Syracuse Crunch

Pro hockey team
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team = Syracuse Crunch

logosize = 200px
city = Syracuse, New York
league = American Hockey League
conference = Western Conference
division = North Division
founded = 1994
arena = War Memorial at Oncenter
colors = Navy, Red, White
owner = Howard Dolgon
coach = Ross Yates
GM = Vance Lederman
media = Syracuse Post-Standard
WHEN (620 AM)
affiliates = Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL)
Johnstown Chiefs (ECHL)
Youngstown SteelHounds (CHL)
name1 = Hamilton Canucks
dates1 = 1992 to 1994
name2 = Syracuse Crunch
dates2 = 1994 to present
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division_titles = 1 (2001–02)
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calder_cups = The Syracuse Crunch are a minor league professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Syracuse, New York, USA, at the War Memorial at Oncenter. They are the AHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Columbus Blue Jackets.

History

The Franchise originated as the Hamilton Canucks, which were an affiliate of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks played in Hamilton, Ontario for two seasons, before relocating to Upstate New York.

Retired numbers

The crunch currently have one number retired. John Badduke's # 14The number hangs from the Onondaga County War Memorial over section 14.

Fans

Three Syracuse Crunch season ticket holders dress as the Hanson Brothers from the movie Slap Shot for each and every Crunch home game. During a stoppages of play, if there is a man in the opposing penalty box, one of the three will get out of their seat when the theme to Bonanza begins and proceed to travel around the main row on the ice level and crash into the penalty box seemingly as a taunt to the other team. Fact|date=January 2008

Logos and uniforms

yracuse hockey history

American Hockey League teams that played in Syracuse:
*Syracuse Stars (1930–36) in the Original IHL
*Syracuse Stars (1936-40) in the IAHL - The first team to win the Calder Cup in (1936–37)
*Syracuse Warriors (1951-54)
*Syracuse Eagles (1974–75)
*Syracuse Firebirds (1979–80)Other hockey teams that played in Syracuse:
*Syracuse Blazers (1962–63) (EPHL)
*Syracuse Blazers (1967–73) (EHL)
*Syracuse Blazers (1973–77) (NAHL)
*Syracuse Hornets (1980–81) (EHL) - played only ten games
*Syracuse Jr. Crunch/Syracuse Stars (1996–2005) in the Metro Junior A Hockey League and Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League

Team records

ingle season

:Goals: 40 flagicon|CAN Lonny Bohonos (1995–96):Assists: 58 flagicon|CAN Bill Bowler (2000–01):Points: 79 Lonny Bohonos (1995–96), Bill Bowler (2000–01):Penalty minutes: 357 flagicon|CAN Jody Shelley (2000–01):GAA: 2.18 flagicon|CAN Jean-Francois Labbe (2001–02):SV%: .928 Jean-Francois Labbe (2001–02)

Career

:Career goals: 107 flagicon|CAN Mark Hartigan:Career assists: 143 flagicon|CAN Brad Moran :Career points: 241 Brad Moran:Career penalty minutes: 820 flagicon|CAN Jeremy Reich:Career goaltending wins: 78 flagicon|USA Karl Goehring:Career shutouts: 11 Jean-Francois Labbe and Karl Goehring:Career games: 334 Brad Moran

eason-by-season results

Regular season

Playoffs

External links

* [http://www.syracuse-crunch.com Dave's Unofficial Syracuse Crunch Page]
* [http://www.syracusecrunch.com Syracuse Crunch Official Website]
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/teamseasons.php?tid=508 The Internet Hockey Database - Syracuse Crunch]
* [http://www.syracuse.com/crunch Syracuse Crunch blog]
* [http://www.syracuse.com/forums/crunch Syracuse Crunch forum]