In the five previous match-ups this season between the Syracuse Crunch and the Toronto Marlies not one period had gone by where at least one of the teams scored a goal. On Friday, the teams matched up for three scoreless periods before Alex Barre-Boulet settled it in overtime to give the Crunch a much needed 1-0 victory over their North Division rivals.
There probably aren’t many 1-0 games that featured a combined 12 power plays between the two teams, especially two that are among the among the top five in the division with the extra skater.