Cyclones trade for Chase Watson

Jarrod Skalde announced today that the Cyclones have traded for forward, Chase Watson from the Trenton Devils for future considerations.

Watson turned pro in 2008 playing in 71 games with the ECHL Augusta Lynx. He registered 14 goals and 16 assists for 30 points. After the folding of Augusta mid-season in 2009 Watson saw time with the Wheeling Nailers.

Chase Watson has had stops in Johnstown and Reading of the ECHL. He played for Jarrod Skalde in 16 games with the Bloomington PrarieThunder in 2009 collecting 8 assists. This season with Trenton in 17 games he has collected 9 assists. He also played four games this year with the Arizona SunDogs of the CHL collecting a goal and assist.

Wheeling Nails Clones 7-1

Wheeling’s Nick Petersen found the net for the eighth time in eight games against Cincinnati when he sent a shot past Chet Pickard (L, 18, 4-8-2-0) at the 4:54 mark, making it 1-0 Nailers.  However, just 32 seconds later, a Scott Reynolds shot from behind the net banked off of a Nailer defender and rolled behind goalie Peter Delmas (W, 29 saves, 2-0-0-0) to knot the score.  But after a turnover at the Cincinnati blue line, Wheeling forward Kelly Miller picked up the loose puck and wristed home the go-ahead goal at 15:47 to put his team up 2-1 after 20 minutes.

The Nailers padded their lead midway through the second frame when, at the 8:11 mark, Joey Haddad sent a backhanded shot over the shoulder of Pickard and into the net for a 3-1 lead.  With less than two minutes left in the frame, Alex Smigelski tipped home a David Urquhart blast to extend Wheeling’s lead to 4-1 at the second intermission.

In the third period, the Nailers began to pour it on; with just 0:51 gone in the final stanza,

Ben Street

tapped in a goal to make it 5-1.  Then, goals from Michael Bedard and Petersen at 4:22 and 12:29 respectively capped the scoring – sending the Wheeling to a 7-1 win.

Moves from Cyclones, Two suspended

The Cincinnati Cyclones have announced that Defenesemen, Scott Lehman and Adam Comrie have been suspended by the ECHL. Lehman was given a five minute match-penalty for kicking on the Jan.14 game at U.S. Bank Arena against the Wheeling Nailers.

Adam Comrie was handed down a three game suspension and fined an undisclosed amount by the ECHL for his actions Jan.15 at Wes Banco Arena in Wheeling where the Cyclones won 3-2. Comrie was also re-called to the Rochester Americans of the AHL. In six games with the Cyclones the rookie, Comrie collected two assists.

The Cyclones have also announced that they have re-signed Defeneseman, David Sloane to a SPC. Sloane played three games with the Cyclones earlier this season before suffering an injury where the Cyclones would release him to open a roster spot. The second-year pro spent his first season in the AHL with the Adirondiack Phantoms appearing in 20 games. He made his professional debut in an NHL Playoff game against the New York Rangers.

Aubin leads Cyclones 3-2 over Nailers

Following Friday's debacle

where the Cyclones allowed three goals in the first seven minutes to the Nailers, went down to Wheeling and got their revenge with a  3-2 victory tonight. Mathieu Aubin netted his team leading 11^th and 12^th goals of the season to lead the Cyclones tonight including slamming home the game winner with 58 seconds left.

The Cyclones would draw first blood tonight at 13:26 when Chris Minella collected a loose puck in front and slipped it past Patrick Killen. The Clones’ however, could not hold onto the lead for long as not even two minutes later Ben Street tipped home a shot for his 18^th of the season to knot the score at 1-1 after 20 minutes.

The Cyclones were able to get a power play in the second period and Mathieu Aubin cashed in adding to his team-leading stats collecting a rebound and slamming it past Killen top shelf for his 11^th of the season. Thanks to an outstanding period by Chet Pickard who won his second third straight decision, Cincinnati led 2-1 after two periods.

Wheeling used a power play in the third period to perfection as

Ben Street

struck again for his 19^th of the year to tie the game at 2-2 with less than 10 minutes to play. With just a minute left in the game, Dustin Sproat forced a turnover behind the Nailers net and fed it out front to Aubin who lifted a laser over the shoulder over Killeen for the game-winning goal. The Cyclones are now 12-1-3 this season when leading after two periods.

Chet Pickard extended his winning streak to three games with his 26 save performance. Pickard came in Friday replacing Marc Cheverie and made 18 saves on 20 shots. Mathieu Aubin now leads the Cyclones with 12 goals and 17 assists while also leading the team with 29 points.

1st Place in North Division up for grabs this weekend

The Cyclones and Wheeling Nailers will play a home-and-home series this weekend beginning Friday night at U.S. Bank Arena. The Cyclones enter the series 2-3 against the Nailers this season and trail the North Division lead by three points. If the Cyclones can win Friday and Saturday in regulation time they will have control of the ECHL North Division.

Wheeling Nailers forward, Nick Petersen ranks 7^th in the ECHL in scoring with 16 goals 20 assists for 36 points in 30 games.

Ben Street

who was just returned to the Nailers from Wilkes-Barre Scranton, ranks 8^th in the ECHL with identical statistics of Petersen in 31 games for the Nailers.

Wheeling goalie, Patrick Killeen ranks 9^th in the ECHL with a 14-7-0-1 record with a 2.63 GAA and a .907 save%

The Cyclones enter this weekend series on a four game winning streak after sweeping the Florida Everblades three straight in Ft. Meyers, came back to Cincinnati last night and beat the rival Kalamazoo K-Wings 3-2 in OT.

GOALTENDING PICKING UP THE PACE:

Chet Pickard who was returned to the Cyclones last Friday is 2-0 since his assignment back to Cincinnati. Marc Cheverie has been holding down the fort in net for the Cyclones with a 12-7-2-2 record with a 2.93 GAA and .904 save%

DE-FENSE!:

Cyclones All-Star defenseman, Brian O’Hanley ranks 6^th in the ECHL with 6 goals 14 assists and 20 points. T.J. Fast ranks 17^th in the ECHL with 7 goals 8 assists for 15 points.

SCORING CATCHING FIRE:

Mathieu Aubin shares the Cyclones lead in points with 9 goals 17 assists for 26 points in his 35 games this season. Captain, Barrett Ehgoetz is tied with Aubin in points at 26; Ehgoetz who was named to the ECHL All-Decade team has 7 goals while leading the Clones’ with 19 assists.

Clones clip Wings in OT 3-2

Cyclones defenseman, T.J. Fast slammed home his first game-winning goal just 41 seconds into overtime to give the Cyclones a 3-2 win over the Kalamazoo K-Wings. It has extended the Cyclones winning streak to four games.

The Cyclones jumped on the K-Wings in the first period leading 2-0 after 20 minutes. Mathieu Aubin slammed home his team leading ninth goal of the season at 7:20 on the Power Play, when he camped out in front of K-Wings goalie Ryan Nie. Just five minutes later at 12:26, Scott Lehman took the feed from Chris Clackson on a 2-on-1 break and fired the snap shot past Nie for the 2-0 lead.

In the second period, K-Wings forward Patrick Asselin tucked in his 11th goal of the season past Cyclones netminder Chet Pickard on the Power Play. Kalamazoo’s Darryl Lloyd then followed with the game-tying goal midway through the third period to knot the score at two, forcing the game into overtime for the fourth time in this season series.

The OT session didn't last long for the K-Wings as Clones' defenseman, T.J. Fast carried the puck coast to coast dekeing past two Wings defenseman and blasting home his second goal in as many games to give the Cyclones their fourth straight win and first at home against Kalamazoo.

Cyclones goalie, Chet Pickard picked up his second straight victory in a 24 save effort moving his record to 3-6-2 on the season.

The Cyclones are back at home Friday night playing host to the 1st place, Wheeling Nailers who the Cyclones trail by three points in the North Divison.

Tempers flare as Cyclones sweep Everblades with 6-5 shootout victory

Matt Pierce netted two goals in regulation and a SO goal

The Cincinnati Cyclones (14-13-5-2) finished off the Florida Everblades for the third straight game in Estero, FL with a blood boiling 6-5 Shootout victory. 80 total penalty minutes, two game misconducts and 11 goals set the tone for the series finale.

Just as last night started, Florida jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when Alexandre Imbeault scored his team-leading 18th goal of the season by beating Cyclones goalie Marc Cheverie. However, Cincinnati responded with a pair of goals of its own; the first one came at 5:12 when T.J. Fast stepped out of the corner and sniped a wrist shot over the glove-side shoulder of Everblades goalie Bobby Goepfert to knot the score.  Then, at the 16:58 mark, Matt Pierce finished a strong shift by scoring a similar goal just outside the right circle to give the Cyclones a 2-1 lead through the opening frame.

In the second period, in a simple word it was physical. 11 penalties were called during the period, most of which were called after the play had been whistled down. The Cyclones padded their lead at 8:08 when Brian O’Hanley blasted home his sixth goal of the year on the power play, making it 3-1.  However, on a Florida power play, Bobby Raymond batted home a one-timer with just 21 seconds left to pull his team within a goal, 3-2 at the second intermission.

The third period was a shooting gallery for both clubs.  Cincinnati temporarily extended their lead when Pierce tallied his second of the night only 32 seconds in, making it 4-2.  The Everblades raced back with goals from Francis Lemiuex and Imbeault only one minute apart to tie the score at four.  At exactly the 15:00 mark, Sam D’Agostino poked home his 8th of the season for the go-ahead goal underneath a sea of bodies to push the Cyclones out front again, 5-4.  Unfortunately, though, with just 1:03 left in regulation Bobby Raymond followed with a similar tally to once again even the score and send the teams in to overtime tied at 5-5.

ALL-STAR, Brian O'Hanley scored the SO Winner

The Cyclones got opportunites in the OT frame, thanks to a Florida Everblades penalty but could not find the net. So the game was sent to the shootout where the Cyclones stood at 1-2 this season. Matt Pierce, and Mathieu Aubin lit the lamp for Cincinnati while Florida’s Imbeault and Ernie Hartlieb found the net as well.
It came down to round 6 of the shootout as David Fischer was easily stopped by Marc Cheverie and entered Cyclones All-Star, Brian O'Hanley. Brian fired a wrister under the blocker of Goepfert to give the Cyclones a 6-5 win and the sweep of Florida.

The Cyclones with the victory, narrowed the point race with Wheeling to one point as the Nailers fell tonight in OT to the Reading Royals. The Cyclones are back at U.S. Bank Arena on Wednesday when they place host to the last place, Kalamazoo Wings who have defeated the Cyclones in all five contests this season.