ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones

Royals Double Up Cyclones, 4-2, Wednesday

February 21, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones News Release


READING, Pennsylvania - The Reading Royals paid tribute to their minor league baseball team Wednesday night and parlayed it into a 4-2 win. The defeat snapped a three-game winning streak for the Cincinnati Cyclones.

The Cyclones scored the lone goal of the opening period, as forward Mike Wirll collected his 35th goal of the season, a shorthanded effort, at 12:26. After stepping out of the penalty box, Wirll jumped into the play and picked off a pass between two Reading defenseman. He headed in on a breakaway and beat goaltender Yutaka Fukifuji for the score.

The Royals responded with three second period goals to open a 3-1 edge. Dany Rousin collected his sixth goal at 4:23. Joe Zappala gave Reading the lead at 14:30 with his 14th score of the season. Brett Smith's goal at 17:48, his 17th of the campaign, gave the Royals a two goal cushion heading into the third period.

In the third period, Ned Lukasevic netted his fourth goal at 4:47 to extend the lead to 4-1. Cyclones forward Jean-Michel Daoust collected his 23rd goal of the season at 8:04 to close out the scoring.

Goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris took the loss-stopping 27 shots along the way. Fukifuji, the former Cyclone goalie (2002-03), stopped 24 shots in the win. Earlier this season, Fukifuji made his NHL debut with the Los Angeles Kings.

The Cincinnati Cyclones played this evening despite having seven players on recall to the American Hockey League. Center Cory Urquhart and defenseman Jon Gleed have been with Hamilton an extended period of time and defenseman Rory Rawlyk has been with Binghamton sin early January., In the last week, goaltender Cedrick Desjardins was recalled by Hamilton (AHL) on Thursday (Feb. 15). Forward Jimmy Bonneau went to Hamilton (AHL) on Saturday (Feb. 17) and forward Mathieu Aubin was recalled by Hamilton on Sunday (Feb. 18). Defenseman Nick Martens was signed by Bridgeport (AHL) on Sunday (Feb. 18) as well..

The Cyclones are now 27-19-2-2, leaders of the North Division lead by three points over Trenton. Reading is 23-24-1-5 and is in fourth place in the North Division. The Cyclones continue their seven game road trip on Friday (Feb. 23) at Trenton at 7:30pm. The club returns to U.S. Bank Arena on Friday, March 9 against Dayton at 7:30pm.

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