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jevers
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 Posted - 01/22/2011 : 11:22:02 PM
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CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Cincinnati Cyclones (17-16-5-2) used some great third period defense and a two-point night from Dustin Sproat, Chris Clackson, and Brady Calla to knock off the Kalamazoo Wings (17-17-2-2) by a 4-3 score in front of 6,034 at U.S. Bank Arena on Saturday night.
Clackson gave the Cyclones a 1-0 lead at the 9:35 mark of the opening frame when he backhanded home a power play goal over the glove of Kalamazoo backstop Ryan Nie (L, 36 saves, 13-11-2-2). The Wings answered back, though, when Andrew Fournier wristed home his 19th of the season past Cyclones netminder Chet Pickard (W, 31 saves, 5-8-2-0) to knot the score at 1.
Early in the second period, Kalamazoo jumped out in front when Fournier tipped in his second of the night to make it 2-1 Wings. Luckily, Cincinnati didn't allow the deficit to snowball as Dustin Sproat shelved a laser-accurate wrist shot over Nie's shoulder to once again deadlock the score this time at two. And Cincinnati wasn't done; Barret Ehgoetz followed with a rebound goal at 15:30 to give his team the lead for good. Then, just over a minute later, Sam D'Agostino capitalized on a turnover when he picked up a loose puck and sent a shot under Nie's pad for a two-goal cushion heading into the third. As it turned out, D'Agostino's tally was the game-winning goal.
In the final frame of regulation, Kalamazoo made it a game of things when Justin Taylor redirected a Jon Landry point blast into the Cincinnati net, making it 4-3. But, in the final minutes the Cyclones defense stood tall and Pickard came up with several outstanding saves. With less than two minutes left, Brady Calla was whistled for a delay of game penalty; and when Kalamazoo pulled their goalie, they enjoyed a two-man advantage. Luckily, Pickard and the Cincinnati defense were up to the challenge as they tied up the puck along the end-boards to seal the 4-3 victory.
The Cyclones Radio Network Three Stars of the Game are as follows:
1. Dustin Sproat (1 goal, 1 assist for Cincinnati)
2. Chris Clackson (1 goal, 1 assist for Cincinnati)
3. Andrew Fournier (2 goals for Kalamazoo)
The Cyclones will wrap up their busy weekend by traveling up I-75 for a Sunday matinee with the Toledo Walleye. The puck drops at the Huntington Center at 4:00pm with pregame coverage starting on CyclonesHockey.com starting at 3:45pm.
The defending Kelly Cup Champions will return to U.S. Bank Arena next Friday, January 28 when they play host to the South Carolina Stingrays at 7:30pm for the annual Military Appreciation Night presented by The Y. The Cyclones will wear special-edition camouflage jerseys that fans will have an opportunity to purchase at auction after the game. In addition, the first 3,000 fans ages 21 and over will receive a reusable tote bag from Coors. Discounted ticket packages and single game tickets for the 2010-2011 season are available now. For more information, call 513.421.PUCK (7825) or visit CyclonesHockey.com.
http://www.cycloneshockey.com/news/194/cyclones-hang-on-to-beat-wings-4-3/
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Catch22
(Been Here Awhile)
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Posted - 01/22/2011 : 11:38:08 PM
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Looked better offensively, and Dustin had a great game and the best goal I've seen this year.
Still sloppy defensively and giving up too many easy chances. Chet had a good game and held on to this one for us.
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cove291
(The Next Level!)
USA
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Posted - 01/23/2011 : 10:58:07 AM
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| Yep, and nobody yelling at our own team!!! |
Sec. 110 Row H
1-19-09 The begining of the biggest mistake in history! |
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dbc
(Been Here Awhile)
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Posted - 01/23/2011 : 11:37:16 AM
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| Watched the three newbies a lot and they all played pretty well--especially offensively. Like the fact they were all skating hard their entire shifts and that seemed to carry over to most of the rest of the team. Don't know that provided the spark the others needed or if it was the total embarassment of the previous home game. When was the last time we saw 40 shots on goal at home? Nie stood on his head for several saves. |
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bags
(Person With Nothing Better To Do!)
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Posted - 01/23/2011 : 12:30:08 PM
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Originally posted by dbc
Nie stood on his head for several saves.
Note: partial quote
Nie did stand on his head when he wasn't slashing Cyclone players
or imitating an Olympic diver !
Great to see a regulation win. Now I have to decide if it's safe to
put the Cyclones jersey back on. Maybe I'll wait one more game to see
if the non jersey is still working  . |
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Catch22
(Been Here Awhile)
USA
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Posted - 01/23/2011 : 2:43:46 PM
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Watson looked capable on the PP point, but he didn't really get tested defensively. Jury still out on that.
Don't get too excited. K'zoo isn't that great and doesn't nearly have the team speed Wheeling has. Nie was their best player last night.
It was a nice positive to be able to take 2 points with so many brand new guys plugged in. But there were still to many head shakers on D. At this point I just want to see ONE home game where an opposing player doesn't cruise into the slot uncontested and take a freebie goal. I'm sick of that crap.
Chet played well though as only one of the goals was really on him (one deflection and one freebie from the slot). Hopefully he'll build on it and find his game again.
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Catch22
(Been Here Awhile)
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Posted - 01/23/2011 : 2:46:45 PM
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Another thought...
It's becoming pretty clear, especially with Pierce on IR, that Sproat is the best pure scorer on the team. We need to get him more scoring chances.
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