The Syracuse Crunch buried the Grand Rapids Griffins with a five-goal outburst in the first period en route to a 5-1 victory in Game 5 of the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup Final Saturday night at Syracuse, New York.
The Syracuse victory cut the Griffins’ lead in the series to 3 games to 2. Game 6 is Tuesday at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids.
Kevin Lynch opened the assault with a goal 17 seconds into the game. Before the period was over the Crunch got goals from Mathieu Brodeur, Byron Froese, Cory Conacher and Ben Thomas to lead 5-0.