The Syracuse Crunch won their first-ever conference championship on Saturday night, defeating the Albany 3-2 in overtime at the War Memorial at Oncenter.

Right wing David Ling scored with just one second remaining in regulation to tie the score and scored with 59 seconds remaining in overtime to win the game.

By winning the Western Conference title Syracuse will host the lowest seed that comes out of the qualifying round, which begins on Tuesday, April 9.

Syracuse concludes the regular season on Sunday night in Albany at 5 p.m. Tickets for the Crunch’s first round of the playoffs are available by calling the Crunch’s sales office at (315) 473-4444, stopping by the Oncenter Box Office, located on the State Street side of the War Memorial or by calling TicketMaster at (315) 473-0700.