NHL and the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL. The Cyclones won their first game back in the ECHL on October 20 against the Pensacola Ice Pilots at U.S. Bank Arena with a score of 3-1. Head coach Chuck Weber was the runner-up for the ECHL's Coach of the Year award for 2006\u201307 following the season.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">In addition to the Montreal\/Hamilton affiliation, the Cyclones added the NHL's Nashville Predators and the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals as affiliates in 2007. The Cyclones' 2007\u201308 season saw the club break numerous franchise and league records. Through 50 games, the Cyclones were 31 games over .500. Attendance at games had increased nearly 40% over 2006\u201307 and the club had already surpassed their win total from 2006\u201307 (37). They achieved this mark in 24 fewer games.On February 22, 2008, the Cyclones tied the ECHL record for a single-season winning streak of 14 consecutive games, defeating the Johnstown Chiefs 5\u20132 in Cincinnati.On February 23, 2008, David Desharnais recorded two assists, extending his streak of games with at least one assist to 18, breaking the existing ECHL record of 17. In the same game, the Cyclones set a new ECHL record for a single-season winning streak of 15 consecutive wins when the Cyclones defeated the Elmira Jackals in a 5\u20134 shootout.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The team finished the regular season with 115 points, earning them the Brabham Cup regular season championship. Individually, Chuck Weber was named ECHL coach of the year, earning him the John Brophy trophy. David Desharnais claimed three ECHL awards: Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, and the Leading Scorer award with 29 goals and 77 assists for 106 points. In addition, Chad Starling won the award for the highest plus\/minus rating.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Cyclones entered the playoffs and defeated the Johnstown Chiefs four games to none. The Cyclones moved on to take on the Reading Royals, Cincinnati took the series in seven games to claim their second ever North Division playoff title. The Cyclones then defeated the South Carolina Stingrays, 2\u20131 in overtime, to claim the American Conference Championship in five games. With their victory, Cincinnati also claimed the E.A. \"Bud\" Gingher Memorial Trophy.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Cyclones then defeated the National Conference Champion Las Vegas Wranglers in the Kelly Cup Finals, clinching their first championship in team history in six games. After splitting the first two games in Cincinnati (Cincinnati 4\u20133 and Las Vegas 1\u20130), the series shifted to Las Vegas, where Cincinnati won games three and five to take a 3\u20132 series lead. In front of a record setting crowd, 12,722 fans, at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati on June 5, the Cyclones defeated Las Vegas in game six, 3\u20131, to take the championship and their 71st win of the season. Goalie Cedrick Desjardins was named the Kelly Cup Playoff MVP.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Cincinnati's 2008\u201309 season was not as successful as the previous one, but they won 41 games for 87 points, repeating as North Division champions. They won a seven-game series against the Wheeling Nailers, including a double overtime game seven win, and swept the Elmira Jackals to win the North Division playoff title. However, the Cyclones were swept by the South Carolina Stingrays in the American Conference Finals.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The 2009\u201310 season proved to be more successful with 44 wins and 91 points, the wins total being the most in the American Conference. Despite that, the Cyclones finished second in the North Division to the Kalamazoo Wings and fifth in the conference. This led to a rematch with fourth seeded, and defending champion, South Carolina in the first round, where Cincinnati defeated the Stingrays in five games. Veteran captain Barrett Eghotz scored in overtime for the 3\u20132 win in game five and was the third straight overtime game in the series. The Cyclones then faced the top seeded Charlotte Checkers, defeating the Checkers in game seven with a 2\u20131 victory.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Cincinnati drew the Reading Royals in the American Conference Final. The seven-game made ECHL history when, after losing the first two at home, then game three at Reading, Cincinnati posted wins of 6\u20134, 5\u20130 and 6\u20133 to force the team's third winner-take-all game in the 2010 playoffs. In front of 5,340 fans, the Cyclones posted a 1\u20130 win to become the first team in ECHL history, and the sixth professional hockey team in history, to come back from a 3\u20130 deficit to win a best of seven series. The only goal of the contest was scored by Barret Ehgoetz 13:48 into the game.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Cyclones defeated the Idaho Steelheads in the 2010 Kelly Cup Final, four-games-to-one. Cincinnati scored game-winning goals within the last minute in the first two games, a 3\u20132 win on a goal by Mark Van Guilder with 49.2 seconds remaining on May 14, and a 1\u20130 win the next night, when Mathieu Aubin netted the only goal in the contest and only with 20.1 seconds remaining in regulation. The series shifted to US Bank Arena and witnessed an Idaho victory within the first minute of the second overtime of game three, as Evan Barlow received a pass at the bottom of the right circle and fired the puck into a largely vacated goal, as Cyclones goalie Robert Mayer had committed to the left side.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">In front of yet another ECHL playoff record setting crowd of 13,483 at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, the Cyclones defeated Idaho in game five, 2\u20131, to take the championship. With the victory, the Cyclones clinched their second Kelly Cup title in three years. The game was also the Cyclones 24th Kelly Cup playoff game, surpassing the club record of 22 postseason games played by the 2008 championship team and is one more than South Carolina (23) had in its title run in 2009. Rookie Cyclones goaltenders Robert Mayer and Jeremy Smith were named co-winners of the Kelly Cup playoffs MVP. Cincinnati finished with a total record of 59\u201332\u20134.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Cyclones underwent several changes before the 2010\u201311 season when assistant coach Dean Stork became the head coach of the Greenville Road Warriors in June and head coach Chuck Weber was promoted to the American Hockey League as head coach of the Rochester Americans on July 27. On August 12, Cincinnati named Jarrod Skalde as the new head coach. After undergoing this major coaching overhaul and losing a large portion of their roster, the Cyclones earned a seventh seed in the ECHL playoffs, but lost in the first round to Reading Royals, 3 games-to-1.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">In 2011, Cincinnati would finish tenth in the conference, marking only the third time in their 20-season history that they did not make the playoffs.The Cyclones made a complete turnaround the next season, beginning the season unbeaten in regulation for the first nine games. Their 42 wins and 92 points won the North Division regular season championship, their third such accolade in six seasons, and placed them second in the Eastern Conference. The season earned head coach Jarrod Skalde Coach of the Year honors. Cincinnati would go on to win a pair of six-game wins against the Toledo Walleye and Gwinnett Gladiators before losing a five-game conference final to the top seeded Reading Royals, who went on to win the Kelly Cup.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">On July 9, 2013, coach Skalde accepted an assistant's position with the AHL's Norfolk Admirals, becoming the second consecutive Cyclones coach to be promoted to a higher level. Before the 2014\u201315 season, Skalde was appointed as Norfolk's head coach.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Cincinnati came back strong under new head coach Ben Simon in 2013\u201314, with 41 wins and 91 points for a fifth-place finish in the Eastern Conference. Cincinnati would win three series against the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=https://echl.com/"https:////en.wikipedia.org//wiki//Orlando_Solar_Bears_(ECHL)/">Orlando Solar Bears<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=https://echl.com/"https:////en.wikipedia.org//wiki//Fort_Wayne_Komets/">Fort Wayne Komets<\/a>, and Greenville Road Warriors, all in six games, earning their third trip to the Kelly Cup Finals. They faced the Brabham Cup winning Alaska Aces, but would lose the series in six games. Despite the loss in the final, Cincinnati goaltender Rob Madore was named Most Valuable Player of the 2014 Kelly Cup playoffs, becoming the first player from the losing team to win the award in the ECHL's 26-year history, and the fourth Cincinnati goaltender to either win the trophy outright or share the trophy. Madore earned the award after leading the ECHL with all 14 of Cincinnati's playoff wins, 1,493 minutes of play, and a Cincinnati record 756 saves while playing every second of Cincinnati's 24 playoff games.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">After the season, coach Simon accepted a role with the Toronto Marlies, the top affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Simon became the third consecutive Cyclones head coach to accept a role in the AHL. Following Simon's promotion, Matt Macdonald became Cincinnati's head coach. In the 2014\u201315 season, Cincinnati finished fifth in the North Division of the Eastern Conference with a record of 31\u201330\u20132\u20139. The team would miss the playoffs by only three points.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">On February 27, 2016, the Cyclones played in front of their first-ever sellout at US Bank Arena with 16,529 fans were in attendance for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Night. While the game was a 3\u20132 shootout loss to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=https://echl.com/"https:////en.wikipedia.org//wiki//Indy_Fuel/">Indy Fuel<\/a>, the Cyclones set the record for the largest crowd for a professional hockey game in the 41-year history of US Bank Arena.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">After ten seasons, the Nashville Predators and Milwaukee Admirals ended their affiliation with the Cyclones prior to the 2017\u201318 season. The Cyclones then found affiliations with the Buffalo Sabres and Rochester Americans. This is the second time Buffalo has affiliated with a Cincinnati hockey team, after the Sabres' affiliation with the Cincinnati Swords in the 1970s.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">In August of 2018, the Cyclones named Matt Thomas the team\u2019s new head coach.A native of Maple Ridge, BC, Thomas has extensive head coaching experience in the ECHL, spanning 11 seasons with the Atlantic Boardwalk Bullies, Fresno Falcons, and Stockton Thunder from 2002-2013. Thomas served two seasons as an assistant coach with Atlantic City, including helping the Boardwalk Bullies to a Kelly Cup Championship in 2003, before assuming the role of head coach and Director of Hockey Operations with the team prior to 2004-2005. He compiled a 42-22-8 mark in his lone season as Atlantic City\u2019s bench boss, and also served as the head coach for the 2005 ECHL All-Star Game.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">He then moved on to Fresno prior to the 2005-06 campaign, leading the Falcons to a 43-15-14 mark along with a trip to the Western Conference Finals. Over the next two seasons in Fresno, Thomas compiled a 76-41-17 record, with trips to the second round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs on both occasions. He coached the Falcons during the first half of 2008-09, leading the team to an 18-10-2 mark before the team ceased operations midseason. Thomas was not out of work for long however, as he was named head coach of Stockton shortly afterand finished the year with a record of 22-16-3, and a trip to the second round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Thomas went on to coach the Thunder for four more seasons, amassing a mark of 141-111-36, reaching the post season each year, including a trip to the 2013 Kelly Cup Finals where they fell to the Reading Royals, 4 games to 1. He enters the 2018-19 campaign as the ECHL\u2019s sixth-winningest coach with a career record of 342-225-80, just one win back of fifth place all time. He is also the all-time leader in playoff games coached with 97, and ranks third with 49 playoff wins.<\/p>","nhl_affiliation_name":"Toronto Maple Leafs","nhl_affiliation_url":"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/mapleleafs\/","ahl_affiliation_name":"Toronto Marlies","ahl_affiliation_url":"https:\/\/www.marlies.ca\/","tickets_url":"https:\/\/cycloneshockey.com\/tickets","video_url":"https:\/\/flosports.link\/4dVcToM","audio_url":"https:\/\/cincinnati-cyclones.mixlr.com\/","created_at":"2023-08-02T02:12:10.000000Z","updated_at":"2024-09-12T14:16:15.000000Z"},"team_logo_url":"https:\/\/assets.leaguestat.com\/echl\/logos\/5.png"},{"season_id":"70","season_name":"2024-25 Regular Season","shortname":"24-25 Reg","playoff":"0","career":"1","sopt_track_faceoffs":"0","max_start_date":"2025-02-25","veteran_status":"2","veteran":"","jersey_number":"86","goals":"2","games_played":"19","assists":"8","points":"10","plus_minus":"-11","penalty_minutes":"2","power_play_goals":"1","power_play_assists":"3","shots":"35","shootout_attempts":"1","shootout_goals":"0","shootout_percentage":"0.0","shooting_percentage":"5.7","shootout_winning_goals":"0","points_per_game":"0.53","short_handed_goals":"0","short_handed_assists":"0","game_winning_goals":"1","game_tieing_goals":"0","faceoff_wins":"0","faceoff_attempts":"0","faceoff_pct":"0.0","hits":"0","team_name":"Allen Americans","team_code":"ALN","team_city":"Allen","team_nickname":"Americans","team_id":"66","active":"1","first_goals":"0","insurance_goals":"0","overtime_goals":"0","unassisted_goals":"0","empty_net_goals":"0","penalty_minutes_per_game":"0.105263","division":"Mountain","ice_time":"0","ice_time_minutes_seconds":"0:00","shots_blocked_by_player":"0","team":{"id":2,"hockey_tech_id":66,"name":"Allen Americans","slug":"ALN","friendly_slug":"allen-americans","active":true,"city":"Allen","code":"ALN","nickname":"Americans","division":"Mountain","logo_url":"https:\/\/assets.leaguestat.com\/echl\/logos\/66.png","history":"<p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Allen Americans Professional Hockey Club was established in 2009-10, as an expansion team in the former Central Hockey League (CHL).&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">In the 12-year history of the Americans organization the Club has won league championships four times; CHL President's Cup Champions in both 2012-13 &amp; 2013-14, and then ECHL Kelly Cup Champions during the Red's first two seasons in the league, 2014-15 and 2015-16.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">In 2012-13, Allen defeated Wichita in seven games, winning the deciding contest 3-2 in overtime on a cup-clinching goal by Todd Robinson. Allen Forward Brian McMillin was named the CHL Finals MVP.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Americans repeated as CHL Champions in 2013-14, defeating the Denver Cutthroats in five games. Blenheim, ONT native Jamie Schaafsma was named the CHL Finals Most Valuable Player for Allen.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Central Hockey League ceased operations following the 2013-14 season, which allowed for Allen to join the ECHL, the Top AA professional hockey league in North America. Allen, Brampton, Quad City, Tulsa, Wichita, Rapid City and Missouri (now Kansas City) all became members of the ECHL in October of 2014.&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Red kept up their winning ways in the new league as Allen won back to back ECHL Kelly Cup Championships in 2014-15 and 2015-16, beating South Carolina and Wheeling respectively.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">In total, the Americans have made the playoffs in 10 of their 12 seasons, missing the postseason in 2018-19, and in 2019-20, when the ECHL cancelled the season in March due to the outbreak of the global pandemic.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Americans were one of 14 ECHL teams to elect to play the 2020-21 season, which was delayed until December. The Red played up to their potential, returning to the postseason, having won a league-best 45 games during the delayed season, which began in December 2020. &nbsp;Allen captured the ECHL Western Conference Regular Season Championship but lost to Fort Wayne in the Western Conference Finals, 3 games to 1. &nbsp;Defenseman Les Lancaster was named the 2020-21 ECHL Defenseman of the Year.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Americans have had three ownership groups in their 10-year history. Douglas Miller, the former CEO of Exco Resources, formed Top Shelf LLC, and was the team's original owner from October of 2009 through May of 2014. During that time, Miller brought on minority owners Mike Modano, Ed Belfour, Craig Ludwig and Richard Matvichuk, all former Dallas Stars. In May of 2014, Miller sold the franchise to Steven Sports Group, based in Wichita, Kansas.&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The club was sold to Jack D. Gulati in February of 2017. &nbsp;Known as the \u201cSerial Entrepreneur, Gulati counts the Americans among more than 45 companies that he has led over the course of his business career. &nbsp;Gulati acquired his first business in 1968 at the age of 26, and in the ensuing years he bought, sold, or created forty businesses. Among his companies have been Fidelity Technologies Corporation, TeleAlarm Group, Fidelity Investment Corporation, SafetyCare Technologies, and Stokesay Castle, located in USA and Europe.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Allen Americans have had two Head Coaches in their existence. Dwight Mullins was hired on to coach the then expansion team in 2009 and remained the coach through the 2011-2012 season.&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Steve Martinson was hired to replace Mullins in the 2012-2013 season. A native of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Martinson played professionally for 12 years, spanning from 1981-1996 at several different levels. He played in 50 games in the National Hockey League, for parts of four seasons, with the Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadians and Minnesota North Stars.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Over the years, Allen has had a stable of strong leadership to wear the C as the team's captain. Jarret Lukin in 2009-10, Tobias Whelan in 2010-11, Jason Deitsch for two seasons in 2011-12 &amp; 2012-13, Mike Berube in 2013-14 and Jamie Schaafsma in 2014-15. Chad Costello and Gary Steffes served as Co-Captains in 2015-16 and 2016-17. Joel Chouinard was named the new captain in 2017-18. &nbsp;The current captains of the AMERICANS are Spencer Asuchak and Dyson Stevenson.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Americans have had two players in their nine-year history that have moved up to the National Hockey League. Jordie Benn, who was on the Americans inaugural roster in 2009-10, and Aaron Dell, who won a CHL Presidents' Cup with Allen in 2013.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Vice President &amp; Broadcasting &amp; Communications, Tommy Daniels is the team's longest tenured employee, having been with the team since the day it was founded back in 2009.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The team\u2019s primary colors are red, white and blue and have worn those colors all twelve seasons of professional hockey. Americans jerseys for 2021-22 include Red, White, and a return to the Blue sweater for the first time since 2011.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The team's website is www.allenamericans.com and the team's offices are located inside Allen Event Center at 200 East Stacy Road, Allen, Texas 75002. The team front office phone number is (972) 912-1000.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Americans play in the 4,400 seat Allen Event Center, located at 200 East Stacy Road in the Village at Allen. Reba McIntyre played the first event at the new building on November 6, 2009. 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After three years, the team moved to Miami as the Miami Matadors. After the lone season in Florida, the franchise eventually came into the ownership of a group in Birmingham, Alabama, and the franchise went into inactive status while ownership considered locations for their team. Upon the folding of the IHL, the Cyclones name was sold to this ownership group who moved the franchise to Cincinnati to become the new Cyclones.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The first year back in the ECHL ended the team's streak of 90+ point seasons with the Cyclones finishing just 12 points shy despite a 10-game fewer season length. Former Cyclones player Paul Lawless became head coach, as a mid-season replacement for Ray Edwards.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Before the start of the 2003\u201304 season former Cyclones player and assistant coach Chris Cichocki left the Arkansas RiverBladesin order to return as the Cyclones head coach. Despite his success with Arkansas, Cichocki led the team to their worst season with 54 points and failed to make the playoffs for the second time in team history.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Shortly after ending the season without a playoff berth, in April 2004, the Cyclones suspended operations.With minor league hockey dormant in Cincinnati for a yearon April 21, 2006, the Cyclones announced that they would participate in the upcoming 2006\u201307 ECHL season. They returned to play their home games at U.S. Bank Arena, joining their two ECHL, Ohio rivals, the Dayton Bombers and Toledo Storm. They then obtained an affiliation with the Montreal Canadiens of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=https://echl.com/"https:////en.wikipedia.org//wiki//National_Hockey_League/">NHL and the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL. The Cyclones won their first game back in the ECHL on October 20 against the Pensacola Ice Pilots at U.S. Bank Arena with a score of 3-1. Head coach Chuck Weber was the runner-up for the ECHL's Coach of the Year award for 2006\u201307 following the season.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">In addition to the Montreal\/Hamilton affiliation, the Cyclones added the NHL's Nashville Predators and the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals as affiliates in 2007. The Cyclones' 2007\u201308 season saw the club break numerous franchise and league records. Through 50 games, the Cyclones were 31 games over .500. Attendance at games had increased nearly 40% over 2006\u201307 and the club had already surpassed their win total from 2006\u201307 (37). They achieved this mark in 24 fewer games.On February 22, 2008, the Cyclones tied the ECHL record for a single-season winning streak of 14 consecutive games, defeating the Johnstown Chiefs 5\u20132 in Cincinnati.On February 23, 2008, David Desharnais recorded two assists, extending his streak of games with at least one assist to 18, breaking the existing ECHL record of 17. In the same game, the Cyclones set a new ECHL record for a single-season winning streak of 15 consecutive wins when the Cyclones defeated the Elmira Jackals in a 5\u20134 shootout.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The team finished the regular season with 115 points, earning them the Brabham Cup regular season championship. Individually, Chuck Weber was named ECHL coach of the year, earning him the John Brophy trophy. David Desharnais claimed three ECHL awards: Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, and the Leading Scorer award with 29 goals and 77 assists for 106 points. In addition, Chad Starling won the award for the highest plus\/minus rating.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Cyclones entered the playoffs and defeated the Johnstown Chiefs four games to none. The Cyclones moved on to take on the Reading Royals, Cincinnati took the series in seven games to claim their second ever North Division playoff title. The Cyclones then defeated the South Carolina Stingrays, 2\u20131 in overtime, to claim the American Conference Championship in five games. With their victory, Cincinnati also claimed the E.A. \"Bud\" Gingher Memorial Trophy.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Cyclones then defeated the National Conference Champion Las Vegas Wranglers in the Kelly Cup Finals, clinching their first championship in team history in six games. After splitting the first two games in Cincinnati (Cincinnati 4\u20133 and Las Vegas 1\u20130), the series shifted to Las Vegas, where Cincinnati won games three and five to take a 3\u20132 series lead. In front of a record setting crowd, 12,722 fans, at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati on June 5, the Cyclones defeated Las Vegas in game six, 3\u20131, to take the championship and their 71st win of the season. Goalie Cedrick Desjardins was named the Kelly Cup Playoff MVP.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Cincinnati's 2008\u201309 season was not as successful as the previous one, but they won 41 games for 87 points, repeating as North Division champions. They won a seven-game series against the Wheeling Nailers, including a double overtime game seven win, and swept the Elmira Jackals to win the North Division playoff title. However, the Cyclones were swept by the South Carolina Stingrays in the American Conference Finals.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The 2009\u201310 season proved to be more successful with 44 wins and 91 points, the wins total being the most in the American Conference. Despite that, the Cyclones finished second in the North Division to the Kalamazoo Wings and fifth in the conference. This led to a rematch with fourth seeded, and defending champion, South Carolina in the first round, where Cincinnati defeated the Stingrays in five games. Veteran captain Barrett Eghotz scored in overtime for the 3\u20132 win in game five and was the third straight overtime game in the series. The Cyclones then faced the top seeded Charlotte Checkers, defeating the Checkers in game seven with a 2\u20131 victory.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Cincinnati drew the Reading Royals in the American Conference Final. The seven-game made ECHL history when, after losing the first two at home, then game three at Reading, Cincinnati posted wins of 6\u20134, 5\u20130 and 6\u20133 to force the team's third winner-take-all game in the 2010 playoffs. In front of 5,340 fans, the Cyclones posted a 1\u20130 win to become the first team in ECHL history, and the sixth professional hockey team in history, to come back from a 3\u20130 deficit to win a best of seven series. The only goal of the contest was scored by Barret Ehgoetz 13:48 into the game.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Cyclones defeated the Idaho Steelheads in the 2010 Kelly Cup Final, four-games-to-one. Cincinnati scored game-winning goals within the last minute in the first two games, a 3\u20132 win on a goal by Mark Van Guilder with 49.2 seconds remaining on May 14, and a 1\u20130 win the next night, when Mathieu Aubin netted the only goal in the contest and only with 20.1 seconds remaining in regulation. The series shifted to US Bank Arena and witnessed an Idaho victory within the first minute of the second overtime of game three, as Evan Barlow received a pass at the bottom of the right circle and fired the puck into a largely vacated goal, as Cyclones goalie Robert Mayer had committed to the left side.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">In front of yet another ECHL playoff record setting crowd of 13,483 at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, the Cyclones defeated Idaho in game five, 2\u20131, to take the championship. With the victory, the Cyclones clinched their second Kelly Cup title in three years. The game was also the Cyclones 24th Kelly Cup playoff game, surpassing the club record of 22 postseason games played by the 2008 championship team and is one more than South Carolina (23) had in its title run in 2009. Rookie Cyclones goaltenders Robert Mayer and Jeremy Smith were named co-winners of the Kelly Cup playoffs MVP. Cincinnati finished with a total record of 59\u201332\u20134.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The Cyclones underwent several changes before the 2010\u201311 season when assistant coach Dean Stork became the head coach of the Greenville Road Warriors in June and head coach Chuck Weber was promoted to the American Hockey League as head coach of the Rochester Americans on July 27. On August 12, Cincinnati named Jarrod Skalde as the new head coach. After undergoing this major coaching overhaul and losing a large portion of their roster, the Cyclones earned a seventh seed in the ECHL playoffs, but lost in the first round to Reading Royals, 3 games-to-1.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">In 2011, Cincinnati would finish tenth in the conference, marking only the third time in their 20-season history that they did not make the playoffs.The Cyclones made a complete turnaround the next season, beginning the season unbeaten in regulation for the first nine games. Their 42 wins and 92 points won the North Division regular season championship, their third such accolade in six seasons, and placed them second in the Eastern Conference. The season earned head coach Jarrod Skalde Coach of the Year honors. Cincinnati would go on to win a pair of six-game wins against the Toledo Walleye and Gwinnett Gladiators before losing a five-game conference final to the top seeded Reading Royals, who went on to win the Kelly Cup.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">On July 9, 2013, coach Skalde accepted an assistant's position with the AHL's Norfolk Admirals, becoming the second consecutive Cyclones coach to be promoted to a higher level. Before the 2014\u201315 season, Skalde was appointed as Norfolk's head coach.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Cincinnati came back strong under new head coach Ben Simon in 2013\u201314, with 41 wins and 91 points for a fifth-place finish in the Eastern Conference. Cincinnati would win three series against the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=https://echl.com/"https:////en.wikipedia.org//wiki//Orlando_Solar_Bears_(ECHL)/">Orlando Solar Bears<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=https://echl.com/"https:////en.wikipedia.org//wiki//Fort_Wayne_Komets/">Fort Wayne Komets<\/a>, and Greenville Road Warriors, all in six games, earning their third trip to the Kelly Cup Finals. They faced the Brabham Cup winning Alaska Aces, but would lose the series in six games. Despite the loss in the final, Cincinnati goaltender Rob Madore was named Most Valuable Player of the 2014 Kelly Cup playoffs, becoming the first player from the losing team to win the award in the ECHL's 26-year history, and the fourth Cincinnati goaltender to either win the trophy outright or share the trophy. Madore earned the award after leading the ECHL with all 14 of Cincinnati's playoff wins, 1,493 minutes of play, and a Cincinnati record 756 saves while playing every second of Cincinnati's 24 playoff games.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">After the season, coach Simon accepted a role with the Toronto Marlies, the top affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Simon became the third consecutive Cyclones head coach to accept a role in the AHL. Following Simon's promotion, Matt Macdonald became Cincinnati's head coach. In the 2014\u201315 season, Cincinnati finished fifth in the North Division of the Eastern Conference with a record of 31\u201330\u20132\u20139. The team would miss the playoffs by only three points.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">On February 27, 2016, the Cyclones played in front of their first-ever sellout at US Bank Arena with 16,529 fans were in attendance for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Night. While the game was a 3\u20132 shootout loss to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=https://echl.com/"https:////en.wikipedia.org//wiki//Indy_Fuel/">Indy Fuel<\/a>, the Cyclones set the record for the largest crowd for a professional hockey game in the 41-year history of US Bank Arena.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">After ten seasons, the Nashville Predators and Milwaukee Admirals ended their affiliation with the Cyclones prior to the 2017\u201318 season. The Cyclones then found affiliations with the Buffalo Sabres and Rochester Americans. This is the second time Buffalo has affiliated with a Cincinnati hockey team, after the Sabres' affiliation with the Cincinnati Swords in the 1970s.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">In August of 2018, the Cyclones named Matt Thomas the team\u2019s new head coach.A native of Maple Ridge, BC, Thomas has extensive head coaching experience in the ECHL, spanning 11 seasons with the Atlantic Boardwalk Bullies, Fresno Falcons, and Stockton Thunder from 2002-2013. Thomas served two seasons as an assistant coach with Atlantic City, including helping the Boardwalk Bullies to a Kelly Cup Championship in 2003, before assuming the role of head coach and Director of Hockey Operations with the team prior to 2004-2005. He compiled a 42-22-8 mark in his lone season as Atlantic City\u2019s bench boss, and also served as the head coach for the 2005 ECHL All-Star Game.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">He then moved on to Fresno prior to the 2005-06 campaign, leading the Falcons to a 43-15-14 mark along with a trip to the Western Conference Finals. Over the next two seasons in Fresno, Thomas compiled a 76-41-17 record, with trips to the second round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs on both occasions. He coached the Falcons during the first half of 2008-09, leading the team to an 18-10-2 mark before the team ceased operations midseason. Thomas was not out of work for long however, as he was named head coach of Stockton shortly afterand finished the year with a record of 22-16-3, and a trip to the second round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs.<\/p><p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Thomas went on to coach the Thunder for four more seasons, amassing a mark of 141-111-36, reaching the post season each year, including a trip to the 2013 Kelly Cup Finals where they fell to the Reading Royals, 4 games to 1. He enters the 2018-19 campaign as the ECHL\u2019s sixth-winningest coach with a career record of 342-225-80, just one win back of fifth place all time. 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