The Tampa Bay Lightning have assigned 18 players to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League today, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced.  That group includes 10 forwards, five defensemen and three goaltenders.

The players assigned to Syracuse include reigning AHL MVP and Rookie of the Year, Cory Conacher, as well as AHL Defenseman of the Year Mark Barberio.  Other notables include forwards J.T. Brown and Brett Connolly, both of whom played in Tampa Bay last season. 

Below is a full list of players who have been assigned to Syracuse:
JT Brown
Cory Conacher
Brett Connolly
Danick Gauthier
Alex Hutchings
Tyler Johnson
Alexander Killorn
Valdislav Namestnikov
Ondrej Palat
Richard Panik
Mark Barberio
Radko Gudas
Dmitry Korobov
Charles Landry
Dan Milan
Riku Helenius
Pat Nagle
Dustin Tokarski