JOE PALMER

JOE PALMER has been hired as the Syracuse Crunch goaltending and video coach. Palmer, 31, joins the organization after serving as the director of hockey operations for the Cornell Big Red for three seasons following a season as a volunteer assistant coach with Cornell in 2015-16. During his time as director of hockey operations, Cornell posted a 67-26-11 record and earned three at-large bids to the NCAA tournament. Among other duties in his first season, Palmer served as a goaltending coach for the team’s three goaltenders. A native of Utica, Palmer is the founder and primary instructor of Syracuse–based Palmer Goalie Systems, where he provides personal instruction and video analysis to more than 30 area goaltenders who compete at the AAA, prep school, junior, and college levels. He also serves as goaltending consultant with Mountain Hockey Instruction and Syracuse Empire Junior Stars and is a talent evaluator for USA Hockey Festival Central New York tryout camp. As a player, Palmer appeared in more than 90 career minor-league hockey games with six different teams.