The Portland Pirates dropped a 3-1 decision to the Syracuse Crunch Friday night at Cross Insurance Arena.
Connor Brickley (5) opened the scoring at 4:57 of the first period. The power-play goal was assisted by defensemen MacKenzie Weegar and Cameron Gaunce.
Syracuse's Yanni Gourde tied the game at the 15:28 mark from Daniel Walcott and Tanner Richard.
The Crunch took the lead with 2:05 left in the second period, when Richard scored his eighth goal with the assists credited to Anthony DeAngelo and Tye McGinn.