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The franchise originated in 1992 as the Hamilton Canucks, which were an affiliate of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks.

The Canucks played in Hamilton, Ontario for two seasons, before relocating to Upstate New York in 1994.

They were then renamed the ' Crunch ' in a public vote of five names.

Since then they have developed an intrastate rivalry with the Rochester Americans.

After the relocation from Hamilton was complete, the Crunch remained the AHL farm team of the Canucks until 2000, when it switched its NHL affiliation to the newly formed Columbus Blue Jackets, an affiliation it retained for a decade, before the Jackets switched its affiliation to the Springfield Falcons in 2010.

The Crunch made history on February 20, 2010, when they played the first outdoor AHL game against the Binghamton Senators.

The Mirabito Outdoor Classic took place at the Grandstand at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse.

The game set an AHL attendance record of 21, 508.

Syracuse won the game 2 – 1.