If there can be anything approximating playoff hockey in the doldrums of February, it’s been the recent three games between the Syracuse Crunch and the Rochester Americans. On Saturday night, the Americans edged the Crunch 3-2 in a shootout following another closely contested game. In just over a week the teams have met three times, neither team has led by more than a goal and two of the games took the skills session to decide while the other was a 1-0 regulation win. With the victory Rochester moves back into first place by a single point.
The Crunch began the night with a bolstered defensive unit.