Cyclones Sweep St. Louis to Remain Tied for First-place

Cyclones sweep St. Louis to remain tied for first-place

(Wausau, WI) –The Wausau Cyclones took on the St. Louis Jr. Blues Friday night and Saturday night at Marathon Park. Wausau won 5-0 Friday and 8-2 Saturday to improve their season record to 31-9-0-1.

Friday night’s contest started off with a goal from forward Kalob Paquin at 2:02 of the 1^st period. Wausau would lead 1-0 after one. The second period saw the Clones extend their lead with goals from Dominick Bourdon (7) and Adam Wiggins (4). The Cyclones would add third period goals from Connor Dvorak (22) and John Kriz (20) to seal the 5-0 win. Brady Faille was solid in net after stopping 24 of 24 shots to earn the shutout win.

Saturday night saw Wausau put together another dominating performance to earn the weekend sweep. John Kriz got the scoring started with a goal at 12:49 of the first period. The goal was his 21^st on the season. Ricky Nelson then added his 19^th to make it a 2-0 game. St. Louis would answer back with their first goal of weekend after Fred Bramstedt got one past Cyclones goalie Tanner Bonjernoor. Saturday would prove to be a special night for forward Ricky Nelson. Nelson would net the next two goals to complete a hat-trick at 1:48 of the second period. He added a 4^th goal later in the period, which was his 22^nd of the season.  Wausau would add goals from Easton Plachetka, Antonio Gomez and Adam Wiggins to close out the win. Tanner Bonjernoor earned the win after stopping 23 of 25 shots.

The Cyclones will be back in action at Marathon Park this weekend. Friday night is Family Night presented by Festival Foods. Fans will save up to 20% on tickets. Saturday night is $2 Beer Night presented by Budweiser. Puck drops at 7:10pm both nights. Visit wausaucyclones.com for tickets.

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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Author: David Keech

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