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Cory Pecker scored two goals to lead Cincinnati over the Rochester Americans 5-4 Friday at Rochester.

Alexei Smirnov, Travis Brigley and Ben Guite also scored for the Ducks, who moved into a tie with Rochester for second place in the Central Division.

Jean-Francois Damphousse stopped 37 shots for Cincinnati.

Cincinnati		2	2	1	-5
Rochester		1	2	1	-4
First period: 1. Roc, Ratchuk 2 (Kristek, Methot), 4:50 (ppg). 2. Cin, Pecker 7 (O'Sullivan, N. Smith), 8:25. 3. Cin, Smirnov 5 (Guite, Gornick), 12:32. Second period: 4. Cin, Brigley 8 (Valicevic), 9:15 (shg). 5. Roc, Botterill 16 (Kristek, Taylor), 10:29 (ppg). 6. Cin, Pecker 8 (DeWolf, Martensson), 11:24 (ppg). 7. Cin, Guite 4 (N. Smith), 13:05. 8. Roc, Botterill 17 (Robinson, Taylor), 17:02. Third period: 9. Roc, Janik 2 (Gaustad), 18:57. Shots on goal: Cincinnati 8-7-7=22; Rochester 12-16-13=41 Power-play opportunities: Cincinnati 1-for-3; Rochester 2-for-8. Goaltenders: Cincinnati, Damphousse (41 shots, 37 saves; record 7-4-3); Rochester, Askey (33:05; 13 shots; 8 saves; record 1-3-3), Miller (26:20; 9 shots, 9 saves). Referee: Spada. Linesmen: Lemon, Walker. A: 6,170. Records: Cincinnati 10-12-6-3; Rochester 10-11-7-2.

Elder High School's 2002 Ohio Division I state football championship team will be honored Friday when the Ducks face the Grand Rapids Griffins at 7:35 p.m. at the Cincinnati Gardens, and Panthers coach Doug Ramsey will drop the ceremonial first puck. Fans wearing purple to the game will receive a special discount at the box office, with a percentage of the proceeds from ticket sales being donated to Elder High School.

ECHL CYCLONES

The Cincinnati Cyclones won for the seventh time in their last nine games with a 4-3 victory over the Johnstown Chiefs on Friday night at Johnstown. The Cyclones return home to face the Dayton Bombers today at U.S. Bank Arena.

Cincinnati		1	2	1	-4
Johnstown		1	1	1	-3
First Period: 1. JTN Forget 10 (Hildebrand, Nemec) :59; 2. CIN Maser 2 (Twordik) 1:44. Second period: 3. CIN Noga 12 (Cheverie) 1:28; 4. JTN Tarabin 6 (PPG) (Manzano, Langager) 5:34; 5. CIN Labenski 4 (Cardarelli) 13:44. Third period: 6. JTN Tarabin 7 (Forget, Hildebrand) 3:44; 7. CIN Brand 10 (Twordik) 18:18. Special Teams: CIN - 0-2; JTN - 1-3 Goaltenders: CIN - Greg Hewitt (11-7-1) (29 saves, 32 shots); JTN - Peter Aubry (8-6-2) (29 saves, 33 shots). Attendance: 1,552.