FISHERS- The Indy Fuel finished the weekend at home with a Sunday afternoon game against the Cyclones. After scoring one goal in the first period, the Fuel added another in the third to claim a 2-1 victory.
1ST PERIOD
The first period went by very quickly with minimal whistles, and just one goal that came at 19:52. Kyler Kupka scored his first goal for the Fuel there, with the help of Mitchell Hoelscher and Tommy Budnick.
The period’s only penalty came with 7.7 seconds left. Joe Miller served the minor penalty for a face-off violation that would carry over into the second frame.
After one period, Indy was up 1-0 but outshot by the Cyclones, 7-6.
2ND PERIOD
At 8:30, Kyle Aucoin took a tripping penalty. This gave the Cyclones their first power play opportunity of the day. Indy successfully killed it off.
Ross Mitton took the game’s next penalty at 10:56. He was called for high sticking, putting the Fuel back on the power play.
Shots were tied 13-13 after two periods, with Indy still up 1-0.
3RD PERIOD
Aucoin scored off the face-off at 4:56 to put the Fuel up 2-0. Kupka claimed his second point of the night with the goal’s only assist.
Ben Meehan scored for Cincinnati with 5:11 left in regulation to break the shutout. Former Fuel forward Sahil Panwar and Mitchell Wolfe collected the assists.
With under two minutes to go, the Cyclones pulled Timofei Obvintsev from goal in favor of the extra attacker. Despite putting pressure on, the Cyclones could not score again.
The Fuel defeated the Cyclones 2-1, despite Cincy outshooting them 29-20.
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