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Elmira Spoils Cyclones Opening Night, 5-2

October 16, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones News Release


ELMIRA, New York - Maxime Gratchev scored a pair of goals to pace the Elmira Jackals to a 5-2 win over the Cincinnati Cyclones on Friday night. The win snapped a five game winning streak for the Cyclones over the Jackals.

Elmira opened the scoring 3:39 into the opening period when Maxime Gratchev snapped his first pro goal past Cyclones netminder Robert Mayer. Matt Lowry and Justin Donati collected the assists. Cincinnati leveled the scores at one each when rookie Matt Pierce slipped his first pro goal past Elmira goalie Michael Teslak. Pierce's shot came from the left side of the net as rookies Mark Voakes and Kevin Roeder added the helpers. The Jackals took the lead heading into the first break as Chanse Fitzpatrick picked up a loose puck on the right halfwall and worked to the front of the net, picked up the rebound and fired it from the left side of the net past Mayer. The shots on goal favored Cincinnati, 10-9, in the opening stanza.

The Jackals extended the lead to 3-1 at 36 seconds of the middle frame when Chaz Johnson finished off a two-on-one break with Justin Donati. Tyler Donati added the other assist. Cincinnati closed the gap to 3-2 at 4:59 of the period when Mike McLean stole a pass and snapped a shot just inside the right post, unassisted.

The Jackals added two more goals in the third period as Gratchev scored 12:35 into the period for his second of the night while Svendsen collected his first at 17:44. Elmira won the shots battle again in the third stanza, 9-6, and held the lead for the night, 30-23.

Michael Teslak collected the win with 21 saves, while Robert Mayer took the loss, turning away 25 shots.

Elmira is 1-0 on the season, the Cyclones drop to 0-1.

The Cyclones opening weekend of play ends tomorrow night with a 7:30pm tilt at Johnstown. The game will be carried on the club's website at www.cycloneshockey.com.

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. The Cyclones host their home opener at U.S. Bank Arena against Wheeling on Saturday, October 24 at 7:30pm. There will be a special divisional championship banner raising ceremony prior to that game.

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