Syracuse Crunch
2011–12 Syracuse Crunch season
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City	Syracuse, New York
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Eastern Conference
Division	East Division
Founded	1994
Home arena	Oncenter War Memorial Arena
Colors	Black, Metallic gold, Orange
Owner(s)	Howard Dolgon
General manager	Vance Lederman
Head coach	Mark Holick
Media	Syracuse Post-Standard WSKO
Affiliates	Anaheim Ducks (NHL) Elmira Jackals (ECHL)
Franchise history
1992–1994	Hamilton Canucks
1994–present	Syracuse Crunch
Championships
Division Championships	1 (2001–02)

The Syracuse Crunch are a minor league professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Syracuse, New York, at the War Memorial at Oncenter. They are the primary development affiliate of the National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks.^[1] The Crunch are known for their fighting history, and are considered by some other teams to be the dirtiest team in the AHL.

On March 17, 2010, it was reported that the Blue Jackets were to cut their affiliation with the Crunch, and place its minor leaguers with the Springfield Falcons. On March 25, 2010, the Crunch announced that they will be the AHL affiliate for the Anaheim Ducks beginning with the 2010-11 AHL season.^[2]

History[link]

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. Since then they have developed an intrastate rivalry with the Rochester Americans. The Crunch made history on February 20, 2010, when they played the first outdoor AHL game 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.

Honored numbers[link]

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 US Olympian Darby Hendrickson and Serge Aubin. In recent years the number has remained on the shelf out of respect for Badduke and the honor given to him by the fans in 1998–99.

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 that 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 will not be retired, as it is worn by Crunch player Kyle Cumiskey.

Logos and uniforms[link]

• Syracuse Crunch 1994.png

  Original Crunch logo
  1994–2000

• Syracuse Crunch.svg

  Second Crunch logo
  2000-2010

• Syracuse 5th anniversary.png

  5th Anniversary logo
  1998–99 [1]

• Crunch 10th Anniversary.jpg

  10th Anniversary logo
  2003–04 [2]

Syracuse hockey history[link]

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

Team records[link]

Single season[link]

Goals: 40 Lonny Bohonos (1995–96)

Assists: 58 Bill Bowler (2000–01)

Points: 79 Lonny Bohonos (1995–96), Bill Bowler (2000–01)

Penalty minutes: 357 Jody Shelley (2000–01)

GAA: 2.18 Jean-Francois Labbe (2001–02)

SV%: .928 Jean-Francois Labbe (2001–02)

Career[link]

Career goals: 107 Mark Hartigan

Career assists: 143 Brad Moran

Career points: 241 Brad Moran

Career penalty minutes: 820 Jeremy Reich

Career goaltending wins: 78 Karl Goehring

Career shutouts: 11 Jean-Francois Labbe and Karl Goehring

Career games: 334 Brad Moran

Season-by-season results[link]

Regular season[link]

Playoffs[link]

Current roster[link]

Updated April 27, 2011.^[3][4]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
18	Canada !	Bell, MarkMark Bell	4.0 !C	L	31	2011	St. Pauls, Ontario	Ducks
38	Russia !	Bobkov, IgorIgor Bobkov	1.0 !G	L	21	2011	Surgud, Soviet Union	Ducks
20	Canada !	Bodie, TroyTroy Bodie (A)	7.0 !RW	R	27	2011	Portage la Prairie, Manitoba	Ducks
17	Canada !	Brittain, JoshJosh Brittain	6.0 !LW	L	22	2010	Milton, Ontario	Ducks
16	Canada !	Caputi, LucaLuca Caputi	6.0 !LW	L	23	2012	Toronto, Ontario	Ducks
27	Canada !	Carle, MathieuMathieu Carle	2.0 !D	R	24	2011	Gatineau, Quebec	Ducks
2	Canada !	Clark, MatMat Clark	2.0 !D	R	21	2010	Lakewood, Colorado	Ducks
7	Canada !	Cumiskey, KyleKyle Cumiskey	2.0 !D	L	25	2011	Abbotsford, British Columbia	Ducks
43	Canada !	Deslauriers, JeffJeff Deslauriers	1.0 !G	R	28	2011	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec	Ducks
3	Sweden !	Erixon, SebastianSebastian Erixon	2.0 !D	L	22	2012	Sundsvall, Sweden	Ducks
36	United States !	Etem, EmersonEmerson Etem	7.0 !RW	L	20	2012	Long Beach, California	Ducks
5	United States !	Guenin, NateNate Guenin (C)	2.0 !D	R	29	2011	Sewickley, Pennsylvania	Ducks
10	United States !	Guentzel, GabeGabe Guentzel	2.0 !D	L	24	2012	Woodbury, Minnesota	ATO
22	Canada !	Holland, PeterPeter Holland	4.0 !C	L	21	2011	Toronto, Ontario	Ducks
26	Canada !	Holzapfel, RileyRiley Holzapfel	4.0 !C	L	23	2012	Regina, Saskatchewan	Ducks
14	Canada !	Jacques, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Jacques	6.0 !LW	L	27	2011	Terrebonne, Quebec	Ducks
32	Canada !	Kennedy, MattMatt Kennedy	7.0 !RW	R	23	2010	Richmond Hill, Ontario	Ducks
11	Canada !	Kurtz, JohnJohn Kurtz	6.0 !LW	L	23	2010	Oakville, Ontario	Crunch
19	United States !	Maroon, PatrickPatrick Maroon	6.0 !LW	L	24	2010	St. Louis, Missouri	Ducks
6	United States !	McGinnis, RyanRyan McGinnis	2.0 !D	L	25	2011	Flint, Michigan	Crunch
15	Canada !	McMillan, BrandonBrandon McMillan	4.0 !C	L	22	2010	Richmond, British Columbia	Ducks
12	Canada !	Mitchell, DaleDale Mitchell	7.0 !RW	R	23	2012	Etobicoke, Ontario	Ducks
24	United States !	Mitchell, JohnJohn Mitchell	6.0 !LW	L	25	2010	Neenah, Wisconsin	Crunch
30	Finland !	Niittymaki, AnteroAntero Niittymaki	1.0 !G	L	32	2012	Turku, Finland	Sharks
33	Canada !	O'Marra, RyanRyan O'Marra	4.0 !C	R	25	2012	Tokyo, Japan	Ducks
21	United States !	Palmieri, KyleKyle Palmieri	7.0 !RW	R	21	2010	Smithtown, New York	Ducks
28	United States !	Schaus, NickNick Schaus	2.0 !D	R	25	2011	Orchard Park, New York	Crunch
9	Canada !	Schofield, RickRick Schofield	4.0 !C	L	25	2011	Pickering, Ontario	Ducks
23	United States !	Sexton, DanDan Sexton	7.0 !RW	R	25	2010	Apple Valley, Minnesota	Ducks
4	United States !	Smaby, MattMatt Smaby	2.0 !D	L	27	2012	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Ducks
8	Canada !	Smith, NathanNathan Smith (A)	4.0 !C	L	30	2011	Edmonton, Alberta	Crunch
35	Finland !	Tarkki, IiroIiro Tarkki	1.0 !G	L	26	2011	Rauma, Finland	Ducks
25	United States !	Zimmerman, SeanSean Zimmerman	2.0 !D	R	25	2011	Denver, Colorado	Ducks

References[link]

External links[link]

• Syracuse Crunch Official Website