At this stage of the season, all losses hit hard, but the manner of this defeat will really sting the Marlies, who generated more than enough scoring opportunities to win this game.
“Our team played hard and played the right way,” said Greg Moore. “We just didn’t find a way to score the extra goal.”
First Period
After the humbling the night before, Syracuse came out with a big jump in their step in the opening stages, with Joseph Woll called on to make terrific stops to deny Ross Colton and Dennis Yan.
Crunch goaltender Spencer Martin was pretty much a passenger in the first period, but he pulled off a tremendous left pad save at full stretch to rob Nic Petan with 3:40 on the clock.