The Syracuse Crunch lost another two games this week against the Utica Comets and Rochester Americans. While the losses are piling up for this team, the Crunch understand that development, especially at defense, is a slow process that looks even slower in a 32-game season. Unfortunately, now the offense has started to dry up after injuries and call-ups removed some key players up front.
In Game 1, the Crunch iced 10 forwards and Dmitry Semykin up front. In the second period of that game, top centre Aleksi Heponiemi suffered a leg injury and defenseman Sean Day was moved up to winger.