Many Syracuse Crunch fans were not happy Wednesday afternoon when they caught word of the latest organizational transactions. Both Cory Conacher and Michael Bournival were recalled to the Bolts shortly before the ‘Cuse would take to the Times Union Center ice for warm-ups in a pivotal division match-up against the pesky Devils. Instead of icing their normal squad, Ben Groulx was forced to dress nine defensemen, and boy did it show.
Albany controlled the action from the very beginning of the contest. Crunch starting net-minder Mike McKenna had to be on his game early and, for the most part, did enough to win the hockey game.