2008-09 Syracuse Crunch Statistics
Team Record: 40-32-5 (SO: 0-3) - 88 points
in the AHL's North Division
Coach: Ross Yates (40-32, 8 OTL)
Location: Syracuse, New York
Attendance: 208,429, Avg. 5,211 in 40 home dates
The Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 40 wins and 32 losses (and 5 overtime losses), with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 88 points in the AHL's North Division.
The Crunch scored 214 goals and yielded 226. Derek MacKenzie and Alexandre Picard netted 22 goals for Syracuse each, and Mike York recorded 47 assists. Dan LaCosta topped the squad with 19 wins and a team-best 2.79 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Ross Yates coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike York | C | 75 | 11 | 47 | 58 | 30 | +7 | 5 | 0 | 166 | 6.6 |
| Derek MacKenzie | C | 64 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 50 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 189 | 11.6 |
| Craig MacDonald | C | 70 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 71 | -18 | 6 | 1 | 178 | 8.4 |
| Alexandre Picard | L | 49 | 22 | 10 | 32 | 107 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 145 | 15.2 |
| Nikita Filatov | L | 39 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 16.7 |
| Maxim Mayorov | L | 71 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 30 | -15 | 4 | 0 | 153 | 11.1 |
| Aaron Rome | D | 48 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 153 | +7 | 2 | 0 | 134 | 5.2 |
| Trevor Frischmon | C | 80 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 57 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 4.7 |
| Steve Kelly | C | 45 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 74 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 15.9 |
| Nick Holden | D | 61 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 46 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 3.9 |
| Michael Blunden | R | 39 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 68 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 9.4 |
| Tom Sestito | L | 52 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 168 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 12.1 |
| Clay Wilson | D | 33 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 6 | -2 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 8.6 |
| Grant Clitsome | D | 73 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 74 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 3.4 |
| Andrey Plekhanov | D | 54 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 50 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 2.6 |
| John Vigilante | LW | 52 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 14 | -7 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 8.6 |
| Dan Spang | D | 24 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 4.9 |
| Adam Pineault | R | 29 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 36 | -5 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 5.7 |
| Kevin Harvey | LW | 54 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 214 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 23.1 |
| Jonathan Sigalet | D | 19 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | +13 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 11.6 |
| Kris Russell | D | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 |
| Dan Smith | D | 79 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 91 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 5.1 |
| Brian McGuirk | LW | 60 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 39 | +7 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Derek Dorsett | R | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 35 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Ryan Garlock | C | 35 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Jon Landry | D | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Kyle Wharton | D | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Kirill Starkov | LW | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Petr Pohl | RW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Johann Kroll | D | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Dan LaCosta | G | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Kennedy | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Mike Sgroi | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Tim Miller | RW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Stefan Legein | RW | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Kevin Lalande | G | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Pierre | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Tim Filangieri | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Hendrikx | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Craig Valette | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Bomersback | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Munce | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Mirasty | LW | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 227 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Matt Greer | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Steve Mason | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sebastian Dahm | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Murray | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob LaLonde | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blair Yaworski | LW | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1611 | 207 | 351 | 558 | 1830 | -57 | 64 | 6 | 2406 | 8.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Lalande | 15 | 848 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2.26 | 439 | 407 | .927 |
| Steve Mason | 3 | 184 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.63 | 79 | 74 | .937 |
| Dan LaCosta | 45 | 2469 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 115 | 2.79 | 1317 | 1202 | .913 |
| Sebastian Dahm | 24 | 1150 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 2.66 | 595 | 544 | .914 |
| John Murray | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.24 | 13 | 11 | .846 |
| Ryan Munce | 3 | 141 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.98 | 79 | 72 | .911 |
| Totals | 91 | 4829 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 212 | 2.63 | 2522 | 2310 | .916 |
