The two best teams in the AHL’s North Division squared off on Wednesday when the Crunch traveled down to the state capitol for a date with the Albany Devils. For the second straight contest Syracuse iced four guys on PTOs because of the recalls of Joel Vermin, Michael Bournival, Gabriel Dumont, and an injury to leading goal-scorer Mike Halmo.
Albany didn’t wait very long before depositing a puck behind Crunch starting net-minder Adam Wilcox. Just over six minutes into play, Devils forward Carter Camper shielded a puck from Crunch defenseman Matt Taormina behind the Syracuse net, before dishing to a wide-open Ryan Kujawinski who easily jammed the puck across the goal line.