The Syracuse Crunch have been an AHL staple for nearly three decades. Each week on Crunch Chronicles, host Lukas Favale chats with a special Crunch guest to uncover the stories about their time in the Salt City.
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The Syracuse Crunch have been an AHL staple for nearly three decades. Each week on Crunch Chronicles, host Lukas Favale chats with a special Crunch guest to uncover the stories about their time in the Salt City.
On Episode 62 of Crunch Chronicles, presented by Wendy's, Lukas Favale is joined by Ken Klee.
Klee spent two seasons as an assistant coach for the Crunch beginning with the 2017-18 season after he was hired in July 2017. A veteran of over 900 NHL games played, Klee was responsible for the team’s defensemen and penalty kill and he helped the team to two of their best regular seasons ever in 2017-18 and 2018-19.
In 2017-18, the Crunch finished fourth overall in the AHL with 100 points and then they topped that with 102 points and a franchise record 0.671 points percentage as they finished second overall in the league and won the North Division in 2018-19.
Under Klee, the Crunch finished top five in goals against per game and in penalty kill in both seasons. Under his tutelage, players like Erik Cernak graduated to the NHL for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Klee continues to coach today and he is currently the head coach of PWHL Minnesota.
On the show, Klee discusses the new PWHL, his two seasons in Syracuse and more.
Crunch Chronicles
The Syracuse Crunch have been an AHL staple for nearly three decades. Each week on Crunch Chronicles, host Lukas Favale chats with a special Crunch guest to uncover the stories about their time in the Salt City.
