2014-15 Schedule CINCINNATI CYCLONES GAME NOTES 30-29-2-7 (4th, North Division) 10/18 at Toledo W, 4-1 10/25 KALAMAZOO L, 2-8 Game 69 (Home Game 36) 10/31 at Quad City W, 3-2 vs. Evansville IceMen (15-45-5-3) 11/1 at Quad City W, 5-4 11/7 INDIANAPOLIS W, 3-1 Saturday, April 4, 2015 - 7:30pm ET 11/8 WHEELING L, 3-4 U.S. Bank Arena - Cincinnati, OH 11/9 at Toledo SOL, 3-4 11/13 ORLANDO L, 3-4 Media Contact: Nick Brunker • [email protected] • 513.421.1342 11/15 FORT WAYNE SOL, 4-5 11/18 ORLANDO L, 3-5 11/21 EVANSVILLE W, 4-0 2014-15 North Division Standings 2014-15 Scoring Leaders 11/22 KALAMAZOO W, 7-3 11/26 EVANSVILLE L, 3-5 Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS Player GP G A PTS 11/28 at Indianapolis W, 3-2 x Tol 68 47 14 5 2 101 Jack Combs 47 31 45 76 11/29 at Indianapolis L, 3-5 x FW 68 46 16 2 4 98 12/3 UTAH SOL, 3-4 Josh Shalla 56 17 25 42 12/5 FORT WAYNE SOL, 2-3 Kal 67 33 29 2 3 71 Jack Downing 71 19 23 42 12/6 KALAMAZOO W, 2-0 CIN 68 30 29 2 7 69 David Pacan 58 12 26 38 12/9 at South Carolina L, 1-3 Whl 67 33 32 1 1 68 12/11 at Greenville L, 2-3 Ind 67 27 30 4 6 64 Branden Gracel 65 14 20 34 12/13 at Gwinnett W, 4-2 Stephan Vigier 62 14 14 28 12/17 GREENVILLE L, 0-3 Evn 68 15 45 5 3 38 12/19 ELMIRA L, 2-3 12/20 ELMIRA W, 2-0 NEXT HOME GAME (After Tonight) 12/26 at Indianapolis L, 3-4 12/27 at Indianapolis OTW, 2-1 TBD • 7:30pm vs. TBD 12/29 EVANSVILLE W, 5-2 12/31 at Kalamazoo W, 5-2 2015 Kelly Cup Playoffs 1/2 at Kalamazoo L, 3-5 Stay tuned for all the latest potential playoff news on CyclonesHockey.com! 1/3 WHEELING W, 3-2 1/9 at Indianapolis W, 4-1 Fan Appreciation Weekend, Part 2: After earning two important points last night 1/10 at Kalamazoo L, 0-3 with a win over Indy, the Clones will round out their 36-game home slate tonight with 1/14 EVANSVILLE W, 4-0 an equally large game against the Evansville IceMen. The Clones have dominated 1/16 at Kalamazoo L, 2-5 1/17 at Evansville W, 4-3 their Hoosier State foes during this lengthy season series, winning all but one game 1/19 at Evansville OTW, 4-3 and outscoring them by a combined 38-17 margin. 1/23 EVANSVILLE W, 4-0 1/24 KALAMAZOO L, 2-5 1/28 ELMIRA L, 2-4 Scouting the IceMen: Al Sims’ club shocked the ECHL world last night in Wheeling 1/30 at Toledo L, 0-4 by thumping the Nailers 6-1 as their season winds down. With Braden Pimm still 1/31 READING L, 1-5 on the shelf, Robin Soudek remains Evansville’s leading scorer with 38 points (18g, 2/4 KALAMAZOO SOW, 5-4 2/6 at Elmira L, 1-4 20a) in 58 games this season. So far in the season series with Cincinnati, he’s posted 2/7 at Wheeling W, 4-3 a pair of goals and a pair of assists. Jarret Luken has been a regular point-getter as 2/11 READING L, 0-5 well, amassing 38 tallies (12g, 26a) in 56 contests. Former Cyclone Branden Komm 2/13 INDIANAPOLIS OTL, 2-3 2/14 at Indianapolis W, 4-1 has taken the reigns for the IceMen in the final months; overall this season, the rookie 2/15 TOLEDO W, 3-2 backstop has gone 4-9-1-1 with a 3.33 goals-against average. University of Vermont 2/18 EVANSVILLE W, 2-0 alum Alex Vazzano has joined the goaltending fold as well after completing his final 2/20 at Toledo L, 1-3 2/21 READING L, 1-4 collegiate season, earning an 0-3 record thus far with a 4.19 GAA. 2/28 at Evansville W, 4-2 3/3 at Orlando W, 3-0 About Last Night vs. Indy: A three-point night from David Pacan and a strong 3/4 at Florida L, 0-3 3/5 at Orlando SOL, 2-3 defensive effort led the Cincinnati Cyclones (30-29-2-7) over the Indy Fuel (27-30-4- 3/9 at Orlando L, 0-2 6) by a 4-2 final score in front of 4,501 at U.S. Bank Arena. It was Pacan’s first multi- 3/13 ORLANDO L, 2-3 goal game of the year as Cincinnati took over the fourth and final playoff spot with 3/14 FORT WAYNE W, 3-1 3/15 at Fort Wayne L, 2-3 four games remaining. 3/19 at Greenville L, 2-5 3/20 at Greenville L, 1-4 About Tuesday Night vs. Toledo: Geoff Irwin potted the game-winning goal just 57 3/21 at South Carolina SOL, 4-5 3/25 SOUTH CAROLINA SOL, 3-4 seconds into overtime to lift the Cyclones over the Walleye by a 3-2 final score in front 3/27 EVANSVILLE W, 4-2 of 2,121 at U.S. Bank Arena. Irwin’s goal was part of a three-point night while Josh 3/28 FORT WAYNE OTL, 3-4 McFadden and David MacDonald each had goals in the affair. 3/29 at Wheeling L, 3-4 3/31 TOLEDO OTW, 3-2 4/3 INDIANAPOLIS W, 4-2 About Last Sunday in Wheeling: Sahir Gill registered a hat trick to lead the Nailers 4/4 EVANSVILLE 7:30pm past the Cyclones by a 4-3 final score in front of 2,008 at WesBanco Arena. Stephan 4/8 at Fort Wayne 7:30pm 4/10 at Toledo 7:15pm Vigier, Christiaan Minella, and Jack Combs all netted goals for Cincinnati in a losing 4/11 at Fort Wayne 7:30pm effort. Cyclones Game Notes - April 4, 2015 Game 69 vs. Evansville Page 2 Head Coach QUICK HITTERS Matt Macdonald Combing in Points: Cyclones forward Jack Combs has found great Birthdate: March 16, 1983 success wherever he has been this year. He ranks 4th in the ECHL with 76 points (31g, 45a) in just 47 games. Since joining the Cyclones last Hometown: Niagara Falls, Ontario week, he’s tallied seven times (4g, 3a) in five contests. Coaching Experience: Notorious VIG: Cincinnati forward Stephan Vigier has seemed to have 2014-Present: Cincinnati Cyclones (Head) 2012-2014: Cincinnati Cyclones (Assistant) the magic touch this season. The Cyclones have gone 9-2-0-1 when he lights the lamp and are 15-4-0-3 when he tallies at least a point. He More about Coach Macdonald: Macdonald, a Niagara Falls, Ontario native, makes his currently ranks sixth on the team with 28 points. Head Coaching debut this season. Since beginning his coaching career in 2012-13, Macdonald Playing Nice: Although they’ve proven they can mix it up at times, the has helped contribute to the Cyclones back-to-back Eastern Conference Finals appearances. As a player, Cyclones are one of the least-penalized teams in the ECHL this season. he spent parts of three seasons in the Queen City, Through 68 games, they are averaging the fourth-fewest penalty logging 119 regular season games and 44 points (5 minutes of any team in the league (13.51). goals, 39 assists). Macdonald also contributed with 14 tallies (5 goals, 9 assists) in 44 Kelly Cup Playoff games and was a member of Cincinnati’s first-ever Multi-Point Madness: The Cyclones have been an offense-by-commit- Kelly Cup title in 2008. During that season, he served as an Assistant Captain. tee all season long. In fact, 28 different players have registered at least one multi-point game during 2014-15 while 14 different players have In addition to his ECHL experience, the former posted multi-goal games. Josh Shalla leads the club in both categories defenseman also saw time in the American Hockey League, Central Hockey League, and in Denmark. with nine multi-point games and a pair of multi-goal games. Collectively, he skated in 385 games as a profes- sional and collected 133 points (30 goals, 103 assists) with 732 career penalty minutes. While playing in Still Stifling Shots: As the regular season winds down, the Clones are Denmark during the 2010-11 campaign, he helped still one of the stingiest teams in terms of shots-allowed. They rank his team capture a Bronze Medal and was a Danish third in the ECHL with 27.6 shots-allowed per game. In fact, South Cup Champion. Prior to going pro, Macdonald was a four-year letter winner at St. Lawrence University, Carolina is the only better Eastern Conference team in this category. where he amassed 30 points (14 goals, 16 assists) and 131 penalty minutes in 118 career collegiate games. Goin’ Streaking: A couple of Cincinnati players have found their stride Macdonald resides in Cincinnati with his wife, Erin, of late. Jack Combs has registered points in five consecutive games and their one-year-old daughter, Hazel and son, Max. while defenseman MacKenzie Weegar has collected assists in five of his Macdonald’s Regular Season Numbers last seven.