In their own words: An oral history of the Syracuse Crunch Early Days
Erik Columbia
20 hours ago (May 5, 2021)
... Syracuse had hockey before. Seven times the city had representation on the ice. Some were successful too. The Stars were the first franchise to take home the Calder Cup. The Blazers played for 15 years and are still highly thought of in Central New York.
But it’s the 14 years between franchises, the years from 1981 to 1994 where crowd noise went silent and the lights at the War Memorial went dark. Hockey fans in CNY had no professional home.
That all changed leading up to the 1994 American Hockey League season. Along with the Springfield Indians moving to Worchester to become the Sharks, Springfield was awarded an expansion franchise, the Falcons. But most importantly for fans in Syracuse, the Hamilton Canucks were sold to a group from New York City, led by Howard Dolgon and Alan Taylor.
They became the Syracuse Crunch.
This is their story, in their own words. ...
Read more at: Syracuse Crunch, American Hockey League, AHL, Howard Dolgon, Vance Lederman, Jim Sarosy
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