County Executive Proclaims Eastern Standard Time to Now be Known as Crunch Time
April 19, 2012 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Syracuse Crunch News Release
Syracuse, NY (April 19, 2012) - The Syracuse Crunch announced today that Onondaga County Executive Joanne Mahoney has proclaimed that Eastern Standard time zone (EST) will now be known as Crunch Time (CT), in honor of the club's return to the Calder Cup Playoffs on Friday, April 20, 2012.
The proclamation reads, "whereas, when the playoffs begin on Friday and Saturday night at the War Memorial we all will be keeping up with 'Crunch Time' which represents fast-paced, exciting professional hockey.'
"It's time for all Central New York to rest their emotional, psychological, and physical clocks to Crunch Time," said Crunch owner Howard Dolgon. "Enjoy every second, minute and hour of our mission possible playoff run."
The Crunch open the 2012 Calder Cup Playoffs with a best-of-five series against the St. John's IceCaps which preside from the Newfoundland Standard time zone (NT). Games will be played at the War Memorial Arena in Syracuse on Friday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m. (CT) and Saturday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. (CT).
Tickets 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 (www.twitter.com/syracusecrunch).
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