The Syracuse Crunch held on to beat the Hartford Wolfpack, 3-2, in an intense, physical game that featured the first professional meeting between brothers Darren and Taylor Raddysh. The win, coupled with a loss by Rochester, allowed Syracuse to move back into first place in the North Division.
Goals by Alex Volkov, Andy Andreoff and Mitchell Stephens built a three goal lead going into the third period. Hartford battled back with two goals (including one with their goaltender pulled) to come within one goal at the end of the game, but they could not find the equalizer.