SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Brandon Halverson and the Syracuse Crunch shut out the Rochester Americans, 3-0, in the team’s 32nd Home Opener tonight at the Upstate Medical University Arena.

Halverson stopped all 31 shots he faced to earn his first shutout of the season. Matteo Pietroniro led the Crunch in scoring with two goals, while Wojciech Stachowiak added the other Crunch tally. Syracuse is now 3-0-0-0 on the season.

Amerks goaltender Alexandar Georgiev turned aside 31-of-34 shots on the night. The Crunch power play was held scoreless on three opportunities, while the penalty kill went a perfect 2-for-2.

The Crunch were first on the board late in the opening frame. After some quick tic-tac-toe passing, Jakob Pelletier pulled Georgiev out of position and sent a cross-crease feed for Pietroniro

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