With a chance to come within a point of clinching the North Division title, the Syracuse Crunch wilted under the offensive pressure of the Rochester Americans in a 5-2 loss on home ice Saturday night. The Amerks scored the first five goals of the night as they outshot a disinterested Crunch squad 30-11 over the first two periods of the game. A late second period goal by Alex Barre-Boulet and an early third period goal by Dennis Yan made the score a little more respectable than it should have been.
In the midst of the lackluster performance was the debut of Tampa Bay Lightning second round draft pick Gabriel Fortier.