Syracuse, N.Y. – The Syracuse Crunch open their 2014 Training Camp in Lyon, France on Tuesday, Sept. 30 with 25 players on the club's preseason roster. Of the 25 players, 15 appeared on the Crunch roster during the 2013-14 season. A complete roster is below.
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| NO. | LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | POS | | DOB | HGT | WGT | BIRTHPLACE |
| 3 | Mormina | Joey | D | | 6/29/82 | 6'6 | 229 | Montreal, QC |
| 4 | Dotchin | Jake | D | | 3/24/1994 | 6'3" | 211 | Cambridge, ON |
| 5 | Milan | Dan | D | | 4/14/92 | 6'2 | 209 | Detroit, MI |
| 6 | Blujus | Dylan | D | | 1/22/1994 | 6'3" | 205 | Buffalo, NY |
| 7 | Sergeev | Artem | D | | 4/20/93 | 6'2" | 203 | Moscow, Russia |
| 10 | Angelidis | Mike | C | | 6/27/85 | 6'1 | 212 | Woodbridge, ON |
| 11 | Samson | Jérôme | RW | | 9/4/1987 | 6'0" | 192 | Greenfield Park, QC |
| 13 | Corrente | Matt | D | | 3/17/1988 | 6'0" | 200 | Mississauga, ON |
| 16 | Costello | Jeff | LW | | 11/20/1990 | 6'0" | 206 | Milwaukee, WI |
| 19 | Darcy | Cameron | C | | 3/2/1994 | 6'0" | 183 | South Boston, MA |
| 20 | Kunyk | Cody | C | | 8/10/1990 | 5'11" | 200 | Sherwood Park, AB |
| 21 | Blunden | Mike | RW | | 12/15/1986 | 6'4" | 214 | Toronto, ON |
| 24 | Cote | Jean-Philippe | D | | 4/22/82 | 6'2 | 214 | Quebec City, QC |
| 29 | Neilson | Eric | RW | | 8/18/84 | 6'0 | 209 | Fredericton, NB |
| 33 | Smith | Dalton | LW | | 6/30/92 | 6'2" | 215 | Markham, ON |
| 37 | Gourde | Yanni | LW | | 12/15/91 | 5'9" | 168 | St-Narcisse, QC |
| 50 | Gudlevskis | Kristers | G | | 7/31/92 | 6'3" | 211 | Aizkraukle, Latvia |
| 57 | Ikonen | Henri | LW | | 4/17/94 | 6'0" | 191 | Savonlinna, Finland |
| 63 | Paradis | Philippe | LW | | 1/2/91 | 6'2 | 213 | Dolbeau, QC |
| 65 | Koekkoek | Slater | D | | 2/18/1994 | 6'2" | 197 | Winchester, ON |
| 71 | Richard | Tanner | C | | 4/6/93 | 6'0 | 189 | Jona, Switerzland |
| 78 | Gauthier | Danick | LW | | 10/24/91 | 6'2 | 198 | Repentigny, QC |
| 88 | Vasilevskiy | Andrei | G | | 7/25/1994 | 6'3" | 207 | Tyumen, Russia |
| 89 | Nesterov | Nikita | D | | 3/28/93 | 5'11 | 199 | Chelyabinsk, Russia |
| 92 | Vermin | Joel | RW | | 2/5/1992 | 5'11" | 187 | Bern, Switzerland |
The training camp will highlight a season-long partnership between the Crunch and the Lyon Hockey Club Lions of the Magnus League, the top tier in France. The Lyon Hockey Club Lions are the Official 2014-15 season partner of the Syracuse Crunch and Tampa Bay Lightning. Syracuse will play three exhibitions games in Lyon at the Patinoire Charlemagne arena, two games against the Binghamton Senators and one game against the Lions. The team will conclude camp with a day of sightseeing in Paris. The Crunch's preseason schedule is as follows, all times local to Lyon, France.
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Tuesday, September 30 – Arrive in Lyon France
Thursday, October 2 - game vs. Binghamton – 8:30 p.m. at Patinoire Charlemagne Arena, Lyon
Saturday, October 4 - game vs. Lyon – 8:00 p.m. at Patinoire Charlemagne Arena, Lyon
Sunday, October 5 - game vs. Binghamton – 5:00 p.m. at Patinoire Charlemagne Arena, Lyon
Monday, October 6 – Travel to Paris, France
Tuesday, October 7 – Travel to Syracuse
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The Syracuse Crunch will host the Utica Comets in the Toyota Dome Classic at Syracuse University's Carrier Dome on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014. Tickets to the Toyota Frozen Dome Classic are on sale now and range in price from $20 to $50. Discount ticket prices are available for groups of 15 or more people. Tickets can be purchased either in person at the Syracuse Crunch Office located at the War Memorial Arena on 800 South State Street in Syracuse, by callingÂ
(315) 473-4444, at the Carrier Dome Box Office and at all Ticketmaster outlets.
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The Crunch kick-off the 2014-15 season with four straight home games beginning on Oct. 11 against the Springfield Falcons. Season tickets for 2014-15 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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