The Lake Erie Monsters three-game unbeaten-in-regulation streak was snapped Wednesday night as the Syracuse Crunch (4-1-1-1) topped the Monsters (2-6-1-0) 7-0 at Quicken Loans Arena. The game was the first of three straight at home after playing the last five on the road. The Monsters failed to convert on all nine of their power play opportunities in the loss after scoring four power play goals over their last three games.

Mark Bell opened the scoring at 5:56 of the first period when he screened Monsters goalie Trevor Cann and tipped the puck through the legs of the Lake Erie goalie for the eventual game-winner. J.F. Jacques added another goal for Syracuse just over three minutes later when he corralled a loose puck in front of Cann and flipped a backhander over the shoulder of the Monsters netminder. The Crunch took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission.

Syracuse failed to score until the 16:12 mark of the second period, at which point Nick Bonino split the Monsters defense, streaked in on a breakaway, and scored on his own rebound after his initial shot was denied by Cann. With the score 3-0, Rick Schofield scored on another rebound just 90 seconds later to extend the Syracuse lead to 4-0.

Dan Sexton snapped a wrist shot from the right circle that beat Cann at 4:29 of the third period to give the Crunch a 5-0 lead; the goal was the second power play tally of the evening for the Crunch. After Bell’s wrist shot from the high-slot beat Cann just over two minutes later, Monsters head coach David Quinn called on rookie James Reid to relieve Cann.

Jacques scored again to give Syracuse a 7-0 lead at 12:08 of the third period.

Cann falls to 2-6-0 on the season; he stopped 23 of 29 shots in 46:36 of work. James Reid stopped three of four shots in 13:24 of playing time; the appearance was Reid’s second this season, and second of his professional career. Iiro Tarkki stopped all 25 Monsters shots; he is 1-1-1.

The Monsters are back in action Friday night at The Q when they host the Toronto Marlies. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. and can be seen on FOX Sports Ohio and heard on AM 1220 WHKW.