The Cincinnati Enquirer

WORCESTER, Mass. - Travis Brigley's goal early in the third period lifted the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks to a 2-2 tie with the Worcester IceCats in an American Hockey League game here Saturday.

Francis Belanger scored the other goal for the Ducks, who are 1-0-2-0 through the first three games of a four-game road trip.

Mighty Ducks	1	0	1	0-2
Worcester	1	1	0	0-2

First period: 1. Cin, Belanger 1 (Commodore, Yarema), 2:25. 2. Wor, Varlamov 6 (Virtue), 14:01.

Second period: 3. Wor, Bancroft 4 (Rycroft, Panzer), 2:36.

Third period: 4. Cin, Brigley 5, 6:17.

Overtime: No scoring.

Shots on goal: Cin 13-8-10-2=33; Wor 6-11-16-5=38. Power-play opportunities: Cin 0-for-7; Wor 0-for-7. Goaltenders: Cin, Damphousse (38 shots, 36 saves; record 3-3-2); Wor, Stanford (0 shots, 0 saves; record). A: 4,571 Records: Cin 6-6-4-2; Wor 9-6-2-1.

ECHL CYCLONES WIN

The Cincinnati Cyclones defeated the division-leading Toledo Storm 4-1 at U.S. Bank Arena.

Cincinnati struck for two quick first-period goals, by Aaron Brand and Greg Labenski.

Toledo's Darryl Bootland, brother of Cincinnati captain Nick Bootland, broke up the shutout bid with a goal at 12:14 of the second period.

Matt Noga and Joe Cardarelli put the game out of reach with a goal each in the third period.

Cyclones goaltender Greg Hewitt outdueled Toledo's Brian Finley, a former No.1 draft choice of the NHL's Nashville Predators, by making 28 saves for his sixth victory in his last seven starts.

Cincinnati travels to Toledo for a 3p.m. game today.

Toledo	0	1	0	- 1
Cyclones	2	0	2	- 4

First Period: 1. Cin, Brand 6 (Cardarelli, Labenski) 9:12; 2. Cin, Labenski 3 (Noga, Cheverie) 11:35 (ppg).

Second period: 3. Tol, Bootland 5 (Johnstone, Fleenor) 12:14.

Third period: 4. Cin, Noga 5 (Casselman, Labenski) 11:38 (ppg); 5. Cin, Cardarelli 2 (Prosofsky, Gaucher) 11:56.

Power plays: Tol 0-for-4; Cin 2-for-6. Goaltenders: Tol, Brian Finley (4-1-0; 30 saves, 34 shots), Cin, Greg Hewitt (7-4-1; 28 saves, 29 shots). Att: 3,742.

CCHA MIAMI WINS

Junior forward Mike Kompon extended his points streak to 14 games with two goals and an assist to lead the No.11-ranked RedHawks (12-3-1, 7-2-1 CCHA) to a 6-2 victory over the Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks (3-7-2, 2-6-2 CCHA) at Goggin Arena. MU had three power-play goals.