ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones

Cincinnati Cyclones Weekly

Published on February 19, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones News Release


COMING UP: The Cincinnati Cyclones (27-18-2-2) open a seven game road trip that will take the team through Reading and Trenton this week, before heading out to California next week for four games. The Cyclones are at Reading on Wednesday (Feb. 21) for a 6:35pm clash with the Royals, before heading to Trenton for two games with the second place Titans, Friday (Feb. 23) and Saturday (Feb. 24). Cincinnati opens the week with a five point lead over second place Trenton.

WHAT A WEEK THAT WAS!: The Cyclones went 3-1 last week, starting with a 5-3 loss to Reading on Wednesday night (Feb. 14). Sam Ftorek, Scott Reynolds and Avery Wilson all netted goals. Friday night (Feb. 16), Cincinnati picked up a 5-4 overtime win over Johnstown. Jean-Michel Daoust collected a pair of goals and three assists to help account for all the scoring. Saturday night (Feb. 17), the Cyclones traveled to Johnstown and took a 7-4 win out of the Cambria County War Memorial. Daoust registered the first hat trick of the season and Jason Deitsch collected four assists. Sunday (Feb. 18), Cincinnati claimed a 3-1 win at U.S. Bank Arena. Travis Lisabeth and Mike Wirll scored the goals and Reynolds added the insurance marker for the win.

WHEELING AND DEALING: The Cincinnati Cyclones roster had seven of its 20 players disappear since the start of last week. On Wednesday, Feb. 14, the Cyclones completed a trade with the Pensacola Ice Pilots, that involved five players and the reassignment of another. The Cyclones acquire forwards Travis Lisabeth and Mike Wirll and Bridgeport (AHL) agreed to reassign defenseman Jason Goulet from Pensacola to Cincinnati. The Ice Pilots received, defenseman Jarred Mohr and forwards Torry Gajda and Erik Johnson. Thursday (Feb. 15), goaltender Cedrick Desjardins was recalled by Hamilton (AHL) and yesterday, forward Jimmy Bonneau got the call to go to Hamilton. Sunday's (Feb. 18) transactions were with Mathieu Aubin (Hamilton) and Nick Martens (Bridgeport) and that pushes the number of changes for the week to seven.

COMEBACK KIDS: The Cyclones rallied from a 4-2 deficit both Friday and Saturday night to bounce back for wins against Johnstown. Saturday night (Feb. 17), a four goal third period explosion blew Cincinnati past the Chiefs. Friday night (Feb. 16), a Cyclones goal in the first minute of the third period tied the game and Jean-Michel Daoust's goal in the final nine seconds of the overtime gave the club the win. It is the first time in club history that the team trailed by two goals in consecutive games to bounce back for victories.

DAOUST TO THE RESCUE: Cyclones forward Jean-Michel Daoust was a part of all the scoring in the 5-4 overtime win over Johnstown Friday night (Feb. 16). Daoust scored a four-on-four goal early in the third period to knot the game at four-all and then scored with 8.9 seconds to go in the extra frame to give Cincinnati the victory. Saturday night (Feb. 17), Daoust registered the club's first hat trick since Terry Marchant scored in overtime to give the Cyclones a 4-3 win on January 28, 2004.

HOME, SWEET HOME: The Cyclones are 14-3-3 (.775 winning percentage) at U.S. Bank Arena since Nov. 18.

NINE OVER!: The Cyclones are nine games above the .500 mark with a record of 27-18-2-2. It is the first time the club has been nine since February 26, 2003--when the club was 28-19-6, following a 6-5 shootout win over Louisiana. The team has not been ten games above the break even point since it has been in Cincinnati. The last time this club was ten games over .500 was when it was known as the Louisville RiverFrogs and its was the inaugural season of the franchise in 1995-96. The final day of the season (March 24, 1996)--the club finished, ironically, with a 4-3 overtime win over Toledo to move 15 games above the break even point at 39-24-7.

QUICK HITS: Cyclones forward Mike Wirll ranks third in the ECHL in goal scoring with 34...Defenseman Chad Starling is fifth in the league, and second among defensemen, in plus/minus at +21...The Cyclones have won 17 games at U.S. Bank Arena, fifth-most in the league...Cincinnati has 26 games versus the North Division, three more than second-rated Trenton...The Cyclones have surrendered 32 third period goals, fewest on the circuit...Cincinnati is 21-1 this season when leading after two periods...The Cyclones are 12-5-3 when Jason Deitsch scores a goal...Cincinnati has an 11-2 record when Conrad Martin has a point...The Cyclones are 14-3-2 when not allowing a power play goal...Jean-Michel Daoust has scored 15 of his 22 goals at U.S. Bank Arena...Cincinnati is 9-0-1 in games in which it opens a 2-0 lead...The Cyclones are 14-1-2 when scoring four or more goals...Cincinnati has allowed just seven power play goals in 109 opportunities (93.6 percent penalty kill) in the third period of games this season...The Cyclones are 8-1 at U.S. Bank Arena on Friday nights.

UNPACK THE BAGS, WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE A WHILE...: The Cyclones begin the week as the leaders of the North Division. Cincinnati moved into a share of the top spot on Dec. 23 and has not been moved from first place since (that's 59 days in a row for those of you following along).

WWW.CYCLONESHOCKEY.COM: The most up-to-date information and broadcast of the games can be found on our website www.cycloneshockey.com.

Check out the Cincinnati Cyclones Statistics

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



ECHL Stories from February 19, 2007


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central