SYRACUSE, N.Y. – After losing the cup to Team Tamurian in 2017, Team Axe reclaimed the Street Crunch Media Game title with a 11-8 victory on Montgomery Street today.
 
Team Axe was first on the board and never gave up the lead. Matt Thompson lead the team with five goals, while goaltender Ken Murphy picked up MVP honors.
 
Cole Parzych paced Team Tamurian with two goals and one assist. The team was backstopped by Wayne Mahar.
 
The Street Crunch Media Game is an annual event where members of local media and the Crunch front office compete in a fun-spirited street hockey match-up. Teams were selected in a live draft on Twitter by team captains Brent Axe of Syracuse.com and Galaxy Communications and Niko Tamurian of CNY Central.
 
Below are the Street Crunch Media Game team photos, rosters and scoresheets:
 
Team Tamurian


 
Captain Niko Tamurian, CNY Central
Wayne Mahar, CNY Central
Justin Page, CNY Central
Matt Hauswirth, CNY Central
Todd Cross, Syracuse Crunch
Jim Sarosy, Syracuse Crunch
Erik Columbia, Spectrum
Megan Cahill, Syracuse Crunch
Keith Kobland, Syracuse University
Bryan Honeywell, CNY Central
Kate Callaway, Spectrum
Cole Parzych, CNY Central
Pat McMahon, Y94
Darius Joshua, NewsChannel 9
Daniel Mead, Syracuse Crunch
DJ Kobe, Hot 107.9
 
First Period
 
Sarosy (Hauswirth)
Page (Tamurian, Callaway)
Kobland (Cross)
 
Second Period
 
Parzych (McMahon)
 
Third Period
 
Sarosy (Kobland)
Parzych (Columbia)
Joshua (Mead, Parzych)
Page (Honeywell)
 
Team Axe


 
Captain Brent Axe, Syracuse.com and Galaxy Communications
Rick Deyulio, TK99
Jeremy Houghtaling, The Citizen
Mark Hayes, Syracuse Crunch
Ken Murphy
Robert Harding, The Citizen
Matt Thompson, Syracuse Crunch
Mario Sacco, NewsChannel 9
Tom Santurri, Dunkin' Donuts
Lukas Favale, Syracuse Crunch
Mark Larson, Spectrum
Victoria Carmen, CNY Central
John Johnson, Spectrum
Cooper Gillogly, Syracuse Crunch
Seth Goldberg, Galaxy Communications
Kate Thornton, NewsChannel 9
 
First Period
 
Thompson
Santurri (Favale)
Thompson (Axe)
Johnson (Sacco)
Goldberg (Favale)
 
Second Period
 
Thompson (Johnson)
Thompson
Santurri (Harding, Carmen)
Axe (Hayes)
Gillogly (Favale)
 
Third Period
 
Thompson (Axe)
 
The Syracuse Crunch's annual Summer Street Crunch series are street hockey games open to all kids between the ages of 5-14. Games are held on four Saturdays in July and August. Two teams compete against each other in hour-long games. Helmets, sticks and sneakers (no skates) are required. All games are held at 9 a.m. outside the War Memorial Arena on Montgomery Street.
 
Ticket packages for the 2018-19 season are on sale now and can be purchased in person at the Crunch office located inside the War Memorial Arena at 800 S. State St. in Syracuse, by calling the office at 315-473-4444. For the latest Crunch news, visit www.syracusecrunch.com or follow the club on Facebook (www.facebook.com/syracusecrunch), Twitter (@SyracuseCrunch) and Instagram (@syracusecrunch) using #SyrCrunch.