Game 1 Goes to Cleveland

A late third period comeback wasn’t enough as the Cleveland Barons built a 2-0 and 5-2 lead en route to a 5-4 win in Cleveland, Ohio.  The Saints never got on track watching the Barons jump out to a 2-0 lead in the first period.  Anthony Scanzuso (99/Lancaster, NY)  cut the lead in half with an assist to Alec Yerkovich (99/Hamburg, NY).  The Saints tied the score on the 10^th goal of the season from Steve Senese (99/Niagara Falls, NY).  Alec Yerkovich added his second assist of the game.  The Barons scored 3 goals in the third to build a 5-2 lead.  Brett Willits (99/London, ON) added a power play goal from Brandon Hausler (99/Montgomery, TX) and Connor Zak (98/Amherst, NY).  With the goalie pulled, Cody Fleckenstein (97/Fredonia, NY) scored with 19 seconds remaining.  Matt Gasuik (99/South Buffalo, NY) and Erik Urbank (99/Orchard Park, NY) recorded assists on the goal.  Jerry Baerwitz (97/Orlando, FL) recorded 30 saves for the game.