Barons Crush Maple Leafs, 4-3 (1-31-04)

In what proved to be a HUGE weekend series for the boys in Barons Blue, the little Sharks have come out on top of the St. John's Maple Leafs in a wild game where we even got a little help from the Leafs themselves as a Leafs player deflected a puck into his own net. This proved to be the game winner and was credited to Craig Valette. An exciting game for the fans listening back home in Cleveland, as we're starting to get a little taste of what playoff hockey in Cleveland is going to be like.

GAME DETAILS
SCORING 1 2 3 TOTAL
Cleveland 3 1 0 4
St. John's 2 1 0 3
SHOTS 1 2 3 TOTAL
Cleveland 11 8 5 24
St. John's 18 12 11 41




POWERPLAYS
Cleveland 1 for 3 : St. John's 0 for 3



SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
Cleveland - Greg Labenski (Patrick Rissmiller) 12:04
Cleveland - Miroslav Zalesak (Brad Boyes, Doug Murray) 14:39
St. John's - Josh Holden (penalty shot) (unassisted) 14:59
Cleveland - Miroslav Zalesak (powerplay) (Brad Boyes, David Cloutier) 15:56
St. John's - Kyle Wellwood (Randy Rowe) 16:34

Period 2
Cleveland - Craig Valette (David Cloutier) 4:00
St. John's - Kyle Wellwood (Brendan Bell) 8:54

Period 3
(no scoring)


PENALTIES
Period 1
Cleveland - Ryane Clowe - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 1:11
Cleveland - Tavis Hansen - (Roughing), 2 min, 1:11
St. John's - Robb Palahnuk - (Roughing), 2 min, 1:11
St. John's - Sean Gagnon - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 1:11
Cleveland - David Cloutier - (Elbowing), 2 min, 6:28
Cleveland - Garrett Stafford - (Holding), 2 min, 8:22
Cleveland - Doug Murray - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 14:39
Cleveland - Jim Fahey - (Roughing), 2 min, 14:39
St. John's - Marc Moro - (Roughing), 2 min, 14:39
St. John's - Marc Moro - (Roughing), 2 min, 14:39
St. John's - Robb Palahnuk - (Fighting Major), 5 min, 14:39

Period 2
Cleveland - Jesse Fibiger - (Roughing), 2 min, 6:50
St. John's - Kris Newbury - (Slashing), 2 min, 6:50

Period 3
St. John's - Pierre Hedin - (Holding Stick), 2 min, 2:12
Cleveland - Garrett Stafford - (Roughing), 2 min, 9:41
Cleveland - Willie Levesque - (Roughing), 2 min, 9:41
St. John's - Josh Holden - (Roughing), 2 min, 9:41
St. John's - Jeff Daw - (Tripping), 2 min, 19:31



GOALIES
NAME DEC MIN SHOTS SAVES
31 Seamus Kotyk WIN 60:00 41 38
NAME DEC MIN SHOTS SAVES
32 Mikael Tellqvist LOSS 60:00 24 20



PENALTY TOTALS
Cleveland 24 minutes on 9 infraction(s) St. John's 24 minutes on 9 infraction(s)


OTHER FACTS
GAME LENGTH: 2:28
ATTENDANCE: 5,669
REFEREE: Dean Morton (36)
LINES 1: Ted Murphy (56)
LINES 2: Joe Maynard (24)
SCOREKEEPER: AHL Scorekeeper
AHL GAME NUMBER: 663



Well gang, I have to apologize for being somewhat remiss in my coverage of the last 3 games or so. I've just had alot of stuff going on, so I hope you all understand.

Boyes continues to be on a tare in the point catagory.

Valette is god.

Valette is god.
Since I know you weren't listening, as you were busy playing for your HS hockey team tonight, I'll fill you in on Valette's goal. It was actually a shot by Valette that missed, and the Leafs player (I forget who) tried to clear it into the corner and shot it into his own goal instead. I bet that guy won't get any sleep tonight. No offense, but that one was a fluke.

Looks like a blistering top corner rocket on paper, all that matters to me. He got credit for it, which means he was around the play. You'll take em any way you can get em.

I'm Calling it

Zalesak and Boyes will finish 1-2 inscoring :bow:

I'm Calling it

Zalesak and Boyes will finish 1-2 inscoring :bow:
On our team? Yeah, probably....but that depends on who gets the call and who doesn't. It's a known fact that Zalesak hasn't gotten the call yet because of his unwillingness to play D. Although, I must admit, these last 2 games in St. John's have seen Miro playing a very physical game, throwing alot of checks, etc. I still think when Patrick gets himself out of this slump ( and I mean WHEN, not "if"), and either Miro or Brad gets recalled, Patrick will make a serious push and end up in 2nd, or possibly 1st. It all depends on recalls.

Quick question... How do you crush another team when you win by 1 goal? :dunno:

Quick question... How do you crush another team when you win by 1 goal? :dunno:


LOL, I guess I was a little over-zealous....in a sense, we did crush the Leafs, who HAD to split the series to keep themselves up in the standings. And to beat them 2 nights in a row in their house, well.....after the past 2 seasons as a Barons fan, I guess I was a little over-joyed.