On a night when there was something on the line for the Syracuse Crunch, their top players came through for them. Eddie Pasquale stopped 23 of 26 shots, including a couple of breakways, and Carter Verhaeghe scored late in the third period to break a 2-2 tie as the Crunch held on to defeat the Rochester Americans 4-3. With the win, the Syracuse clinches the North Division title for the second time in three seasons and guarantees themselves home ice through the first two rounds of the playoffs.
While it was Pasquale and Verhaeghe getting the headlines, the Crunch won because of a total team effort.