November 26, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL) Syracuse Crunch UTICA, N.Y. - Four days after the teams played in front of 30,715 fans at Syracuse University's Carrier Dome, the Syracuse Crunch (10-6-3-0) fell, 5-4, to the Utica Comets (13-4-2-0) tonight at the Utica Memorial Auditorium.

The Crunch tied the game with two goals in the third period, but Darren Archibald scored his second goal of the night with less than five minutes remaining to give the Comets the victory, knotting the season series at one win apiece.

"Even when we are down, we are not a team that quits. We battled until the end. That's the way we roll," said Philippe Paradis who collected two points in the game.

Yanni Gourde opened the scoring by burying a feed from Paradis inside the left post and past Utica netminder Joacim Eriksson 1:23 into the second period.

The Comets tied the game four minutes later with Brandon DeFazio sneaking the puck under Andrei Vasilevskiy from the right wing circle. Archibald then doubled the Comets lead halfway through the period. DeFazio and Will Acton were credited with the assists on Utica's second goal.

With Dylan Blujus in the box for tripping, Alexandre Grenier extended the Comets lead to 3-1 at the 15:42 mark of the second period. Grenier's power-play goal was assisted by Nicklas Jensen and Alex Biega. The Crunch answered back less than a minute later with a bouncing shot from Paradis that skipped by Eriksson's glove hand. Jake Dotchin and Gourde collected assists on Paradis' second goal of the season.

The Comets regained their two-goal lead with just over a minute left in the second period. Ronalds Kenins converted on Utica's fifth power-play opportunity of the game. Henrik Tommernes and Hunter Shinkaruk assisted on the play.

Syracuse scored two quick goals in the third period to even the score. Jonathan Marchessault struck first with a power-play goal at the 11:29 mark of the final frame that was assisted by Nikita Nesterov. Just over a minute later, Tanner Richard tied the game with his fourth goal of the season. Paradis and Gourde had assists, their second and third points, respectively.

Archibald's second goal of the game and third of the year, assisted by Jensen and Acton, proved to be the game winner.

The Crunch next return home to face the Binghamton Senators on Friday.

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