran buried the pass for his second of the game and Syracuse's second power play marker of the contest.
Back-to-back goals from Binghamton brought the Senators to within one with just under 15 minutes left in the second period. Denis Hamel's 16th of the season made it a 3-1 Crunch and Christoph Schubert's controversial goal at the 5:11 mark made it a one goal game. Schubert's goal appeared to have gone thru the Crunch net, but no call was made by the referee. Only after a lengthy deliberation was the goal allowed.
Binghamton completed their comeback late in regulation on a power play goal from rookie Brandon Bochenski. The rookie's follow of a Jason Spezza offering fluttered over the shoulder of Goehring to tie things at three.
In the extra session that combination struck again. This time Bochenski pounded home a Spezza feed from behind the net for his tenth of the season and the game-winner.
Ray Emery stopped 29 Syracuse shots in recording his 7th win of the season. Karl Goehring turned aside 32 Senator shots and snaps his personal five game winning streak with the loss.
Crunch Ice Pack:
Date:December 10, 2004
Where:War Memorial at Oncenter
Opponent:Binghamton Senators
Attendance:5,370
Boxscore:
First Period-Scoring-1. Syracuse, Svitov 9 (Mauldin), 13:05. 2. Syracuse, Moran 5 (Johnson, Motzko), 16:06, (pp). Penalties-Jackman, Syr (high-sticking), 2:18; Johnson, Syr (slashing), 8:54; Fibiger, Bin (tripping), 15:50; Schubert, Bin (holding), 19:25: Spezza, Bin (10 minute misconduct), 19:25.
Second Period-Scoring-3. Syracuse, Moran 6 (Motzko, Lakos), :58, (pp). 4. Binghamton, Hamel 16 (Schubert), 2:12. 5. Binghamton, Schubert 5 (Bochenski, Potulny), 5:11. Penalties-Bois, Bin (fighting, misconduct), 2:19; Maudlin, Syr (fighting, misconduct), 2:19; Lakos, Syr (hooking), 3:27; McGrattan, Bin (fighting), 7:55; Sugden, Syr (fighting), 7:55; Kavanagh, Bin (minor, major)(high-sticking, fighting), 10:11; Ryan, Syr (double minor, major)(roughing, fighting), 10:11; Hamel, Bin (obs. hooking), 12:36; Johnson, Syr (boarding), 17:56.
Third Period-Scoring-6. Binghamton, Bochenski 9 (Spezza), 12:14, (pp). Penalties-Trattnig, Syr (tripping), 11:37. Overtime-Scoring-7. Binghamton, Bochenski 10 (Spezza), 3:32.Penalties-No Penalties.
Shots on Goal:Binghamton, 11-10-12-3--35; Syracuse, 13-9-8-2--32.
Power Play Opportunities:Binghamton, 2-6; Syracuse, 2-3.
Goalies-Binghamton, Emery (7-8-2-0), 32 shots-29 saves; Syracuse, Goehring (5-5-0-0), 35 shots- 31 saves.
Referee-Harry Dumas (44); Linesman- Jim Harper (59), Jeff Walker (17).
Three Stars:
1. Brandon Bochenski: Talented rookie from UND tallies twice for his 9th and 10th of season.
2. Brad Moran: Moran also added two goals in a losing effort.
3. Christoph Schubert: Tallied once and added an assist for the B-Sens.
Lineups:
Binghamton:Goal:Ray Emery, Billy Thompson.Defense: Neil Komadoski, Anton Volchenkov, Brian Pothier, Andy Hedlund, Jan Platil, Christoph Schubert, Jesse Fibiger. Forwards: Jason Spezza, Brandon Bochenski, Chris Kelly, Danny Bois, Denis Hamel, Pat Kavanagh, Brian McGrattan, Antoine Vermette, Josh Langfeld, Grant Potulny, Greg Watson, Arpad Mihaly, Charlie Stephens.
Syracuse:Goal:Karl Goehring, Pascal Leclaire, Andrew Penner.Defense: Zenith Komarniski, Andre Lakos, Jamie Pushor, Aaron Johnson, Prestin Ryan, Ole-Kristian Tollefson, Francois Beauchemin. Forwards: Joe Motzko, Jeremy Reich, Tim Jackman, Mark Hartigan, Matthias Trattnig, Raffaele Sannitz, Alexander Svitov, Brandon Sugden, Greg Mauldin, Mike Pandolfo, Jeff Panzer, Steve Goertzen, Brad Moran.
Pre-game Skate:
The Crunch scratched goaltender Pascal Leclaire (groin), defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefson and right wing Steve Goertzen. Binghamton didn't dress defenseman Neil Komadoski and left wing Arpad Mihaly.
Short Shifts:
Prior to Friday night the Crunch were 6-0 when Greg Mauldin recorded a point. Mauldin was credited with an assist on Alexander Svitov's first goal, but the pass was clearly made by Tim Jackman. No correction was made in the scoring as of late Friday evening……Center Jeff Panzer returned to the Crunch lineup on Friday after missing the last eight games with a knee injury…..With an assist on Friday, Aaron Johnson now has points in five of his last six games (1g, 4a).
On Deck:
Syracuse plays host once again on Saturday; this time to the defending Calder Cup Champions, the Milwaukee Admirals. On Friday the Admirals downed Rochester 4-1 at Blue Cross Arena. Game time is set for 7:30 P.M.