Sunday, May 07, 2000
Cyclones move on in playoffs
Will face Grand Rapids or Cleveland in next round
The Cincinnati Enquirer
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Cincinnati Cyclones defeated the Orlando Solar Bears 1-0 late Saturday night to clinch their Eastern Conference second-round playoff series.
The Cyclones won the best-of-seven series 4-2.
Cincinnati was making it return to Orlando after los ing a 2-1 triple overtime game April 28 in Game 2 of the series.
Craig MacDonald scored Cincinnati's winning goal Saturday night with 12:30 left in the first period. Todd Simon and Brian Felsner as sisted on the score.
Orlando took a whopping 33 shots on goal, but all were deflected by Cincinnati goalie Randy Putruk. The Cyclones took only 16 shots on goal.
Both teams could not convert several power-play opportunities. The Cyclones were 0-for-4. The Solar Bears were 0-for-5.
Cincinnati will play the winner of the Grand Rapids-Cleveland series for the Eastern Conference title. The Griffins lead the series 3-2.
In the Western Conference, Chicago will play Houston for the conference title.
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Cincinnati 1 0 0--1
Orlando 0 0 0--0
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Cincinnati, C Macdonald 3 (Simon, Felsner),
12:30. Penalties: Esau, Cin (roughing), 1:19; Vasiljevs, Orl (holding
stick), 19:30.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: Tanabe, Cin (high sticking),
1:20; Shuchuk, Orl (kneeing), 4:39; Rucinski, Cin (slashing), 8:32;
Carter, Orl (slashing), 16:33; Ritchie, Cin (Obstr hooking), 19:17.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: Esau, Cin (Ob holding the
stick), 0:53; Dionne, Cin (roughing), 12:00; Krygier, Orl (roughing),
12:22; Mcdonald, Orl (slashing), 12:22.
Shots on goal:
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Cincinnati 5 6 5--16
Orlando 10 8 15--33
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Power-play Conversions: Cin - 0 of 4, Orl - 0 of 5. Goalies:
Cincinnati, Petruk (33 shots, 33 saves; record: 3-1-1). Orlando, Langkow
(16, 15; record: 2-2-1). A: 7,583.
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