IceCaps Playoff Forecast | ‘Caps Playoff Series Moves to Syracuse

Danielle Barnes

April 24, 2017

IceCaps Playoff Forecast | ‘Caps Playoff Series Moves to Syracuse — (Photo by Douglas Browne | © Rocket Sports Media) Mandatory Credit Required

IceCaps Weekly Forecast gives a first look of the week ahead for your St. John’s IceCaps. Staff writer Danielle Barnes maps out the schedule, provides a statistical comparison of each matchup, identifies players to watch, as well as goaltenders and notes for each team. Refer to this page as your guide for each game in the IceCaps schedule this week.

by Danielle Barnes, Staff Writer, AHL Report

(Photo by Douglas Browne | © Rocket Sports Media) Mandatory Credit Required

ST JOHN’S, NL. — This week, the St. John’s IceCaps head to Syracuse for three games on the 26^th, 28^th and 29^th.

Calendar: April 24 – 30
MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT *	SUN

		AWAY		AWAY	AWAY

(* if necessary)
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St. John’s IceCaps
The pressure is on this week as the series shifts to Syracuse. Following a devastating loss in double overtime last week, St. John’s IceCaps are 1-1 with the division leaders. The ‘Caps will have to win two out of their three games in order to make it to the next round of the playoffs.
Players to Watch
Nikita Scherbak – Scherbak has 41 points in the regular season and one so far in the Calder Cup playoffs. Charles Hudon – Hudon leads the team in the playoffs with three points in two games.
Notes	Goaltenders
Noah Juulsen was loaned to the IceCaps on April 20^th. The IceCaps signed defenceman Victor Mete to an ATO contract on the 19^th.	Lindgren 1-0-1 \| 1.99 GAA \| .937 Sv% (2017 playoffs)

Wednesday, Friday and Saturday April 26th, 28th, 29th

Syracuse Crunch

The Syracuse Crunch put up a good fight in St. John’s last week winning the second game of round one in double overtime. The Crunch rank at second in both the special teams power play and penalty kill, just ahead of the IceCaps at third. While they may have the home team advantage this week, they will also have to win two out of three games to make the next round.

Players to Watch

Tye McGinn – McGinn has two points so far in the Calder Cup playoffs and 19 points in the regular season. His game winning goal on the 22^nd earned him the first star of the game.
Matthew Peca – Peca has 41 points in the regular season and three points in the Calder Cup playoffs so far.

Notes

Goaltenders

The Tampa Bay Lightning assigned Boris Katchouk to an entry level contract on the 23^rd (Syracuse Crunch 2017).

McKenna 1-1-0 | 2.02 GAA | .919 Sv% (2017 playoffs)

Matchup

April 26th, 28th, 29th | Syracuse, NY.

ICECAPS	(regular season statistics)	CRUNCH
82 (4th)	Points (Div. Rank)	90 (1st)
36-30-8-2	Record	38-24-7-7
17-15-5-1 (home)	Home/Away Record	19-15-3-1 (away)
.539	Winning Percentage	.592
216	Goals For	232
220	Goals Against	227
19.2%	Power-play	16.4%
80.4%	Penalty-kill	83.7%

Regular Season Series (select links for recaps)

November 29, 2016 | SYR v STJ |Crunch – IceCaps: Penalty Parade Hands Syracuse A Win
November 30, 2016 | SYR v STJ |Crunch – IceCaps: Another Shootout, Another Win
December 31, 2016 | STJ v SYR |IceCaps – Crunch: Emotions Run High in Syracuse
January 7, 2017 | STJ v SYR |IceCaps – Crunch: Heading Home on a High Note
February 18, 2017 | SYR v STJ | IceCaps: ‘Caps Offence Wakes Up Against Division Leaders
February 19, 2017 |SYR v STJ | Crunch – IceCaps: Terry Scores Twice, Reaches 20 Goal Mark
March 8, 2017 | STJ v SYR | RECAP | IceCaps – Crunch: Penalties Haunt Caps Once Again
March 11, 2017 | STJ v SYR | RECAP | IceCaps – Crunch: Caps Finish Road Trip with Exciting OT Victory

Playoff Series (select links for recaps)

April 21, 2017 | SYR v STJ | RECAP | Crunch – IceCaps: St. John’s Strikes First
April 22, 2017 | SYR v STJ | RECAP | Crunch – IceCaps: Third Period Collapse Leads to Double Overtime

Wednesday, Friday and Saturday April 26th, 28th, 29th

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