Andy Canzanello scored once and Greg Mauldin chipped in with a pair of assists to lead the Syracuse Crunch to a 3-2 win over the Toronto Marlies in American Hockey League action Saturday night.
Toronto opened the scoring in this one with a power play goal just 1:51 into the first period. With the Marlies holding a five-on-three advantage, John Pohl rang one off the post to beat Syracuse netminder Andrew Penner for his 9th goal of the season.
Later in the first the Crunch answered the Marlies tally with a power play goal of the own. After two successive failed five-on-three attempts, Syracuse was able to convert with just a one man advantage on the first goal of the year from rookie Andy Canzanello. His shot thru traffic beat a screened Jean-Sebastien Aubin to tie things at one heading into the middle twenty.
In the second the Crunch took the lead with two more power play goals. Joakim Lindstrom got things rolling at the 4:01 mark with his fourth of the season. Lindstrom took a gorgeous drop pass from Greg Mauldin and beat Aubin high for the score.
Later in the period Geoff Platt struck for his 14th of the year off a pretty feed from Andy Delmore. Platt appeared to whiff on the shot while attempting to go high and that may have fooled Aubin, who was beat low on the play.
Carlo Colaiacovo’s goal, his fifth of the year, at the 17:16 mark of the third made things interesting, but the Crunch was able to hang on for the win.
Andrew Penner recorded 25 saves for his second win in as many nights and his third of the season. Former Crunch netminder Jean-Sebastien Aubin recorded 35 saves in a losing effort for the Marlies.
With the win the Crunch earned five of a possible six points in their three games in three nights stretch and they also have recorded points in five of their last six games.
Crunch Ice Pack :
Date:Saturday, November 26, 2005
Where:War Memorial at Oncenter
Opponent:Toronto Marlies
Attendance:5, 426
Boxscore:
First Period-Scoring-1. Toronto, Pohl 9 (Williams, Colaiacovo), 1:51, (pp). 2. Syracuse, Canzanello 1 (Mauldin, Hartigan), 15:43, (pp). Penalties-Delmore, Syr (interference), :29; Murray, Syr (high-stick), 1:38; Bell, Tor (slashing), 5:01; Verot, Syr (roughing), 5:01; Brown, Tor (roughing), 6:36; Kukumberg, Tor (interference), 12:45; Pohl, Tor (hooking), 13:28; Harrison, Tor (hooking), 14:53; Aubin, Tor (delay of game, served by Murphy), 18:53.
Second Period-Scoring-3. Syracuse, Lindstrom 4 (Mauldin, Pushor), 4:01, (pp). 4. Syracuse, Platt 14 (Delmore, Motzko), 19:11, (pp). Penalties-Engelhardt, Tor (holding), 3:40;Verot, Syr (hooking), 6:29; Colaiacovo, Tor (tripping), 11:21; MacNeil, Tor (hooking), 13:45; Verot, Syr (holding), 15:56; Newbury, Tor (interference), 17:43.
Third Period-Scoring-5. Toronto, Colaiacovo 5 (Battaglia), 17:16. Penalties-Porter, Syr (holding), 1:44; Bell, Tor (tripping), 3:11; Hartigan, Syr (hooking), 4:19; Methot, Syr (roughing), 13:34.
Shots on Goal-Toronto, 8-7-12--27; Syracuse, 13-17-8--38.
Power Play Opportunities-Toronto, 1-7; Syracuse, 3-10.
Goalies-Toronto, Aubin (4-5-0), 38 shots-35 saves; Syracuse, Penner (3-2-0), 27 shots-25 saves.
Referee-Francois St. Laurent (38); Linesmen-Dan Murphy (21), Brian Lemon (25).
Three Stars:
1. Greg Mauldin: Mauldin chips in with two assists to give him points in his last three games.
2. Geoff Platt: Platt just continues to roll; notched the eventual game winner in the second period.
3. Andy Canzanello: Scored his first goal as a professional in the first period.
Lineups:
Marlies:Goal: Jean-Sebastien Aubin, Jean-Francois Racine. Defense: Brad Brown, Dominic D’Amour, Ian White, Carlo Colaiacovo, Brendan Bell, Marc Moro, Jay Harrison, Tyson Marsh, Andy Wozniewski. Forwards: Bates Battaglia, Tyler Beechey, Roman Kukumberg, Kris Newbury, Brett Engelhardt, Jeremy Williams, John Pohl, Ian McNeil, Ben Ondrus, Mike Hoffman, Brad Leeb, Colin Murphy, Martin Sagat, John Mitchell.
Crunch: Goal: Mike Ayers, Andrew Penner, Dan McGuire.Defense: Marc Methot, Jeff MacMillan, Jamie Pushor, Andy Canzanello, Andy Delmore, Mark Flood. Forwards: Ben Simon, Tyler Kolarik, Darcy Verot, Geoff Platt, Andrew Murray, Peter Sarno, Joe Motzko, Brandon Sugden, Joakim Lindstrom, Greg Mauldin, Brett Nowak, Brian Gornick, Lyon Porter.
Pre-Game Skate:
Scratched for the Crunch were goaltender Mike Ayers (concussion), centers Tyler Kolarik (suspension) and Peter Sarno (wrist) along with right wing Brandon Sugden (concussion). The Marlies sat defensemen Dominic D’Amour, Tyson Marsh and Andy Wozniewski, left wing Tyler Beechey, right wing Mike Hoffman and center John Mitchell.
Crunch One-Timers:
With an assist on Andy Canzanello’s goal in the first period Mark Hartigan now has points in five straight games. He has recorded one goal and seven assists over that span…….Geoff Platt has recorded points in his last three games and four of last five contests………After Saturday’s game the Crunch released winger Lyon Porter from his P.T.O. and goaltender Dan McGuire from his A.T.O………..Brandon Sugden missed his fourth straight game on Saturday after suffering a concussion on 11/18 versus Rochester. He did skate on Saturday morning and hopes to skate again at the next Crunch practice…….The Blue Jackets snapped their seven-game losing streak on Saturday, downing the St. Louis Blues 4-3. Aaron Johnson scored the game-winner with a power play goal at the 9:56 mark of the third. Martin Prusek picked up the win for Columbus.
From the Hangar :
The Bombers dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to the Toledo Storm on Saturday. Scoring for Dayton was Alex Johnstone and Tyler Scott. Goaltender Mike Brown recorded 53 saves in a losing effort for Dayton. The Bombers return home on Sunday to face the same Toledo team. Game time is set for 2:05 P.M.
On Deck:
The Crunch is off until next Saturday when they will begin a two-game set in Pennsylvania. First up are the Hershey Bears and then on Sunday they play the defending Calder Cup Champion Philadelphia Phantoms. Game time on Saturday is set for 7:00 P.M. and Sunday is a 5:05 P.M. start. Both games can be heard locally on 620 WHEN and nationwide via the internet on www.syracusecrunch.com. It also can be streamed live on the internet courtesy of the B2 Network.