CRUNCH FALTER TWICE AT HOME    

The Syracuse Crunch posted a 1-2-0-0 mark in Week 6 to slip to 9-6-0-0 this season.
 
The Crunch opened the week with a 6-2 win on the road against the Utica Comets Tuesday. The squad busted out with five second-period goals for just the 18th period in team history with five or more goals.
 
The win ended a 2-2-0-0 road trip, but the Crunch returned home and suffered back-to-back losses. They fell to the Hershey Bears, 2-1, on Friday and to the Belleville Senators, 4-1, on Saturday.
 
Syracuse takes on Laval and Bridgeport in its only two games in Week 7.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
 
Dylan Duke led the team in points (5) and goals (4) in Week 6. He headlined the week with a four-point performance (3g, 1a) on Tuesday to help the Crunch secure their lone win of the week against the Comets. It was his first career hat trick. Duke scored all four of his goals on the power play last week.
 
The Strongsville, Ohio native has a team-high 15 points (7g, 8a) in 15 games for Syracuse. The four power-play goals are tied with Jakob Pelletier for the most on the team. Duke's 15 points are good for top-10 in the AHL, and the four power-play tallies are tied for second in the league.
 
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Declan Carlile was the only player to tally a point in each of the Crunch's contests in Week 6, adding four total points (1g, 3a). The fourth-year-pro earned two assists in the Crunch's 6-2 win over the Comets on Tuesday. The Harland, Michigan native also scored a goal Friday versus Hershey and had another assist Saturday against Belleville. 
 
Tuesday was Carlile's second multi-point game this season and just the sixth game of his career with a pair of assists. The 25-year-old is tied for eighth in the AHL among defensemen with 10 points (2g, 8a).
 
100 AND COUNTING
 
The Tampa Bay Lightning shuttled players back and forth from Syracuse last week. Scott Sabourin, Boris Katchouk and Jakob Pelletier all earned recalls to the Lightning during the week. Declan Carlile and Steven Santini were recalled today. 
 
Sabourin became the 100th player to skate for both the Crunch and Lightning during the affiliation when he debuted for Tampa Bay on Wednesday. He has two points (1g, 1a) in three games for the Bolts. 
Boris Katchouk and Jakob Pelletier also skated for the Lightning last week. Both players were reassigned to Syracuse ahead of the Crunch's trip to Laval.
 
BRING OUT YOUR BEARS
 
The Crunch hold their 15th Annual Stanley Steemer Tired Teddy Toss on Saturday. When the Crunch score their first goal, fans toss the stuffed animals onto the ice. The puffy pets are collected and refurbished by Stanley Steemer before being donated to charities supporting the Central New York community.
 
Fans are encouraged to bring new and gently used stuffed animals to the Crunch office now through Saturday. The team will also have collection bins inside both building entrances during the game.
 
UPCOMING WEEK
                   
Wednesday, November 19 at Laval | 7 p.m.
The Crunch go back Canada for a Wednesday night clash against the Laval Rocket at the Place Bell. This is the first of eight meetings between Syracuse and Laval this season; the Crunch were 3-3-1-1 in their eight contests during the 2024-25 campaign.
 
The Rocket have won five of their last six games and sit atop the North Division with 20 points. Syracuse split its four games at Place Bell last season, with the Crunch taking the final two tilts.
 
Saturday, November 22 vs. Bridgeport | 7 p.m.
The Crunch return home Saturday to host the Bridgeport Islanders. It's the first of a two games between the clubs this season. They split the pair of contests last season; the road team won both games.
 
Bridgeport was winless in three games in Week 6. The Islanders are 3-3-0-1 in November and 5-8-1-1 overall, which puts them in sixth place in the Atlantic Division.
 
WEEK 6 RESULTS
 
Tuesday, Nov. 11 | Game 13 at Utica | W, 6-2
Syracuse        0 5 1 - 6     Shots: 7-8-4-19              PP: 3/5
Utica              1 0 1 - 2     Shots: 8-10-9-27           PP: 0/4
2nd Period-Stachowiak 5 (Gauthier, Duke), 4:05. Duke 4 (Geekie, Carlile), 5:58 (PP). Duke 5 (Abruzzese, Geekie), 11:14 (PP). Allard 2 (Huuhtanen, Mercuri), 15:27. Furry 2 (Szturc, Pietroniro), 17:30. 3rd Period-Duke 6 (Pelletier, Carlile), 5:40. . . . Halverson 5-3-0 (27 shots-25 saves) A-2,457
 
Friday, Nov. 14 | Game 14 vs. Hershey | L, 2-1
Hershey         0 1 1 - 2     Shots: 9-8-4-21              PP: 1/4
Syracuse        0 0 1 - 1     Shots: 5-10-8-23           PP: 1/6
3rd Period-Carlile 2 (Geekie, Chaffee), 18:13 (PP). . . . Halverson 5-4-0 (21 shots-19 saves) A-6,032
 
Saturday, Nov. 15 | Game 15 vs. Belleville | L, 4-1
Belleville       2 0 2 - 4     Shots: 4-2-8-14              PP: 2/3
Syracuse        0 0 1 - 1     Shots: 6-13-16-35         PP: 1/6
3rd Period-Duke 7 (Chaffee, Carlile), 4:10. . . . Fanti 4-2-0 (13 shots-10 saves) A-5,955
 

Category	Average/Total	AHL Rank (Prev)
Power Play	23.9% (16-for-67)	9th (11th)
Penalty Kill	83.0% (44-for-53)	9th (T-3rd)
Goals For	3.33 GFA (50)	10th (4th)
Goals Against	2.67 GAA (40)	10th (9th)
Shots For	29.73 SF/G (446)	8th (7th)
Shots Against	25.40 SA/G (381)	3rd (6th)
Penalty Minutes	14.73 PIM/G (221)	11th (8th)

 

Category		Leader
Points	15	Duke
Goals	7	Duke
Assists	9	Pelletier
PIM	27	Carlile|Schmidt
Plus/Minus	+7	Groshev|Santini
Wins	5	Halverson
GAA	2.18	Fanti
Save %	.916	Fanti

 

North Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	PCT	GF	GA	PIM	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STREAK	S/O
1. Laval	15	10	5	0	0	20	0.667	44	33	252	5-1-0-0	5-4-0-0	7-3-0-0	2-0-0-0	0-0
2. Rochester	16	10	6	0	0	20	0.625	55	49	236	4-2-0-0	6-4-0-0	6-4-0-0	2-0-0-0	0-0
3. Syracuse	15	9	6	0	0	18	0.600	50	40	221	3-3-0-0	6-3-0-0	5-5-0-0	0-2-0-0	0-0
4. Belleville	15	8	6	1	0	17	0.567	49	49	160	2-3-1-0	6-3-0-0	7-3-0-0	3-0-0-0	2-0
5. Toronto	14	6	6	1	1	14	0.500	42	44	136	2-2-0-1	4-4-1-0	3-5-1-1	0-2-1-0	0-1
6. Cleveland	11	4	3	3	1	12	0.545	23	28	155	0-2-2-1	4-1-1-0	3-3-3-1	1-0-0-0	0-1
7. Utica	13	2	8	2	1	7	0.269	23	43	169	2-4-1-1	0-4-1-0	2-6-1-1	0-2-1-1	0-1