Syracuse Crunch

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Syracuse Crunch
City: Syracuse, New York
League: American Hockey League
Conference: Western Conference
Division: North Division
Founded: 1994
Home Arena: War Memorial at Oncenter
Colors: Navy, Red, White

              
Owner(s): Howard Dolgon
General Manager: Vance Lederman
Head Coach: Ross Yates
Media: Syracuse Post-Standard
WHEN (620 AM)
Affiliates: Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL)
Johnstown Chiefs (ECHL)
Youngstown SteelHounds (CHL)
Franchise history
1992 to 1994: Hamilton Canucks
1994 to 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, USA, at the War Memorial at Oncenter. They are the AHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Columbus Blue Jackets.

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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 # 14 The 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.[citation needed]

Logos and uniforms

Original Crunch Logo
1994-2000

5th Anniversary Logo
1998-99 [1]

10th Anniversary Logo
2003-04 [2]

Syracuse hockey history

American Hockey League teams that played in Syracuse:

Other hockey teams that played in Syracuse:

Team records

Single season

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

Career

Career goals: 107 Flag of Canada Mark Hartigan
Career assists: 143 Flag of Canada Brad Moran
Career points: 241 Brad Moran
Career penalty minutes: 820 Flag of Canada Jeremy Reich
Career goaltending wins: 78 Flag of the United States Karl Goehring
Career shutouts: 11 Jean-Francois Labbe and Karl Goehring
Career games: 334 Brad Moran

Season-by-season results

Regular season

Season Games Won Lost Tied OTL SOL Points Goals
for		 Goals
against		 Standing
1994–95 80 29 42 9 — — 67 288 325 5th, South
1995–96 80 31 37 5 7 — 74 257 307 5th, Central
1996–97 80 32 38 10 0 — 74 241 265 4th, Empire State
1997–98 80 35 32 11 2 — 83 272 285 3rd, Empire State
1998–99 80 18 50 9 3 — 48 220 327 5th, Empire State
1999–00 80 35 35 9 1 — 80 290 294 2nd, Empire State
2000–01 80 33 30 12 5 — 83 235 254 3rd, Mid-Atlantic
2001–02 80 39 23 13 5 — 96 228 193 1st, Central
2002–03 80 27 41 8 4 — 66 201 256 4th, Central
2003–04 80 38 25 10 7 — 93 239 235 2nd, North
2004–05 80 36 33 — 4 7 83 215 230 5th, North
2005–06 80 47 25 — 5 3 102 272 251 2nd, North
2006–07 80 34 34 — 4 8 80 250 248 5th, North
2007–08 80 46 26 — 2 6 100 247 201 2nd, North

Playoffs

Season 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Finals
1994–95 Out of Playoffs
1995–96 W, 3–1, Binghamton W, 4–3, Baltimore L, 1–4, Rochester —
1996–97 L, 0–3, Rochester — — —
1997–98 L, 2–3, Hamilton — — —
1998–99 Out of Playoffs
1999–00 L, 1–3, Hamilton — — —
2000–01 L, 2–3, WBS — — —
2001–02 W, 3–0, Philadelphia L, 3–4, Chicago — —
2002–03 Out of Playoffs
2003–04 L, 3–4, Rochester — — —
2004–05 Out of Playoffs
2005–06 L, 2–4, Manitoba — — —
2006–07 Out of Playoffs
2007–08 W, 4-2, Manitoba L, 3–4, Toronto — —

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