A big game for Syracuse sports history
On the brink of elimination and on the verge of a grand finale -- a winner-take-all game seven -- the Syracuse Crunch play what must be one of the biggest games in Syracuse sports history tonight.
Last Game
| Final - 4.27.2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Stories
SBN Mock Draft: Canes Country Selects Nichushkin
Many compare the Russian to Evgeni Malkin
Crunch force game six
Down, but not out, the Syracuse Crunch has now forced a game six against the Grand Rapids Griffins in the Calder Cup Finals. Syracuse will need to win both games 6 and 7 to win the Cup.
Bruins try to even up Final after 3OT loss
A flukey goal in triple overtime gave the Hawks Game 1. Can the Bruins rebound?
Southeast Standings
| GP | W | L | OTL | PT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Florida
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Tampa Bay
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Winnipeg
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Washington
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Carolina
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
(updated 1.20.2013 at 3:12 AM EST)
K.J. Tiefenwerth transfers to Quinnipiac
According to a former teammate, K.J. Tiefenwerth has transferred to Quinnipiac from UMass-Amherst. The Bellmore, NY native tallied two goals and four assists for the Minutemen in his freshman campaign.
Report: Bolts sign Swiss star Reto Suri
The Swiss-A league star will play one more season in Europe before coming to North America and joining the Lightning organization.
2014 Sochi Olympics loom for Yzerman, Lightning
A few Tampa Bay Lightning players hope to play for their country at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia... That is, if the IIHF and NHL can reach an agreement for NHL players to participate.
CHL ban on European goalies shortsighted
The Canadian Hockey League's ban on import goaltenders is not the answer to Canada's goaltending woes.
QMJHL head coaching gig for Raymond?
He's currently helping behind the bench in Syracuse during the Calder Cup Finals, but Marty Raymond may be moving back to the head coaching position if rumors out of Quebec are true.
Calder Cup Finals to be streamed live online for f
Though it requires a subscription to AHL Live, the AHL championship series will be available online for free.
Bowness hired by Lightning
Former Vancouver Canucks associate coach Rick Bowness has reportedly been hired in the same role with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Poll: Who should the Lightning draft at no. 3?
Who, oh who, should Yzerman take? Tell us, dear readers.
Schedule
2012 Schedule
Pre-Season
Regular Season
| January | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | Saturday, January 19 2013 | win 6 - 3 | coverage |
| @ New York Islanders | Monday, January 21 2013 | loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Carolina Hurricanes | Tuesday, January 22 2013 | win 4 - 1 | coverage |
| Ottawa Senators | Friday, January 25 2013 | win 6 - 4 | coverage |
| Philadelphia Flyers | Sunday, January 27 2013 | win 5 - 1 | coverage |
| Florida Panthers | Tuesday, January 29 2013 | win 5 - 2 | coverage |
| February | |||
| Winnipeg Jets | Friday, February 01 2013 | win 8 - 3 | coverage |
| New York Rangers | Saturday, February 02 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Philadelphia Flyers | Tuesday, February 05 2013 | loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| @ New Jersey Devils | Thursday, February 07 2013 | loss 2 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Boston Bruins | Saturday, February 09 2013 | PPD | coverage |
| @ New York Rangers | Sunday, February 10 2013 | loss 1 - 5 | coverage |
| Montreal Canadiens | Tuesday, February 12 2013 | SO loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| Washington Capitals | Thursday, February 14 2013 | loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Florida Panthers | Saturday, February 16 2013 | OT win 6 - 5 | coverage |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | Tuesday, February 19 2013 | win 4 - 2 | coverage |
| Boston Bruins | Thursday, February 21 2013 | loss 2 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Carolina Hurricanes | Saturday, February 23 2013 | win 5 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Pittsburgh Penguins | Sunday, February 24 2013 | loss 3 - 5 | coverage |
| Buffalo Sabres | Tuesday, February 26 2013 | loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| @ New York Rangers | Thursday, February 28 2013 | loss 1 - 4 | coverage |
| March | |||
| @ Boston Bruins | Saturday, March 02 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Pittsburgh Penguins | Monday, March 04 2013 | loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| @ New Jersey Devils | Tuesday, March 05 2013 | win 5 - 2 | coverage |
| Winnipeg Jets | Thursday, March 07 2013 | loss 1 - 2 | coverage |
| Montreal Canadiens | Saturday, March 09 2013 | loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Florida Panthers | Tuesday, March 12 2013 | win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| New York Islanders | Thursday, March 14 2013 | loss 0 - 2 | coverage |
| Carolina Hurricanes | Saturday, March 16 2013 | win 4 - 1 | coverage |
| Philadelphia Flyers | Monday, March 18 2013 | win 4 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Toronto Maple Leafs | Wednesday, March 20 2013 | loss 2 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Ottawa Senators | Saturday, March 23 2013 | loss 3 - 5 | coverage |
| @ Winnipeg Jets | Sunday, March 24 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| Buffalo Sabres | Tuesday, March 26 2013 | win 2 - 1 | coverage |
| New Jersey Devils | Friday, March 29 2013 | SO win 5 - 4 | coverage |
| April | |||
| Florida Panthers | Tuesday, April 02 2013 | SO loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Carolina Hurricanes | Thursday, April 04 2013 | win 5 - 0 | coverage |
| @ New York Islanders | Saturday, April 06 2013 | loss 2 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Washington Capitals | Sunday, April 07 2013 | loss 2 - 4 | coverage |
| Ottawa Senators | Tuesday, April 09 2013 | win 3 - 2 | coverage |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | Thursday, April 11 2013 | loss 3 - 6 | coverage |
| @ Washington Capitals | Saturday, April 13 2013 | OT loss 5 - 6 | coverage |
| @ Buffalo Sabres | Sunday, April 14 2013 | loss 1 - 3 | coverage |
| @ Winnipeg Jets | Tuesday, April 16 2013 | SO loss 3 - 4 | coverage |
| @ Montreal Canadiens | Thursday, April 18 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| Carolina Hurricanes | Sunday, April 21 2013 | loss 2 - 3 | coverage |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | Wednesday, April 24 2013 | win 5 - 2 | coverage |
| @ Boston Bruins | Thursday, April 25 2013 | loss 0 - 2 | coverage |
| Florida Panthers | Saturday, April 27 2013 | loss 3 - 5 | coverage |
Roster
Tampa Bay Lightning Roster
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H |
|---|
Stats
Offense
| GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin St. Louis | 48 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 112 | ||
| Steven Stamkos | 48 | 29 | 28 | 57 | -4 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 157 | ||
| Teddy Purcell | 48 | 11 | 25 | 36 | -1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 94 | ||
| Vincent Lecavalier | 39 | 10 | 22 | 32 | -5 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 86 | ||
| Matt Carle | 48 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Benoit Pouliot | 34 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | ||
| Victor Hedman | 44 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | ||
| Alex Killorn | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 | ||
| Sami Salo | 46 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Tom Pyatt | 43 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | ||
| Nate Thompson | 45 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | ||
| Eric Brewer | 48 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | ||
| Richard Panik | 25 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | ||
| Ryan Malone | 24 | 6 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 37 | ||
| B.J. Crombeen | 44 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Keith Aulie | 45 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | ||
| Tyler Johnson | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Radko Gudas | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | ||
| Ondrej Palat | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Dana Tyrell | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Pierre-Cedric Labrie | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Brett Connolly | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Anders Lindback | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brendan Mikkelson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Lee | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Mathieu Roy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Angelidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cedrick Desjardins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrej Sustr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Matt Taormina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Barberio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mathieu Garon | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Bishop | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.T. Wyman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
| GP | MIN | W | L | EGA | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Bishop | 22 | 1261 | 11 | 9 | 56 | 2.67 | 701 | 645 | .920 | 2 | |
| Anders Lindback | 24 | 1304 | 10 | 10 | 63 | 2.90 | 642 | 579 | .902 | 0 | |
| Mathieu Garon | 18 | 910 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 2.90 | 427 | 383 | .897 | 0 | |
| Cedrick Desjardins | 3 | 160 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3.00 | 73 | 65 | .890 | 0 |
