Amerks comeback falls short in 5-3 loss to Crunch
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The Rochester Americans (8-11-2-1) erased a three-goal deficit midway through the second period but could not complete the comeback as the Amerks saw their winless streak reach six straight games with a 5-3 setback to the Syracuse Crunch (14-8-1-0) Saturday at Upstate Medical University Arena.
The contest was the 10
th of 12 scheduled meetings between the two teams this season and second in the last four days. Prior to tonight’s matchup, the Amerks had recorded points in six of the first nine get-togethers with the Crunch this season while also posting a 16-10-3-1 record in their last 30 games against Syracuse.
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Syracuse Crunch rallies for wild 7-6 win at Rochester
Updated 10:58 PM;
By Syracuse Crunch
Rochester, N.Y. After going down by three, the Syracuse Crunch rallied back and scored six unanswered goals on its way to a 7-6 win over the Rochester Americans on Wednesday night at the Blue Cross Arena.
The line of Boris Katchouk, Otto Somppi and Taylor Raddysh combined for nine points (4g, 5a), while Sean Day, Peter Abbandonato and Antoine Morand rounded out the Crunch scoring. The victory advances the team to 13-8-1-0 on the season and 5-3-1-0 in the 12-game season series with the Amerks.
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