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View 283: Playoff Hockey Intensity

The intensity of playoff hockey has players skating faster and hitting harder. Syracuse Crunch Ondrej Palat (12) is not the biggest player on the ice.  Still, he took on Grand Grand Rapids Brian Lashoff (32) during the Calder Cup Final game … Continue reading

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View 282: Hockey Through a Fisheye

A fellow photographer brought me a Nikon 10.5 f/2.8G DX Fisheye Lens to use  on my Nikon D7100 Digital SLR camera at last Saturday’s Syracuse Crunch Calder Cup Playoff game against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.  I had never used a Fisheye lens before.  I … Continue reading

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View 280: Playoff Series Sweep

With apologies to my Massachusetts blogmates Karma and her sister, Jennifer, the Syracuse Crunch made quick work of the Springfield Falcons by sweeping the series, 4 games to 0 in the Best-of-7 AHL Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. Here are some highlights: … Continue reading

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View 277: Calder Cup Playoffs

The Syracuse Crunch entered the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup Playoffs last weekend against the Portland (Maine) Pirates. A team they had not played during the regular season. Playoff hockey is very intense and the first round of these playoffs … Continue reading

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View 226: Calder Cup Playoffs

It has been awhile since the Syracuse Crunch made the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup Playoffs.  Fans came out and filled the Onondaga Country War Memorial in support. The Crunch had lost the first game of the best of five … Continue reading

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