Thursday, March 16, 2000

Mighty Ducks 5, Syracuse 3

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Unbeaten in last 11

The Cincinnati Enquirer

        SYRACUSE, NY — Ryan Hoople made 44 saves and Jay Legault and Alexandre Jacques each had a goal and an assist as the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks beat the Syracuse Crunch 5-3 Wednesday in the Onondaga County War Memorial.

        Bob Wren, Marc Chouinard and Darryl Laplante also scored goals for the Ducks, who won their second game in a row and fourth in the last six.

        Cincinnati is unbeaten in its last 11 games (9-0-2-0) against Syracuse dating back to April 10, 1998, including 3-0-1-0 this season.

        Hoople allowed three goals on 26 shots through the first two periods, but stopped all 21 shots he faced in the third to improve his record to 9-5-1. sh

        Reggie Savage, Pat Kavan agh and Artem Chubarov had goals for Syracuse, which is winless in its last 11 games (0-9-1-1). Crunch goaltender Corey Schwab had 34 saves in absorbing the loss.

        The Ducks inched to within eight points of catching the Louisville Panthers for the fourth and final Mid-Atlantic Division playoff berth with Wednesdays win. They play the fourth game of a current eight-game, 14-day road trip Friday at Worcester.

        Cincinnati ....... 3 1 1—5

        Syracuse ....... 1 2 0—3

        First period: 1. Cin, Wren 17 (Hnidy, Butsayev), 2:52 (ppg).2. Syr, Savage 29 (Kariya, Komarniski), 11:53 (ppg).3. Cin, Legault 14 (DiRoberto, Jacques), 17:37.4. Cin, Jacques 9 (Legault, DiRoberto), 18:12.

        Second period: 5. Cin, Chouinard 15 (Hnidy), 9:56.6. Syr, Kavanagh10 (Ruutu, Vaic), 11:19.7. Syr,Chubarov 3 (Bonin, Ruutu), 18:04.

        Third period: 7. Cin, Laplante 11 (Mitchell), 19:03 (eng).

        Shots on goal: Cincinnati 16-13-10--39; Syracuse 10-16-21--47.

        Power play opportunities: Cincinnati 1-for-2; Syracuse 1-for-3.Goaltenders: Cincinnati, Hoople (47 shots, 44 saves; 9-5-1); Syracuse, Schwab (39 shots, 34 saves; 0-2-1).Records: Cincinnati 28-27-9-3; Syracuse 28-31-8-1.

       

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