You know what is amazing, each of the players mentioned in this article are
former college ice hockey players.
 
 
-Deron
 
 
At 01:04 PM 1/30/00 , Marc D. Kagan wrote:
>The win extended Syracuse's winning streak to three games and pulled the
>Crunch to within five points of first-place Rochester in the Empire Division.
>Left wing Steve Kariya, playing in his first game for Syracuse, scored a
>dramatic, short-handed goal with 3:45 left in the third period to force the
>extra period.
>
>The speedy Kariya, demoted by Vancouver Friday, shifted into a rare gear on
>the tying goal. He cut down the right wing, eluded Providence center Tim
>Lovell and pushed a one-handed shot past Grahame.
>
>Seconds later, with Providence still on a power play, Kariya slipped into
>warp speed again by bursting from the Crunch end all the way in for a
>breakaway on Grahame. Grahame made the save, but Providence left wing Antti
>Laaksonen was called for hooking Kariya, thereby ending the Bruins power play.
>
>Kariya picked up his first point for the Crunch by setting up the only goal
>of the second period. His shot hit traffic in front of the Providence net and
>Crunch center Brian Bonin then swooped in to slash a backhand past Grahame at
>the 4:31 mark for a 2-1 Crunch lead.