Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Crunch announced today the club's 2012-13 training camp will open with an optional skate on Friday, Sept. 28 at 1:30 p.m. The first full team practice will be held at the War Memorial Arena on Saturday, Sept. 29 at 11:00 a.m.

Highlights of the Crunch's 2012 training camp include three preseason contests against the St. John's IceCaps in Newfoundland, Canada and Crunch Convention on Wednesday, Oct. 10 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Crunch Convention is the first chance for fans to meet the players and for season ticket holders to pick up their booklets. The event which is free, and open to the public, will also include an open skate, bounce house and merchandise and equipment sale.

The complete 2012 training camp schedule is below, all times listed are local and subject to change.
 
Friday, Sept. 28                    1:30 p.m.               optional practice                  War Memorial Arena
 
Saturday, Sept. 29               11:00 a.m.            practice                                  War Memorial Arena
 
Sunday, Sept. 30                 11:00 a.m.            practice                                  War Memorial Arena
 
Monday, Oct. 1                    11:00 a.m.            practice                                  War Memorial Arena
 
Tuesday, Oct. 2                    Team travels from Syracuse, NY to Newfoundland, Canada                     
 
Wednesday, Oct. 3              1:30 p.m.               practice                                  Pepsi Centre, Corner Brook, NL      
 
Thursday, Oct. 4                  11:00 a.m.            pregame skate                          Pepsi Centre, Corner Brook, NL
                                             7:30 p.m.             game vs. St. John's                  Pepsi Centre, Corner Brook, NL      
 
Friday, Oct. 5                        11:00 a.m.            pregame skate                         Pepsi Centre, Corner Brook, NL                                                                                                     7:30 p.m.             game vs. St. John's                 Stephenville Dome, Stephenville, NL
 
Saturday, Oct. 6                   Team travels from Stephenville, NF to St. John's, NF
 
Sunday, Oct. 7                     2:00 p.m.               game vs. St. John's              Clarenville Events Centre, Clarenville, NL
 
Monday, Oct. 8                    Team travels from Newfoundland, Canada to Syracuse, NY
 
Tuesday, Oct. 9                    11:00 a.m.            practice                                  War Memorial Arena
 
Wednesday, Oct. 10            11:00 a.m.            practice                                  War Memorial Arena
                                             5:30-7:30 p.m.     Crunch Convention                 War Memorial Arena
 
Thursday, Oct. 11                11:00 a.m.            practice                                  War Memorial Arena
 
Friday, Oct. 12                     2012-13 AHL regular season Begins
 
In addition, the Crunch have released their 2012-13 Training Camp Roster, the following players will be in camp:
 
Defensemen
Keith Aulie
Mark Barberio
J.P. Cote
Radko Gudas
Dmitry Korobov
Charles Landry
Dan Milan
Jared Nightingale
Evan Oberg
Matt Taormina
 
 
Forwards:
Mike Angelidis
J.T. Brown
Cory Conacher
Brett Connolly
Philip-Michael Devos
Danick Gauthier
Alex Hutchings
Tyler Johnson
Alexander Killorn
Pierre-Cedric Labrie
Vladislav Namestnikov
Eric Neilson
Ondrej Palat
Richard Panik
Maxime Langelier-Parent
J.T. Wyman
 
Goalie:
Riku Helenius
Pat Nagle
Dustin Tokarski
                       
 
Tickets for the 2012-13 Crunch campaign are now on sale and can be purchased by calling the Crunch office at (315) 473-4444, or by stopping by the Crunch office in the War Memorial Arena located at 800 South State Street in downtown Syracuse. For the latest Crunch information, fans can visit the team's official website (www.syracusecrunch.com), or follow the club on Facebook (www.facebook.com/syracusecrunch) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/syracusecrunch).