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Quick Strikes: Crunch forward Carter Verhaeghe is the AHL Player of the Week.

-The Syracuse Crunch have another AHL player of the Week on their hands. The AHL affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning announced yesterday that forward Carter Verhaeghe has been awarded the recognition for his performance last week.

Verhaeghe posted back-to-back three-point games last week, giving him 10 points in his last three contests with Syracuse. On Friday night, Verhaeghe registered a goal and two assists to help the Crunch to a 4-0 victory over Utica. And on Saturday, he tallied another goal and picked up two more assists as Syracuse rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to defeat Cleveland, 6-3.