Jason Williams scored twice and added an assist, leading the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks to a 7-3 victory over the Syracuse Crunch Saturday night in the AHL at the Gardens. The Ducks completed a two-game series sweep over the Central Division-leading Crunch after an 0-6 start. Jay Legault and Petr Tenkrat contributed a goal and two assists each for Cincinnati, which improved to 13-4-2-1 in the all-time series against Syracuse.

        Syracuse ....... 0  2  1-3
       Cincinnati ....... 4  2  1-7
       

        First period: 1. Cin, Williams 3 (Legault), 1:56. 2. Cin, Brimanis 1 (Tenkrat, McDonald), 4:45.3. Cin, Richardson 2 (Balmochnykh), 9:09.4. Cin, Brule 2 (Legault, Ronnqvist), 17:39 (ppg).

        Second period: 5. Cin, Tenkrat 2 (McDonald, Brimanis), 3:53. 6. Syr, Moran 1 (Walser, Westcott), 15:51. 7. Syr, Reich 1 (Schill, Bellefeuille), 16:15. 8. Cin, Legault 1 (Tenkrat, Williams), 19:47 (ppg).

        Third period: 9. Syr, Darche 6 (Davidson, Moran), 13:47. 10. Cin, Williams 4 (Richardson), 15:59.

        Shots on goal: Syr 14-11-12=37; Cin 16-5-8=29;. Power play opportunities: Syr 0-for-8; Cin 2-for-3. Goaltenders: Syr, Gardner (23:53; 18 shots, 13 saves; record 1-1-1), Labbe, Syr (36:07; 11 shots, 9 saves); Cin, Bryzgalov (37 shots, 34 saves; record 2-2-0). Attendance: 5,011. Records: Syr 4-2-3-0; Cin 2-6-0-0.

        Miami sweeps weekend series at Ferris State

        BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — The Miami RedHawks rallied from a 2-1 third-period deficit to defeat Ferris State 3-2 and sweep their two-game CCHA series Greg Hogeboom, Mike Glumac and Danny Stewart scored for Miami (4-2-0, 2-0-0 CCHA), which plays host to Western Michigan Friday and Saturday. FSU drops to 2-3-0, 0-3-0 CCHA.
       

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