The Barons completed an opening weekend sweep defeating Spruce Grove 3-2 Friday and 4-0 Saturday at the Casman Center.
The MOB fought back froma 2-0 deficit Friday with a strong 3rd period for the win. Tanner Jaillet stopped 31 shots for the win. Mitchell Byrne (1st), Alex Cromwell (1st) and Ryan Bloom (1st) scored for the Barons. The shots were 31-30 for the MOB and the scoring chances were 18-12 for the home side. Alex Cromwell had 1 goal and 1 assist along with 6 hits in the contest.
Saturday saw Tanner Jaillet stop 18 shots for his 5th career shut-out as the Barons won 4-0. Zach Wittenburg (1st), Scott Pooley (1st), Kevin Miller (1st) and Kaiden Tobin (1st) scored for the MOB. Brennan Saulnier had 2 assits on the night as the Barons held a 25-18 edge in shots and a 13-9 edge in scoring chances.
Did You Know
Ryan Bloom had the game winning goal Friday the 8th of his career. Zach Wittenburg had his 1st caeer game winning goal on Saturday. Mitchell Byrne had his first career goal in Friday's win.
Newly acquired forward Brennan Saulnier leads the team with 3 points in 2 games. Louis-Joseph Sawyer leads in plus/minus at +3. Alex Cromwell has 10 hits in 2 games and Kevin Miller leads in shots with 7. Cornell recruit Mitch Vanderlaan leads the team with 5 scoring chances.
Tanner Jaillet has now played in 67 regular season games and holds a very impressive 2.50 goals against average, .915 save percentage along with a 39-19-6 win/loss record.