Bob McElligott

SYRACUSE — After just one season with the Syracuse Crunch, broadcaster Joe Brown has is no longer listed among the staff of the AHL club.  There’s no word yet on who will be providing play-by-play for the team this coming season, but thankfully, the team has plenty of time to make that decision.

SYRACUSE — Local hockey fans don’t need to wait until game days to hear or talk about Syracuse’s AHL franchise on the radio; this season, fans can go “Off the Ice with the Syracuse Crunch” every week on SportsRadio 620 WHEN.  The new show is hosted by new Crunch broadcaster Joe Brown.

SYRACUSE — You often hear about hockey players being sent back and forth between the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL and its parent club, the Columbus Blue Jackets.  Today, the NHL team announced it’s calling up Crunch broadcaster Bob McElligott.

The Syracuse SkyChiefs kick off their 2002 season this afternoon at 2 p.m. against the Rochester Red Wings. Beginning this year, ESPN Radio 1260 (WNSS) takes over as the radio broadcast home of the team with Bob McElligott announcing the play-by-play action.

The SkyChiefs have a new radio home. After being dropped from SportsRadio 620 WHEN last month, team management inked a one-year deal with ESPN Radio 1260 WNSS to broadcast the team’s 144 regular-season games.

After a ten year run, SportsRadio 620 WHEN has decided not to broadcast Syracuse SkyChiefs games. The team’s general manager John Simone wasn’t surprised with the decision, saying, “to be on one station for that long is kind of unprecedented.”