When: Wednesday, December 7 at 6:00 p.m.
Where: Mile One Centre
Radio: The Score 1260
Watch: AHL Live
 
Season Series: This is the second of four meetings between the Syracuse Crunch and the St. John's IceCaps this season. Tonight's contest will be the second game of a back-to-back. St. John's won the first meeting of the season, 4-3, yesterday at the Mile One Centre. Syracuse allowed four goals in the second period, tying a season high. Kyle Palmieri led all Crunch skaters with two points (1g, 1a). Nicolas Deschamps and Brandon McMillan also scored goals in the loss. Four different IceCaps scored in the second period. St. John's goalie David Aebischer stopped 25 shots for his fifth win of the season.
 
Crunch At A Glance: The Crunch have responded well after losses this season. In games following a loss, the team is 6-4-0-0. Syracuse will look to get the power play working tonight after going 0-for-4 in last night's loss. When they net a power-play goal, the Crunch are 10-4-2-0. They have yet to win a game when failing to score on the power play.
 
Patrick Maroon recorded an assist last night and enters tonight's game with 22 points (10g, 12a). He's tied with Palmieri for the team lead in points, and both players are tied for 14th in points in the entire league. Palmieri has 14 goals this season, which puts him second in the league. He's one behind the leader, Philippe Cornet of Oklahoma City. Dan Sexton and Nick Bonino, who was recalled to Anaheim yesterday, are tied for the team lead with 15 assists.
 
Crunch Leaders
Goals: Kyle Palmieri - 14
Assists: Nick Bonino and Dan Sexton - 15
Points: Patrick Maroon and Kyle Palmieri - 22
Plus/Minus: Kyle Palmieri - +13
PIM: Troy Bodie - 55
Wins: Iiro Tarkki - 7
GAA: Iiro Tarkki - 2.67
Save %: Iiro Tarkki - .921
Shutouts: Iiro Tarkki - 1
 
Recent Crunch Transactions
12/06/2011 Jeff Deslauriers (G) Syracuse ADD Returned on loan by Anaheim (NHL)
12/06/2011 John Kurtz (LW) Syracuse ADD Signed to SPC
12/06/2011 Nick Bonino (C) Syracuse DEL Recalled from loan by Anaheim (NHL)
12/04/2011 Derrick LaPoint (D) Syracuse ADD Signed to PTO
12/03/2011 J.F. Jacques (LW) Syracuse DEL Recalled from loan by Anaheim (NHL)
 
Who's Hot
Patrick Maroon: Five points (2g, 3a) in his last five games
Kyle Palmieri: Ten points (5g, 5a) in his last eight games
Peter Holland: Seven points (3g, 4a) in his last six games
Brandon McMillan: Recorded one goal in two straight games
 
IceCaps At a Glance: St. John's enters tonight's game leading the Atlantic Division with 34 points. They sit tied with the Houston Aeros for the top spot in the AHL. The IceCaps 15 wins are the most in the Eastern Conference. St. John's carries a three-game win streak into tonight's game against the Crunch. Jason King led all IceCaps last night, recording two assists in the win over Syracuse. Aaron Gagnon, Kenndal McArdle, Patrice Cormier and Zach Redmond were the second period goal scorers.
 
Marco Rosa leads all IceCaps skaters with 23 points (6g, 17a) in 23 games. He's tied for ninth in the league in assists. Jason King and Carl Klingberg, who was recalled to Winnipeg November 30, lead the team with nine goals. The IceCaps have 10 active skaters who have collected at least ten points. Aebischer leads the team with five wins.
 
IceCaps Leaders:
Goals: Jason King and Carl Klingberg - 9
Assists: Marco Rosa - 17
Points: Marco Rosa - 23
Plus/Minus: Marco Rosa - +10
PIM: Patrice Cormier - 36
Wins: David Aebischer - 5
GAA: Peter Mannino - 2.53
Save %: Peter Mannino - .914
Shutouts: Peter Mannino and David Aebischer - 1
 
Recent IceCaps Transactions
12/05/2011 Daniel Koger (RW) St. John's ADD Signed to PTO
12/05/2011 Garth Murray (C) St. John's DEL Released from PTO
12/05/2011 Garth Murray (C) St. John's ADD Signed to SPC
12/05/2011 Tom Maxwell (RW) St. John's ADD Recalled from loan to Colorado (ECHL)
11/30/2011 Carl Klingberg (LW) St. John's DEL Recalled from loan by Winnipeg (NHL)
 
Who's Hot
Jason King: Three points (1g, 2a) in his last three games
Kenndal McArdle: Recorded one goal in two straight games
David Aebischer: Won his last three starts