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February 26, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones News Release


COMING UP: The Cincinnati Cyclones (28-20-2-2) continue their seven game road sojourn with four games in California this week. The four games on the west coast begin in Fresno on Tuesday night (10pm), followed by contests in Stockton on Friday (10:30pm) and Saturday (10:30pm). The road trip concludes on Sunday (8pm), back in Fresno.

TAKIN' THIS SHOW NATIONAL: Tuesday's game is the Cyclones first against a National Conference opponent since playing at Alaska on March 13, 2004 (61 games ago). Cincinnati has a 3-3 record all-time against members of the National Conference and only one of those games was played at U.S. Bank Arena. On Feb. 18,. 2004, the Cyclones defeated Idaho 2-1 in a shootout.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Wednesday night (Feb. 21), the Cyclones opened their seven game road trip with a 4-2 loss at Reading. Jean-Michel Daoust and Mike Wirll netted the goals. Friday night (Feb. 23), the Cyclones won for the first time ever in Trenton, 4-3. A three goal explosion in the opening ten minutes paced the victory. Travis Lisbaeth, Wirll and Matt Rogers opened the scoring, with Sam Ftorek's third period goal providing the difference. Ben Gray took the win in goal, stopping 37 shots. Saturday (Feb. 24), the Titans bounced back with a 7-1 win, as Ftorek had the lone Cincinnati goal.

IT WORKED LAST TIME...: The Cyclones surrendered three power play goals in the loss at Trenton on Saturday, the second time this year that the club has allowed as many. After giving up three man-advantage goals to Dayton on Nov. 16 in a 5-0 loss--the Cyclones rebounded by going 5-1-1 in their next seven games.

HOW ABOUT THOSE CYCLONES: Despite the loss on Saturday, Cincinnati has won four of the last six games. The Cyclones are 3-1 away from U.S. Bank Arena in February.

BAD BOYS: The Cyclones racked up 88 penalty minutes in Saturday's loss at Trenton, which was a season-high. Cincinnati accumulated three misconduct penalties in the contest, one less than its total (four) through 51 games.

HE'S ON A WIRLL: Cyclones forward Mike Wirll is tied for the ECHL lead in goals with 36. Wirll has scored five goals and added two assists in six games since being acquired from Pensacola in a five player trade on Valentine's Day.

THE AHL LOVES CINCINNATI: The Cincinnati Cyclones roster has had eight of its 20 players disappear since Valentine's Day. On that day, the Cyclones completed a trade with the Pensacola Ice Pilots, that involved five players and the reassignment of another. The Cyclones acquire forwards Travis Lisabeth and Mike Wirll and Bridgeport (AHL) agreed to reassign defenseman Jason Goulet from Pensacola to Cincinnati. The Ice Pilots received, defenseman Jarred Mohr and forwards Torry Gajda and Erik Johnson. Thursday (Feb. 15), goaltender Cedrick Desjardins was recalled by Hamilton (AHL) and Saturday (Feb. 17), forward Jimmy Bonneau got the call to go to Hamilton. Sunday's (Feb. 18) transactions were with Mathieu Aubin (Hamilton) and Nick Martens (Bridgeport). Goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris was signed by Hamilton (AHL) yesterday. Cincinnati, which already has forward Cory Urquhart and defenseman Jon Gleed on the Hamilton roster--is short seven players on AHL recall.

MARTIN INJURED: The Cyclones have lost the services of defenseman Conrad Martin as a result of facial fractures suffered in the game with Reading on Wednesday (Feb. 21). An evaluation on his condition will occur shortly and an update will follow soon after.

HOME, SWEET HOME: The Cyclones are 14-3-3 (.775 winning percentage) at U.S. Bank Arena since Nov. 18.

QUICK HITS: Cyclones forward Mike Wirll is tied for the ECHL lead in goal scoring with 36...Defenseman Chad Starling has tied the club record for plus/minus in a season at +21...The Cyclones have won 17 games at U.S. Bank Arena, fifth-most in the league...Cincinnati has won 27 games versus the North Division, tied with Trenton for the lead...The Cyclones have surrendered 36 third period goals, fewest on the circuit...Cincinnati is 21-1 this season when leading after two periods...The Cyclones are 12-5-3 when Jason Deitsch scores a goal...Cincinnati has an 11-2 record when Conrad Martin has a point...The Cyclones are 16-4-2 when not allowing a power play goal...Jean-Michel Daoust has scored 15 of his 23 goals at U.S. Bank Arena...Daoust has ten of his 23 goals in the third period...Cincinnati is 10-0-1 in games in which it opens a 2-0 lead...The Cyclones are 15-1-2 when scoring four or more goals...Cincinnati has allowed just eight power play goals in 114 opportunities (92.8 percent penalty kill) in the third period of games this season...The Cyclones are 17-1-1 when scoring three unanswered goals in a game...Sam Ftorek has ten of his 17 goals since the All-Star break...Cincinnati is 11-8 when playing after a loss...Cincinnati is 2-0 on Tuesday nights.

UNPACK THE BAGS, WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE A WHILE...: The Cyclones begin the week as the leaders of the North Division. Cincinnati moved into a share of the top spot on Dec. 23 and has not been moved from first place since (that's 66 days in a row for those of you following along).

WWW.CYCLONESHOCKEY.COM: The most up-to-date information and broadcast of the games can be found on our website www.cycloneshockey.com.

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