BRAMPTON, ONT – David Vallorani scored a pair of goals and Brandon Marino had three points as the Brampton Beast defeated the Cincinnati Cyclones 6-1 on Marvel night on Saturday, November 3rd.
The Brampton Beast took on the Cincinnati Cyclones for the first time in the 2018-19 season. It was a Saturday night contest live from the CAA Centre. The first period began with the Brampton Beast applying immediate pressure. The Canadian franchise was rewarded with a 1-0 lead courtesy of Anthony Beauregard shortly after.
Cincinnati Cyclone starter Jonas Johansson made the initial save on Jackson Leef but Beauregard was in the right place to send the rebound home at 7:21. It was the Quebec native’s first goal in a Beast uniform.
Not long after, David Vallorani gave Brampton a 2-0 lead. The Hamilton native finished off a perfect tic-tac-toe play with Brandon Marino and David Pacan for his second of the season.
The Cyclones fell into some penalty trouble and the Beast power play was able to come alive late in the frame. Vallorani got his second of the night with an absolute blast from the dot. That gave the Beast a 3-0 lead at 17:14.
Still on the power play, Brampton continued to press their advantage and Nathan Todd was able to tip home a shot from Matt Petgrave to extend the Beast lead to 4-0 at 18:19. The Beast would head into the first intermission up 4-0 but trailing in shots by a score of 13-11.
The second period saw the Cyclones break up Etienne Macoux’s shutout bid with a breakaway goal at 2:18. The slick forward was able to lift the shot over the shoulder of the Quebec native to pull the Cyclones into the game.
Brampton didn’t sit back however and was able able to restore their four-goal lead with the first of the year from Beast captain Brandon Marino. The Beast all-time scoring leader was able to rifle a shot past Johansson to give Brampton a 5-1 lead at 10:52. Assists went to David Pacan and Aaron Luchuk.
Brampton would retire to their dressing room up 5-1 after two periods of play but trailing in shots by a count of 26-23. Brampton went into the third with momentum and was able to extend their lead to 6-1 with a short-handed goal by Erik Bradford.
The slick forward went in on a two-on-one and was able to rifle the shot past Johansson at 9:48. Marcoux finished the game with 33 saves as Brampton cruised past Cincinnati for a 6-1 win.
Text courtesy of Brampton Beast
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