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Cyclones Game Preview - Cincinnati Vs. Greenville

March 17, 2011 - ECHL (ECHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones News Release


DATE: Thursday, March 17, 2011

TIME: 7:05pm

SITE: BI-LO Center - Greenville, SC

RADIO: None

WEBCAST: CyclonesHockey.com (American One)

NHL AFFILIATES

Cincinnati Cyclones: Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators

Greenville Road Warriors: New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers

NEXT HOME GAME

Friday, March 25 vs. Toledo Walleye - 7:30pm

Kids Eat Free Night - All fans ages 2-12 in attendance will receive a FREE meal courtesy of John Morrell and Sunkist.

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP: Cincinnati looks to continue their Eastern Conference climb and match a season-high five consecutive wins as they open a three-game set against the Greenville Road Warriors. The Cyclones have taken the only meeting between the two clubs this season, a 4-3 overtime decision, on February 25 at U.S. Bank Arena. In that game, Dustin Sproat buried the game-tying goal with less than 30 seconds left in regulation and T.J. Fast ended it in the extra session. Coming into the night, the 'Clones rank 8th in the East - just one point out of the 7th seed and two points behind 5th place Elmira.

SCOUTING THE ROAD WARRIORS: Dean Stork's club has been one of the ECHL's best home teams this year - earning a 20-9-1 mark at the BI-LO Center. They currently rank second in the Eastern Conference standings, but are only five points ahead of the Kalamazoo Wings. With former Cyclone Mark Voakes currently playing in the American Hockey League, 2010 Kelly Cup Champion Jimmy Kilpatrick is the Road Warriors active leader in scoring; in 55 games this year, he has posted 50 points (16 goals, 34 assists). Rookie Marc-Olivier Vallerand has also been a consistent point-getter for Greenville - ranking 11th in the ECHL with 24 goals and sixth in rookie scoring (48 points). Goaltender Nic Riopel owns the league's 10th best goals-against average (2.89) and the fifth most wins (20).

Southern Success: The Cyclones continued their dominance of the South Division this past weekend, sweeping the Stingrays in three straight. Cincinnati now owns an astounding 13-3-1 record against those teams in 2010-11. Perhaps more surprising, though, is their goals-for/goals-against breakdown; this year, Cincinnati has outscored the South Division by a combined total of 61-42 while outshooting them by an average of 35-26 per game.

Tearing It Up: Among all the relatively new faces to the Cincinnati locker room, Dan Eves has continued to produce on the scoresheet. The third-year forward has put up points in 10 of his first 13 games in a Cyclones jersey. He's already surpassed his 2010-11 numbers with South Carolina in half the time.

The 100 Club: Barret Ehgoetz is just four goals shy of his 100th as a member of the Cyclones. Only three other players in Cincinnati history have achieved this milestone - Don Biggs (147), Gilbert Dionne (134) and Paul Lawless (132).

SEASON SERIES (4 Meetings - 3 Remaining)

Feb. 25 Greenville 3 at Cincinnati 4 Final OT

Mar. 17 Cincinnati at Greenville 7:05pm EDT

Mar. 18 Cincinnati at Greenville 7:05pm EDT

Mar. 19 Cincinnati at Greenville 7:05pm EDT

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