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A winning season for Syracuse Crunch: No Covid, extra development time
Posted May 13, 2021
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Almost every day, all players and the coaching staff were tested for Covid.
Forty-seven players have worn Crunch jerseys this year, 30 from Tampa Bay and 17 from Florida. Over the course of three months, there was not a single positive test on the team. No games were lost or rescheduled because of Covid-related protocols stemming from the Crunch (overall there have been 58 such impacted games across the AHL this year).
“That was my biggest fear. Every day you wake up, you check your phone and (Crunch trainer) Brad Chavis and I spoke three or four times a day,” said Syracuse general manager Stacy Roest. “Every night you get your results of that day’s testing. Once a positive test comes into your group, it shuts things down and it also ultimately affects Tampa and their ability to call players up. I’m very proud of our group, and how disciplined they were. They boug