CINCINNATI- The Indy Fuel started their week early with a trip to Cincinnati on Wednesday night. The Cyclones claimed a 4-1 victory on home ice, with Sahil Panwar tallying three points over his former team.
1ST PERIOD
At 4:50, Matt Copponi took the game’s first penalty. He was sent to the box for interference. The Cyclones killed it off.
Anthony Petruzzelli gave the Cyclones a power play chance when he took an interference call of his own at 7:46. With just two seconds left in the power play, Nathan Burke scored his first goal for Cincinnati against his former team.
Chase Dafoe took a roughing penalty at 19:28 that would carry over to the second period as Cincinnati could not score before time expired in the period.
After one frame, the Cyclones were outshooting the Fuel 6-3.
2ND PERIOD
Sahil Panwar opened the scoring in the second period with a goal against his former team at 2:19 to make it 2-0.
The Fuel earned a power play chance when Justin Portillo took a roughing penalty at 8:41. The Cyclones killed that off, however Portillo returned to the box at 17:14 when he was called for tripping.
Indy did not score on the power play, but just six seconds after it ended, Dafoe found the net with the help of Owen Robinson and Dean Loukus.
Both teams erupted with shots in the first five minutes of that period and ended up with many more compared to the first, with Cincinnati outshooting the Fuel 11-7.
3RD PERIOD
Copponi added a pair of goals in the second half of the third period, the last being an empty net goal after the Fuel pulled Adam Gajan from net in favor of the extra skater. Panwar claimed an assist on that.
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