The Cincinnati Enquirer

Nick Smith scored 1:21 into overtime to lift the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks to a 2-1 victory over the San Antonio Rampage in the AHL Saturday night at the Gardens.

San Antonio	1	0	0	0- 1
Mighty Ducks	0	1	0	1- 2

First period: 1. San, Payer 5 (Campbell, Rivers), 2:08.

Second period: 2. Cin, Martensson 6 (Belanger), 11:02.

Overtime: 3. Cin, N. Smith 6 (Guite, O'Sullivan), 1:21.

Shots on goal: SA 18-12-8-0=38; Cin 9-15-6-1=31. Power-play opportunities: SA 0-for-3; Cin 0-for-3. Goaltenders: SA, Mason (31 shots, 29 saves; record 5-3-2); Cin, Damphousse (38 shots, 37 saves; record 5-3-2). A: 6,625. Records: SA 5-7-5-2; Cin8-8-4-2.

ECHL CYCLONES WIN: Cincinnati won its fourth straight home game by rallying from a 5-4 deficit for a 6-5 victory over the Peoria Rivermen at U.S. Bank Arena. Goaltender Marc Kielkucki replaced Greg Hewitt to start the third period and stopped all 12 shots faced to pick up the win.

Peoria	2	3	0	- 5
Cyclones	3	1	2	- 6

First Period: 1. Peo, Kern 1 (Voth, Baker) 2:17; 2. Cin, Gallace 5 (Noga, Cheverie) 10:25; 3. Peo, Baker 7 (unassisted) 15:54; 4. Cin, Noga 6 (Twordik) 17:09; 5. Cin, Gallace 6 (Labenski, Rissmiller) 19:10 (ppg).

Second period: 6. Peo, Stuart 1 (Granato) 3:47; 7. Peo, Rowe 6 (DeCecco, Lawmaster) 13:18 (ppg); 8. Cin, Rissmiller 2 (Gallace, Twordik) 16:13; 9. Peo, Booth 2 (Clark, Granato) 18:20 (ppg).

Third period: 10. Cin, Brand 7 (Cardarelli, Prosofsky) 5:25 (ppg); 11. Cin, Gaucher 6 (Henderson, Cheverie) 7:16.

Power plays: Peo 2-for-4; Cin 2-for-5. Goaltenders: Peo, Mathieu Chouinard (3-1-0 record; 19 saves, 25 shots); Cin, Greg Hewitt (18 saves, 23 shots); Marc Kielkucki (3-2-0 record; 20:00 of the third period; 12 saves, 12 shots).

Attendance: 2,668

Ducks coach likes direction of club

The Cleveland Barons defeated the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 1-0 Friday in an American League Hockey game. But the Ducks have nothing to feel bad about.

"We did everything right but win the game," Ducks coach Brad Shaw said. "We certainly dominated, especially in the last 30-35 minutes of the game. Our forecheck took over, and the majority of the time was spent in their zone.

"We can focus on the wins and losses, or we can focus on the effort and the execution of what we're asking guys to do. As a coach, I never like to lose; I'm one of the worst losers around. But when we see so many good things out there, if we do them on a consistent basis, we're going to win more than our share of games."