Fingerlakes1.com Menu Editor’s Note: Ackerman hosts a podcast, which is syndicated on FingerLakes1.com. Check it out by clicking here, or subscribing so you never miss an episode by clicking here. Alexandra Ackerman is a teacher in the South Seneca Central School District. She can still recall her first Syracuse Crunch game back in 2004. That is when she started going to watch the local AHL affiliate, starting a lifelong journey from fan, to sportswriter, to podcaster. Four years after that first season she started blogging about the Crunch. Then in 2011 had her work recognized and picked up by SB Nation. That was a big moment for her, and something she recalls fondly.