There may be no one rooting more for Thatcher Demko to get called up by the Vancouver Canucks than the Syracuse Crunch. The young netminder turned aside 31 of 33 shots as the Utica Comets snapped the Crunch’s five-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory. Alex Barre-Boulet and Cory Conacher scored power play goals for Syracuse, but it wasn’t enough as Utica outplayed them for much of the game.
Following a trade by their NHL affiliate, the Vancouver Canuks, this afternoon the path is open for Demko to get called up as early as this weekend.