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Johnstown Drops Cyclones, 6-2

February 27, 2010 - ECHL (ECHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones News Release


JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania - The Johnstown Chiefs ended their seven game losing streak on Saturday night at the expense of the Cincinnati Cyclones in a 6-2 triumph. Six different Chiefs scored in the victory. The Cyclones finish February with a 9-2-2 record-but continue to lead the North Division of the American Conference.

The Cyclones opened the scoring with 37 seconds left in the first period. Defenseman Brett Motherwell fired a shot from the blueline that Johnstown goaltender John Murray was able to play, but the puck deflected off the end of his glove up into the air over his right shoulder and into the net. Dustin Sproat collected the lone assist on the power play goal, which was just the second tally scored by a Cyclones player in the final minute of a period this season. The Chiefs outshot the Cyclones, 14-10.

Johnstown scored three second period goals and held a 3-2 lead entering the third. The game was tied at one each when Jordan Morrison took a feed from behind the Cincinnati net from Sean Berkstresser at 6:28 for his ninth score of the campaign. The Chiefs grabbed their first lead of the night at 11:25 when Connor Shields scored his 24th in the slot from Troy Schwab. The Cyclones evened the scores at two each when Jimmy Kilpatrick charged up the left wing side and threw a pass to the right wing side that Mark Van Guilder was able to one-time past Murray for his fourth goal of the year. Sproat had the second assist. Johnstown took the lead a second time at 17:33 when Matthew Kang converted a two-on-one break into the Cincinnati end for his fifth goal from David Schulz and former Cyclone Bryan Marshall.

Johnstown extended the lead to 4-2 when Jim McKenzie banged home his 13th goal on a delayed penalty at 1:35. Berkstresser had the assist on the score. Chanse Fitzpatrick picked up his 24th goal at 11:57 to make the deficit three as Shields had the assist on the score. An empty net goal from Marshall, his 18th, at 18:58 closed the scoring. The Chiefs won the shots battle in the period, 15-14, and in the game, 38-34.

John Murray took the victory for Johnstown, just his fifth of the season by stopping 32 shots. Jeremy Smith absorbed the defeat, dropping to 18-12-2 on the year. He stopped 32 shots also. Johnstown was zero for six on the power play, while the Cyclones were zero for four.

Cincinnati is 36-19-3, while Johnstown is 15-33-8. The game kicked off a six game road trip for the North Division leaders, as the club begins its four game southern swing on Wednesday night (March 3) at Charlotte.

Cincinnati leads the North Division with 75 points. Kalamazoo is second with 67, while Toledo is third at 62 and Wheeling rounds out the division with 59 points. The Cyclones have led the North Division for 53 days this season and for 314 days over the past three-plus seasons. Cincinnati's ‘magic number' to clinching a playoff berth is now at 16.

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. Selected Friday night games are carried on 1530-AM Homer, while all 72 regular season games can be heard on the club's website at: www.cycloneshockey.com. The next game on ESPN 1530 will come next Friday (March 5), when the Cyclones travel to the defending Kelly Cup champion South Carolina Stingrays at 7pm.

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