Sharks assign Gorges to Barons
October 11, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Barons News Release
CLEVELAND - San Jose Sharks Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Wilson announced today that the club has loaned defenseman Josh Gorges to the Cleveland Barons.
Gorges, the Barons 2004-05 Rookie of the Year, made his NHL debut Friday, October 7th with the San Jose Sharks.
The six-foot-one, 190-pound defenseman had four goals and eight assists in 74 games in Cleveland last season. All 12 of his points occurred in his last 34 games.
Signed as a free agent by San Jose on September 20th, 2002, Gorges previously played for his hometown Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League and led the team to a Memorial Cup Championship. In four seasons with Kelowna, Gorges posted 33 goals and 119 assists (33-119-152) in 245 games. He was also a member of the Silver Medal-winning 2004 World Junior Championship team for Canada.
The Barons will return to National City Rink located in The Q on Wednesday, October 12th against the Grand Rapids Griffins at 7:05pm. Tickets for all regular season games are on sale now at The Q Box Office, Ticketmaster outlets and on-line at the Barons official website. For more information, contact the Front Office at 216.420.0000 or Crash The Net at www.clevelandbarons.net.
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