As one door closes, another opens up in professional hockey. The Crunch will take to the ice in October with plenty of fresh faces.
Roughly 24 hours after saying goodbye to fan favorite and former Crunch captain Mike Angelidis, the Tampa Bay Lightning wasted little time adding new faces and ushering in a new era in Syracuse Crunch history. Let's take a look at the new look Crunch:
The addition of 25 year old Gabriel Dumont from the St. John’s IceCaps may have been the biggest "get" of the day. Dumont will be entering his sixth full professional season when the puck drops in October and is coming off of his best statistical year to date (19G,30A).