Barons Weekly Report
November 1, 2004 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Barons News Release
Flashback
10/29/04 Cleveland 5 - St. John's 1... For the sixth consecutive game, the Barons opened the contest with the opening goal. With the win, it improved their record to 3-1-1-1 when getting the first mark on the scoreboard. The Barons used a Tomas Plihal goal, the third of the season for the second-year player, to gain the early 1-0 advantage. After the Barons allowed a goal, the Marcel Goc show started. The highest player of German descent ever selected in the NHL Entry Draft notched his third two-goal game of the season. The second goal of the night marked Goc's third short-handed goal of the season. Ryane Clowe, a native of St. John's, recorded two assists. Patrick Rissmiller also recorded a multi-point game with one goal and one assist. Craig Valette rounded out the Barons goal scoring. Dimitri Patzold again was solid, earning his third consecutive victory by stopping 33 shots.
10/30/04 St. John's 8 - Cleveland 3... For the first time this season, the Barons failed to score the first goal of the game. The fast start by the Maple Leafs led them to a 3-0 lead at the end of the first period. Kyle Wellwood, last season's leading scorer among rookies, notched three of the Maple Leafs first four goals and set a St. John's record with five goals in the game. The Barons wouldn't go away easy though and cut the Maple Leafs lead to 5-3 early in the third period. The Barons goals were recorded by Ryane Clowe, Shane Joseph and Scott Dobben.
Coming Up
11/2/04 vs. Hamilton - National City Rink located in Gund Arena
The Barons will meet the Hamilton Bulldogs for the first time this season. The Barons and Bulldogs built quite a rivalry last season, one in which the teams split the regular season series with identical 5-4-0-1 records. The two teams then met in an intense, six-game North Division Semifinal Playoff Series. The Bulldogs were victorious in the series advancing to the Division Finals where they lost to Rochester. Patrick Rissmiller led the Barons with four goals and finished second on the team with 8 points in 10 games against the Bulldogs in the regular season in 2003-04. Garrett Stafford also had a great regular season against the Bulldogs. In 9 games, the 2003-04 AHL All-Rookie Team member registered three goals and four assists. In fact, Stafford scored the game-winning goal against Hamilton on January 9th in overtime. That goal sprung the Barons to a 5-1-0-1 record over the next seven games (1/9 included in the record).
11/5 & 6/04 @ Hamilton - Copps Coliseum
The Barons will kick off their first three-games-in-three-nights and four-games-in-five-nights stretches of the season with back-to-back road games in Hamilton. It is the first time the Barons have returned to Hamilton since game 5 of the North Division Semifinal on 4/30/04. The Barons extended the Playoff series that evening with a 4-1 victory in Game 5. Shane Joseph was excellent in that series, tying the team lead with 7 points in six games. Joseph scored the game-winning goal in overtime in Game 2 of the series. Joseph connected on three of his six shots in that series. Nolan Schafer's 3-1-0 record, 2.00 goals against average and .942 save percentage bolstered the Barons against the Bulldogs in the regular season.
11/8/04 @ Rochester - Blue Cross Arena at the Rochester War Memorial
The Barons posted a 2-3-2-1 record against the Rochester Americans in 2003-04. The Barons scored the first goal in six of the eight games against the Amerks. Grant Stevenson registered two goals and three assists against Rochester last season. The five points were tied for second among Barons scorers. Jason Pominville led the Americans with 6 goals against the Barons last season. The Barons were 2-1-1-0 against the Americans in Rochester last season.
Election Day Madness
When the Barons battle the Hamilton Bulldogs on Tuesday, November 2nd at 7pm at the National City Rink located in Gund Arena, they will do so in front of George W. Bush and John Kerry. The two will drop ceremonial pucks prior to the start of the contest. Bush, from Homeworth, OH, is a Principle Supplier Quality Engineer at the Timken Company and Kerry, from Lorain, OH, is an Electrical Designer at Nordson-Amherst Corporation.
Do You Know The Way To San Jose???
Gary Allen of Cleveland will travel with the team and WKNR personality Kenny Roda to San Jose, California for the Barons game against the Edmonton Road Runners on Tuesday, November 9th at 10:30pm EST. Gary will be flown out with the team next Monday and return on Wednesday night. Allen was the winner of the first ever "Do you know the way to San Jose Flyaway" promotion run by WKNR 850-AM, the radio flagship station of the Cleveland Barons.
Schedule Change
The Cleveland Barons will now host the Edmonton Road Runners on Tuesday, November 9th in San Jose, CA. at HP Pavilion, home of the San Jose Sharks. The game will start at 10:30pm EST and will be aired on WKNR 850-AM. Due to the new travel schedule, the game on Thursday, November 11th originally scheduled for 10:30am at National City Rink located in Gund Arena will now start at 7:00pm.
Barons Player of the Week
The Cleveland Barons Player of the Week is left wing Ryane Clowe. Clowe went back home to St. John's and performed admirably. Tied with 3 points on the weekend, Clowe scored one goal and 2 assists. Clowe was tied for the Barons team lead with 6 shots in the two games. Clowe's goal came on the power play.
Interesting Statistics Of The Week
The Cleveland Barons lead the league with six unassisted goals on the season. Four players have unassisted goals as Marcel Goc leads the team with 3. Grant Stevenson, Patrick Rissmiller, and Scott Dobben each have one.
A Special Team
The Barons have scored 11 of their 26 goals via special teams play. In all, the Barons have eight power play goals and three short-handed goals. Also, two of the Barons 26 goals have come at full strength on an empty net. The Barons are fifth in the league with a 20% conversion rate on power plays.
Scoring Machine
The Barons are scoring at an incredible rate. After seven games, the Barons are averaging 3.71 goals per game, which is the fourth best mark in the league. The Barons have started six out of the seven game's by scoring the first goal.
Patzold Strikes Gold
Dimitri Patzold has been stellar in his last nine AHL starts dating back to last season. In those games, Patzold owns six wins, two losses, and one shootout loss (6-2-1). Those nine games encapsulated 543:14 and Patzold has a .946 (300/317) and a 1.88 goals against average. On the season, Patzold is 3-0-1 with a 1.47 goals against average and a .956 save percentage. Patzold is third in save percentage and fourth in goals against average among league goaltenders.
Oh My Goc!
Marcel Goc leads the Barons in scoring and goals with 11 points on 8 goals and 3 assists. His 8 goals are tied for third in the league and his 11 points are tied for eighth in the league. Goc is on a six-game point-streak in which he has 7 goals and 4 assists. Goc owns a seven-game goal-scoring streak at home dating back to last season (9-2-11), which is the longest active streak in the AHL and a Barons franchise record. Goc also has at least one goal in ten of his last 16 AHL games (14-4-18). During that time, he is a +10. His three unassisted goals are tied for first in the league with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton forward Ramzi Abid. His three short-handed goals lead the league.
The Best Defense Is A Good Offense
Christian Ehrhoff, a defenseman, has led the Barons in shots on goal in three out of the seven games this season. His 24 shots are tied for first on the Barons and are tied for eighth among all AHL defenseman. Ehrhoff has registered a point in four of the last six games (1-3-4). Last season, he averaged nearly three shots per contest in 27 games with the Barons. Ehrhoff led the Barons with 36 shots in 9 games during last season's Playoffs.
The Power Of Plihal
Center Tomas Plihal has registered a point in five of the Barons first seven games. His 3 goals are tied for second on the Barons and his 5 points are fourth. Two of Plihal's three goals have come on the power play.
The Clowe-ser
Ryane Clowe is tied for second on the Barons with 7 points. His 5 assists are tied for the team lead and his two power play goals are tied for first. Through seven games, Clowe has yet to commit a minor penalty. Dating back to last regular season, Clowe has not committed a minor penalty in eight games, tied for the second longest minor-less streak in his career. His previous long was 10 games. Clowe has recorded at least one point in the last three games.
Something Is Rissing
Patrick Rissmiller has recorded at least one point in five out of the last six games. During that span, Rissmiller has two goals and five assists. His five assists are tied for a team lead. Rissmiller has one power play goal and one game-winning goal.
Great Scott
Scott Dobben has been very accurate to this point. His 3 goals, tied for second on the team, have come on only 5 shots for a shooting percentage of .600. Dobben is second on the Barons in rookie scoring.
National City Breakaway with the Barons
The Cleveland Barons will host the second National City Breakaway with the Barons presented by SoftRock 102.1 WDOK and Marc's on Monday, November 15th at Michael A. Ries Ice Rink in Parma. The Barons will hold a one-hour practice that is open to the public. Following the practice, the Barons will take the ice with the fans. It is the perfect opportunity to get autographs from and photographs with the team. Michael A. Ries Ice Rink is located on 5000 Forestwood Drive in Parma.
Rink Buddies
The Barons are continuing their year-long Rink Buddies campaign this week. The Rink Buddies program takes three Barons out to a local hockey rink in the Greater Cleveland area to sign autographs and pose for pictures.
Monday, November 1st - Rocky River Recreation Center - 5:30-6:30pm (21018 Hilliard Blvd.)
Nick Bootland, Nolan Schaefer, and Josh Prudden
Wednesday, November 3rd - Thorton Park Ice Rink (Shaker Heights) - 7:15-8:15pm (20701 Farnsleigh Rd)
Ryane Clowe, Josh Gorges, Glenn Olson
Practice Makes Perfect
Below is the Barons schedule for the week. Practice times are subject to change. All practices at Barons Arena are open to the public. For information, contact the Barons at 216-420-0000...
Date Event Location Time
11-2 Pre-Game Skate National City Rink located in Gund Arena 10:00am
11-2 vs. Hamilton National City Rink located in Gund Arena 7:00pm
11-3 Practice Barons Arena 10:30am
11-4 Practice Barons Arena 10:30am
11-5 @ Hamilton Copps Coliseum 7:30pm
11-6 @ Hamilton Copps Coliseum 7:00pm
11-7 @ Rochester Blue Cross Arena at Rochester War Memorial 6:05pm
Barons Broadcasts
All road games this week can be heard live on The Voice of the Fan
SportsTalk 850-AM WKNR. All games this season can be heard live by
Crashing The Net at www.clevelandbarons.net
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