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, and 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) Elmira Jackals (ECHL) Youngstown SteelHounds (CHL)
Franchise history
1992 to 1994:	Hamilton Canucks
1994 to present:	Syracuse Crunch
Championships
Division Championships:	1 (2001–02)

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Contents 1 History 1.1 Retired numbers 1.2 Fans 1.3 Logos and uniforms 1.4 Syracuse hockey history 2 Team records 2.1 Single season 2.2 Career 3 Season-by-season results 3.1 Regular season 3.2 Playoffs 4 External links

History

The Franchise originated as the Hamilton Canucks, which were an affiliate of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks. The franchise of the Hamilton Canucks was the top minor league affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks for two seasons (1992-1994 in the American Hockey League. The Vancouver Canucks are a Professional Ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Canucks played in Hamilton, Ontario for two seasons, before relocating to Upstate New York. Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area.

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. Slap Shot is a 1977 film starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean and directed by George Roy Hill. 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. Bonanza is an American television series that ran on NBC from September 12 1959 to January 16 1973

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:

• 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

Single season

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. The Syracuse Stars were a minor professional Ice hockey team from Syracuse New York, existing for 10 season from 1930 to 1940 The International Hockey League was a professional ice hockey league in Canada and the USA that was formed in 1929 The 1936-37 AHL season was the 1st season of the International-American Hockey League, known in the present day as the American Hockey League. American Hockey Association (1926–1942The American Hockey League (AHL is a Professional Ice hockey league in North America that serves as the primary The Calder Cup is awarded annually to the playoff champion of the American Hockey League. The 1936-37 AHL season was the 1st season of the International-American Hockey League, known in the present day as the American Hockey League. The Springfield Indians were a minor professional Ice hockey franchise based in West Springfield Massachusetts. The 1951-52 AHL season was the 16th season of the American Hockey League. The 1953-54 AHL season was the 18th season of the American Hockey League. The Syracuse Eagles were a professional Ice hockey team based in Syracuse New York. The 1974-75 AHL season was the 39th season of the American Hockey League. The Philadelphia Firebirds were a minor league professional ice hockey team that played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1974 to 1979 The 1979-80 AHL season was the 44th season of the American Hockey League. For information about the EPHL beginning play in 2008 please see Eastern Professional Hockey League (2008 The Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL was a The Eastern Hockey League was a minor professional United States Ice hockey league See also North American Hockey League and Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey. The Eastern Hockey League was a minor professional United States Ice hockey league The Syracuse Stars are a Tier II Junior "A" Ice hockey team from Syracuse, New York. This article is about the league in operation from 1956-1998 For the Metro Junior Hockey League from 1961-1963 see Metro Junior A League ----The Metro Lonny Bohonos (born May 20, 1973, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a retired professional Ice hockey Right Wing Bill Bowler (born September 25, 1974, in Toronto, Ontario) is a former professional Ice hockey centre. Jody Shelley (born February 7, 1976 in Thompson Manitoba, Canada) is an Ice hockey player in the National Hockey League 18 Jean-Francois Labbe (2001–02)

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

Career

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

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	—	—

External links

• Dave's Unofficial Syracuse Crunch Page
• Syracuse Crunch Official Website
• The Internet Hockey Database - Syracuse Crunch
• Syracuse Crunch blog
• Syracuse Crunch forum

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