January 10, 2008

Stars Split Weekend Series With NH Jr. Monarchs

Syracuse’s weekend series with the New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs at the Eastern Winter Showcase this past weekend had all the makings of a classic showdown between two teams battling at the top of the Northern Division.

On Friday, both teams lived up to all expectations as they battled back and forth in a game that saw Syracuse come from behind to beat New Hampshire 4-3 in overtime. New Hampshire opened the scoring with a power play goal in the first and then went ahead 2-0 as they scored :09 seconds into the second. But Syracuse answered back with two Mark Zengerle goals to even the score at 2-2. New Hampshire scored again to take the lead but Syracuse’s Mike Baran found the back of the net to tie it up at 3-3 sending the game into overtime. Syracuse’s Dan Lassik put the game away scoring at the 2:03 mark in overtime. Syracuse goaltender Chris Noonan was outstanding in net for the Stars.

Saturday’s game saw a different result as New Hampshire beat Syracuse 5-1. New Hampshire’s Yuri Bouharevich had a stellar performance scoring 4 of New Hampshire’s 5 goals. Syracuse’s lone goal was scored by Kurt Akers. Syracuse remains at the top of the Northern Division with an 18-6-4-1 record.