Syracuse Crunch goalie Mike McKenna repeatedly made big saves and was the reason that the Crunch held off a late Bruins rally to take a 5-4 win over Providence in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night at the War Memorial.
McKenna, the games’ number one star, stopped 37 shots.
Cory Conacher scored twice and Michael Bournival, Yanni Gourde and Matt Taormina each had a goal.
Bruins all-star goalie Zane McIntyre was yanked out of the game after allowing Syracuse’s third goal.
The Crunch now leads the best-of-7 series two games to one. Game 4 is 7 p.m. Friday at the War Memorial.
Boxscore
Syracuse 5 – Providence 4
Game #: 3
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
| Scoring | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Bruins | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 / 4 |
| Syracuse Crunch | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 / 5 |
| Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Bruins | 8 | 20 | 11 | 39 |
| Syracuse Crunch | 12 | 12 | 13 | 37 |
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | PIM | Shots | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | A | Grant, Alex | D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 3 | C | Cross, Tommy | D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | |
| 5 | Grzelcyk, Matt | D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Casto, Chris | D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Breen, Chris | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Heinen, Danton | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | ||
| 14 | Fitzgerald, Ryan | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Simpson, Wayne | RW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Hargrove, Colton | LW | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | ||
| 21 | Blidh, Anton | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 24 | A | Porter, Chris | LW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25 | Cave, Colby | C | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -1 | ||
| 27 | Czarnik, Austin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | ||
| 28 | Arnesson, Linus | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | DeBrusk, Jake | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Szwarz, Jordan | RW | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 41 | Senyshyn, Zach | RW | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | ||
| 93 | Mueller, Peter | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| # | Goalie | GA | Mins | SA | SVS | G | A | PIM | |
| 31 | McIntyre, Zane | 3 | 24:48 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | Subban, Malcolm | 1 | 35:12 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Head Coach: Kevin Dean |
| Assistant Coach: Jay Leach |
| Assistant Coach: Trent Whitfield |
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | PIM | Shots | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dotchin, Jake | D | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | ||
| 5 | Masin, Dominik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 11 | C | Condra, Erik | RW | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -1 | |
| 15 | Lynch, Kevin | C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | ||
| 16 | McGinn, Tye | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | ||
| 20 | A | Taormina, Matt | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 21 | Froese, Byron | C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Peca, Matthew | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | ||
| 25 | Brodeur, Mathieu | D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | ||
| 26 | Thomas, Ben | D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 37 | Gourde, Yanni | LW | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 40 | A | Dumont, Gabriel | C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 65 | Koekkoek, Slater | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 67 | Stephens, Mitchell | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | ||
| 73 | Erne, Adam | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | ||
| 78 | Bournival, Michael | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 89 | Conacher, Cory | RW | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 92 | Vermin, Joel | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | ||
| # | Goalie | GA | Mins | SA | SVS | G | A | PIM | |
| 50 | Gudlevskis, Kristers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 56 | McKenna, Mike | 4 | 60:00 | 39 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Head Coach: Benoit Groulx |
| Assistant Coach: Jeff Halpern |
| Assistant Coach: Trent Cull |
Scoring
| 1st | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:19 | SYR | Cory Conacher (5) ASST: Matt Taormina (10), Yanni Gourde(8) (PP) | |
| 14:18 | SYR | Michael Bournival (4) ASST: Mathieu Brodeur (3), Ben Thomas(4) | |
| 2nd | |||
| 4:48 | SYR | Matt Taormina (3) ASST: Cory Conacher (7) | |
| 17:35 | PRO | Danton Heinen (7) ASST: Wayne Simpson (7), Jordan Szwarz(4) | |
| 3rd | |||
| 3:59 | SYR | Yanni Gourde (4) ASST: Jake Dotchin (2), Cory Conacher (8) | |
| 16:49 | PRO | Anton Blidh (1) ASST: Alex Grant (6), Ryan Fitzgerald (2) | |
| 17:11 | PRO | Danton Heinen (8) ASST: Jordan Szwarz (5), Wayne Simpson(8) | |
| 17:52 | SYR | Cory Conacher (6) ASST: Gabriel Dumont (3), Jake Dotchin (3)(EN) | |
| 19:09 | PRO | Ryan Fitzgerald (1) ASST: Chris Porter (4) (SH) |
Penalties
| 1st | ||
|---|---|---|
| 03:40 | SYR | Ben Thomas, Delay of game, 2 min PP |
| 05:04 | PRO | Matt Grzelcyk, Roughing, 2 min |
| 05:04 | SYR | Yanni Gourde, Roughing, 2 min |
| 06:32 | PRO | Colby Cave, Slashing, 2 min PP |
| 2nd | ||
| 08:43 | PRO | Colby Cave, Roughing, 2 min PP |
| 08:43 | PRO | Colby Cave, Cross-checking, 2 min |
| 08:43 | SYR | Yanni Gourde, Roughing, 2 min |
| 09:59 | SYR | Erik Condra, Slashing, 2 min PP |
| 11:10 | PRO | Zach Senyshyn, Interference, 2 min PP |
| 20:00 | PRO | Chris Casto, Roughing, 2 min |
| 20:00 | PRO | Tommy Cross, Roughing, 2 min |
| 20:00 | PRO | Jordan Szwarz, Roughing, 2 min |
| 20:00 | SYR | Mathieu Brodeur, Roughing, 2 min |
| 20:00 | SYR | Cory Conacher, Roughing, 2 min |
| 20:00 | SYR | Yanni Gourde, Roughing, 2 min |
| 3rd | ||
| 03:25 | SYR | Byron Froese, Tripping, 2 min PP |
| 03:29 | PRO | Jordan Szwarz, High-sticking, 2 min PP |
| 10:07 | PRO | Colton Hargrove, Slashing, 2 min PP |
| 12:47 | SYR | Kevin Lynch, Tripping, 2 min PP |
Three Stars
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|
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| PP | PIM | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Bruins | 0 / 4 | 20 min / 10 inf | 4 G + 7 A = 11 PTS |
| Syracuse Crunch | 1 / 5 | 18 min / 9 inf | 5 G + 9 A = 14 PTS |
| Arena | OFFICIALS |
|---|---|
|
Onondaga County War Memorial Arena
Attendance: 5579 Start: 7:03 pm End: 9:39 pm Length: 2:36 |
Referee: Terry Koharski (10)
Referee: Furman South (44) Linesman: Ryan Daisy (81) Linesman: Kory Nagy (97) |
Video
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