CRUNCH FINISH ROAD STRETCH IN BELLEVILLE
 
The Syracuse Crunch look to extend their winning streak when they face off against the Belleville Senators tonight at CAA Arena.
 
The Crunch have won a season-high five straight games, including the last three on the road.
 
The road winning streak began Feb. 7 at Belleville, where the Crunch are 2-0 this season. Syracuse leads the head-to-head series with three wins in five meetings.
 
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LAST TIME OUT
 
The Crunch extended their winning streak to five games with a 3-1 win over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms Sunday at the PPL Center.
 
Dylan Duke opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 16:08 of the first period. It was his 23rd goal of the season and a league-leading 15th on the power play.
 
Former Phantom Brendan Furry cashed in for his 10th goal of the season midway through the second period. He has now matched his career high for goals in a single season. 
 
A shorthanded goal by the Phantoms with less than seven minutes to play in the third period cut into the Crunch's lead, but Mitchell Chaffee delivered an empty-net goal to help close out the win.
 
ROLLING ON THE ROAD
 
The Crunch have found their footing on the road with three straight road victories. It's the third time this season they've won three straight road games.
 
After starting the season with an 8-3-0-0 record through their first 11 road games, the Crunch went through a 3-9-2-1 funk from Nov. 28 to Jan. 31. Following their three-game winning streak, which started in Belleville on Feb. 7, the Crunch are 14-12-2-1 away from home this season. The Crunch have seven road games remaining, including tonight. 
 
SCOUTING THE SENATORS
 
The Senators broke a three-game regulation losing streak with a matinee home win Monday against the Hershey Bears. They sit in sixth place in the North Division with 50 points through 51 games (21-22-8-0). They are four points out of a playoff spot in the division, and every team ahead of them have at least one game in hand.
 
Leading scorer Arthur Kaliyev has been held off the scoresheet in three straight games. It's only the second time all season that he has not had a point in three consecutive games. Despite the drought, Kaliyev continues to lead the league with 29 goals and ranks third with 49 points.  
 
GEEKIE PUSHES STREAK TO SEVEN
 
Conor Geekie extended his scoring streak to seven games — tied for the longest of his career — with four assists in two games last week. The center, who also represented the Crunch at the AHL All-Star Classic last week, has 10 points (2g, 8a) during his scoring streak which began Jan. 30.
 
He notched his third career three-assist game Saturday at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and added another helper Sunday at Lehigh Valley.
 
The 21-year-old ranks second on the Crunch and is tied for eighth in the AHL with 45 points (13g, 32a) in 42 games. His 32 assists are the fourth-most in the league. 
 
Geekie has five points (1g, 4a) in four games versus Belleville this season.
 
DUKE DELIVERS AGAIN
 
Dylan Duke extended his team lead with two more goals in Week 19. The second-year-pro tipped home a pair of power-play goals for his 22nd and 23rd goals of the season. He took over the league-lead with 15 power-play goals, moving him within five of the Crunch's single-season franchise record (20, Reggie Savage).
 
Duke leads all AHL players in goals scored since Dec. 12 with 15 tallies. He has 21 points (15g, 6a) in 25 games in that span.
 
He has two goals and four points in five appearances against the Senators this season.