Cyclones improve to 6-0 on home ice and sweep Oregon
(Wausau, WI) –The Wausau Cyclones took on the Oregon Tradesmen in a home and home series over the weekend in a Central Division matchup. Wausau won 4-2 Friday and won 5-2 on Saturday night to improve their season record to 12-5-0-0.
Friday night, Wausau was looking to remaining perfect on the home ice against first place Oregon. Connor Dvorak netted the game’s first goal at 19:53 of the 1st period, which was assisted by Ricky Nelson and Garrett Freel giving Wausau a 1-0 lead after one. The 2nd period started with a bang as Connor Dvorak made it 2-0 just 1:02 into the period. Oregon made it 2-1 at 17:27 after a goal from Zak Molstad. The Cyclones closed the period strong as Gabe Randel scored his team leading 10th of the season at 19:27.Randel would add a 3rd period goal at 4:02 to put the game out of reach for the Tradesmen and earn Wausau a big win on the home ice. Collin Lemanski was solid in net all night after stopping 35 of 37 shots to earn his 9th win of the season.
Saturday night’s Wausau looked to sweep the Tradesmen and extend their win streak to four games. The first period at Oregon Ice Arena was a high scoring affair. Wausau got it started with Antonio Gomez netting his 9th of the season at 9:58. Connor Dvorak continued his hot weekend giving the good guys a 2-0 lead after just under 14 minutes of play. Oregon made it a 2-1 game after Jordan Larkee got one past Collin Lemanski. Wausau and Oregon each netted a goal in the final two minutes of the first frame to make it a 3-2 lead for the Cyclones after one period.
After a back-and-forth opening period the final 40 minutes was all Wausau. The Cyclones added a goal from Anderson Brien in the 2nd period and John Kriz closed things out in the 3rd period with his 8th on the season. Lemanski was dominate in goal again as he picked up the win after he stopped 45 of 47 shots.
Catch the excitement of Wausau Cyclones Hockey with some post-thanksgiving fun! On Friday, November 24 the first 250 fans receive a Cyclones Drawstring Bag presented by Bautch Chiropractic or the Kids Free game on Saturday, November 25th presented by Findorff. All kids 12 and under receive free admission. Puck drops at 7:10 both nights. Visit wausaucyclones.com for tickets today!
The Cyclones are members of the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL), one of three USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Junior leagues, serves as one of the top training grounds in the country by providing the best coaching, exposure and developmental vehicles available for student-athletes in its classification. The primary mission of the NA3HL is to provide a structured developmental environment for student-athletes who have aspirations of playing in the NAHL or United States Hockey League and eventually the NCAA or American College Hockey Association. For more information, visit wausaucyclones.com.
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