Rookie goaltenders signed out of college at the end of the season aren’t supposed to steal points for a division-leading hockey team. Yet, that’s exactly what happened Wednesday night in Belleville as Atte Tolvanen stopped 34 shots en route to his first career shutout in the Crunch’s 1-0 victory over the Senators.
Andy Andreoff provided the margin of victory with his 25th goal of the season as Syracuse increased their lead over the idle Rochester Americans to three points. Those two teams meet up for an important two game series this weekend. Should Louis Domingue not be ready to be the back-up in Tampa, there is a good chance that Tolvanen will be the goalie in net for both of those meetings.