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jevers
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 Posted - 03/05/2011 : 4:34:50 PM
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CINCINNATI, Ohio - The 2010 Kelly Cup Champion Cincinnati Cyclones, proud affiliate of the NHL's Florida Panthers and Nashville Predators, announced today that they have agreed to terms with forward Mike Liambas.
The 22 year-old left winger joins the Cyclones after playing with the University of British Columbia in CIS earlier this year. While at UBC, the Woodbridge, Ontario native collected nine points (3 goals, 6 assists) and 65 penalty minutes in 24 games. A year ago, he played under Cyclones Head Coach Jarrod Skalde in Bloomington and logged 115 minutes in the "sin-bin" with three assists in 17 games.
Liambis spent his junior career in the Ontario Hockey League with the Erie Otters, earning 13 points (5 goals, 8 assists) and 357 penalty minutes in 124 games. The physical forward ranked in the top five in team penalty minutes in both of his full seasons with the Otters.
He will join the rest of the defending Kelly Cup Champions as they return to U.S. Bank Arena TONIGHT when they host the Toledo Walleye at 7:30pm. It will be a Kids Jersey T-Shirt night where the first 2,500 fans ages 2-12 will receive a #24 Kevin Roeder Kids Jersey T-Shirt FREE courtesy of Sun Drop. 2010-11 single game and discounted group tickets are available now. 2011-12 season tickets are also on sale now. For more information, call 513.421.PUCK (7825) or visit CyclonesHockey.com.
http://www.cycloneshockey.com/news/264/cyclones-add-mike-liambas/
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Apocalypse Sticks
(The Next Level!)
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Posted - 03/05/2011 : 4:56:18 PM
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Looks like the circus came to town early.
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"What daring! What outrageousness! What insolence! What arrogance!... I salute you. " |
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fangers
(The Next Level!)
USA
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Posted - 03/05/2011 : 4:58:23 PM
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| sad day... |
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Catch22
(Been Here Awhile)
USA
676 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2011 : 5:34:39 PM
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Give him a chance. Dude is still college age and can barely buy a beer.
Feel free to start booing if he Oglethorpes it up.
I will take this as a sign that we don't expect Olson back.
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fangers
(The Next Level!)
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Posted - 03/05/2011 : 5:36:50 PM
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Originally posted by Catch22
Give him a chance. Dude is still college age and can barely buy a beer.
Feel free to start booing if he Oglethorpes it up.
I will take this as a sign that we don't expect Olson back.
I was at the OHL game, I don't have to give him a chance, I saw his crap first hand...he's had three chances already, blown each of them...he's an embarassment...and on kid's jersey night yet...
I'm done until he's gone... |
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Cyclonesdiehard
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Posted - 03/05/2011 : 5:45:17 PM
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| Sounds like a kid who needs some guidance on how to use his physical tools, and when to goon it up. I wish I could go tonight. Any player who sticks up for his team is fine with me. Just no dumb penalties. |
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tjpavlik
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Posted - 03/05/2011 : 9:43:53 PM
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| Nice boarding penalty. Cost us a powerplay goal. Nice signing. At least he didn't get suspended. (yet) |
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Apocalypse Sticks
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Posted - 03/05/2011 : 10:36:28 PM
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Nice boarding penalty. Cost us a powerplay goal. Nice signing. At least he didn't get suspended. (yet)
...and don't forget that "not quite ready for prime time" fight. Just because he didn't hit the ice doesn't mean it didn't look like a mismatched, 'just out of arms reach' cartoon scuffle.
NOT IMPRESSED.
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Catch22
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Posted - 03/05/2011 : 11:30:12 PM
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I'll admit that I couldn't see the boarding call (I can't see that one corner well from our seats) but I've talked to 2 knowlegeable people who said it was a bad call and the Cyclones bench certainly didn't agree with it.
I won't say I'm "impressed," but he did make a couple of nice hits (and he appeared to be the only guy in black doing any hitting) and created some havoc on a couple of his shifts. I'm certainly not unimpressed.
And anyway the Cooke/Oglethorpe award in this game goes to Peche, not Liambas.
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elvis77
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Posted - 03/05/2011 : 11:41:50 PM
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Originally posted by tjpavlik
Nice boarding penalty. Cost us a powerplay goal. Nice signing. At least he didn't get suspended. (yet)
You mean the clean hit the ref decided to make up a call on. It was a clean as can be. The hit didn't cost the game, Schwartbauer's turnover which led to goal #2 is where it started. It continued to go south, culminating with 30 of 40 or so shots hitting the goalie in the chest. The goal scored on the Liambas penalty was all on Foster.
The Cyclones took 3 penalties which resulted in 2 goals. The PK has to be better. How about blaming Sproat and Egho as well. The interference on Egho was as made up as calling that hit boarding.
The Cyclones were 1/4 on the PP including a 5 minute major in which they generated just one shot on goal. That was where the game was lost, not because of a hit by Liambas.
There are a lot of areas that cost the Cyclones tonight's game. A made up penalty on Liambas should be way down the list. |
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Apocalypse Sticks
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Posted - 03/05/2011 : 11:44:47 PM
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Originally posted by Catch22
I'll admit that I couldn't see the boarding call (I can't see that one corner well from our seats) but I've talked to 2 knowlegeable people who said it was a bad call and the Cyclones bench certainly didn't agree with it.
I won't say I'm "impressed," but he did make a couple of nice hits (and he appeared to be the only guy in black doing any hitting) and created some havoc on a couple of his shifts. I'm certainly not unimpressed.
And anyway the Cooke/Oglethorpe award in this game goes to Peche, not Liambas.
I think we'll be hearing the 'bad call' apologists for the foreseeable future. The kid's reputation precedes him, and as others have pointed out, will likely attract some unwanted attention from the officials to his physical play.
He had some beautiful hits, but not quite sure it's worth the 7 PIM's per game that go with it. The sad thing is, if this were earlier in the season I'd be much more supportive of a signing like this. I agree with you that Piche gets the Cooke / Ogie award, though. Pretty ugly that the 'Clones couldn't capitalize on the 5 minute PP.
With Olson in the A, I'm trying to give the kid a chance. I don't like him, I don't like the signing, but hoping for the best. What's a fair shake for a player like him in your opinion?
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dbc
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Posted - 03/06/2011 : 09:19:04 AM
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Not bad. One game and he already had a negative impact on the team in their bid for a playoff spot.
From the National Hockey League's web page:
"Rule 41.1 Boarding A boarding penalty shall be imposed on any player or goalkeeper who checks an opponent in such a manner that causes the opponent to be thrown violently in the boards. The severity of the penalty, based upon the degree of violence of the impact with the boards, shall be at the discretion of the Referee.
There is an enormous amount of judgment involved in the application of this rule by the Referees. The onus is on the player applying the check to ensure his opponent is not in a vulnerable position and if so, he must avoid the contact. However, there is also a responsibility on the player with the puck to avoid placing himself in a dangerous and vulnerable position. This balance must be considered by the Referees when applying this rule."
Saw the play well and it was boarding. He checked the guy and then took two strides after that to shove him into the wall-violently-when the guy had already given up the puck from the check. He made no effort to go after the puck after he checked the guy. What bothered me the most was he did this 30 seconds after we gave up the go ahead goal in perhaps the biggest game of the year. We didn't need this type of play to "get motivated" or "woken up" after that. Shows me that he has only one thing on his mind and has poor hockey sense and judgement in addition to being a goon.
In addition to the resulting goal from his penalty, two other goals were also scored from 10-15 feet in front right in the middle of the slot!!!. We take our shots from outside the dots along the boards.
In the two games thus far this weekend--both four point games, we have scored two goals each game and lost both after being tied going into the third period. We now go on the road where we have lost five straight games since the Florida trip and where we have scored two or less goals for seven of the last ten games
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Catch22
(Been Here Awhile)
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Posted - 03/06/2011 : 11:51:03 AM
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Look guys, trying to put the blame for anything last night on one player that YOU decided you didn't like before he even got here is a load of horse crap. Except for about 15 minutes of the 2nd the team was awful last night.
Let's blame Hudson for fiddle fumbling with the puck in his own zone and losing possession at least 5 times. Or how about the way he took 5 shots on the major PP and only managed to get one on net (right in the goalie's chest).
Or lets blame Sproat for blowing TWO scoring chances and not even getting a shot off.
Seriously guys, lay off Liambas until he gives you a reason to want him gone. If I were making a list of reasons the 'clones lost last night that kid wouldn't even make the top 10.
And once again, who wearing black had a nice, effective check OTHER than Liambas last night? I can't think of anyone. It was pretty pathetic... Again.
What's a fair shake for him?
Less than someone else at this point because of his past, but we AT LEAST need to shelve the peanut gallery and wait for his first 5 minute major or misconduct.
Maybe I missed it, but did you guys call for Lehman's head when he kicked someone earlier this year? How about when DelMonte swung his stick at a head last year?
Did you decide to abandon the team THEN?
No?
Then shut up about Liambas now.
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elvis77
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Posted - 03/06/2011 : 1:10:54 PM
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I'm eye to eye with catch22 on this one...
Going a step further, you want to talk about hockey sense, when coming back into the zone I could see and hear him letting the dmen know where the forecheck pressure was coming from and where the outlets were. I'm not saying the other forwards don't do it, but it goes to show this kid has a little more to offer than just banging bodies. He also seems to recognize that he's not the most skilled guy out there, so instead of trying to make a stupid move to beat a dman he dumps the puck and skates his ass off to go get it. He had Toledo's dmen more worried about where he was than where the puck was on dump and chase scenarios.
Is he a 20 goal scorer or a 40 point guy, no, of course not. But he filled his roll admirably.
The only issue that I have with him was the fight. Despite being out sized and completely tied up by Fletcher, I will go as far as to say Liambas landed as many more more quality shots as Fletcher did; Fletcher did the right thing by not throwing a punch at the very end after he shook his elbow pad off. My problem is that the team didn't need a fight at that moment. Liambas had just directed a puck on net and should have cast Fletcher aside and crashed the net.
As Catch22 and I have alluded to, there is a long list of reasons the Cyclones lost that game and the "penalty" on Liambas is near, if not at, the bottom of it. |
"PBR can do that to you....1,2,3,12 beers and you're f**ked"
-oscar
"and i don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation" - joan jett
"beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy." - benjamin franklin
"is that a pulled pork sandwich i smell?"
"some things are just better without pants...."
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cloneinator
(Been Here Awhile)
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Posted - 03/06/2011 : 1:24:53 PM
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With me the jury is still out on Liambas. I couldn't see the "Boarding" call from where I was sitting, but even if it was legitimate that is a far cry from where the game was lost. People are talking about the 5 minute power play, but don't forget we also had a two minute bench minor right after that. Seven minutes of power play and nothing even close to scoring.
People are talking about one penalty in a season of pathetic performances. I may get ran off this forum, but the way this team plays against its own division, I don't see how they even have any business talking about going to the playoffs.
All I can say is there is a TON of work to do in the off season. |
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dbc
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Posted - 03/06/2011 : 2:12:23 PM
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Seriously guys, lay off Liambas until he gives you a reason to want him gone. ..
He did. Taking an unnecessary boarding penalty 30 seconds into the first shift after giving up a go ahead goal in the third period is the type of stupid penalty several of us have said all week we were afraid of. At least if your role is to be that type of player, know when to turn it on and off
How about him giving us a reason to want him here instead. Not a goal scorer or assist man. Not a defensive specialist. Why is he here? His intensity? |
Edited by - dbc on 03/06/2011 2:15:10 PM |
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