Signings; Beauregard

• The Canadiens have a great feature here about Thomas Beauregard. Check it out. He talks about how he's glad he started in Cincinnati. Definitely a good read.
• Mitch Woods was signed today, he spent 73 games with the Fort Wayne Komets where he amassed 297 penalty minutes. He did also manage 36 points, so I'll give him a small benefit of the doubt, but WTF. I hate hate hate goons (my love for Jared Boll is irrelevent here). I know Chuck doesn't like to carry guys on his roster that play dirty, so I'm hoping for chippy and not like a Nick Parillo.
• Matt Syroczynski was signed last week. I have a love/hate relationship with Chico - but it all balances out because usually for each dumb thing he does, he does something equally as awesome. Welcome back, Chico. :)

Catching up

• The Cyclones renewed their affiliations with both Montreal/Hamilton, and Nashville/Milwaukee. I look forward to seeing what we get from Montreal, as it seems like they've added a lot of depth to their minor league system.
• The team brought back Dean Stork as Assistant Coach/Director of Hockey Operations. It shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anyone.
• MAX FM (97.7/99.5) has agreed to pick up 30 regular season games this year (all road games), as well as any road playoff games. Here's hoping this deal works out for the best. I guess 96ROCK gave up. Doesn't bother me any - their "listen online" coverage was lame.
• Former Cyclone forward Cory Urquhart has signed with the Springfield Falcons. Oh, darn.

C-Web back in the Nati

Weber's been re-signed by the team to a multi-year deal to be Head Coach and VP of Hockey Operations. Congrats to the ECHL Coach of the Year!

Having said that, it's nice to have the coaching melee out of the way. Maybe now we can sign some players?

...anyone?

...Bueller?

Announcement to be Made Thursday

An announcement is to be made at 12:30pm on Thursday according to Cycloneshockey.com.

Cyclone-to-be?

The Sault Star from Sault Ste. Marie, ON reports the Preds have signed 21 year old goaltender Kyle Gajewski to a two-way contract; most likely he'll end up either with us or with Milwaukee. He was 39-16-4/2.44/0.913. Fairly good numbers. Here's hoping!

Baird Update

Stay updated on Jason's progress with this site run by his wife, Bethany.

Also, it looks like there's going to be a benefit game in Youngstown for him on August 24. Playing in the game will be NJ Devils player Mike Rupp and Kevin Kaminski, who coached Jason in Youngstown. If anyone who reads this is able to go, please drop me a line and let me know how the turnout is. Any donations to that benefit can be sent to:

Cindy Piedra
826 Oakridge Drive
Boardman, OH 44512

If you'd like to make a donation to the Baird family, you can do by sending checks, gas cards, anything you can help with to:

Baird Family Fund
PO Box 264
Perry, OH 44081

Also, if you'd like to send cards to Jason & his family, you can send it to the address here:

Jason Baird
Akron Children's Hospital - Burn Institute
One Perkins Square
Akron, OH 44308

Swanson to Victoria

Blueliner Jeremy Swanson has signed with the Victoria Salmon Kings according to the Victoria Times-Colonist.

Random tidbits

• According to the blogger for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Chuck's in the running for the Amerks' coaching job. Except, by reading it, you can't tell if he's either a) having a wet dream about it and wishing Chuck would apply, or b) Chuck has really considered it or even been considered.
• This is old news. Grimaldi was signed. He finished the season with Gwinnett after spending time in Fresno and Elmira. He put up average numbers (4-17-21 with a +13), but was high on PIM (142). A d-man with high PIM? Not sure about this. At least he maintained a plus...
• The revised schedule for the season was announced, with the departure of Pensacola causing a few changes. No major toss-ups, but here it is, nonetheless.
• The preseason schedule was announced, with two matchups against Dayton (one home, one away).

Former Cyclone seriously injured

Former Cyclone Jason Baird was injured in a lawnmower accident in Youngstown, OH last Thursday. More information can be found here and here. According to the article, he was burned on 60-65% of his body, and is currently in a coma in the Akron Burn Unit. My best wishes & thoughts go out to Jason, his wife, and his children. Please keep Jason in your thoughts.

Syro gets some radio time

I haven't listened to this yet, but thought I'd share. Syroczynski got some airtime on Beyond Buffalo Radio:

In the second segment Matt Syroczynski, player for the Kelly Cup winning Cincinnati Cyclones, joined the show for about 15 minutes to talk about winning the ECHL championship as well as his future plans in hockey.

Check out their website: www.beyondbuffaloradio.com