The Syracuse Crunch were downed by the Utica Comets, 3-1, tonight at the Adirondack Bank Center.
The loss puts the Crunch at 29-23-6-2 on the season and 3-8-1-0 in the 14-game season series against the Comets.
Crunch goaltender Max Lagace stopped 21-of-23 shots. Mareks Mitens turned aside 19-of-20 in net for the Comets. The Syracuse power play went 0-for-2, but the penalty kill was a perfect 4-for-4.
After a scoreless first period, the Crunch broke the stalemate 55 seconds into the middle frame. Anthony Richard skated down the left wing and fired a shot on net that was stopped by Mitens, but Gage Goncalves was there to chip in the rebound.
The Comets quickly evened the score at the 3:55 mark when Luke Stevens set up a backdoor feed for Fabian Zetterlund. Zetterlund potted his second of the game less than four minutes later with a shot from the bottom of the right circle to put Utica on top.
With just 45 seconds remaining in the game, Brian Flynn hit the empty net to secure a Comets win.
The Crunch return home to host the Rochester Americans today.
The Tampa Bay Lightning have reassigned forward Tye Felhaber and defenseman Dmitry Semykin from the Syracuse Crunch to the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL, Crunch General Manager Stacy Roest announced today.
Felhaber, 23, has appeared in two games with the Crunch this season. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound forward has also skated in four games with the Solar Bears this season, tallying four goals and three assists, and 14 games for the Texas Stars, recording two goals. He has appeared in 92 career AHL games with Syracuse, Texas and the Laval Rocket, registering eight goals and 18 points.
The Pembroke, Ontario native was originally undrafted and signed an entry-level contract with Dallas on March 1, 2019. He was acquired by the Lightning in a trade on Feb. 1.
Semykin, 22, has appeared in 10 games with the Crunch this season. He has also skated in 28 games with the Solar Bears recording two goals and five assists. Last season, the 6-foot-3, 201-pound defenseman skated in nine games with the Crunch, tallying one goal and two assists, and 19 games with the Solar Bears.
Semykin was selected by the Lightning in the third round, 90th overall, at the 2018 NHL Draft.
