ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones

Cyclones Knock Off Johnstown, 4-2

Published on January 3, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones News Release


JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania - Michael Cohen netted a pair of goals and Barret Ehgoetz tallied a goal and an assist in pacing the Cincinnati Cyclones to a 4-2 win at Johnstown on Saturday night. Cincinnati is now 8-2 on the road since Thanksgiving.

The Cyclones opened the scoring at 13:29 of the first period as Michael Cohen came up the left wing side and fired a shot past Kris Mayotte to open a 1-0 edge. It was an unassisted goal, as an errant pass was picked off by Cohen near the center ice line. Cincinnati outshot Johnstown, 16-15, in the first period.

In the second period, Ian McKenzie slapped home a rebound for his fifth goal of the campaign at 13:20 to give Cincinnati a 2-0 lead. Barret Ehgoetz and Donny Grover assisted on the score. Sean Berkstresser broke the shutout bid at 14:50 for his fifth goal and narrowed the deficit to 2-1. Off a faceoff in the center ice area, Johnstown won the draw and a backward pass to a defenseman was again intercepted by Cohen, who skated up the left side and rifled a shot past Mayotte to extend the lead to 3-1. Cincinnati again won the shots battle, 10-9, in the stanza.

The Chiefs clawed to within one at 14:47 of the third when Ryan Del Monte buried his eighth of the year, cutting the deficit to 3-2. An empty net goal by Ehgoetz with four seconds remaining, his eleventh, ended the scoring and gave the Cyclones the 4-2 triumph.

Kyle Gajewski stopped 31 shots in picking up his seventh win of the year. Kris Mayotte, turned aside 31 shots in falling to 14-5-2 on the year.

The Cyclones are now 16-13-5 on the season, while Johnstown is 21-11-2. The Cyclones open a three game home stand on Tuesday, hosting the Wheeling Nailers at U.S. Bank Arena with a 7:30pm faceoff. Tuesday night is a ‘Big Beer Tuesday' with 24 ounce Labatts beers available for two dollars each.

Tickets for the 2008-09 Cincinnati Cyclones season are now on sale. The Cyclones Sales Department can be reached at 513-421-PUCK, extension 3. For the latest news, notes and information on the team, visit: www.cycloneshockey.com . Ask about the Family Four Pack (four tickets, four hot dogs, four Pepsis, four Cyclones winter hats, four public skate passes at SportsPlus and a SportsPlus game card) for just $69!

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