The Syracuse Crunch's final trip to Glens Falls on Tuesday night turned out to be memorable for all the wrong reasons.

The Adirondack Flames embarrassed the Crunch by handing it one of the worst losses in the franchise's 21-season history, 10-0.

The Flames scored two goals in the first period and four each in the second and third to become the first AHL team since 2002 to win a game by a double-digit margin. (Hamilton 15, Cleveland 1, Dec. 8, 2002).

The 10 goals allowed are the most in the AHL this season, and the most allowed by Syracuse since a 7-0 loss to Hershey on Oct. 23, 2011.

Sven Baertschi posted a hat trick for the Flames while Turner Elson scored twice. The game was a simple 5-on-5 thrashing. Adirondack scored just once on the power play, once while shorthanded and eight times as the teams skated at full strength.

Kristers Gudlevskis started the game in goal for Syracuse and was knocked out after allowing four goals on 13 shots. Allen York then came in to give up six goals on 14 shots.

Of course, Syracuse's goalies got little support from the men charged with helping them protect the net. Defenseman J.P. Cote was a minus-5 while teammates Dalton Smith, Matt Corrente and Slater Koekkoek were all minus-4.

On the bright side, it was no worse than the second-most lopsided loss in Syracuse history. On Nov. 26, 1998, Providence thrashed Syracuse 14-2 in a game in which the Bruins scored 10 times in the first period.

But that Crunch squad approached record levels of futility, with just 18 wins for the entire season. This year's edition entered Tuesday on a seven-games points streak and leading the Eastern Conference with 65 points.

Buried under the defensive muck were Syracuse's continued offensive struggles. The team has scored just two goals in its last three games and for the fourth straight contest failed to register a marker in the first two periods.

The Crunch visits Norfolk for a pair of games Friday and Saturday.

Since 1997, there have been six @TheAHL games decided by 10+ goals. Syracuse has now lost three of them. — Jason Chaimovitch (@JChaimo) February 11, 2015



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