ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones

Cyclones Tie Series With Wheeling In 4-3 Victory!

Published on April 15, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones News Release


WHEELING, West Virginia - The Cincinnati Cyclones used a pair of first period power play goals from Matt Syroczynski to propel the club to a 4-3 win over the Wheeling Nailers on Wednesday night. The triumph evens the best of seven series at two games apiece with game five coming on Friday night at WesBanco Arena (MAX-FM 97.7 and 99.5).

The Cyclones raced to a 2-0 first period lead, as third year forward Matt Syroczynski netted a pair of power play goals. Syroczynski's first score came at 4:25 when he fired a shot from the top of the goal crease. Barret Ehgoetz and Jimmy Kilpatrick had the assists. Syroczynski's second man-advantage goal of the night came at 5:38, again from Kilpatrick and Ehgoetz. He now leads the ECHL in power play goals in the postseason with four. The shots on goal favored Wheeling, 10-8, in the frame.

The Nailers cut the deficit to 2-1 when Tommy Goebel netted his second of the postseason at 1:11. Cincinnati re-established the two goal cushion when Dustin Sproat netted his third goal of the playoffs at 17:10 when the team was shorthanded. Bryan O'Hanley led a two-on-one charge out of the Cyclones end and worked the right wing side before leaving a drop pass for the trailing Sproat. The shots on goal in the period favored Cincinnati, 20-10.

Cincinnati pushed the lead out to 4-1 when Jimmy Kilpatrick scored his first pro playoff goal at 1:26 from Sproat and Jake Dietrich. A pair of goals from Aaron Clarke at 9:30 and 19:32 brought Wheeling to within 4-3-but that is how the game ended. The Nailers outshot Cincinnati, 10-7, in the third period. For the game Cincinnati held the upper hand in shots at 35-30. The Cyclones were two-for-five on the power play, while Wheeling was zero-for-six.

Loic Lacasse picked up the victory by stopping 27 shots. It was his second of the playoffs. Curtis Darling took the loss after stopping 31 shots.

The fifth game of the best-of-seven series will be Friday night (April 17). It will be played at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling. This will be a 7:30pm contest and will be carried locally on MAX-FM (97.7 and 99.5). The sixth game will be played at U.S. Bank Arena on Saturday night (April 18) at 7:30pm.

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. 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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