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Barons: Schaefers 32-save
effort leads to 3-2 win Leap frog over Syracuse into
4th place 1/17/04 - by Craig Haueter
Tomas Plihal scored the game-winner and Nolan Schaefer earned his
fourth win of the season as the Cleveland Barons put together a solid sixty
minutes of hockey Saturday night in Syracuse to defeat the Crunch 3-2.
Syracuse grabbed an early lead with a power play strike from their leading
scorer, Don MacLean, at the 6:12 mark of the first period. The Barons answered
less than two minutes later on the 13th goal of the season by Brad Boyes, a
power play tally. Miroslav Zalesak assisted on Boyes goal and has now
recorded a point in eight consecutive games and 17 out of the last 18 contests.
Zalesak, selected to represent Team PlanetUSA at the 2004 AHL All-Star Classic,
is tied for the league scoring lead with 47 points.
The Barons
dominated the second period out-shooting Syracuse 14-9 and scoring the only
goal of the period. With an aggressive fore-check, the Barons drew three
consecutive penalties from the Crunch eventually leading to a power play goal
from Garrett Stafford. The goal from Stafford gives him 9 points in his 5 games
against the Crunch this season.
Syracuse tied the game at 2-2 just 31
seconds into the final period as Don MacLean scored his second goal of the
night. Strong fore-checking again by Cleveland led to the eventual game-winner
from Tomas Plihal with just over seven minutes to play. After a shot from the
right point by Greg Labenski, Plihal tipped home a shot past Crunch goalie Karl
Goehring. The goal by Plihal extended his own point-scoring streak to six
games. Tonight (Sunday) in Hershey, the Barons conclude their six game road
trip against the Bears, top affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche.
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