Cincinnati Cyclones Spin the South Carolina Stingrays in Game One of Playoff Series

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com – Cincinnati, OH – The South Carolina Stingrays dropped game one of their best of seven game series against the Cincinnati Cyclones 6-2 at the U.S. Bank Arena.
 
“I thought we played well for most of the game,” said Head Coach Jared Bednar. “Other than five minutes in the second period, I thought we played hard.”
 
The first period featured back and forth play, but Cincinnati got on the board with a goal by Jean-Michel Daoust. The Rays had a number of chances on the power play in the first period, but were down by one after 20 minutes.
 
The second period saw South Carolina tie the game up at one when Trent Campbell scored on a penalty shot past Cedrick Desjardins at 4:39. Less than a minute later the Cyclones had tied up the game, and in the span of two minutes late in the period, Cincinnati put three more on the board to take a 5-1 lead going into the third.
 
In the third period, the Stingrays began to play their game and got on the board for a second time, when Matt Smith got his first goal of the playoffs from Andrew Gordon and Stephen Werner. One more goal from Cincinnati gave them a 6-2 lead, the eventual final. After some fireworks when the game closed, the Rays will prepare to tie the series up tomorrow night.
 
The winning goaltender was Desjardins who stopped 35 of the 37 shots he faced. The losing goaltender was Davis Parley who stopped 21 of the 27 shots he faced. The Rays went 0-7 on the power play while killing off five of the six short handed situations they faced.
 
The Stingrays are back in action tomorrow night at 7:30 looking to split the first two games of the series before heading home.

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