The Syracuse Crunch defeated the Laval Rocket, 3-2, tonight at Place Bell.

Laval opened scoring early in the second period, but Syracuse responded quickly while on the man-advantage to even the score. The Crunch hopped out to a 2-1 lead in the third period followed by the Rocket knotting the score just a minute later. Tommy Miller potted the game-winner for Syracuse with 1:23 remaining in the final frame.

Mitchell Chaffee led the Crunch with two power-play goals while Nick Abruzzese added three assists. Four additional Syracuse skaters recorded a point. The Crunch improve to 10-6-0-0 on the season and 1-0-0-0 in the eight-game season series with the Rocket.

Crunch goaltender Brandon Halverson earned the win putting a stop to 25-of-27 shots faced. Jacob Fowler turned aside 24-of-27 sho

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