CINCINNATI, Ohio – The Cincinnati Cyclones (2-2-1-0) fell to the Kalamazoo Wings in overtime, 4-3, on Friday night. Forwards Brady Vail, Vas Glotov, and Pascal Aquin netted the goals for Cincinnati.
Cincinnati opened up the scoring 6:36 into the first when forward Jesse Schultz slid a pass across to Vail and he snapped in a shot from the left circle to put the Cyclones ahead, 1-0. That lead became 2-0 90 seconds later when Aquin sent a feed to Glotov on a 3-on-2 Cyclones rush, and he blew by the defense and wristed a shot that beat Kalamazoo netminder Jake Hildebrand to put the ‘Clones up by a pair through 20 minutes.
In the second, the Wings managed to tie the game as forward Reid Gardnernetted a pair to pull Kalamazoo even, 2-2, after two periods. The physicality picked up in the middle frame as well, as the teams combined for 39 minutes of penalties, highlighted by frights between Cincinnati’s Mitch Jones and the Wings’ Matt Joyaux, and the Cyclones’ Justin Vaive and Kalamazoo’s Ben Betker.
Cincinnati regained the lead 2:39 into the third while on the power play, as Glotov threw a shot towards the net that was redirected into the net by Aquin to put the ‘Clones ahead, 3-2.
The momentum was short-lived however, as a little over three minutes later, the Wings tied the game, 3-3, on a power play tally from forward Chris Collins to even the game back up, 3-3. The 3-3 score held up throughout the remainder of regulation, and in overtime Kalamazoo only needed 45 seconds to net the winner when forward Kyle Blaney lit the lamp to send the Wings to the 4-3 overtime win.
The Cyclones were outshot by Kalamazoo, 35-25, with goaltender Jonas Johansson stopping 31 in the loss.
With Cincinnati Cyclones release
Contact the photographer: Rob.Huelsman@prohockeynews.com
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