Best-of-five series are intense. Two teams racing to three wins is crazy enough, but it gets even more so when two teams that are similar in style and physicality go at it. Such has been the story of the Syracuse Crunch’s first round match up with the Rochester Americans.
The Crunch hasn’t missed a chance to pour on the offense, scoring 12 goals over two playoff games. Rochester has been a bit behind that pace, scoring seven goals in the same span. However, five of those seven came this past Saturday, so it seems as though they’ve started clicking, too.