Syracuse, N.Y. (February 24, 2012) – The Syracuse Crunch fell to the Albany Devil, 3-1, in the final minutes tonight at the War Memorial Arena.

Both the Crunch and Devils went scoreless in the first period, despite both teams having power-play opportunities. Syracuse outshot the Devils 15-8 in the opening frame.

Peter Holland opened the scoring at the 11:12 mark of the second period. Kyle Palmieri passed the puck to Holland at the top of the crease ,who was able to one-time it past Albany goaltender Keith Kindaid for a 1-0 lead. It was the rookie's 18^th goal of the season.

Albany pulled even with 4:31 remaining in the second period thanks to a 5-on-3 power-play goal from Eric Gellinas. Gellinas' wrister from the point beat Crunch netminder Iiro Tarkki stick side for the score.

Mattias Tedenby capitalized on a Riley Holzapfel hooking penalty with 1:26 remaining in regulation to put the Devils up 2-1. Vladimir Zharkov added an empty net goal to secure the Devils win.

Crunchables: Holland became the third Crunch player to reach the 40 point mark, joining Kyle Palmieri and Patrick Maroon…Maroon recorded an assist tonight, reaching 30 assists for the third time in his professional career...Riley Holzapfel had his point streak snapped at four games. He has seven points (2g, 5a) in five games with the Crunch.