{"id":102124,"date":"2026-02-01T07:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T07:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/102124\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T07:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T07:20:20","slug":"crunch-defeated-by-penguins-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/102124\/","title":{"rendered":"Crunch Defeated By Penguins, 4-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

SYRACUSE, N.Y.\u00a0\u2013 The Syracuse Crunch were defeated by the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins,\u00a04-1, tonight at Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza.\"1-31<\/p>\n

The Crunch\u00a0move to 23-16-3-1 on the season and 1-1-0-0\u00a0in the four-game seasons series with the Penguins.<\/p>\n

Crunch goaltender Ryan Fanti<\/a> put a stop to 14-of-18 shots in net. Sergei Murashov earned the win turning aside 26-of-27 shots for the Penguins. Syracuse converted on 1-of-2 power play opportunities while holding Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton scoreless on their lone man advantage.<\/p>\n

The Penguins struck first with 12:49 to play in the first period when Avery Hayes took a shot off his backhand in front of the net. Rafa\u00ebl Harvey-Pinard doubled their lead a minute later as he scrambled for a rebound at the crease and hammered it home.<\/p>\n

With 1:13 to play in the second frame, the Penguins scored their third of the night when Matt Dumba fired a shot in from the right point.<\/p>\n

Syracuse was on the board 3:46 into the final period with a power-play goal from Conor Geekie<\/a>. Dylan Duke<\/a> picked up the puck after the faceoff and sent it back above the left circle to Jakob Pelletier<\/a>. Pelletier dished it to Geekie at the top of the right circle and he potted a one-timer to make it 3-1. A little over a minute later, the Penguins regained their three-goal lead as Gabe Klassen sent the puck from the blue line into an open net.<\/p>\n

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The Crunch return to Syracuse on Wednesday to face off against the Springfield Thunderbirds.<\/p>\n

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