The Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League are entering into a new affiliation agreement with the Tampa Bay Lightning starting in 2012/13; to celebrate that new agreement the club will unveil a new logo and colours this coming Monday.
The news was announced via a Tweet by the Crunch Sr. Director of Player Development Michael Folsom:
Getting excited for Monday… new @syracusecrunch logo debut! Preparing graphics for the big unveiling – July 2 at 12:30p.
— Michael Folsom (@MichaelJFolsom) June 27, 2012
Syracuse had been affiliated with the Anaheim Ducks since the 2010 season, prior to that they had been affiliated with Vancouver and Columbus.
Logo and affiliation history of the Syracuse Crunch... so far
The Crunch have changed their logo and/or their colour scheme for every previous affiliation change in the past; the team went for a total re-brand when switching from Vancouver to Columbus in 2000, when switching to Anaheim in 2010 they simply changed their colours.
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Panhead24
Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 08:44Well, at least their new logo can't be any worse than the current one. :P But, seriously, with a name like the "Crunch", there is a very limited amount of creativity there. It's not exactly an easy name to come up for a logo with.
kurt
Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 11:47just bite the bullet and Nestle as a sponsor.
kurt
Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 11:48*get Nestle as a sponsor
ingmar66
Friday, June 29, 2012 at 18:22Exactly! A frozen bowl of Crunch cereal with icicles and stuff and two crossed hockey sticks underneath the bowl. That is already an improvement. Their current logo is too lame for words.