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jevers
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 Posted - 01/25/2010 : 10:56:45 PM
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CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Cyclones fired a season high 47 shots on goal Monday night at the Johnstown Chiefs, but goaltender John Murray was up to the challenge with a 46 save effort to direct the Pennsylvania visitors to a 5-1 win. Sean Berkstresser collected a goal and an assist for the Chiefs.
Johnstown scored the only goal of the first period as Bryan Marshall collected his 13th goal of the season at 18:09. David Schultz and Sean Berkstresser had the assists. Marshall picked up a rebound in the goal crease next to the left post and banged it in.
Cincinnati dominated play in the opening twenty minutes, registering a season-high 21 shots in the period. The Cyclones came out of the gates flyingnotching eleven shots in the first 2:31 of play.
The Chiefs netted three second period goals to open up a 4-1 lead after two periods. Troy Schwab's tenth goal at 1:01 came from Jim McKenzie and Trevor Hendrikx. The Cyclones got their opening goal at 5:45 when rookie Matt Pierce fired his 22nd score of the season over the glove hand of netminder John Murray. Brett Robinson and Brian O'Hanley had the helpers. Chris Zarb's eighth goal of the season came via the power play at 16:52, as Dan Collins and Hendrikx had the assists. With nine-tenths of a second left in the frameSean Berkstresser shoveled in his eleventh tally as Jeff Martens and Zarb passed of the assists. The shots went the way of Johnstown in the period, 15-9.
The Chiefs registered the lone goal of the third period to collect the 5-1 win. Jonathan Ralph picked up his first lamplighter of the season at 14:59 from Schwab and Collins. Cincinnati again won the shots battle, 17-3, in the period and 47-24 for the game.
The Cyclones have a 25-8-4 record (.730 winning percentage) against Johnstown in the regular season under Head Coach Chuck Weber. Cincinnati has won ten of 13 against the Chiefs since December 8, 2008. During that time, Cincinnati has outscored Johnstown47-25.
Cincinnati is 25-16-1, while Johnstown is 10-22-8. The Cyclones play their next two games at home this week. Wednesday (Jan. 27), Charlotte becomes the first team from the South Division to stop by the Queen City on a 'Wet Wednesday' with one dollar Miller High Life and Pabst Blue Ribbon cans. Friday (Jan. 29), defending Kelly Cup champion South Carolina rolls into town for 'Willie Cunningham Bobblehead Night'. Both games have 7:30pm start times.
Despite the loss, Cincinnati remains tied for the North Division lead with Kalamazooalthough the Wings now have a game in hand on the Cyclones.
Tickets for the 2009-10 Cincinnati Cyclones season are now on sale. The Cyclones Sales Department can be reached at 513-421-PUCK, extension 3. Selected Friday night games are carried on 1530-AM Homer, while all 72 regular season games can be heard on the club's website at: www.cycloneshockey.com. The next game on 1530 Homer will come Friday, when the Cyclones host South Carolina at 7:30pm.
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Apocalypse Sticks
(The Next Level!)
199 Posts |
Posted - 01/25/2010 : 11:38:22 PM
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| Congrats to Billy Bob Smith, the rent-a-coach in the cheap suit, on tonight's win. |
"What daring! What outrageousness! What insolence! What arrogance!... I salute you. " |
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bags
(Person With Nothing Better To Do!)
USA
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Posted - 01/26/2010 : 06:21:27 AM
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Wow-what a horrible night. This game makes me wonder about so many parts
of this team. First, do we have too many past Cincinnati skaters and we
are following a pattern for opponents. Second, is this squad in need of
some fresh-wild blooded rookies who don't fall into pattern play. Third,
do we need some size (not goons) to help dig pucks out of corners instead
of being trapped against the boards. If I can't get new players, I would
start with Benson playing as a defenseman. His skating and passing is
much better than his scoring, so take the pressure of scoring off his
back. Ist period last night told the secret to our biggest problem of the
year- 5 on 3 advantage and NO scoring. Power play is going to make this a
very short post season if we get that far. |
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cyclonesfan7180
(Rookie)
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Posted - 01/27/2010 : 3:50:53 PM
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| Dont know what was worse the way we played on Monday night or the "crowd" of 752 people. Their goalie played out of his mind in the 1st period but again the power play continues to be just awful |
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