ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones

Cyclones Battle Past Royals, 3-2

March 2, 2011 - ECHL (ECHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones News Release


CINCINNATI, Ohio - Mathieu Aubin earned his 11th multi-point game of the season as he helped lift the Cincinnati Cyclones (25-22-6-3) to a 3-2 win over the Reading Royals (35-16-2-3) in front of 3,033 at U.S. Bank Arena on Wednesday night.

The Cyclones showed some tremendous passing precision in the opening period, jumping out to a 2-0 lead. At the 5:22 mark, Barret Ehgoetz finished off a beautiful exchange with Samson Mahbod to open the scoring. Then, with less than 90 seconds left in the period, Mathieu Aubin patiently passed the puck to Dustin Sproat who buried his 17th goal of the season past Royals netminder Michael Hutchinson (L, 41 saves, 9-5-1-3).

In the middle frame, the Royals answered back with a pair of goals of their own. The first Reading tally came at the 6:55 mark when, during a power play, Chris Blight tapped home a loose puck past Cyclones goaltender Brian Foster (W, 26 saves, 3-1-0), cutting the lead in half. Then, at 16:59, Olivier Labelle picked up a turnover in the Cincinnati zone and wristed in his 13th goal to knot the score at two through 40 minutes.

The final frame of regulation was a nail-biter to say the least as both teams fiercely attempted to tie the game. Luckily, with just under four minutes to go in regulation, Aubin camped out in front of the Royals net and tipped home his team-leading 18th tally of the year to put Cincinnati up by a 3-2 count. Despite some great Royals scoring chances late in the game, the Cyclones defense stood tall and held on to win by the same score.

The Cyclones Radio Network Three Stars of the Game are as follows:

1. Mathieu Aubin (Game-winning goal, assist for Cincinnati)

2. Dustin Sproat (Goal for Cincinnati)

3. Olivier Labelle (Goal for Reading)

The defending Kelly Cup Champions will return to U.S. Bank Arena this Saturday, March 5, when they host the Toledo Walleye at 7:30pm. It will be a Kids Jersey T-Shirt night where the first 2,500 fans ages 2-12 will receive a #24 Kevin Roeder Kids Jersey T-Shirt FREE courtesy of Sun Drop. 2010-11 single game and discounted group tickets are available now. 2011-12 season tickets go on sale to the general public on March 5. For more information, call 513.421.PUCK (7825) or visit CyclonesHockey.com.

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