The Syracuse Crunch are going somewhere they haven’t been since 2018, the second round of the playoffs (or the third, if you believe the play-in series counts as a round). Cole Koepke had two goals, including an important third-period insurance goal while Felix Robert had three points including two assists as the Syracuse Crunch defeated the Rochester Americans, 5-2, in a series-clinching Game 5 in Rochester. Brandon Halverson stopped 16 of 18 shots for his third victory in the series.
After watching a three-goal lead evaporate in the third period of Game 4, the Crunch had six days to think about their inability to close out the series.