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Tampa Bay Extends AHL Affiliation

October 12, 2022 at 11:18 am CDT | by Gavin Lee 1 Comment

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Syracuse Crunch have been one of hockey’s most successful partnerships, and it isn’t going to end anytime soon. The two organizations have announced a new five-year affiliation extension, keeping them linked through the 2026-27 season.

General manager Julien BriseBois released a statement:

The Lightning are thrilled to extend our affiliation agreement with the Crunch today. Howard Dolgon and his group in Syracuse create an ideal environment for our prospects to develop in, as evidenced by the number of players that have eventually made it to Tampa to play for the Lightning. We’d like to thank Howard and the entire Crunch staff for their continued commitment to the success of both our franchises. We would also like to thank the Crunch fans for their passion and support of the team.

The number of players to come through the Crunch-Lightning pipeline and make an impact at the NHL is almost unparalleled in the AHL. Carter Verhaeghe, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Mitchell Stephens, Jan Rutta, Taylor Raddysh, Matthew Peca, Cedric Paquette, Richard Panik, Ondrej Palat, Nikita Nesterov, Vladislav Namestnikov, Jonathan Marchessault, Nikita Kucherov, Slater Koekkoek, Alex Killorn, Mathieu Joseph, Tyler Johnson, Connor Ingram, Libor Hajek, Radko Gudas, Yanni Gourde, Cal Foote, Adam Erne, Brett Connolly, Ross Colton, and on, and on.

There’s also head coach Jon Cooper, who was plucked from the Crunch to lead the lightning in 2013 when Guy Boucher was fired.

There’s absolutely no reason for either team to break a partnership that works this well. The minor league squad hasn’t had a losing record since 2013-14, and even then it was 31-32-13. While most affiliation agreements are just for a few seasons, a five-year deal between these two makes perfect sense.

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  1. Monkey’s Uncle

    3 years ago

    Syracuse Crunch sounds like a candy bar. A good one.

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