Syracuse Crunch

Hudson Fasching scored at 10:05 of overtime as the Syracuse Crunch fell to the Cleveland Monsters 4-3 in Game 3 of the North Division semifinal series on Friday night at Upstate Medical University Arena, giving ... more

The Syracuse Crunch defeated the Cleveland Monsters 4-1 in Game 2 of the North Division Semifinals on Sunday at Rocket Arena, evening the best-of-five series at 1-1 after a dominant opening-period surge. Syracuse seized control ... more

The Syracuse Crunch dropped Game 1 of the North Division Semifinals on Friday night, falling 3-2 to the Cleveland Monsters at Rocket Arena. Syracuse erased part of a three-goal deficit with a strong push over ... more

Hockey fans in Syracuse have a new reason to cheer — and it comes in a can. War Horse Brewing Company and the Syracuse Crunch have joined forces to release a limited-edition craft beer just ... more

The Rochester Americans are heading to the North Division Finals for the third time in four years after a dominant 4-0 win over the Syracuse Crunch on Thursday night, completing a clean sweep of their ... more

Syracuse Speaks is going on hiatus. Thank you so much to my listeners, to all of my guests over the years, and to all of the friends of the pod out there. Keep taking care ... more

The new-look Syracuse Crunch have had a great start to their 2024-25 season, going 2-0 with multiple players contributing. Alex discusses the differences between this season's team and last season's team in this podcast episode ... more

It's time for pre-season and promotions! Podcast host Alex looks at the Syracuse Crunch's upcoming pre-season slate, covers the anticipated delayed start for a group of Crunch players who had surgery over the summer, and ... more

It's a new season, y'all! Well, as close as we can get right now with pucks on ice, anyway. With the start of NHL Free Agency last week, Syracuse Crunch fans followed along in earnest ... more

It's time for a new season of Syracuse Speaks! New sounds, new methods, new awkward timing problems, and, best of all, new news! In this episode Alex discusses some of the most recent joys in ... more

The Syracuse Crunch had their season end on Wednesday night with a 6-4 loss to the Cleveland Monsters in Game 3 of the North Division finals at the Upstate Medical University Arena. Syracuse was outscored ... more

The Syracuse Crunch scored first on Saturday, but the Cleveland Monsters responded with four unanswered to grab a 4-1 victory and take a 2-0 series lead in the North Division finals. Syracuse jumped out to ... more

The Syracuse Crunch fell 1-0 to the Cleveland Monsters in Game 1 of the North Divison finals on Thursday night at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Justin Pearson scored a shorthanded goal 4:46 into the third period, ... more

The Syracuse Crunch have made it to the North Division Final, so podcast host Alex Ackerman has a dinner of fried crow to eat, just like mom used to make! Between bites, Alex takes a ... more

The Syracuse Crunch advanced to the second round of the Calder Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2018 with a 5-2 victory over the Rochester Americans in Game 5 of the North Division semifinals ... more

The Rochester Americans trailed the Syracuse Crunch 3-0 after 40 minutes in Game 4 of the North Division semifinals but scored three in the third period to force overtime and won 4-3 on Brett Murray's ... more

The Syracuse Crunch defeated the Rochester Americans, 2-1, in double overtime on Thursday night at the Upstate Medical University Arena to take a 2-1 series lead in the best-of-five North Division semifinals. Walterri Merela netted ... more

Gabriel Fortier deflected a shot with 10:56 into overtime that found the back of the net to give the Syracuse Crunch a 4-3 victory over the Rochester Americans in Game 2 of their North Division semifinal ... more

The Rochester Americans and Syracuse Crunch began their best-of-five playoff series on Friday night at the Blue Cross Arena, and the Amerks came out on top in Game 1 of the North Division semifinals, edging ... more