Scoring :18 seconds into the game, Justin Vaive picked up a loose puck in front of the Fuel net and fired it over the shoulder of Cale Morris handing the Cyclones a 1-0 lead. Less than a minute later, Indy’s Spencer Watson jumped on a rebound from Sean Bonar and tucked it into the back of the net, tying the game 1-1.
Scoring his first goal in a Fuel uniform, Darien Craighead picked up a puck in the Cincinnati slot and fired it past Bonar to make it 2-1, Fuel. Following Craighead’s goal, Seamus Malone picked up a deflected puck and tucked it past Bonar to give the Fuel a two-goal lead going into the locker room.
Taking advantage of an early power play in the second period, Jared Thomas extended his point streak to 10 games when he fired a slap shot from the point past Bonar. Cutting Indy’s lead to two goals, Johnny Coughlin beat Morris with a slapshot over the shoulder. Responding with nine minutes remaining in the second period, Craighead tallied his second goal of the game when he one-timed a pass from Malone into the Cincinnati net.
Scoring Indy’s sixth goal of the game, Mike Lee walked through a group of Cincinnati defensemen and fed an open Watson who tallied his second goal of the game. Tallying a hat-trick in his first game with the Fuel Craighead fired a wrist shot over the shoulder of Cole Kehler to put Indy up 7-2.
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