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| Barret Ehgoetz |
The first period of tonight’s game was eerily similar to last night’s contest. Elmira opened the scoring early when Michael Dubuc beat Cyclones goalie Marc Cheverie on the short-side to give the Jackals a 1-0 lead. And just like last night, Cincinnati responded. Brian O’Hanley netted his second of the season, from Dylan Hunter and Matt Pierce at 2:34 to tie things up. When rookie Sam D’Agostino got whistled for a tripping call at 8:40, the Jackals got to utilize their power play, and it cashed in. Dubuc netted his second of the night when Brock McBride set him up for a one-timer that eluded Cheverie and gave Elmira a 2-1 lead. But Dubuc wasn’t done; on another Cincinnati penalty, the third year player completed the natural hat trick by blasting another slap shot into the net at the 13:07 mark, extending Elmira’s lead to 3-1. Luckily Dylan Hunter was able to stop the bleeding when he poked home a loose puck to cut the Cincinnati deficit to 3-2 as they hit the first intermission.
Tonight’s second period was not nearly as lopsided as the opener, as only one goal was scored between the two teams. Unfortunately, though, it was off the stick of Dubuc once again – his fourth of the game and fifth of the season. While the Cyclones argued that the puck never went in the net, the officials gathered and determined that the goal would indeed count – giving the Jackals a 4-2 lead after 40 minutes.
In the third frame, the Cyclones came out flying and continued to weather several Elmira scoring chances. After Chris Frank was called for a roughing penalty at 2:35 of the third, Cincinnati’s power play got another chance to go to work. Matt Pierce tipped home a J.C. Sawyer point shot to cut the deficit to 4-3. Then, with less than 2:30 to play in regulation, Sawyer finally got a tally of his own, another point blast, that beat Elmira goalie Marco Cousineau to knot things at four a piece.
Just as regulation time expired, Oren Eizenman was called for a slashing penalty – giving the Cyclones an early power play to start the extra session. While they were unable to capitalize with that man advantage, they gained all the momentum. In a bizarre finish, Matt Pierce jarred a puck loose along the back-wall boards, and Captain Barret Ehgoetz banked a shot off the back-side of Cousineau and into the net for his 12thcareer Cyclones game-winning goal.
For the second night in a row, Cheverie was peppered in net. He earned his first professional win after turning aside 33 Elmira shots. Marco Cousineau suffered his first loss of season despite stopping 27 Cyclones shots.
Tonight’s second period was not nearly as lopsided as the opener, as only one goal was scored between the two teams. Unfortunately, though, it was off the stick of Dubuc once again – his fourth of the game and fifth of the season. While the Cyclones argued that the puck never went in the net, the officials gathered and determined that the goal would indeed count – giving the Jackals a 4-2 lead after 40 minutes.
In the third frame, the Cyclones came out flying and continued to weather several Elmira scoring chances. After Chris Frank was called for a roughing penalty at 2:35 of the third, Cincinnati’s power play got another chance to go to work. Matt Pierce tipped home a J.C. Sawyer point shot to cut the deficit to 4-3. Then, with less than 2:30 to play in regulation, Sawyer finally got a tally of his own, another point blast, that beat Elmira goalie Marco Cousineau to knot things at four a piece.
Just as regulation time expired, Oren Eizenman was called for a slashing penalty – giving the Cyclones an early power play to start the extra session. While they were unable to capitalize with that man advantage, they gained all the momentum. In a bizarre finish, Matt Pierce jarred a puck loose along the back-wall boards, and Captain Barret Ehgoetz banked a shot off the back-side of Cousineau and into the net for his 12th
For the second night in a row, Cheverie was peppered in net. He earned his first professional win after turning aside 33 Elmira shots. Marco Cousineau suffered his first loss of season despite stopping 27 Cyclones shots.
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| Marc Cheverie |
The win gives Head Coach, Jarrod Skalde his first ECHL win and Cyclones victory. It also gave Marc Cheverie (1-1-0) his first professional win.
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