TORONTO -- The Toronto Marlies learned the hard way that major momentum swings can happen quickly in the American Hockey League. Down 1-0 after a dismal two periods, the Marlies struck with a pair of goals just 1:16 apart in the third, only to give up three straight to the Syracuse Crunch later in the period en route to a 4-3 loss. "Youre standing up celebrating and then the next minute your emotions are going the other way," said Ryan Hamilton, who scored the Marlies first goal, his fifth in the past three games. "It was one of those games. Its just frustrating because we know wins are huge right now. We need two points every game." Kyle Palmieri had a pair of goals, while Timo Pielmeier stopped 27 shots for the win. Josh Green and Rick Schofield also scored for the Crunch (31-36-7). Joe Colborne and Fabian Brunnstrom had the other goals for the Marlies (35-29-11). Ben Scrivens had a busy night, facing 42 shots in net. With Nazem Kadri up with the Maple Leafs and Mike Zigomanis out with an upper body injury, the Marlies were missing their top-two scorers. "With the group of players we have now, we basically have to play a perfect game to win," said Marlies coach Dallas Eakins. "Theres not a lot of finish in (the dressing room), not a lot of skill. Thats no disrespect to the group. . . Our guys wanted to play a cute, skilled game and they just dont have it in their bag. "We werent going well early, but we were able to get the lead, and then to have it slip away again is very frustrating." Toronto remains outside a congested playoff picture. The Marlies are fourth in the North Division with 81 points, but theyre two out of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference due to the complicated crossover format. In the Western Conference, the top-four teams in the West Division secure spots in the post-season. But in the North Division, only the top-three teams are guaranteed to make the playoffs. If the fifth-place team in the West has more points than the fourth-place club in the North, it crosses over to take the final playoff spot. However, a team in the North cannot cross over into the West. The West has eight teams and the North just seven, so the AHL uses this confusing playoff-seeding formula to make things fair between the two divisions. The Crunch opened the scoring at 6:59 of the second period. Green hacked away at loose puck at the side of the net, eventually jamming the puck past Scrivens (12-10-5) who was making his 13th consecutive start. After managing just 12 shots through the first two periods, the Marlies offence finally broke through early in the third. Hamilton and Colborne struck at 3:53 and 5:09 to the put the Marlies ahead, finally giving the 4,214 fans at Ricoh Coliseum something cheer. Toronto looked to have the game in hand when Palmieri scored his two goals less than three minutes apart later in the period. After Schofield made it 4-2 for Syracuse at 17:16, Brunnstrom scored 31 seconds later to get the Marlies back into the game, but they couldnt get the equalizer with Scrivens pulled for an extra attacker. Toronto did have two disallowed goals in the game. Colborne looked to have scored midway through the first, but referee Jeff Smith ruled hed knocked the puck in with a high stick. In the second, Will Acton shot a loose puck into a wide-open net, but Smith had blown the play dead after losing sight of the puck. The game got a little ugly at 16:33 of the second period when Brian McGratton took a major penalty for spearing Aaron Voros. McGratton had fought Jeff Cowan in the first period after drilling Josh Engel with a big hit in the Marlies end, knocking out a pane of glass. Eakins wasnt pleased with McGrattons antics and some other Crunch players. "Theyve got a couple guys who arent interested in playing at all," he said. "Theyre just out there to cause a disturbance every time theres a whistle. "We were encouraging our guys to stay away from it, just play whistle to whistle ... and stay away from those scrums. But its hard to do. You get pushed, shoved and punched in the face so many times and then youve got to push back." Toronto next plays on Saturday when the host the division-leading Lake Erie Monsters. Notes: It was a rare 11 a.m. start to the game because it was kids day at Ricoh. . . The Marlies longest playoff run came in 2007-08 when they lost to the Crunch in seven games in the conference final. nike roshe run cheap sale . Most fans dont care who the players are; they just want to be entertained by a winning team. That mentality is understandable. After all, the goal of professional sports is to win, not produce national team players. 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