If everything came easy for the Syracuse Crunch in their 10-1 win Friday night against Utica, then the complete opposite was the case on Saturday as the Springfield Thunderbirds kept battling back before finally falling 4-3 in overtime. Andy Andreoff, mired in a seven-game goalless drought, had two goals, including the overtime winner. Rookie Ross Colton continued his offensive awaking as he had the other two Syracuse goals. Eddie Pasquale stopped 30 of 33 shots to win his eleventh game of the season.
Both teams had a bit of a change to their rosters prior to the start of the game.