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January 2, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones News Release


IT IS GREAT TO BE SITTING ON EIGHT (Straight Wins)! Cincinnati Extends Club Record Winning Streak To Eight Games

COMING UP: The Cincinnati Cyclones, winners eight straight games open up a weekend series with the Reading Royals. Cincinnati just completed its six game, five city, road trip with a perfect 6-0 mark. The Cyclones are 6-0-1 at U.S. Bank Arena since November 24.

HOME COOKIN': The Cyclones games at U.S. Bank Arena this weekend are part of 'NASCAR Weekend'. Friday night, more than 50 different autographed NASCAR items will be given away to fans and hot dogs will be one dollar apiece. Saturday night, Matt Kenseth will be on hand to meet selected fans and sign autographs. A special pregame dinner with Kenseth is available for fans to attend--call the Cyclones at 513-421-7825 for more details.

ADD ANOTHER RECORD TO THE COLLECTION...: The Cyclones set the club record for wins in December, or any other month, with their twelfth win at Trenton, 3-1, Monday afternoon. The twelve wins are one more than the previous club record for wins in a month (ten in both November 2007 and March 2002).

EIGHT IN A ROW!: The win Monday was the team's eighth in a row, eclipsing the previous mark for consecutive wins with seven from Dec. 22, 1995 through Jan. 5, 1996.

EIGHTEEN ABOVE .500!: The Cyclones, with a record of 24-6-2, are 18 games above .500 for the first time in team history. On March 19, 1995 the Louisville Riverfrogs beat Erie, 5-1, to improve to 38-22-7--the only time in history that the organization had been 16 games above break even. The last time a Cincinnati pro sports team was at least 18 games above .500 was when the Cincinnati Reds were 96-67 after their game on October 4, 1999.

ABOUT MONDAY...: Cincinnati closed its six game road trip with a 3-1 win at Trenton on New Year's Eve. Jean-Michel Daoust, Matt Syroczynski and Cory Urquhart netted the goals, while Daoust and David Desharnais each had three point afternoons. Dov Grumet-Morris picked up the win, stopping eighteen shots and holding the Devils off the scoreboard for nearly 53 minutes.

ABOUT SATURDAY NIGHT...: The Cyclones took a 5-1 win at Elmira. With the score tied at 1-1 after two periods, the fireworks show came midway through the third period--as four goals, a line-brawl, both goaltenders slugging it out and 96 penalty minutes in the frame--settled the score. Scott Reynolds netted the game winning goal early in the third period, shorthanded. Cedrick Desjardins stopped 18 shots before his ejection in the battle with Joel Martin, to collect the win.

ROAD WARRIORS: The Cyclones are 13-3 away from U.S. Bank Arena this season. Cincinnati is one of two teams with at least 13 road wins on the year and one of two teams with at least a .800 winning percentage or better in road games. The club has won ten of its last eleven sojourns away from U.S. Bank Arena--the lone loss coming at WesBanco Arena in a 3-2 defeat on December 15. That is the only regulation time loss for the club since November 24.

GUNNING FOR 25 WINS!: The Cyclones picked up their 24th win of the season in Monday's 3-1 win at Trenton--setting a club record for earliest, and fastest, to the plateau. Previously, the 1995-96 Louisville squad had 24 wins on Jan. 16 to establish both records. The average date in club history to register 25 wins is February 23--nearly two months later than now. Last season, the Cyclones collected their 23rd win on February 2.

SHATTER THIS!: The Cincinnati Cyclones have already won more games than they did prior to the All-Star break in 2006-07. The club was 21-13-3 at the All-Star break in 2006-07. Cincinnati is 24-6-2 right now, with five games remaining before the All-Star break. Cincinnati lost its seventh regulation time game on November 18 of last season.

ROLLING, ROLLING, ROLLING...: The Cyclones are 19-3-2 in the last 24 games (dating back to Nov. 7 with a .833 winning percentage). The only losses the club has suffered in regulation time since Nov. 4 were Thansgiving weekend (Nov. 23-24) to Dayton and Dec. 15 at Wheeling. A pair of seven game unbeaten streaks are included in this stretch, not to mention the current eight game winning streak.

GREAT (RE)CALL: The Cyclones have had fourteen players appear in games with American Hockey League teams this season. Last week, Cincinnati had four players recalled into the AHL, as Jean-Michel Daoust, Matt Macdonald, Gerard Miller and Matt Syroczynski all got the nod. The fourteen players have played a combined 95 games in the AHL this season (Uquhart-21, Matheson-19, Gleed-14, Aubin, Schmidt, Sixsmith-6, Bonneau, Daigneault-5, Desharnais-4, Miller-3, Macdonald-2, Daoust, Syroczynski-1).

CONRAD MARTIN GETS THE CALL: Cyclones defenseman Conrad Martin is the latest Cyclone to get a call from the AHL. Martin has been loaned to the Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) and will be in uniform for the game at Rockford tonight. Matt Macdonald is currently with Rockford.

NUMBERS: Jean-Michel Daoust leads the ECHL in goals with 25 and is also the points leader with 45 points...Barret Ehgoetz leads the league with a +22 rating and is fifth in the league with 38 points, while Scott Reynolds is second at +18, the Cyclones have the top five plus-minus players in the league...Chad Starling and Conrad Martin lead defensemen in plus/minus at +18...Cedrick Desjardins leads the ECHL with three shutouts and is the ECHL leader in goals against average (2.02)...Dov Grumet-Morris is 11-0-1 since Nov. 9 and ranks second in wins with 13...The Cyclones 'magic number' to clinching a playoff berth is 58...Cincinnati has led the North Division for 33 days this season, last year the club led the division for 90 straight days (12/30 through 3/29).

CYCLONES COACHES SHOW: The Cyclones Coaches Show airs every Monday from Jefferson Hall at Newport on the Levee from 7-8pm. The show, featuring Head Coach Chuck Weber, also has two Cyclones players appearing each week.

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.786 Cincinnati Bengals NFL '75 11-3

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.778 Cincinnati Bengals NFL '82 7-2

.767 Cincinnati Mohawks IHL '55-56 45-13-2

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