The Syracuse Crunch announced its 2022-23 regular season schedule.
The Crunch will open the team's 29th season on the road against the Cleveland Monsters on Oct. 14 and Oct. 15. The team will travel to Rochester on Oct. 21 before returning to the Upstate Medical University Arena to host the Amerks for the home opener presented by Upstate University Hospital at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22.
Syracuse's 72-game schedule features 36 home contests comprised of one Sunday, one Monday, four Wednesdays, 14 Fridays and 16 Saturdays.
All home games start at 7 p.m., except for those on Monday, Jan. 16, which starts at 1 p.m., and Sunday, March 26, which begins at 5 p.m.
What You Need To Know
- The Crunch will play 72 games this season
- Syracuse will open the slate on the road October 14
- The home opener will be against Rochester on October 22
The Crunch will face 14 teams in the North and Atlantic divisions. The most frequent matchups will be 14 contests against Utica.
Syracuse will also play 12 games against Rochester, eight against Laval, six each against Belleville and Toronto, four each against Cleveland, Charlotte, Providence and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, and two each against Bridgeport, Hartford, Hershey, Lehigh Valley and Springfield. January and March will be the Crunch's busiest months with 12 scheduled games.
The team will play 11 in November, December and February, eight in April and seven in October. This season, Syracuse will have five three-in-threes with two in January and one each in February, March and April.
The team will have one five-game homestand this season in December, and three three-game homestands, with two in November and one in March.
The most home games fall in March when the Crunch host eight. The most road contests fall in December, January and February with six in each of those months.
The complete 2022-23 regular season schedule is below, subject to change:
10/14/22 -- 7 p.m., Syracuse @ Cleveland
10/15/22 -- 7 p.m., Syracuse @ Cleveland
10/21/22 -- 7:05 p.m., Syracuse@ Rochester
10/22/22 -- 7 p.m., Rochester @ Syracuse
10/26/22 -- 7 p.m., Syracuse @ Toronto
10/28/22 -- 7 p.m., Toronto @ Syracuse
10/29/22 -- 7 p.m., Cleveland @ Syracuse
11/2/22 -- 7:05 p.m., Syracuse @ Rochester
11/4/22 -- 7 p.m., Syracuse @ Charlotte
11/5/22 -- 6 p.m., Syracuse @ Charlotte
11/9/22 -- 7 p.m., Rochester @ Syracuse
11/11/22 -- 7 p.m., Belleville @ Syracuse
11/12/22 -- 7 p.m., Utica @ Syracuse
11/16/22 -- 10:35 a.m., Syracuse @ Springfield
11/19/22 -- 7:05 p.m., Syracuse @ Belleville
11/23/22 -- 7:00 p.m., Toronto @ Syracuse
11/25/22 -- 7 p.m., Providence @ Syracuse
11/26/22 -- 7 p.m., Providence @ Syracuse
12/2/22 -- 7:05 p.m., Syracuse @ Belleville
12/3/22 -- 4 p.m., Syracuse @ Toronto
12/7/22 -- 7:05 p.m. Syracuse @ Rochester
12/9/22 -- 7 p.m. Toronto @ Syracuse
12/10/22 -- 7 p.m. Utica @ Syracuse
12/16/22 -- 7 p.m. Springfield @ Syracuse
12/17/22 -- 7 p.m., Bridgeport @ Syracuse
12/21/22 -- 7 p.m., Laval @ Syracuse
12/23/22 -- 7:05 p.m., Syracuse @ Rochester
12/28/22 -- 7 p.m. Syracuse @ Laval
12/30/22 -- 7 p.m., Syracuse @ Laval
1/6/23 -- 7 p.m., Belleville @ Syracuse
1/7/23 -- 7 p.m, Rochester @ Syracuse
1/8/23 -- 5 p.m. Syracuse @ Hershey
1/13/23 -- 7 p.m., Laval @ Syracuse
1/14/23 -- 7:05 p.m., Syracuse @ Lehigh Valley
1/16/23 -- 1 p.m., Utica @ Syracuse
1/18/23 -- 7:05 p.m., Syracuse @ Wilkes-Barre
1/20/23 -- 7 p.m., Syracuse @ Utica
1/21/23 -- 7 p.m., Utica @ Syracuse
1/27/23 -- 7 p.m., Utica @ Syracuse
1/28/23 -- 7 p.m., Syracuse @ Hartford
1/29/23 -- 3:05 p.m., Syracuse @ Providence
2/1/23 -- 7 p.m., Syracuse @ Utica
2/3/23 -- 7 p.m., Charlotte @ Syracuse
3/24/23 -- 7 p.m., Syracuse @ Utica
3/25/23 -- 7 p.m., Hershey @ Syracuse
3/26/23 -- 5 p.m., Utica @ Syracuse
3/31/23 -- 7 p.m., Belleville @ Syracuse
4/1/23 -- 6:05 p.m., Syracuse @ Wilkes-Barre
4/2/23 -- 3 p.m., Syracuse @ Utica
4/5/23 -- 7:05 p.m., Syracuse @ Rochester
4/7/23 -- 7 p.m., Rochester @ Syracuse
4/8/23 -- 7 p.m., Laval @ Syracuse
4/12/23 -- 7 p.m., Syracuse @ Utica
4/14/23 -- 7 p.m., Syracuse @ Laval
4/15/23 -- 7 p.m. Utica @ Syracuse
2/4/23 -- 7 p.m. Charlotte @ Syracuse
2/10/23 -- 7 p.m. Syracuse @ Laval
2/11/23 -- 7 p.m., Rochester @ Syracuse
2/15/23 -- 7:05 p.m., Syracuse @ Belleville
2/18/23 -- 7 p.m., Syracuse @ Utica
2/19/23 -- 3:05 p.m., Syracuse @ Rochester
2/24/23 -- 7 p.m., Wilkes-Barre @ Syracuse
2/25/23 -- 7 p.m., Hartford @ Syracuse
2/26/23 -- 4 p.m., Syracuse @ Toronto
3/1/23 -- 7 p.m., Cleveland @ Syracuse
3/3/23 -- 7 p.m., Lehigh Valley @ Syracuse
3/5/23 -- 3 p.m., Syracuse @ Utica
3/10/23 -- 7 p.m., Laval @ Syracuse
3/11/23 -- 7 p.m., Rochester @ Syracuse
3/15/23 -- 7:05 p.m., Syracuse @ Providence
3/17/23 -- 7 p.m., Syracuse @ Bridgeport
3/18/23 -- 7 p.m., Wilkes-Barre @ Syracuse