Crunch Corner: Not bad, not great, just o.k.

Scott Thomas PhotographyIt was another week where the Syracuse Crunch only played two games. They took three out of a possible four points yet it feels somewhat...unsatisfactory. In both games they had two goal leads in the third period, which last season would have been a stone cold lock, yet they ended up going to overtime in both of them. On Saturday a last minute goal denied them a full two points, while on Sunday Gemel Smith played the hero with a nifty one-on-one goal.

Some of the poor play carried over from the previous week as the Crunch struggled with defensive zone coverages and, despite playing fairly well, couldn’t keep the puck out of the net against Rochester. Things improved…