When: Wednesday, April 25 at 6:00 p.m.
Where: Mile One Centre
Radio: The Score 1260
Watch: AHL Live

Season Series: This is the third game of a five-game Eastern Conference quarterfinals series between the Syracuse Crunch and the St. John's IceCaps. This is the first of three potential games at the Mile One Centre. The series is tied, 1-1. Syracuse won Game 2, 4-3, at the War Memorial on Saturday night. Brandon McMillan scored the game-winning goal, beating Eddie Pasquale on the power play in the third period. Mark Bell, Mat Clark and John Mitchell also scored for the Crunch. Aaron Gagnon led St. John's with two goals.

Dan Sexton, Mathieu Carle and Bell lead Syracuse with three points in the series. Bell leads all Crunch skaters with two goals. Sexton and Carle hold the team lead with three assists. Iiro Tarkki is 1-1 in the series, entering tonight with a 3.04 goals-against average and a .880 save percentage.

Gagnon leads the IceCaps with three points, all goals, against the Crunch. Five other skaters have two points in the series. Pasquale is 1-1 in the series, entering tonight with a 3.00 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage.
Syracuse split two games at St. John's during the regular season.

Crunch At A Glance: During the regular season, the Crunch finished with an 18-15-2-3 record on the road. The seventh-seeded Crunch, who have won 17 of their last 22 games dating back to the regular season, are looking to take their first lead in the series. In their history, when the Crunch lose Game 1 but win Game 2, they are 2-0 in a series. Both of those wins came during the 1996 postseason.

Crunch Playoff Leaders
Goals: Mark Bell – 2
Assists: Dan Sexton – 3
Points: Mark Bell and Dan Sexton – 3
Plus/Minus: Ryan O'Marra - +3
PIM: Nate Guenin – 10
Wins: Iiro Tarkki – 1
G.A.A: Iiro Tarkki – 3.04
Save %: Iiro Tarkki - .880

Recent Crunch Transactions
4/12/2012 Dale Mitchell (RW) Syracuse ADD Reassigned by Anaheim (NHL) from Reading (ECHL)
4/12/2012 Emerson Etem (RW) Syracuse ADD Reassigned by Anaheim (NHL) from Medicine Hat (WHL)
4/11/2012 Nate Guenin (D) Syracuse ADD Returned on loan from Anaheim (NHL)
4/06/2012 Jeff Deslauriers (G) Syracuse ADD Returned on loan from Anaheim (NHL)
4/04/2012 Mat Clark (D) Syracuse ADD Returned on loan from Anaheim (NHL)

Who's Hot
Dan Sexton – Three points (3a) in his last two games
Mark Bell – Three points (2g, 1a) in his last two games
Mathieu Carle – Three points (3a) in his last two games

St. John's At A Glance: St. John's returns home, where they won 20 games during the regular season. The IceCaps, who finished second in the Eastern Conference, are looking to win their first postseason series in team history.

St. John's Playoff Leaders
Goals: Aaron Gagnon – 3
Assists: Four tied – 2
Points: Aaron Gagnon – 3
Plus/Minus: Aaron Gagnon - +3
PIM: Spencer Machacek – 5
Wins: Eddie Pasquale – 1
G.A.A: Eddie Pasquale – 3.00
Save % - Eddie Pasquale - .922


Recent IceCaps Transactions
4/16/2012 Chris Carrozzi (G) St. John's ADD Reassigned by Winnipeg (NHL) from Ontario (ECHL)
4/13/2012 Jake Marto (D) St. John's ADD Recalled from loan to Colorado (ECHL)
4/13/2012 Joey Sides (LW) St. John's ADD Signed to PTO
4/09/2012 Josh Lunden (LW) St. John's DEL Released from PTO
4/09/2012 Kyle Rodgers (RW) St. John's DEL Released from PTO

Who's Hot
Aaron Gagnon – Three points (3g) in his last two games
Paul Postma – Two points (2a) in his last two games
Spencer Machacek – Two points (2a) in his last two games