The Associated Press

Sergei Valarmov scored two goals as the Worcester IceCats defeated Cincinnati 4-1 at the Gardens. Nick Smith tallied the Ducks' lone goal.

Worchester	0	2	2	-4
Cincinnati	0	1	0	-1

First Period: No scoring.

Second Period: 1. Cin, N.Smith 7 (Brigley, Pecker), 8:38. 2. Wor, Varlamov 10 (Pohl), 17:07. 3. Wor, Varlamov 11 (Evans, Virtue), 18:18 (pp).

Third Period: 4. Wor, Evans 10 (Panzer, Van Ryn), 18:33. 5. Wor, Pohl 13, 19:25 (en).

Power plays: Wor 1-7, Cin 0-7. Goaltenders: Wor, Sanford (6-3-1; 23 saves); Cin, Bryzgalov (2-11-3; 31 saves). A: 2,544.

ECHL CYCLONES

Joe Cardarelli helped Cincinnati bounce back into the win column, scoring a shootout goal to beat the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies 4-3. Bob Crummer had two regulation goals for the Cyclones.

Cincinnati	2	1	0	0	1	-4
Atlantic City	1	1	1	0	0	-3

First Period: 1. Cin, Brand 9 (Cardarelli) 5:08; 2. Cin, Crummer 5 (Cardarelli) 5:44; 3. AC, Matzka 9 (Spadafora, Colley) 10:38.

Second Period: 4. Cin, Crummer 6 (Cheverie, Gallace) 1:32; 5. AC, Matzka 10, 9:12 (sh).

Third Period: 6. AC, Colley 17 (Matzka, Maltby) 10:49 (pp).

Overtime: No scoring.

Shootout: Cin, Cardarelli.

Power plays: Cin 0-5, AC 1-7. Goaltenders: Cin, Greg Hewitt (10-7-1; 46 saves); AC, Scott Sterling (9-2-3; 25 saves). A: 2,898.