At the start of March we identified the upcoming month as being critical to the Syracuse Crunch’s chances of making the playoffs. With the number of games (especially inside their division) that they were playing, if they lost too many they wouldn’t have a shot at making up the gap in April.
With the last month of winter solidly behind them things are definitely looking sunnier for Syracuse. They rolled off an 8-5-1 record in the month, not perfect, but good enough to put them into the 4th spot in the North Division. Inside their own division they went 7-3-1 with all three of the regulation losses coming to Utica.