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Cyclones Rookie Mark Voakes Nets Hat Trick In 5-2 Win

October 23, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones News Release


WHEELING, West Virginia - The Cincinnati Cyclones got a hat trick (three goals) from rookie Mark Voakes and an 18 save performance from rookie Jeremy Smith to post a 5-2 win at Wheeling on Friday night.

Voakes, a rookie playing in his third pro game, netted the first three lamplighters of his young career in the triumph. He tallied scores in each of the three stanzas. Cincinnati was also paced with assists from its 'Wheeling Connection' as defensemen Doug Krantz, Brock Sheahan and Reid Cashman- all of whom played for the Nailers a year ago- picked up helpers on scores.

Cincinnati has now won all six meetings between the teams at WesBanco Arena during the 2009 calendar year.

The Cyclones opened the scoring at 15:11 of the opening period when rookie Mark Voakes netted his first pro goal. Voakes snapped his shot from the top of the left circle over the glove of Nailers goalie Adam Berkhoel. The play started in the Cincinnati end with a pass from Chris Mueller to Kevin Roeder. Mueller played the puck ahead to Roeder who skated the puck through the neutral zone and down the right half wall, spotting Voakes and sending the puck to him. The shots on goal favored Cincinnati, 12-7, in the stanza.

Cincinnati scored the first two goals of the third period, as Scott Reynolds got his first of the year at 1:11 on the power play, as Krantz and Ehgoetz had the assists. Voakes finished off the hat trick less than a minute later (2:10) from Hans Benson and Bryan Leitch- who was playing in his first pro game. The Nailers got a goal late from former Cyclone Thomas Beauregard to narrow the gap to 5-2. The shots favored Cincinnati, 15-6, in the period and 39-20, for the game.

Jeremy Smith ran his record to 2-0 on the year, stopping 18 shots. Adam Berkhoel stopped 34 shots in taking the loss. Cincinnati's power play went two-for-five with the man-advantage, while Wheeling was limited to zero-for-four. Cincinnati is 2-1 on the year, while Wheeling is now 1-3.

The contest was the first meeting between the teams since the epic Game Seven of the North Division semifinals of a year ago. A Cincinnati goal in the second overtime of that battle advanced the Cyclones into the Division Finals, where the club swept Elmira to advance to the American Conference Finals.

It was the first of eleven meetings slated between the rivals this season and the first of six to be played at WesBanco Arena. Ironically, in 2008-09 the clubs also met eleven times- with half a dozen clashes at WesBanco. The visiting teams claimed six of the victories and by the time the semifinal playoff series dust settled, the road team won twelve of eighteen tilts.

The Cyclones and Nailers square off again tomorrow night at U.S. Bank Arena at 7:30pm. There will be a special divisional championship banner raising ceremony prior to the contest.

Tickets for the 2009-10 Cincinnati Cyclones season are now on sale. The Cyclones Sales Department can be reached at 513-421-PUCK, extension 3. All 72 regular season games can be heard on the club's website at: www.cycloneshockey.com.

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