When: Saturday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Oncenter War Memorial Arena
Radio: The Score 1260
Watch: AHL Live
 
Season Series: The Crunch and Monsters renewed their rivalry on Friday night after more than a year-long hiatus, dating back to the first weekend of last season. Tonight is the second of four meetings between the two teams and the second of back-to-back games this weekend. Syracuse won on Friday, 4-3, in overtime. The Crunch had to overcome a third-period deficit to earn two points in the contest. It was the third overtime game of the season for the Crunch and the fourth in which they scored first. Three of the first goals have come off of the stick of Kyle Palmieri.
 
Crunch At A Glance: The first line of Kyle Palmieri, Nick Bonino and Patrick Maroon continue to power the Crunch offense. Palmieri recorded his second multi-goal game of the season, is tied for first in the league with seven goals and second in the league in points with nine. Maroon doubled his point total last night with two goals and two assists. He also collected the “Gordie Howe” hat trick - a goal, an assist and a fight. Bonino collected three assists last night, and leads the league with eight assists. The first line has scored or assisted on 12 of the Crunch's 17 goals this season.
 
Goalie Jeff Deslauriers remained undefeated on the season, picking up his third win last night. He enters tonight with a 2.87 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage. Iiro Tarkki has one start this season, allowing three goals in a shootout loss to the Rochester Americans, Tuesday night.
 
Crunch Leaders
Goals: Kyle Palmieri - 9
Assists: Nick Bonino - 8
Points: Kyle Palmieri & Nick Bonino - 9
Plus/Minus: Kyle Palmieri & Nick Bonino - +8
PIMS: Patrick Maroon - 13
Wins: Jeff Deslauries - 3
GAA: Iiro Tarkki - 1.85
Save %: Iiro Tarkki - .923
 
Recent Crunch Transactions
10/18/2011 Nate Guenin (D) Syracuse ADD Loaned from Anaheim (NHL)
10/18/2011 Patrick Maroon (LW) Syracuse ADD Returned on loan from Anaheim (NHL)
10/16/2011 Kurtis Foster (D) Syracuse DEL Recalled from loan by Anaheim (NHL)
10/16/2011 Patrick Maroon (LW) Syracuse DEL Recalled from loan by Anaheim (NHL)
10/13/2011 Kurtis Foster (D) Syracuse ADD Conditioning loan from Anaheim (NHL)
 
 
Monsters At a Glance: Lake Erie has lost the first six games of the season by a combined score of 19-8. Yesterday's overtime loss gave them their first point of the season. Despite being winless, the team showed some fight in yesterday's game, holding leads of 2-1 and 3-2 before losing in overtime. Former Crunch defenseman David Liffiton victimized his former team in the loss, recording the Monsters' first goal of the game. Greg Mauldin, another former member of the Crunch, leads all scorers with two goals. Former Crunch defenseman Jake Newton, traded to the Avalanche organization earlier this month, has one assist on the season.
 
Monsters Leaders:
Goals: Greg Mauldin - 2
Assists: Three players tied with 2
Plus/Minus: Three players tied at +1
PIMS: Three tied with 15
Wins: –N/A
GAA: Trevor Cann - 2.81
Save %: Trevor Cann - .899
 
Recent Monsters Transactions
10/18/2011 Adrian Foster (C) Lake Erie ADD Signed to SPC
10/18/2011 Mike Kompon (C) Lake Erie ADD Signed to PTO
10/17/2011 Billy Ryan (C) Lake Erie DEL Released from PTO
10/17/2011 Scott Langdon (C) Lake Erie DEL Loaned to Allen (CHL)
10/15/2011 Jonas Holos (D) Lake Erie DEL Reassigned by Colorado (NHL) to Vaxjo (