Mavericks down Cyclones, 2-1, in OT

KANSAS CITY, MO – The Cyclones fell to the Mavericks 2-1 in overtime inside the Cable Dahmer Arena on Wednesday night. Cincinnati finishes the regular season series going 0-1-1-0 against the Brabham Cup winners.

For the second-straight night, the Cyclones scored the opening goal against the best team in the ECHL. Mike Ferraro burst into the zone, fed a pass to Jarrett Lee, then got the puck back and one-timed a shot past Kansas City’s Cale Morris. Nick Isaacson dropped the mitts for the second time in as many days as the period concluded.

After a scoreless 2nd period and numerous Talyn Boyko stops, Sahil Panwar was given a major penalty in the final ten minutes of the game. Patrick Curry placed in his 39th goal of the season in the opening minute of the five-minute power play. The Cyclones killed off the rest of the extended man-advantage and forced overtime.

In OT, Jacob Hayhurst sniped a wrister over the shoulder of Boyko to give Kansas City the extra point.