Cyclones extend winning streak to eight games
(Wausau, WI) –The Wausau Cyclones took on the Wisconsin Woodsmen Friday and Saturday night at Tomah Ice Center. Wausau won 4-3 Friday and won 4-1 on Saturday night to improve their season record to 16-5-0-0. The series sweep moves the Cyclones win streak to eight straight and to within three points of 1st place in the Central Division.
Friday night’s contest got off to a slow start as neither team was able to find the back of the net in the opening period. Tomah got the games first goal at 12:38 of the 2nd when Hunter Nelson netted his 11th on the season. Wausau answered back just two minutes later when Ricky Nelson scored his 7th of the season to make it a 1-1 game. The game moved into the final 20 minutes tied at one.
After a relatively quiet first 40 minutes the last 20 would prove to be anything but. Wausau opened the high scoring 3rd period with goals from Ricky Nelson and Jack Dawley to give the good guys a 3-1 lead. Tomah came roaring back with two goals of their own at 11:00 and 12:57 to make it a 3-3 game. As the Cyclones have done so many times during their current win streak they didn’t flinch and took the lead for good at 15:37 after defenseman Dylan Chapman netted his 5th goal of the season. The goal was assisted by Dawley and Dvorak. Collin Lemanski was solid in net again after stopping 35 of 38 shots to earn his league leading 12th win of the season.
Saturday night Wausau looked to sweep the Woodsmen and extend their win streak to eight games. The first period saw forward Antonio Gomez get things started with his 10th goal of the season to give Wausau a 1-0 lead after the 1st. The 2nd period saw Wausau open things up as defenseman Isaac Baker and Easton Plachetka each netted goals. Tomah got the board at 2:11 with a goal from Nicholas O’Brien, but that would be as close as they would get as forward John Kriz put the game away in the 3rd period with his 10th of the season to give the Cyclones a 4-1 win. Goalie Tanner Bonjernoor earned the win after stopping 22 of 23 shots.
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Author: David Keech
David Keech is a retired teacher and works as a sportswriter, sports official and as an educational consultant. He has reported on amateur sports since 2011, known as 'KeechDaVoice.' David can be reached at [email protected]
