For Immediate Release August 17, 2012 Contact: Maggie Walters 315-473-4444 (office) 315-399-6950 (cell) Syracuse Crunch

announce 2012-13 regular season schedule Syracuse, NY The Crunch will open their 19th AHL campaign on Friday, October 12 with a visit to I-90 rivals the Rochester Americans. The following night the Crunch will host East Division foe the Hershey Bears in their home opener on Saturday, October 13. The complete 76 game schedule can be viewed below. This marks the ninth time in the Crunchs 19-year history and seventh year in a row the club will start the season on the road (2001-01, 2003-04, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12). Syracuse will play 32 of its 38 home games on either a Friday (14) or Saturday night (18). Additionally, the Crunch will play three home games on Sunday and three on Wednesday. December and March are the busiest months of the season with 14 games in each month including seven road contests and seven games at the War Memorial Arena. The team will play 7 games in October, 11 in November, 9 in January, 13 in February and 8 in April. The Crunch will play 30 of their 76 games against East Division opponents (Binghamton 8, Hershey 6, Norfolk 8, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 8). Syracuse has 22 contests against the Northeast Division (Adirondack 8, Albany 8, Bridgeport 2, Connecticut 2, Springfield 2) and 18 games against the Western Conferences North Division (Hamilton 4, Lake Erie 2, Rochester 10, Toronto 2). The 2012-13 Crunch schedule features two five-game homestands, one from March 15-23, the other from April 12-April 21 to close out the regular season. The teams longest road trip spans five games (November. 24-December. 2, February. 10-18).

2012-13 Syracuse Crunch Schedule OCTOBER (7 games - 3 home, 4 road) 12 13 19 20 21 27 28 Friday Saturday Friday Saturday Sunday Saturday Sunday @ Rochester HERSHEY @ Albany @ Binghamton @ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON ADIRONDACK 7:05 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 5:05 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m.

NOVEMBER (11 games - 4 home, 7 road) 2 7 9 10 16 17 18 23 24 25 30 Friday Wednesday Friday Saturday Friday Saturday Sunday Friday Saturday Sunday Friday @ Adirondack @ Hamilton @ Hamilton (Bell Centre, Montreal) ROCHESTER HERSHEY ADIRONDACK @ Hershey BINGHAMTON @ Albany @ Worcester @ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m.

DECEMBER (14 games - 7 home, 7 road) 1 2 7 8 9 12 14 15 21 22 Saturday Sunday Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Friday Saturday Friday Saturday @ Connecticut @ Binghamton HAMILTON @ Adirondack @ Bridgeport BINGHAMTON @ Adirondack WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON ADIRONDACK WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 7:00 p.m. 5:05 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

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Wednesday Friday Saturday Monday

@ Binghamton NORFOLK ST. JOHNS @ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

7:05 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 5:05 p.m.

JANUARY (9 games - 5 home, 4 road) 4 5 9 11 12 18 19 25 26 Friday Saturday Wednesday Friday Saturday Friday Saturday Friday Saturday @ Norfolk @ Norfolk @ Rochester NORFOLK ROCHESTER @ Rochester LAKE ERIE BINGHAMTON ST. JOHNS 7:30 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

FEBRUARY (13 games 6 home, 7 road) 1 2 8 9 10 13 15 17 18 20 23 24 26 Friday Saturday Friday Saturday Sunday Wednesday Friday Sunday Monday Wednesday Saturday Sunday Tuesday @ Springfield ROCHESTER ADIRONDACK ALBANY @ Adirondack @ Albany @ Binghamton @ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton @ Albany TORONTO SPRINGFIELD CONNECTICUT @ Rochester 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 4:05 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m.

MARCH (14 games 7 home, 7 road) 1 2 Friday Saturday ALBANY ROCHESTER 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

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Sunday Wednesday Friday Saturday Friday Saturday Wednesday Friday Saturday Wednesday Friday Saturday

@ Hershey @ Toronto @ St. Johns @ St. Johns NORFOLK ALBANY WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON HAMILTON ALBANY @ Rochester @ Norfolk @ Norfolk

5:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:15 p.m.

APRIL (8 games - 6 home, 2 away) 5 6 9 12 13 19 20 21 Friday Saturday Tuesday Friday Saturday Friday Saturday Sunday HERSHEY @ Hershey @ Lake Erie BRIDGEPORT ROCHESTER NORFOLK WORCESTER BINGHAMTON 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m.

HOME GAMES IN CAPS All times listed are Eastern Time (ET) Game times subject to change check local listings Tickets for the home opener against Hershey can be purchased now as part of a three or six game package, single game tickets will go sale at a later date. Season tickets for the Crunch's 2012-13 campaign are on sale now and can be purchased either in person at the Crunch Box Office located at the War Memorial on 800 South State Street in Syracuse, or by calling the office at (315) 473- 4444. For all the latest Crunch information and updates, fans can visit the team's official website at (www.syracusecrunch.com) or follow the club on Facebook at (www.facebook.com/syracusecrunch) and on Twitter (@SyracuseCrunch).
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