Cincinnati, OH – The Iowa Heartlanders scored on the game’s first shot, but Cincinnati Cyclones netminder Pavel Cajan stopped the next 23 shots to defeat the Heartlanders, 3-1, Friday at Heritage Bank Center. Braeden Kressler iced it with an empty-netter in the final two minutes.
Iowa had a season-best eight-game point streak snapped (6-0-1-1).
Iowa scored on the game’s first shot at :31 of the first to take a 1-0 advantage. Keanan Stewart, a former Cyclone, lofted the puck in on a shot from the left circle, beating the goaltender to the long post. Zeteny Hadobas and Yuki Miura assisted. Cincinnati tied the game with 7:00 left in the first on Ryan McLeary’s third of the season.
Cincinnati took their first lead with 5:02 left in the second, 2-1. Chas Sharpe slapped it top shelf at the high slot on the power play. Cincinnati went 1-for-6 on the man up.
Kyle McClellan made 21 saves (2 GA) in defeat.
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