The Enquirer and wire reports

The Cincinnati Cyclones overcame a two-goal deficit and eliminated the Peoria Rivermen in the opening round of the ECHL Kelly Cup playoffs with a 4-3 double-overtime victory Sunday night at U.S. Bank Arena.

Captain Nick Bootland scored a hat trick, including the game-winner at 1:49 of the second overtime.

Cincinnati, which won the best-of-5 series 3-1, advances to the Northwest Division finals against Toledo. Dates will be announced later.

Peoria	2	0	1	0-0-3
Cyclones	0	2	1	0-1-4

First period: 1. Peo, Finnerty 2 (Kinos, Davis) 7:42; 2. Peo, Crawford 1 (Rekis, Rennette) 9:12.

Second period: 3. Cin, Cannon 1 (ppg) (Bootland, Strand) 2:39; 4. Cin, Bootland 2 (Noga, Casselman) ppg, 13:57.

Third period: 5. Peo, Clark 2 (Granato, Baker) 2:23; 6. Cin, Bootland 3 (Noga) 5:37.

First overtime: None.

Second overtime: 7. Cin, Bootland 4 (Gallace, Noga) 1:49.

Power plays: Peo 0-for-4, Cin 2-for-6. Goaltenders: Peo, Alfie Michaud (0-2 record; 29 saves, 33 shots); Cin, Greg Hewitt (3-1; 38-41). Attendance: 1,034.

AHL: Ducks win finale

CLEVELAND - Mike Brown and Jonathan Hedstrom each finished with a goal and an assist as the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks defeated the Cleveland Barons 4-2 Sunday at Gund Arena in the season finale for both teams.

Brendan Yarema and Andy Reierson also scored for the Ducks, who won for the first time this season when playing their third game in as many days (1-10-0-2).

Tony Martensson added a pair of assists and finished the season with a team-leading 53 points.

Eddy Ferhi, a Sacred Heart University product, stopped 28 of the 30 shots in his pro debut for the win.

Mighty Ducks	2	0	2	-4
Cleveland	0	1	1	-2

First period: 1. Cin, Yarema 19 (Hedstrom, Martensson), 15:59 (ppg). 2. Cin, Reierson 3 (Brown, N. Smith), 19:57 (ppg).

Second period: 3. Cle, Hansen 23 (Rissmiller, Boyes), 0:15.

Third period: 4. Cin, Brown 3 (N. Smith, Cass), 4:52. 5. Cle, Mischler 12 (Wiseman, Ling), 13:23 (ppg). 6. Cin, Hedstrom 14 (Martensson, Cass), 19:53 (eng).

Shots on goal: Cin 15-14-11=40; Cle 6-15-9=30. Power plays: Cin 2-for-7; Cle 1-for-3. Goaltenders: Cin, Ferhi (30 shots, 28 saves; record 1-0-0); Cle, Kotyk (39-36, 1 eng; 7-22-2). Records: Cin 26-35-13-6; Cle 22-48-5-5.