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Lightning assign 18 players to Crunch

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SYRACUSE – The Tampa Bay Lightning, parent club of the Syracuse Crunch, have assigned 18 players to the Crunch today, Lightning vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced.  That group includes 10 forwards, five defensemen and three goaltenders.
 
The players assigned to Syracuse include reigning AHL MVP and Rookie of the Year, Cory Conacher, as well as AHL Defenseman of the Year Mark Barberio.  Other notables include forwards J.T. Brown and Brett Connolly, both of whom played in Tampa Bay last season. 
 
Below is a full list of players who have been assigned to Syracuse:
 
PLAYERS ASSIGNED TO SYRACUSE (18)
FORWARDS (10)
Name                         HT  WT    DOB   Born                            Acquired                   2011-12 Club
BROWN, J.T. 5-10 170 7/2/90 Burnsville, Minnesota FA (3/28/12) Tampa Bay (NHL)
U. of Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
CONACHER, Cory 5-8 180 12/14/89 Burlington, Ontario FA (3/1/12) Norfolk (AHL)
CONNOLLY, Brett 6-2 181 5/2/92 Prince George, BC '10 Draft (1st Rd) Tampa Bay (NHL)
GAUTHIER, Danick 6-1 208 10/24/91 Repentigny, Quebec FA (3/2/12) Saint John (QMJHL)
HUTCHINGS, Alex 5-10 178 11/7/90 Burlington, Ontario '09 Draft (4th Rd) Norfolk (AHL)
Florida (ECHL)
JOHNSON, Tyler 5-9 175 7/29/90 Spokane, Washington FA (3/7/11) Norfolk (AHL)
KILLORN, Alexander 6-2 205 9/14/89 Halifax, Nova Scotia '07 Draft (3rd Rd) Harvard (ECAC)
Norfolk (AHL)
NAMESTNIKOV, Vladislav 6-0 179 11/22/92 Voskresensk, Russia '11 Draft (1st Rd) London (OHL)
PALAT, Ondrej 6-0 180 3/28/91 Frydek-Mistek, Czech Rep. '11 Draft (7th Rd) Norfolk (AHL)
PANIK, Richard 6-2 215 2/7/91 Martin, Slovakia '09 Draft (2nd Rd) Norfolk (AHL)
DEFENSEMEN (5)
Name                                     HT      WT      DOB      Born                               Acquired                        2011-12 Club
BARBERIO, Mark 6-1 200 3/23/90 Montreal, Quebec '08 Draft (6th Rd) Norfolk (AHL)
GUDAS, Radko 6-0 205 6/5/90 Kladno, Czech Republic '10 Draft (3rd Rd) Norfolk (AHL)
KOROBOV, Dmitry 6-3 230 3/12/89 Novopolotsk, Belarus FA (8/2/12) Minsk (KHL)
LANDRY, Charles 6-1 187 6/3/91 Napierville, Quebec FA (9/15/10) Florida (ECHL)
Norfolk (AHL)
MILAN, Dan 6-2 200 4/14/92 Detroit, Michigan FA (9/23/11) Moncton (QMJHL)
Victoriaville (QMJHL)
GOALTENDERS (3)
Name                                  HT  WT    DOB        Born                                     Acquired                          2011-12 Club
HELENIUS, Riku 6-3 211 3/1/88 Palkane, Finland '06 Draft (1st Rd) JYP (SM-liiga)
NAGLE, Pat 6-1 179 9/21/87 Bloomfield, Michigan FA (3/22/11) Florida (ECHL)
TOKARSKI, Dustin 5-11 198 9/16/89 Humboldt, Saskatchewan '08 Draft (5th Rd) Norfolk (AHL)
 

The Crunch open their 19th American Hockey League season on Oct. 12 in Rochester and host the Hershey Bears on Oct. 13 at the War Memorial Arena. A complete 2012-13 schedule can be found here. For all the latest Crunch information and updates, fans can visit the team's official website at (www.syracusecrunch.com) or follow the club on Facebook at (www.facebook.com/syracusecrunch) and on Twitter (@SyracuseCrunch).
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