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Barons pick up pair of wins in
Lone Star State
Patzold impressive in
goal
10/24/04 - by Craig Haueter
The
Cleveland Barons won back-to-back games on the road in Houston Friday and
Saturday night on the coat tails of 34-save and 39-save performances from their
goaltender, Dimitri Patzold. With the weekend sweep of the Minnesota Wild top
farm club, the Barons are now 3-1-0 at the Toyota Center since it opened last
season.
Friday night, Cleveland earned their first win of the season in
convincing fashion with a 5-2 win over the Aeros. The Barons were led in
scoring by Marcel Goc, who posted a three-point night (2+1=3) including his
second short-handed goal in as many games. Other goal scorers for Cleveland
were Scott Dobben, Aaron Gill and Patrick Rissmiller. The game became chippy
late in the second period with a combined 58 minutes in penalties during the
period.
The Barons capped the successful trip to Houston with a 4-1
victory Saturday night. For the fifth consecutive game this young season, the
Barons scored the first goal of the game as Shane Joseph gave the Barons a 1-0
lead at the 9:31 mark of the first stanza. Reigning Hobey Baker Award winner,
Junior Lessard, tied the game for Houston, 1-1, five minutes later as he
tallied his first goal as a pro on a rebound off the pads of Barons goaltender
Dimitri Patzold.
Grant Stevenson’s first goal of the season put
Cleveland back in front in the middle stanza. The teams continued their
physical competition Saturday night as they combined for a game total of 72
minutes in penalties. The third period became the Dimitri Patzold show as he
shut down the Aeros with 15 saves in the final period. In the final minute
after Houston pulled goalie Josh Harding, the Barons took advantage of the
empty net with goals from Josh Prudden and Nick Bootland.
The week started on a sour note for Cleveland
Wednesday night at home, losing 4-3 in overtime to the Milwaukee Admirals. The
Barons faced a familiar face in net for Milwaukee, former Barons goaltender
Seamus Kotyk. The game started with fireworks as Cleveland’s Mike Hoffman
and Milwaukee’s Jeremy Yablonski dropped their gloves immediately after
the opening faceoff. Goals by Christian Ehrhoff, Marcel Goc (short-handed
penalty shot) and Doug Murray led the Barons to a 3-0 lead midway through the
second period.
Murray’s goal came as he was exiting the penalty
box from a cross-checking penalty and found himself all alone behind the
Milwaukee defense. The Admirals would fight back eventually tying the game up
with just 33 seconds left in regulation on a goal by Brandon Segal. Twenty-nine
seconds into overtime, Milwaukee winger Timofei Shishkanov split the entire
defensive corp of the Barons slipping the puck past goalie Nolan Schaefer for
the game-winner. The win pushed Milwaukee’s win streak to 10 games dating
back to last season when they captured the Calder Cup.
The Barons will
return to action next weekend in St. John’s, Newfoundland as they battle
the baby Maple Leafs in a pair of games Friday and Saturday night. Defenseman
Garrett Stafford is expected to return to action next Saturday night after
completing his 6-game suspension stemming from a playoff game in Hamilton last
season.
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