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2017-18 Schedule CINCINNATI CYCLONES GAME NOTES 30-21-2-0 (3rd Central Division) 10/14 KALAMAZOO OTL, 3-2 10/21 @Wheeling L, 4-2 Game 54 (Home Game 28) 10/27 @Ft. Wayne OTW, 3-2 Vs. Indy Fuel (27-25-2-1, 57 pts) 10/28 @Kalamazoo L, 5-3 11/1 @Kalamazoo W, 4-3 Friday, March 2, 2018 - 7:35pm ET 11/3 @Wheeling OTW, 4-3 U.S. Bank Arena - Cincinnati, OH 11/4 ADIRONDACK W, 2-1 11/8 @Florida SOW, 4-3 Media Contact: Everett Fitzhugh• [email protected] • 513.421.1342 11/10 @Florida W, 4-1 11/11 @Florida L, 1-0 11/14 QUAD CITY W, 5-2 11/17 TOLEDO L, 6-2 2017-18 Central Division Standings 2017-18 Scoring Leaders 11/18 @Toledo L, 3-2 Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS Player GP G A PTS 11/22 TOLEDO W, 1-0 TOL 56 38 14 2 2 80 11/24 WHEELING W, 3-1 Justin Danforth 44 28 31 59 11/25 @Ft. Wayne W, 4-1 FTW 54 38 13 2 1 79 Jesse Schultz 53 16 42 58 11/29 READING W, 4-3 CIN 53 30 21 2 0 62 Shawn O’Donnell 28 13 23 36 12/1 @Brampton W, 4-3 KAL 54 27 22 3 2 59 Eric Knodel 39 12 22 34 12/3 @Brampton L, 3-2 Daniel Muzito-Bagenda 33 10 23 33 12/5 ORLANDO L, 5-2 IND 55 27 25 2 1 57 12/7 ORLANDO L, 5-3 KC 56 27 27 0 2 56 Brandon McNally 52 11 21 32 12/9 TULSA L, 3-1 QC 55 19 32 3 1 42 Justin Vaive 31 21 8 27 12/13 FT. WAYNE W, 6-3 *Italics Indicate Player Not On Active Roster 12/15 QUAD CITY W, 6-1 12/16 QUAD CITY W, 4-2 NEXT HOME GAME 12/22 @Quad City W, 7-4 12/23 @Indy L, 7-4 Saturday, March 3 vs. Quad City Mallards 12/27 FT. WAYNE W, 5-3 Overview: The Cyclones picked up their second win in a row with a 2-1 overtime win over the 12/29 @Quad City SOW, 5-4 South Carolina Stingrays. The win gives Cincinnati a three-point cushion over the Kalamazoo 12/30 @Indy L, 2-1 12/31 BRAMPTON W, 2-1 Wings in the Central Division standings. Friday will mark the first of five straight in division for the 1/5 @Toledo W, 3-0 ‘Clones, who currently hold down the third playoff spot. 1/6 WHEELING W, 4-2 1/12 KANSAS CITY L, 3-2 Wednesday Night Recap: The Cincinnati Cyclones (30-21-2-0) took down the South Carolina 1/14 @Toledo L, 2-1 Stingrays, 2-1 in overtime, on Wednesday night. Forward Justin Vaive netted the lone Cyclones goal 1/19 FT. WAYNE L, 6-2 in regulation, while forward Brandon McNally lit the lamp in overtime for the game-winner. The 1/20 @Indy L, 3-2 1/21 @Quad City OTW, 6-5 Cyclones were outshot, 23-18 on the evening, with goaltender Jonas Johansson stopping 22 in the 1/26 INDY OTL, 5-4 win. 1/27 FT. WAYNE L, 5-2 1/28 @Toledo L, 6-2 Saturday Night Recap: The Cincinnati Cyclones (29-21-2-0) earned a 2-1 win over the Kalamazoo 1/31 @Quad City L, 4-3 Wings Saturday, on Cyclones Fight Cancer Night. Forwards Alex Kile and Justin Vaive netted the 2/2 @Kansas City W, 5-1 goals for the Cyclones, who are now back in third place in the ECHL’s Central Division. Goaltender 2/3 @Kansas City W, 4-1 2/8 KANSAS CITY W, 5-2 Jonas Johansson turned aside 32 of the 33 shots he faced in the win, as Cincinnati was outshot, 33- 2/9 TULSA W, 5-2 19 on the night, while the power play converted in one of its three chances. 2/10 WICHITA OTW, 5-4 2/13 WICHITA L, 3-2 Last Tuesday Morning Recap: The Cincinnati Cyclones (28-21-2-0) fell to the Indy Fuel on Tuesday 2/16 @Reading L, 8-0 morning, 3-2. Cyclones forwards Rob De Fulviis and Jesse Schultz lit the lamp for Cincinnati. The 2/17 @Wheeling PPD Cyclones outshot Indy, 40-36, with goaltender Jason Kasdorf steering aside 33 in a losing effort. 2/18 KALAMAZOO OTW, 5-4 2/20 @Indy L, 3-2 2/24 KALAMAZOO W, 2-1 Previewing Indy: The Fuel have fought their way back from the bottom of the standings, and now 2/28 SOUTH CAROLINA OTW, 2-1 sit just two points back of the fourth and final playoff spot in the ECHL’s Central Division. Indy saw 3/2 INDY 7:35pm their four-game winning streak snapped in a 4-3 loss to the Toledo Walleye on Tuesday, however 3/3 QUAD CITY 7:35pm they have won six of their last eight games and have netted four or more goals in five of those six 3/4 @Kalamazoo 3:00pm wins. Special teams has been a large piece to their success, as the currently boast the top power 3/9 @Indy 7:35pm 3/10 @Ft. Wayne 7:30pm play unit in the League with a 23.2% conversion rate (47/203). They are led offensively by forward 3/11 @Brampton 2:00pm Ryan Rupert who has accounted for 13 goals and 26 assists, followed by team goals leader Darian 3/16 INDY 7:35pm Dziurzynski (20g, 16a), and Michael Neal (15g, 21a) who round out the top three. In goal, Matt 3/17 @Kalamazoo 7:00pm Tomkins leads all active netminders with a 9-5-0-0 record along with a 3.06 goals-against average 3/18 TOLEDO 3:05pm and a .923 save percentage. 3/20 INDY 7:35pm 3/22 ATLANTA 7:35pm 3/23 ATLANTA 7:35pm Inside the Series: Cincinnati is looking for their first win on the season against the Fuel, with Indy 3/24 @Wheeling 7:05pm posting a perfect 5-0-0-0 record. The sides will meet four more times after Friday night. 3/27 @Wheeling 7:05pm 3/30 FT. WAYNE 7:35pm Next Game Preview: Cincinnati wraps up their four-game home stand against the Quad City Mal- 3/31 TOLEDO 7:35pm lards on Saturday night, in the second of three games on the weekend for the Cyclones. Cincinnati 4/6 @Indy 7:35pm has had tremendous success against the Mallards, posting a 6-1-0-0 record and outscoring Quad 4/7 @Quad City 8:05pm 4/8 @Ft. Wayne 5:00pm City 36-22 in those meetings. The sides are slated to meet once more this season. **ITALICS: Game Rescheduled from 2/17** Cyclones Game Notes March 2, 2018 Game 54 vs. Indy Page 2 Head Coach NEED-TO-KNOW Matt Macdonald McNally Returns to Cincinnati: Cyclones forward Brandon McNally has been released Birthdate: from his Professional Tryout Agreement (PTO) with the Chicago Wolves of the Ameri- March 16, 1983 can Hockey League (AHL), and has been returned to the Cyclones. He appeared in two Hometown: games with the Wolves, seeing a fight in his second game of action. A native of Saugus, MA, Niagara Falls, Ontario McNally has appeared in 52 games for the Cyclones this season and is sixth on the team in scoring with 11 goals and 21 assists, while leading the team with 137 minutes in penalties. Coaching Experience: 2014-Present: Cincinnati Cyclones (Head) 2012-2014: Cincinnati Cyclones (Assistant) Diodati Signed to SPC: Cyclones defenseman Eric Diodati has been signed to a Standard Player Contract (SPC) for the remainder of the season. He was signed to an Amateur Tryout More about Coach Macdonald: Agreement (ATO) February 16. A native of Niagara Falls, ONT, Diodati wasted little time A native of Niagara Falls, ONT, Macdonald is entering his contributing for his new team, as he recorded the game-winning goal in overtime in last fourth season behind the bench for the Cyclones. Last season, Sunday’s 5-4 overtime win over the Kalamazoo Wings in just his second professional game. Macdonald guided the Cyclones to a 36-29-6-1 record, Overall, he has goal and ana assist in four games with Cincinnati. He recently completed which was good for fifth place in the South Division, and his collegiate career, spending two seasons with the University of Waterloo and two with ninth in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference overall. He reached St. Thomas University in Canada. In 95 collegiate games, he accounted for 12 goals and 31 a milestone on March 15 as well, collecting his 100th ECHL assists along with 62 penalty minutes. He also spent three seasons on the Ontario Hockey coaching victory. League (OHL), spending time with the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors and Steelheads, along with the Windsor Spitfires where he totaled 10 goals and 39 assists in 173 games. Since beginning his coaching career in 2012-13, Macdonald has helped contribute to the Cyclones back-to-back Eastern Conference Finals appearances in 2013 and 14. As a player, Home Cookin’: Cincinnati is one of the top teams in the ECHL on home ice this season, he spent parts of three seasons in the Queen City, logging posting a 17-8-2-0 record at U.S. Bank Arena. They are outscoring the opposition, 88-77 on 119 regular season games and 44 points (5 goals, 39 assists).