Cyclones Pick up Overtime Win over Tahoe on Powder Hounds Night
ECHL Tahoe Knight Monsters

Cyclones Pick up Overtime Win over Tahoe on Powder Hounds Night

Published on April 2, 2026 under ECHL (ECHL)
Tahoe Knight Monsters News Release


STATELINE, NV - The Tahoe Powder Hounds, proud ECHL Affiliate of the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights and the AHL's Henderson Silver Knights, fell to the Cincinnati Cyclones in overtime by a score of 4-3.

In the first period, the Powder Hounds got on the board first as Jake McGrew scored his 21st goal of the season off a clean faceoff win from Mike O'Leary to make it 1-0. However, before the end of the frame, Luke Grainger would tie the game on a top-corner snipe to make it 1-1 headed into the second.

In the second, Cincinnati opened up the scoring with a power play goal from Gunnarwolfe Fontaine, and added on with a goal from Liam Kidney to make it 3-1 Cyclones. In the final 95 seconds of the frame, Kevin Wall showed off the stick handles as he worked around multiple Cincinnati defenders to bury his 19th goal of the year to make it 3-2 Cincinnati at the end of 40 minutes.

In the final frame, Samuel Huo got on the board for the Powder Hounds with his first career professional goal to tie the game at 3. After both goaltenders pitched shutouts the rest of the way, the game went into overtime.

In OT, Cincinnati picked up the extra point as Sam Stevens scored the winning goal to give the Cyclones a 4-3 victory.

The Knight Monsters return home on Friday, April 3, 2026, to take on the Cincinnati Cyclones at Tahoe Blue Event Center for Star Wars Knight. Puck drop is at 7:00 pm, with pregame coverage on the Knight Monsters broadcast network beginning at 6:50 pm. Ticket packages for the 2025-26 season are now available. For more information, visit www.knightmonstershockey.com.

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