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Monday, March 25, 2013  Tampa Bay Lightning Vice President and General Manager named Syracuse Crunch coach Jon Cooper the eight head coach in Tampa Bay history on Monday.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Eliotte Friedman of CBC and Darren Dreger of TSN are reporting Syracuse Crunch head coach Jon Cooper has been hired as the head coach of Tampa Bay Lightning.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  Instead of putting a female model on their advertising billboard, the Syracuse Crunch went a different direction this season, displaying one of their players for all of I690 eastbound traffic to see.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  The Syracuse Crunch is on a roll- winners of 8 straight games. But that's not enough for this team.

Sunday, February 03, 2013  The Syracuse Orange Football program can now claim two more of its own are Super Bowl champions. The Baltimore Ravens employ defensive specialists Arthur Jones (Union-Endicott, NY) and Jameel McClain and those two now, will have some new rings to wear.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  Brother of Ultimate Fighting star Jon "Bones" Jones, and fellow former Syracuse star and current New England Patriot Chandler Jones, Arthur admits this is undoubtedly one of the great highlights of his sporting life.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  Four Syracuse Crunch players will be joining their head coach Jon Cooper at this year's AHL All-Star game

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  You could say Vlad Namestnikov has Crunch in his blood. His father John was a star on Syracuse's AHL team from 1994 to 1997, back when Vlad was just a toddler running around the halls on the War Memorial Arena

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  Syracuse Crunch captain Mike Angelidis tallied twice as the Syracuse Crunch defeated the Rochester Americans 5-3 tonight at the Blue Cross Arena.

Thursday, December 27, 2012  It will be one of the more surreal hockey games many of the Syracuse Crunch have ever played in on Friday night.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012  The hottest player on the Syracuse Crunch these days is rookie Alex Killorn, and he may also be the smartest.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012  Tyler Johnson is a huge part of the Syracuse Crunch offense in this his second season.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Get close-up with Mike Angelitis, who is the ultimate Captain according to Crunch head coach John Cooper.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  The victory is Head Coach Jon Cooper's 100th career AHL win, bringing is regular season AHL coaching record to 100-45-20.

Saturday, September 29, 2012  It's not often an established hockey city gains an entirely new hockey team, but then again it's even more rare to gain a reigning champion.