The North Divison-leading Syracuse Crunch skated into this past week with a handful of tough matchups on the schedule. After an impressive home victory over a good Hershey Bears team on Wednesday and a solid effort that resulted in a shootout loss to Binghamton on Saturday, it was the St. John’s IceCaps turn to visit the barn.
Things got chippy between the two divisional foes before the puck even hit the ice to start the opening period. Crunch forward Jeremy Morin lined up beside one of the AHL’s biggest agitators, Bobby Farnham, and the two players wasted zero time before throwing punches.