Syracuse Crunch
| Syracuse Crunch | |
|---|---|
 2018–19 AHL season | |
 | |
| City | Syracuse, New York |
| League | American Hockey League |
| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | North |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Home arena | Oncenter War Memorial Arena |
| Colors | Blue, white, silver, black |
| Owner(s) | Howard Dolgon |
| General manager | Julien BriseBois |
| Head coach | Benoit Groulx |
| Media | Syracuse Post-Standard WTLA AHL.TV (Internet) |
| Affiliates | Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL) Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) |
| Franchise history | |
| 1992–1994 | Hamilton Canucks |
| 1994–present | Syracuse Crunch |
| Championships | |
| Division Championships | 3 (2001–02, 2012–13, 2016–17) |
| Conference Championships | 2 (2012–13, 2016–17) |
The Syracuse Crunch are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). They play in Syracuse, New York, at the Oncenter War Memorial Arena. They are the primary development affiliate of the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning.[1]
Contents
1 History
1.1 Affiliation history
1.2 Honored numbers
1.3 Notable NHL alumni
1.4 Award winners
2 Logos and uniforms
2.1 Syracuse hockey history
3 Season-by-season results
4 Players
4.1 Current roster
4.2 Coaching staff
4.3 Team captains
5 Head coaches
6 Team records
6.1 Single season
6.2 Single postseason
6.3 Career
7 References
8 External links
History
The franchise originated in 1992 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 in 1994. They were then renamed the 'Crunch' in a public vote of five names. Soon the team was among the most popular of the AHL, leading the league in sellouts in 1996–97 and 1997–98.[2] After the relocation from Hamilton was complete, the Crunch remained the AHL farm team of the Canucks until 2000 – with also a season hosting Pittsburgh Penguins players in 1997–98 – when it switched its NHL affiliation to the newly formed Columbus Blue Jackets, an affiliation it retained for a decade, before the Jackets switched their affiliation to the Springfield Falcons in 2010.[3] The Crunch then spent two seasons affiliated with the Anaheim Ducks before signing a multi-year affiliation deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning effective for the 2012–13 season.[4] In the first year of the new partnership, the team reached the 2013 Calder Cup Finals, losing to the Grand Rapids Griffins.[5] The team also reached the Calder Cup Finals again in 2017, facing Grand Rapids once again.[6] The result was the same, as the Griffins took the series in 6 games and won the series 4-2.
The Crunch played the first outdoor game in AHL history on February 20, 2010, against the Binghamton Senators. The Mirabito Outdoor Classic took place at the Grandstand at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse. The game set an AHL attendance record of 21,508. Syracuse won the game 2–1.
At the end of the 2012–13 regular season, Tyler Johnson was named league MVP. He was the first MVP in Crunch history. He totaled 65 points, scoring 37 goals and assisted on 28 goals. At the end of the season he was awarded the President's Award for outstanding accomplishments on the ice.
On November 22, 2014, the Syracuse Crunch set a new United States Indoor Professional Hockey attendance record by playing in front of 30,715 fans at the Carrier Dome for the "Toyota Frozen Dome Classic".[citation needed] Syracuse defeated the Utica Comets 2–1.
On May 5, 2018, the Syracuse Crunch played their longest game in team history,[7] which the Crunch lost 2–1 in double overtime to the Toronto Marlies. The game lasted 95 minutes and 10 seconds. The Crunch previously played two double overtime games, both in the 2017 Calder Cup playoffs. They played a double overtime game in round 1 against the St. John's IceCaps, resulting in a 4–3 double overtime win. That game lasted 90 minutes and 37 seconds, their previous record. They also played another double overtime game in the 2017 Calder Cup Finals, a 6–5 loss in double overtime to the Grand Rapids Griffins, lasting 87 minutes and 2 seconds.
Affiliation history
- 1992–2000: Vancouver Canucks
- 1997–1999: Pittsburgh Penguins
- 2000–2010: Columbus Blue Jackets
- 2010–2012: Anaheim Ducks
- 2012–present: Tampa Bay Lightning[8]
Honored numbers
The Crunch raised a banner following a fan vote during the team's fifth season in honor of fan favorite #14 "Big Bad" John Badduke. It is not retired, as it would later be worn by former United States Olympian Darby Hendrickson, Serge Aubin, Richard Panik, Justin Courtnall, Brandon Alderson, Mike McNamee, and most recently Kevin Lynch
During the 2008–09 AHL season, the team temporarily reserved, but not retired, #7 as a tribute to Paul Newman after his death. This honors Reg Dunlop, the player-coach for the fictional Charlestown Chiefs, which Newman played in the movie Slap Shot. The movie was filmed partially at Onondaga County War Memorial. Coincidentally, other scenes were filmed at Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the home ice of the Crunch's former ECHL affiliate, the Johnstown Chiefs. The banner was raised October 14 and was up for the entire season, but the number was not retired, as it was most recently worn by Crunch player Mathieu Joseph.
On March 26, 2016, the Syracuse Crunch retired Dolph Schayes' number #4. Schayes played for the Syracuse Nationals and their successor, the Philadelphia 76ers. He was the first player in the National Basketball Association to score 15,000 points in his career.[9] The number was most recently worn by Matt Petgrave.
Notable NHL alumni
Adrian Aucoin %
Lonny Bohonos %
Michael Peca %
Dave Scatchard %
Brent Sopel %
Scott Walker %
Columbus Blue Jackets Era (2000-2010):
Francois Beauchemin %- Derick Brassard
Grant Clitsome %
Derek Dorsett %
Tim Jackman %
Jean-Francois Labbe %
Anaheim Ducks Era (2010-2012):
- Matt Beleskey
- Nick Bonino
Ray Emery %- Patrick Maroon
- Kyle Palmieri
Tampa Bay Lightning Era (2012-present):
- Mike Angelidis
- Mark Barberio
- J. T. Brown
- Cory Conacher
- Erik Condra
Cedrick Desjardins %- Jonathan Drouin
- Radko Gudas
- Kristers Gudlevskis
- Yanni Gourde
- Tyler Johnson
- Alex Killorn
- Slater Koekkoek
- Nikita Kucherov
- Anders Lindback
- Jonathan Marchessault
- Vladislav Namestnikov
- Ondrej Palat
- Richard Panik
- Cedric Paquette
- Brayden Point
- Andrej Sustr
- Dustin Tokarski
- Andrei Vasilevskiy
- Luke Witkowski
% = Retired Player
Award winners
- Eddie Shore Award
Andy Delmore (2005–06)
Matt Taormina (2016–17)
- James C. Hendy Memorial Award
- Vance Lederman (2014–15)
- James H. Ellery Memorial Awards
- Adam Benigni (1994–95)
Seth Everett (1995–96)- Lindsay Kramer (1996–97)
- Ken McKenzie Award
- Tim Kuhl (1994–95, 1995–96)
- Jim Sarosy (2001–02, 2009–10)
- Les Cunningham Award
Tyler Johnson (2012–13)
- Thomas Ebright Memorial Award
- Howard Dolgon (2013–14)
- Willie Marshall Award
Tyler Johnson (2012–13)
- Yanick Dupre Memorial Award
Eric Neilson (2013–14)
Logos and uniforms
Owner Howard Dolgon came up with the superhero mascot Crunchman for the team's debut in 1994. In 2000, as the Crunch became an affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Crunchman was replaced with Al the Ice Gorilla. Al remained until 2012, when Dolgon found the new affiliation with Tampa Bay a good reason to return with Crunchman.[10]
Original Crunch logo
1994–2000
Second Crunch logo
2000–2010 [1]
Third Crunch logo
2010–2012
5th Anniversary logo
1998–99 [2]
10th Anniversary logo
2003–04 [3]
25th Anniversary logo
2018-19
Syracuse hockey history
American Hockey League teams that played in Syracuse:
Syracuse Stars (1930–1936) in the Original IHL- Syracuse Stars (1936–1940) in the IAHL – The first team to win the Calder Cup in (1936–37)
Syracuse Warriors (1951–1954)
Syracuse Eagles (1974–75)
Syracuse Firebirds (1979–80)
Other hockey teams that played in Syracuse:
- Syracuse Braves (1962–1963) (EPHL)
Syracuse Blazers (1967–1973) (EHL)- Syracuse Blazers (1973–1977) (NAHL)
- Syracuse Condors (Granted a franchise by the NAHL for 1977–78 season, but the league folded and the team never played a game)
- Syracuse Hornets (1980–1981) (EHL) – played only ten games (0-9-1)
Syracuse Jr. Crunch/Syracuse Stars (1996–2005) in the Metro Junior A Hockey League and Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
Season-by-season results
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | OTL | SOL | Points | PCT | Goals for | Goals against | Standing (Division) | Year | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Finals |
| 1994–95 | 80 | 29 | 42 | 9 | 0 | — | 67 | .419 | 288 | 325 | 5th, South | 1995 | Did not qualify | |||
| 1995–96 | 80 | 31 | 37 | 5 | 7 | — | 74 | .463 | 257 | 307 | 5th, Central | 1996 | W, 3–1, BNG | W, 4–3, BAL | L, 1–4, RCH | — |
| 1996–97 | 80 | 32 | 38 | 10 | 0 | — | 74 | .463 | 241 | 265 | 4th, Empire State | 1997 | L, 0–3, RCH | — | — | — |
| 1997–98 | 80 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 2 | — | 83 | .519 | 272 | 285 | 3rd, Empire State | 1998 | L, 2–3, HAM | — | — | — |
| 1998–99 | 80 | 18 | 50 | 9 | 3 | — | 48 | .300 | 220 | 327 | 5th, Empire State | 1999 | Did not qualify | |||
| 1999–00 | 80 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 1 | — | 80 | .500 | 290 | 294 | 2nd, Empire State | 2000 | L, 1–3, HAM | — | — | — |
| 2000–01 | 80 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 5 | — | 83 | .519 | 235 | 254 | 3rd, Mid-Atlantic | 2001 | L, 2–3, WBS | — | — | — |
| 2001–02 | 80 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 5 | — | 96 | .600 | 228 | 193 | 1st, Central | 2002 | W, 3–0, PHI | L, 3–4, CHI | — | — |
| 2002–03 | 80 | 27 | 41 | 8 | 4 | — | 66 | .413 | 201 | 256 | 4th, Central | 2003 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2003–04 | 80 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 7 | — | 93 | .581 | 239 | 235 | 2nd, North | 2004 | L, 3–4, RCH | — | — | — |
| 2004–05 | 80 | 36 | 33 | — | 4 | 7 | 83 | .519 | 215 | 230 | 5th, North | 2005 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2005–06 | 80 | 47 | 25 | — | 5 | 3 | 102 | .638 | 272 | 251 | 2nd, North | 2006 | L, 2–4, MTB | — | — | — |
| 2006–07 | 80 | 34 | 34 | — | 4 | 8 | 80 | .500 | 250 | 248 | 5th, North | 2007 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2007–08 | 80 | 46 | 26 | — | 2 | 6 | 100 | .625 | 247 | 201 | 2nd, North | 2008 | W, 4–2, MTB | L, 3–4, TOR | — | — |
| 2008–09 | 80 | 40 | 32 | — | 5 | 3 | 88 | .550 | 214 | 226 | 5th, North | 2009 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2009–10 | 80 | 34 | 39 | — | 4 | 3 | 75 | .469 | 227 | 272 | 6th, East | 2010 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2010–11 | 80 | 35 | 38 | — | 3 | 4 | 77 | .481 | 221 | 250 | 6th, East | 2011 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2011–12 | 76 | 37 | 29 | — | 5 | 5 | 84 | .553 | 238 | 229 | 4th, East | 2012 | L, 1–3, STJ | — | — | — |
| 2012–13 | 76 | 43 | 22 | — | 6 | 5 | 97 | .638 | 247 | 201 | 1st, East | 2013 | W, 3–0, POR | W, 4–0, SPR | W, 4–1, WBS | L, 2–4, GR |
| 2013–14 | 76 | 31 | 32 | — | 4 | 9 | 75 | .493 | 198 | 232 | 5th, East | 2014 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2014–15 | 76 | 41 | 25 | — | 10 | 0 | 92 | .605 | 218 | 219 | 2nd, Northeast | 2015 | L, 0–3, WBS | — | — | — |
| 2015–16 | 76 | 32 | 29 | — | 11 | 4 | 79 | .520 | 213 | 240 | 6th, North | 2016 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2016–17 | 76 | 38 | 24 | — | 7 | 7 | 90 | .592 | 232 | 227 | 1st, North | 2017 | W, 3–1, STJ | W, 4–3, TOR | W, 4–1, PRO | L, 2–4, GR |
| 2017–18 | 76 | 46 | 22 | — | 3 | 5 | 100 | .658 | 236 | 193 | 2nd, North | 2018 | W, 3–0, RCH | L, 0–4, TOR | — | — |
Players
Current roster
Updated February 13, 2019.[11][12][13]
# | Nat | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace | Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7001150000000000000♠15 |  | Andy Andreoff (A) | LW | L | 27 | 2018 | Pickering, Ontario | Lightning |
7001120000000000000♠12 | | Alex Barre-Boulet | C | L | 21 | 2018 | Montmagny, Quebec | Lightning |
7001200000000000000♠20 | | Troy Bourke | LW | L | 24 | 2018 | Edmonton, Alberta | Crunch |
7001780000000000000♠78 | | Michael Bournival  | LW | L | 26 | 2016 | Shawinigan, Quebec | Lightning |
7001190000000000000♠19 | | Brady Brassart | RW | R | 25 | 2018 | North Vancouver, British Columbia | Crunch |
7001220000000000000♠22 |  | Ross Colton | C | L | 22 | 2018 | Robbinsville, NJ | Lightning |
7001890000000000000♠89 | | Cory Conacher | RW | L | 29 | 2017 | Burlington, Ontario | Lightning |
7001400000000000000♠40 | | Gabriel Dumont (C) | C | R | 28 | 2018 | Degelis, Quebec | Lightning |
7001250000000000000♠25 | | Cal Foote | D | R | 20 | 2018 | Englewood, Colorado | Lightning |
7001240000000000000♠24 | | Cameron Gaunce (A) | D | L | 28 | 2018 | Sudbury, Ontario | Lightning |
7001390000000000000♠39 | | Connor Ingram | G | L | 21 | 2017 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Lightning |
7001130000000000000♠13 | | Boris Katchouk | LW | L | 20 | 2018 | Waterloo, Ontario | Lightning |
7000600000000000000♠6 | | Hubert Labrie | D | L | 27 | 2018 | Victoriaville, Quebec | Crunch |
7001140000000000000♠14 | | Kevin Lynch | C | R | 27 | 2017 | Grosse Point, Michigan | Lightning |
7001270000000000000♠27 |  | Dominik Masin | D | L | 23 | 2016 | Mestec Kralove, Czech Republic | Lightning |
7001800000000000000♠80 | | Eddie Pasquale | G | L | 28 | 2018 | Toronto, Ontario | Lightning |
7001180000000000000♠18 | | Taylor Raddysh | RW | R | 20 | 2018 | Toronto, Ontario | Lightning |
7000400000000000000♠4 | | Jan Rutta | D | R | 28 | 2019 | Písek, Czechoslovakia | Lightning |
7001160000000000000♠16 |  | Otto Somppi | C | L | 21 | 2018 | Helsinki, Finland | Lightning |
7001760000000000000♠76 |  | Oleg Sosunov | D | L | 20 | 2018 | Ryazan, Russia | Lightning |
7001670000000000000♠67 | | Mitchell Stephens | C | R | 22 | 2017 | Peterborough, Ontario | Lightning |
7001170000000000000♠17 | | Jonne Tammela | C | L | 21 | 2018 | Ylivieska, Finland | Lightning |
7001260000000000000♠26 | | Ben Thomas | D | R | 22 | 2016 | Calgary, Alberta | Lightning |
7000800000000000000♠8 | | Nolan Valleau | D | L | 26 | 2018 | Novi, Michigan | Crunch |
7001210000000000000♠21 | | Carter Verhaeghe | C | L | 23 | 2017 | Waterdown, Ontario | Lightning |
7001830000000000000♠83 | | Alexander Volkov | RW | L | 21 | 2017 | Moscow, Russia | Lightning |
7001850000000000000♠85 | | Daniel Walcott | D | L | 24 | 2015 | L'Île-Perrot, Quebec | Lightning |
7001110000000000000♠11 | | Dennis Yan | LW | L | 21 | 2017 | Portland, Oregon | Lightning |
Coaching staff
Benoit Groulx: Head Coach
Ken Klee: Assistant Coach
Stacy Roest: Assistant Coach
Gilles Bouchard: Assistant Coach
Karl Goehring: Goaltending & Video Coach
Team captains
Dane Jackson, 1994–1995
Mark Wotton, 1995–1999
Brian Bonin, 1999–2000
Mike Gaul, 2000–2001
Sean Pronger, 2001–2002
David Ling, 2002–2003
Darrel Scoville, 2003–2004
Jamie Pushor, 2004–2007
Zenon Konopka, 2007–2008
Dan Smith, 2008–2009
Derek MacKenzie, 2009–2010
Joe DiPenta, 2010–2011
Nate Guenin, 2011–2012
Mike Angelidis, 2012–2016
Luke Witkowski, 2016–2017
Erik Condra, 2017–2018
Gabriel Dumont, 2018–present
Head coaches
Jack McIlhargey: 1994–1999- Stanley Smyl: 1999–2000
Gary Agnew: 2000–2006
Ross Yates: 2006–2010- Mark Holick: 2010–2012
Jon Cooper: 2012–2013
Rob Zettler: 2013–2016
Benoit Groulx: 2016–present
Team records
Single season
Goals: Lonny Bohonos, 40 (1995–96)
Assists: Bill Bowler, 58 (2000–01)
Points: Lonny Bohonos (1995–96), Bill Bowler (2000–01), 79
Penalty minutes: Jody Shelley, 357 (2000–01)
GAA: Jean-Francois Labbe, 2.18 (2001–02)
SV%: Jean-Francois Labbe, .928 (2001–02)
Single postseason
Goals: Lonny Bohonos, 16 (1996)
Assists: Ondrej Palat, 19 (2013)
Points: Cory Conacher, 28 (2017)
Penalty minutes: Richard Panik, 59 (2013)
Wins: Cedrick Desjardins (2013), Mike McKenna (2017), 13
GAA: Cedrick Desjardins, 2.30 (2013)
SV%: Pascal Leclaire, .939 (2006)
Career
Career goals: Mark Hartigan, 107
Career assists: Brad Moran, 143
Career points: Brad Moran, 241
Career penalty minutes: Jeremy Reich, 820
Career goaltending wins: Karl Goehring, 78
Career shutouts: Jean-Francois Labbe and Karl Goehring, 11
Career games: Brad Moran, 334
References
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^ @LukasFavale (May 6, 2018). "Last night was the longest Syracuse Crunch game in franchise history, lasting 95 minutes and 10 seconds. It was the third multiple-overtime game in team history. All three have come in the last two postseasons. #GoGetIt" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Tampa Bay Lightning, Syracuse Crunch Announce Long-Term Affiliation Extension". OurSportsCentral.com. September 12, 2018.
^ "Syracuse Crunch to retire jersey of Hall of Famer and 12-time NBA All-Star Dolph Schayes March 26". Syracuse Crunch. February 23, 2016.
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^ "Syracuse Crunch roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
External links
- Syracuse Crunch Official Website
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