Norfolk, Va. - The Cincinnati Cyclones fell to the Norfolk Admirals, 3-2, on Sunday afternoon at the Norfolk Scope. A back-and-forth contest saw the Admirals sweep the weekend slate over Cincinnati in front of their home crowd. A pair of goals from Sanghoon Shin propelled Norfolk over the Cyclones to earn their 10th straight victory.
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Cincinnati started the game with an early lead. A long pass from Chas Sharpe found the blade of Kyle Bollers who came down on a breakaway and beat Kristian Stead seven-hole to make it 1-0, Cyclones.
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With his goal, Bollers recorded his fourth goal of the season and gave Cincinnati their first lead of the weekend.
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Norfolk would strike back five minutes later. Justin Young found a loose puck in front of the crease and shot it towards Cyclones netminder Vyacheslav Peksa. While Peksa got a chunk, the puck slowly slipped past the goal line to tie the score at 1-1.
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The Cyclones would retake the lead on a rush from Mathieu Gosselin and Lincoln Griffin. The pair of forwards walked down the slot and got a shot off on Stead. The rebound came free and Tristan Ashbrook scored on the rebound to pick up his fifth goal of the season.
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Ashbrook is now second on the team in goals (5), and has goals in back-to-back games as he continues his run of success against the Admirals dating back to last season.
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Norfolk drew level once more as Shin scored on a low blocker shot off a feed from Pavel Padakin to even the score at 2-2. His fourth of the season would tie the game and take both teams into the first intermission tied.
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A back-and-forth second period saw neither team find the back of the net. Peksa recorded nine saves in the period to keep the score deadlocked at 2-2.
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Shin would score the game-winning goal at the 6:35 mark of the third period. His second of the game lifted Norfolk to their 10th consecutive victory in a row.
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With the loss, Cincinnati falls to 3-15-3-0 in the 2024-25 regular season.
Cincinnati will have a day off, before returning to Heritage Bank Center on Tuesday night for a tilt against the Iowa Heartlanders. The Cyclones will kickstart a busy four-game week of games that include two games against Iowa on home ice. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:35 p.m. ET.
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