The team’s name was born from a fan vote and owner Howard Dolgon came up with the idea for a superhero as the club’s mascot. Landing at 29 in THN’s AHL logo rankings is the Syracuse Crunch.

The teams adopted the nickname and a logo of an Indian with a knife and tomahawk. The university earned the nickname "Fighting Virginians" from the "Northern Press" as a result of the team's effort in ...