ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones

Beauregard's Hat Trick Lifts Cyclones To 8-6 Win

January 5, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones News Release


CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Cincinnati Cyclones got a hat trick (three goals) from rookie forward Thomas Beauregard in collecting an 8-6 win over Reading on Saturday night at U.S. Bank Arena. Twice the Cyclones rallied from two goal deficits to claim the win. It was the tenth straight game without a regulation time loss for Cincinnati (9-0-1).

Reading raced out to a 3-1 first period. Brett Hemmingway opened the scoring for the Royals 13:00 into the frame, with Ryan MacGregor and Ned Lukasevic handing out the assists. Reading extended the lead to 2-0, when Tom Boudreau collected his first ECHL goal at 14:51.

Cincinnati closed the gap to 2-1, when defenseman Tyler Howells ripped a shot from the left faceoff dot, his seventh goal of the season-over the blocker shoulder of Royals goaltender Jon Quick at 17:36. Thirty-one seconds later, Ned Lukasevic was hauled down on a scoring attempt and was rewarded with a penalty shot. Lukasevic scored the shot, his tenth goal of the season and the period ended with Reading holding the two goal advantage.

A four-goal explosion for Cincinnati in the second period tied the game at 5-5. The Cyclones scored twice in the opening minute to knot the game at 3-3. Jean-Michel Daoust collected his ECHL-leading 26th goal, on the power play, from Desharnais and Gerard Miller at 28 seconds. Then, nine seconds later, James Sixsmith broke down the slot and shoveled a loose puck into the net for his second goal of the campaign from Thomas Beauregard and Chad Starling.

Cincinnati's first lead of the night came at 6:05, when Beauregard fired home a goal mouth scramble for his 14th score of the season from Sixsmith. Reading responded at 12:12, when Dany Roussin lit the lamp for the ninth time this season to make the score 4-4. Another Cyclones power play goal from Jason Deitsch at 13:07 from Beauregard and Daoust, gave Cincinnati a brief 5-4 lead. A little more than a minute later, at 14:11, Charlie Kronschnabel added his seventh goal of the year, shorthanded, to tie the game at 5-5.

In the third period, Beauregard netted his second of the night and 15th of the year at 1:38 from Deitsch and Gerard Miller, on the power play. Reading would tie the game one more time at 7:02, when P.J. Atherton collected his sixth goal. The game winning goal came at 17:30 from rookie Travis Fuller, his fifth of the season from Barret Ehgoetz and Andrew Martin. Beauregard completed his hat trick at 19:00 with an empty net goal Scott Reynolds handed out the assist to finish the scoring.

The Cyclones improve to 25-6-3 on the season, their tenth straight game without a regulation loss. Reading drops to 18-12-3.

Cincinnati is now 20-3-3 in its last 26 games.

The crowd of 5139 was the second-largest of the season and the biggest for a January game at U.S. Bank Arena since 6814 fans witnessed a 5-3 win for Wheeling on January 24, 2003.

UPDATE: The Cyclones improve to 19 games above .500 for the first time in team history. The club was 16 games over .500 on March 19, 1995-when the team was located in Louisville-and had a 38-22-7 mark. The 23 wins are the most the team has ever had prior to the All-Star .

The Cyclones are off for a week, before playing at Elmira next Saturday (Jan. 12) at 7:30pm. The game will be carried on 96 Rock, as well as on the club's website: www.cycloneshockey.com. Cincinnati is at Reading next Sunday (Jan. 13) in a 5pm showdown that will also be carried on 96 Rock.

Tickets for all Cyclones games can be purchased at the U.S. Bank Arena box office, all Ticketmaster outlets including select Kroger stores, charge by phone at 513-562-4949 or online at ticketmaster.com. The most up-to-date information and broadcast of the games can be found on our website www.cycloneshockey.com.

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