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April 6, 2005 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2) News Release
Baltimore Blast
baltimoreblast.com
Record: 14-19 (.424)
Leading Scorer: Giuliano Celenza (30 g, 16 ast)
Leading GK: Brian Rowland (8-8, 5.77 gaa)
Head Coach: Tim Wittman
Blast Notes - Baltimore dropped a 7-3 decision at home against Cleveland on Friday, but recovered with a 4-3 overtime win in Philadelphia on Sunday...F Lee Tschantret scored Sunday's GWG at 12:01 of OT to snap the Blast's four-game losing streak...The 2003 and 2004 MISL champs enter the week 3.5 games out of the league's fourth and final playoff spot with six games to play...F Giuliano Celenza is 5th in the MISL with 46 points and 2nd with 30 g...The Blast, 5-10 away from home this season, plays road games fourth-place Cleveland (4/8) and sixth-place Kansas City (4/9) this week...Friday's game is Giuliano Celenza Bobblehead Night at 1st Mariner Arena.
Chicago Storm
chicagostorm.net
Record: 16-19 (.457)
Leading Scorer: Novi Marojevic (24 g, 17 ast)
Leading GK: Danny Waltman (16-16, 5.30 gaa)
Head Coach: Frank Klopas
Storm Notes - The Storm lost two games by a total of three goals over the weekend, falling 2.5 games behind Cleveland in the race for the MISL's fourth and final playoff berth; Chicago has four games remaining...Leading scorer Novi Marojevic is 9th in the league with 41 pts; Marojevic has gone four games without a point, his longest drought of the season...F Mark Ughy is T-4th in the MISL with 28 g...Rookie F Adawalla Morad scored 4 pts (3 g, ast) in last week's games...Rookie Danny Waltman has played more minutes (1,912) than any other MISL keeper this season...Chicago faces St. Louis in a crucial home game on 4/9; the Storm is 2-4 against the second-place Steamers in 2004-05.
Cleveland Force
clevelandforce.com
Record: 17-15 (.531)
Leading Scorer: John Ball (26 g, 24 ast)
Leading GK: Jim Larkin (15-13, 5.17 gaa)
Head Coach: Omid Namazi
Force Notes - Cleveland went 1-1 last week, with a 7-3 win in Baltimore on Friday and a 5-2 loss at home to Milwaukee on Saturday...The Force holds a 2.5 game lead over fifth-place Chicago in the standings with seven games to play...Cleveland swept March Player of the Month honors on Tuesday, with GK Jim Larkin, D Genoni Martinez, and F John Ball all earning recognition...Ball is 3rd in the league with 50 pts and T-4th with 24 ast...Larkin leads the MISL with 424 saves...Head Coach Omid Namazi, a former All-Star defender, has been added to the active roster...Cleveland's week includes stops in Kansas City (4/7) and St. Louis (4/10), and a home game vs. Baltimore (4/8).
Kansas City Comets
kccomets.com
Record: 14-19 (.424)
Leading Scorer: Dino Delevski (26 g, 21 ast)
Leading GK: Sanaldo (7-10, 6.22 gaa)
Head Coach: Zoran Savic
Comets Notes - The Comets won consecutive games for the first time since mid-February, defeating Milwaukee (6-3 on Thursday) and Chicago (6-5 in OT on Saturday) last week...GK Chris Damico, who totaled 28 saves, and F Jamar Beasley, who assisted on both GWG's, won Player of the Week honors on Monday...Kansas City is 3.5 games out of the MISL's final playoff spot with six games to play...F Dino Delevski is 4th in the MISL with 47 pts...D Vlatko Andonovski is 8th with 42 pts...F Ibrahim Kante has scored 8 g and 11 pts over the course of a seven-game scoring streak...The Comets play a pair of home games this week, against Cleveland (4/7) and Baltimore (4/9).
Milwaukee Wave
milwaukeewave.com
Record: 21-12 (.636)
Leading Scorer: Greg Howes (34 g, 23 ast)
Leading GK: Nick Vorberg (19-7, 3.69 gaa)
Head Coach: Keith Tozer
Wave Notes - Milwaukee lost 6-3 to Kansas City last Thursday, but a 5-2 win over Cleveland on Saturday secured a playoff berth for the Wave, the team's 12th in a row...F Greg Howes continues to lead the league in both points (57) and g (34)...GK Nick Vorberg leads the MISL in gaa (3.69), wins (19), and sv% (.766)...D Chris Morman is 3rd in the league with 47 blk...Milwaukee has outscored opponents 54-31 in the fourth quarter this season, the largest such margin in the league...The Wave clashes with second-place Philadelphia in a big home-and-home series this weekend, on 4/8 in Milwaukee and 4/9 in Philadelphia...Milwaukee is 3-1 against the KiXX this season.
Philadelphia KiXX
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Record: 20-15 (.571)
Leading Scorer: John Barry Nusum (27 g, 17 ast)
Leading GK: Peter Pappas (17-13, 4.47 gaa)
Head Coach: Don D'Ambra
KiXX Notes - The KiXX split a pair of weekend games, downing St. Louis 7-3 on Saturday and falling 4-3 in OT to Baltimore on Sunday...Philadelphia trails first-place Milwaukee by only 2.0 games...Pat Morris, who leads the league in blocks (82), won his league-high sixth Defensive Player of the Week Award on Monday... F John Barry Nusum is 6th in the league with 44 pts...Don D'Ambra, Kevin Sloan, and Goran Vasic are all T-10th in the MISL with 40 pts...Vasic leads the league with 29 ast...GK Peter Pappas ranks 2nd in min (1,850), svs (393), gaa (4.42), and w (17)...Philadelphia faces Milwaukee in a crucial home-and-home set this weekend, on 4/8 in Milwaukee and on 4/9 in Philadelphia.
St. Louis Steamers
stlsteamers.com
Record: 19-16 (.543)
Leading Scorer: Carlos Farias (29 g, 24 ast)
Leading GK: Brett Phillips (15-14, 4.77 gaa)
Head Coach: Daryl Doran
Steamers Notes - St. Louis suffered a 7-3 loss against Philadelphia on Saturday before recording a 7-5 win over Chicago on Sunday...The Steamers hold a 0.5 game lead over fourth-place Cleveland and a 3.0 game lead over fifth-place Chicago entering the week; St. Louis has five games remaining...F Carlos "Chile" Farias is 2nd in the league with 53 pts and T-4th with 24 ast...Farias has scored 12 pts in six games since being acquired from Baltimore...F Daryl Doran is 7th in the MISL with 43 pts and 2nd with 27 ast...F Joe Reiniger is T-10th with 40 pts...Reiniger leads the league with 9 ppg...GK Brett Phillips is 3rd in the MISL with a 4.77 gaa...The Steamers travel to Chicago on 4/9 and host Cleveland on 4/10.
NOTABLE:
- The Milwaukee Wave became the first team to clinch a spot in the 2005 MISL Championship Series over the weekend. The Wave has now made the playoffs 12 years in a row. The Championship Series kicks off the weekend of April 29 - May 1.
- The Cleveland Force swept MISL Player of the Month honors for March on Tuesday, with Jim Larkin (Goalkeeper), Genoni Martinez (Defensive), and John Ball (Offensive) all claiming awards.
- "Team Granitza," coached by Karl-Heinz Granitza, defeated "Team Steffenhagen," with Arno Stefffenhagen at the helm, 4-1 in the Chicago Legends Game presented by the Chicago Storm on April 3 at the UIC Pavilion.
- Having placed goalkeeper Jeff Richey on the 15-Day Injured Reserve list, the Storm signed 42-year-old netminder Scoop Stanisic to a 15-day contract this past week. Stanisic, who last played professionally in 2000-01, has played 306 career games for seven different teams in a career that began in 1984-85. He played the 1986-88 seasons with the Chicago Sting, and becomes the first former Sting player to sign with the Storm.
- Kansas City Comets forward Dino Delevski, a three-time Most Valuable Player and Spalding Scoring Champion, is being highlighted in this week's "Ask The Pros" feature at www.misl.net. Fans may e-mail questions for Delevski to fanmail@misl.net through the weekend.
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