The Syracuse Crunch, fresh off of their second annual pre-season game in Oswego, have announced that they will hang the number seven jersey of Reg Dunlop from the OnCenter rafters Saturday Night. The announcement comes just a few weeks after the passing of actor Paul Newman, the man who portrayed the player/coach of the Charlestown Chiefs in the 1977 film "Slap Shot". The OnCenter Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse serves as home to the Crunch and also housed several scenes of "Slap Shot."
The Crunch have invited Joanne Woodward, Newman's widow, to Saturday night's game against Rochester where the team will raise the jersey. She has yet to accept nor deny the invitation. The game will serve as the home opener of Syracuse's 15th season at the OnCenter rink. The Crunch, never ones to shy away from public relation opportunities (think Britney Spears Night and Gordie Howe), plan to roll out a full arsenal of special events."Fifteen's gonna be a big theme for us this year," said Crunch Senior VP Jim Sarosy. "We're gonna roll out a big 15th anniversary team contest that we're gonna do with fan voting. We have a star from High School Musical coming in on opening night (Saturday), Ryne Sanborn, which we're absolutely thrilled to be having here. The third game of the season we're gonna be doing a banner for Carmine Basilio, a big time boxer in this area."
The Crunch open the 2008-09 regular season on the road tomorrow night in Rochester.
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