Rochester, NY (March 21, 2012) –   Crunch goaltender Iiro Tarkki blanked all five Rochester shooters for a 4-3 shootout win tonight at the Blue Cross Arena.

The win gave Tarkki his eighth consecutive win and the Crunch improve to 30-27-4-4 on the season. 

Rochester took a 1-0 lead halfway through the first frame, thanks to a goal by Shaone Morrison.

Rochester left wing Colin Stuart threw the puck on net and Morrisonn was able to re-direct the puck past Crunch netminder Iiro Tarkki for the game's first score at the 9:27 mark of the period.

The Crunch responded just minutes later after a tripping penalty to Rochester's Mark Voakes gave the Crunch the game's first power play. Luca Caputi scored off a pass from Dan Sexton, who was behind the net of Rochester goaltender David Leggio, at the 11:26 mark of the first period.

Nick Crawford gave Rochester a 2-1 lead with 12:52 to play in the second stanza. Crawford beat Tarkki with a wrist-shot off the crossbar. The Americans extended their lead to 3-1 with a slap shot from Brayden McNabb at the 13:17 mark.

Crunch defenseman Kyle Cumiskey cut the Rochester lead to one with a wrist shot that floated past a screened Leggio to make it 3-2 with 32 seconds remaining in the period. Cumiskey's goal was assisted by Peter Holland and J.F. Jacques.

Holland tied the game from the far side of a two-on-one after taking a pass from Jacques at the 11:12 mark of the third period, the score lasted to the end of regulation, forcing overtime.

Neither team could score in the extra session sending the game to a shootout. Dan Sexton was the only scorer in tiebreaker.

Crunchables: Rookie Peter Holland has 16 points (4g, 12a) in his last 11 games…Holland is fourth in AHL rookie scoring…Defenseman Gabe Guentzel made his professional debut tonight…The Crunch have now won four consecutive games after allowing the first goal