Crunch Chronicles

On Episode 20 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Karl Goehring. Goehring is one of the most popular players in Crunch history, spending parts of five seasons in Syracuse. Goehring is the winningest goaltender in Crunch history, earning 78 wins while appearing in 177 games in a Crunch sweater. His career began in Syracuse during the 2001-02 season, playing in 15 games for the Crunch as...

On Episode 19 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Bob McElligott. Bobby Mac is radio play-by-play broadcaster for the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets. McElligott spent 10 seasons as the voice of the Crunch, joining the team in 1999 and staying with the organization until his promotion to the Blue Jackets broadcast team in 2009. His first season in Syracuse was the team's last campaign as an...

On Episode 18 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Yanni Gourde. Gourde is one of the great success stories of the Crunch's affiliation with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Gourde's time with the organization began late in the 2013-14 season when he contributed eight points in 18 games with the Crunch. His first full season with the organization was in 2014-15 when he skated in all 76 Crunch ga...

On Episode 17 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Brent Sopel. Sopel began his pro career with the Crunch and played three full seasons in Syracuse during the Vancouver Canucks affiliation. Sopel totaled three regular season games for the Crunch during the 1995-96 and 1996-97 seasons before beginning his pro career in earnest as a rookie during the 1997-98 campaign. The defenseman piled...

On Episode 16 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Mike Brown. Brown played one season for the Crunch at the end of their affiliation with the Vancouver Canucks. Brown played his rookie season with the Crunch in 1999-00 and appeared in 71 games. He 31 points (13g, 18a) while amassing a team-high 284 penalty minutes over the course of the season, helping the Crunch make the playoffs. He d...

On Episode 15 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Joe Motzko. Motzko saw action in five different seasons for the Crunch during their affiliation with the Columbus Blue Jackets and is one of the most prolific scorers in team history. After playing in two games at the end of the 2002-03 season, Motzko embarked on his rookie campaign in Syracuse during the 2003-04 season, amassing 41 poin...

On Episode 14 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Cedrick Desjardins. Desjardins spent one and a half seasons with the Crunch and backstopped the team to their first Calder Cup Finals appearance in 2013. Acquired in a mid-season trade during 2012-13 campaign, Desjardins stabilized the Crunch's goaltending and provided a strong veteran presence as the team was in a battle for the East Di...

On Episode 13 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Reggie Savage. Savage spent three seasons in Syracuse and was tabbed by the Crunch as the player to bridge the organization to a new NHL affiliate, playing for the Crunch during both the Vancouver Canucks and Columbus Blue Jackets eras. Acquired in a trade late in the 1995-96 season, Savage helped the Crunch make the playoffs in their se...

On Episode 12 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Zenon Konopka. One of the most popular players in Crunch history, Konopka made a lasting impression on the organization despite spending parts of just two seasons in Syracuse from 2006 to 2008. Acquired in a trade during the 2006-07 season, Konopka joined the Crunch and produced 20 points in 20 games. He was instrumental in changing the...

On Episode 11 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Tyson Nash. Nash played three seasons for the Syracuse Crunch to begin his pro career from 1995 to 1998. A 10th round pick by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1994 NHL Draft, Nash dressed in 50 games as a rookie for the Crunch in 1995-96, when he produced 11 points. He also saw action in the playoffs as the Crunch advanced to the Southern Co...

On Episode 10 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Vance Lederman. Lederman is the Chief Financial Officer for the Syracuse Crunch and has been with the organization since the very beginning of the franchise. A childhood friend of Crunch owner Howard Dolgon, Lederman was involved during the process of bringing the Crunch to Syracuse in the leadup to the 1994-95 AHL season. Over the years...

On Episode 9 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Brent Tully. Tully played three seasons for the Syracuse Crunch at the very start of the Crunch franchise. A fourth-round draft pick by the Vancouver Canucks organization, Tully's rookie season coincided with the first season for the Crunch in 1994. The Peterborough, Ontario native dressed in 63 games for the Crunch during the 1994-95 sea...

On Episode 8 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by John Badduke. Badduke played three seasons for the Syracuse Crunch at the very start of the Crunch franchise. He was a member of the Vancouver Canucks organization and a part of the original Crunch team in 1994. Badduke became an instant fan favorite with the Crunch as the team's original enforcer. In the Crunch's inaugural season, Badduk...

On Episode 7 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Brian Loney. Loney played three seasons for the Syracuse Crunch at the very start of the Crunch franchise. He was a member of the Vancouver Canucks organization and a part of the original Crunch team in 1994. Loney played in the very first Crunch game on September 30, 1994 and totaled 191 games for the Crunch from 1994 to 1997. He ranks 1...

On Episode 6 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Joey Mormina. Mormina played three seasons for the Syracuse Crunch at the end of his career. He joined the organization starting with the 2013-14 season and totaled 140 games with the Crunch through the 2015-16 season. In that time, Mormina served as an assistant captain and produced 36 points and 180 PIM. Mormina totaled 670 career AHL g...

On Episode 5 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Ross Colton. Colton played parts of three seasons for the Syracuse Crunch starting as a rookie in 2018-19. In his first pro season, the New Jersey native played in 66 games and added 31 points to help the Crunch win the North Division. He followed that up by being named an alternate captain in his second season (2019-20) while he tallied...

On Episode 4 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Eddie Pasquale. Pasquale played two seasons for the Syracuse Crunch in 2017-18 and 2018-19 after he was acquired by the Tampa Bay Lightning in a trade on February 1, 2018. Eddie posted a 10-1-3 record with the Crunch after joining the team that season and he helped them advance to the North Division Finals. He returned for a second season...

On Episode 3 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Carter Verhaeghe. Verhaeghe played two seasons for the Syracuse Crunch in 2017-18 and 2018-19 after he was acquired by the Tampa Bay Lightning in a trade during the summer of 2017. After forcing his way into the lineup a few weeks in the season, Verhaeghe ended up second on the Crunch with 48 points over 58 games in 2017-18. He followed t...

On Episode 2 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by J.T. Brown. Brown played parts of two seasons for the Syracuse Crunch in 2012-13 and 2013-14 during the first two years of the team's affiliation with the Tampa Bay Lightning. As a rookie in 2012-13, Brown had 28 points in 51 regular season games. He then added nine points in 18 playoff games to help the Crunch earn their first berth in t...

On Episode 1 of Crunch Chronicles Lukas Favale is joined by Pat Maroon. Maroon played two seasons for the Syracuse Crunch in 2010-11 and 2011-12 during the Crunch's affiliation with the Anaheim Ducks. He is tied for 24th in franchise history with 122 points (53g, 69a) in 132 games in Syracuse and he helped push the Crunch into the playoffs in 2012. His 74 points that season are the seventh-most in...

The Syracuse Crunch have been an AHL staple for nearly three decades. Each week on Crunch Chronicles, host Lukas Favale chats with a special Crunch guest to uncover the stories about their time in the Salt City.