Islanders Fall to Crunch, 5-0

Bridgeport, CT –  The Bridgeport Islanders returned to Total Mortgage Arena riding a season-best three-game winning streak but saw it come to an end with a 5-0 loss to the Syracuse Crunch in a weekday matchup. 

Syracuse opened the scoring at 14:40 of the first period on the power play, when a point shot was deflected past the goaltender by Scott Sabourin for his fifth goal of the season. 

The Crunch doubled their lead at 8:34 of the second period as Mitchell Chaffee finished a backdoor feed for his seventh of the campaign. Moments later, Dylan Duke extended the advantage to 3-0, converting on a 2-on-1 rush to score his 10th goal of the season. 

Lucas Mercuri capped the scoring midway through the third period, firing a one-timer from the slot at 9:18 to make it 4-0.

Maxim Groshev added his first goal of the season at 15:24 to increase Syracuse’s lead to 5-0. 

Bridgeport heads back on the road for a pair of weekend games in Pennsylvania against Atlantic Division opponents. The Islanders square off against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Friday at 7:05 p.m. before heading west to face the Hershey Bears on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. 

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