Barons split over weekend
October 7, 2004 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Cleveland Barons News Release
The Cleveland Barons split a pair of games over the past weekend. Saturday night, October 2nd the Barons hosted the Toledo IceDiggers at the IceLand USA Arena in Strongsville, OH. The Barons earned a 4-1 victory.
Jesse Adair (Brampton, ONT) opened the scoring in the second period with unassisted goal. Jason Weeks Seattle, WA) extended the Barons lead to 2-0 with his second goal of the year, shorthanded, with the lone assist going to Nick Biondo (Parma, OH). In the third period, the Barons went up 3-0 after Jason Weeks scored a power play goal, his second of the game and third of year. The assists went to Jacob Cepis (Parma, OH) and Matt Shouneyia (Bloomfield Hills, MI).
After a Toledo goal to cut the lead to 3-1, Barons forward Nick Kosinski (Marquette, MI) scored a power play goal, his third of the year. The assists going to Pat Goebel (Parma, OH and Kurt Kivisto (Brighton, MI) to make the final 4-1. Barons goalie Blake MacNicol (Milan, OH) earned his first career victory as he made 32 save in the game.
Game two of the weekend had the Barons hosting the USA National Development under 17 team. The USA went up 1-0 in the first period on a Ryan Flynn goal, but Barons forward Jason Weeks scored his 4th goal of the year, with Jacob Cepis and Jim Burichin (Strongsville, OH) picking up the assists to tie the score at one after the first period. The second period started with Barons defenseman Jesse Adair scoring his second goal of the year, the lone assist went to Jason Weeks giving the Barons a 2-1 lead. The USA would tie it up late in the period on a power play goal from Pat Kane to end the period tied at two. In the third period, the USA jumped out to a 3-2 lead on a Greg Squires goal. The Barons would answer back two minutes later with Jacob Cepis scoring his 4th goal of the year, with the assist going to Eric Rex (Fairview, PA). The score remained tied at three until Rhett Rakhshani scored a power play goal with 16 second left in the period giving the USA a 4-3 victory. Barons goalie Chris Carlson (Plainfield, IL) had 20 save in the game.
BARONS TO PLAY AT BOWLING GREEN OCTOBER 9TH
The Cleveland Barons, will be playing a scheduled home game at Bowling Green State University on Saturday, October 9th against the Soo Kewadin Indians, game time is 6:15PM. This is the second game of a hockey doubleheader as the BGSU Falcons will play their annual Brown and Orange game at the BGSU Arena at 4:15 PM. The game feature future BGSU Falcon, Barons center Jacob Cepis 2006-07 and Falcon Hockey Alumni, Barons Head Coach/GM Tim Alexander (BGSU â80) who also is a former Assistant Coach at the CCHA school.
FLIP FLOPPING: BARONS STYLE
The Barons over the past few weeks have had their own version of the political term of flip flopping. Nick Biondo (Parma, OH) who started the season on defense has been moved back to normal position of right wing. While Barons Captain Matt Shouneyia has moved from left wing to defense. A position that he has played most of his career in the Compuware organization. Head Coach/GM Tim Alexander had this to say on the move: âWith moving Matt back on defense he has now turned into an instant threat on the blue line. I feel that Matt will be a fine Division one defenseman for next season, his speed and shot makes him a dangerous player to be reckoned with when he is on the ice."
ROAD WARRIORS
The Barons will be on the road for the next three weeks as they make their way to Toledo (Oct.7th), BGSU vs. SOO (Oct.8th), Ann Arbor ,MI USA-18 (Oct.17th) then the NAHL Showcase in Blaine, MN (Oct.19th-23rd). The next home game at the IceLand USA Arena in Strongsville, OH will be October 30th against the Youngstown Phantoms game time 7:05PM. For further information contact the Barons at 440-886-0512 or log onto www.clevelandbarons.com.
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