ICECAPS
St. John’s

1-2

CRUNCH
Syracuse

Lineup

Forward lines and defense pairings: 

[one_half]Carr – McCarron – Thomas
Hudon – Dumont – Holloway
Gregoire – MacMillan – Fournier
McNally – Miceli[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Barberio – Ellis
Bennett – Dietz
Hanley – Lernout
Didier[/one_half_last]

Goaltenders:

Fucale
Tokarski

Scratches: Eric Neilson, Connor Crisp (undisclosed), Jacob De la Rose (lower-body), Nikita Scherbak (undisclosed), Markus Eisenschmid (undisclosed)
Injured reserve:  Ryan Johnston (back surgery)

Game Report

The IceCaps were taking on the Syracuse Crunch for the second consecutive night. On Friday the IceCaps skated to a 4-3 overtime victory. Player movement is an almost daily event in the AHL. In 24 hours since the previous night’s contest, forward Sven Andrighetto had been recalled by the Canadiens and Eddie Pasquale, Friday’s starter had been returned to the Brampton Beast.

The changes combined with a growing injury list left Sylvain Lefebvre with a patchwork lineup. The IceCaps head coach elected to go with just 11 forwards and seven defensemen.

There was also a change in goal. With Pasquale in Brampton and Dustin Tokarski returned to the fold, Lefebvre opted to start Zach Fucale. It was exactly one week since Fucale gave up eight goals in a 9-8 comeback win by the Toronto Marlies. It was his weakest start of Fucale’s short pro career.

This night would be a different story. In the first two periods with Syracuse dominating play, Fucale was sharp. The Crunch were outshooting St. John’s 27-15 after 40 minutes.

The two teams exchanged goals within a 66 second stretch finishing the second period in a 1-1 tie. Gabriel Dumont picked up his third of the season from Bud Holloway. It was the 20th point of the season for Holloway.

The IceCaps came out flying in the third period.  The top line of Mike McCarron, Daniel Carr and Christian Thomas were creating plenty of scoring chances. Shots on goal were 12-3 in the period for the IceCaps.

Overtime would not be kind to the IceCaps as Mark Barberio got caught on the ice for an extended shift. The Crunch goal was a rare mistake for Fucale who felt that it was a shot he should have stopped.

The IceCaps head out on the road for three games next weekend against the Rochester Americans and Toronto Marlies.

▲     Charles Hudon, Daniel Carr, Bud Holloway, Mike McCarron, Zach Fucale

▼     Mark Barberio

1. Matt Taormina   SYR
2. Gabriel Dumont   STJ
3. Jeff Tambellini   SYR

• “Knowing this guy and his character, I knew [Zach Fucale] would put in a good performance. He kept us in the game in the first period. It was good for him to get it done in a game like this and make some good saves.”
• “I thought in the second period we tried to make too many plays that weren’t there. We forced plays, and as a result made some unforced errors. I just told them to head-man the puck, that when you see a white jersey, get him the puck. You’re tired with two games in two nights, so let the puck do the work.”

Quotes courtesy of The Telegram

Here is a look at the Dumont goal, which gave the IceCaps a 1-0 lead early in the second period. pic.twitter.com/h9j7jUH8Hi

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