SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse Crunch edged the Rochester Americans, 3-2, in overtime this afternoon at the Blue Cross Arena.
 
The victory advances the team to 23-18-4-3 on the season and 3-5-0-0 in the 12-game season series against the Amerks.
 
Crunch goaltender Max Lagace turned aside 29-of-31 shots to record back-to-back wins on the weekend. Michael Houser stopped 26-of-29 between the pipes for the Amerks.
 
Syracuse went 1-for-4 on the power play and a perfect 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.
 
The Crunch opened scoring with a power-play goal late in the first period. Felix Robert redirected a shot from Gage Goncalves that was blocked by Houser, but Shawn Element was at the post to send in the rebound.
 
Rochester tied the game right off the face off 4:26 into the second period. Sean Malone won the draw in the left circle and sent the puck back for Vinnie Hinostroza to send in with a quick wrister. Four minutes later, Syracuse regained their lead when Alex Barre-Boulet chipped a rebound opportunity into a wide-open net.
 
With 2:53 remaining in the game, Jiri Kulich cleaned up a rebound for the Amerks to send the game into overtime.
 
Darren Raddysh netted the game-winner 3:06 into the extra frame when he netted a wrister from the bottom of the left circle.
 
The Crunch return home to host the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Friday.
 
Single game tickets and ticket packages for the 2022-23 season are on sale now and can be purchased in person at the Crunch office located inside the Upstate Medical University Arena at Onondaga County War Memorial at 800 S. State St. in Syracuse, by calling the office at 315-473-4444 or online through Ticketmaster. For the latest Crunch news, visit www.syracusecrunch.com or follow the club on Facebook (www.facebook.com/syracusecrunch), Twitter (@SyracuseCrunch) and Instagram (@syracusecrunch).
 
Crunchables: Alex Barre-Boulet is on an 11-game road points streaks…This is the first overtime win for the Crunch this season.