Toronto Crunched in Syracuse

January 24, 2009

Road Trip Ends On Losing Note

(SYRACUSE, NY) – The marathon road trip is over and the Marlies are coming home.

Grant Clitsome scored the game winning goal in the second period as the Marlies lost 3-1 to the Crunch in Syracuse on Friday night, to end their nine game road trip with a 2-3-2-2 record.

Aaron Rome and Maxim Mayorov had the other Crunch goals, while Mark Bell scored the loan marker for Toronto. It was his fifth goal in the last five games.

Rome opened the scoring on the power play in the first period after his point shot barely snuck through the arm of Adam Munro.

The Marlies tied the game on the man advantage in the second period when Bell found a loose puck in front of a wide open net to flip it past Dan LaCosta. The Crunch responded later in the period, when Tom Sesisto sent a pass from behind to the net to Clitsome who was streaking in on the wing, and snapped a low shot by the pad of Munro.

The Crunch added to their lead in the third on a turnover, when Mayorov had a breakaway. Munro made the initial save, but the rebound off his pad came right back to Mayorov, who roofed the puck for the 3-1 lead.

With the win, Syracuse is now one point behind Toronto for fourth place in the North Division.

Toronto returns home to host the Calder Cup champion Chicago Wolves at Ricoh Coliseum on Saturday night. It’s the final game before the AHL All-Star break.

SOURCE: torontomarlies.com