Your Cincinnati Cyclones/Courtesy: eachnotesecure.com
And yeah, it's kind of goofy, but it's for a great cause.
Cincinnati Cyclones forward Scott Lehman and his teammates came up with this video to help raise awareness for their charity, Hockey Players for Kids (HP4K).
We can't fault them for doing this because the cause is good. The HP4K program is a volunteer group of hockey players from communities all around the country doing things to help impact the lives of kids.
The guy who came up with the charity, Cyclones forward Dustin Sproat.
We've gotten to see the Cyclones up close and personal since the Satellite HQ is located in Cincinnati. The team is a solid ECHL franchise who actually won the Kelly Cup in 2009-10. They get a decent amount of support in the city, since in the winter, there are no other Professional sports to compete with. The games are fun, they do a nice job with the promotional work and with coming up with a program like this, we think is a great way to give back to the community.
You can check them out by clicking on the link RIGHT HERE
Give the video a click and give a shout out to the charity, it's a great idea.
The Northern HQ has been following this series very closely, and it has had everything- including a do-se-do for the ages in Game 5...
The Cincinnati Cyclones beat the Reading Royals 1-0 in Game 7 of the ECHL's American Conference Finals. Cincinnati is the first team in the 22-year history of the ECHL to win a seven-game series after trailing 3-0.
The Cyclones are just the sixth team in professional hockey history to win a seven-game series after trailing by three games.
Here are the others: The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and 1975 New York Islanders of the NHL, The 1960 Rochester Americans and 1989 Adirondack Red Wings of the AHL and, The 1999 Orlando Solar Bears of the IHL
Cincinnati advances to face the Idaho Steelheads in the 2010 Kelly Cup Finals, which begin on Friday at Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho.
Here's your proof, thanks to our friends at cyclonesHockey...
Just wanted to pass this one on to our readers/viewers. Sunday Night, during the Cincinnati Cyclones/Reading Royals ECHL Playoff Game 5, there was a fight.
Not a 1-minute, 2-person take one for the team fight, rather a full-on, most of both teams, dive on each other, take each other for a spin, get the refs involved pier 6er.
Unfortunately, there weren't a whole lot of people actually at the game and it wasn't on TV. But a couple of Royals fans shot this and posted it to the You Tube. The narration is almost as good and in some cases better than both the fight and the Videography.
You know, for all the talk about how much fun it is to go to a professional sporting event, there is a certain charm, a certain quirkiness and just something unique about going to see minor league sports.
TLB (The Lovely Bride) and I went Saturday night to check out the local ECHL (East Coast Hockey League-which isn't just an east coast league) team the Cincinnati Cyclones this past Saturday evening and really, we had a great time.
((U.S. Bank Arena//Courtesy: My crappy Cellphone))
There were
probably 6 or 7-thousand fans in attendance and they really were into the game. Getting there was a bit of a challenge, we had just had snowstorm #3 for 2010 and it was really cold, but still, the diehards came out.
Sure, there was the lady 4 rows down from us who was missing a few teeth and had a foam puck on her head. There also were plenty of people sporting the Cyclones jersey and t-shirts...t-shirts everywhere.
They cheered the home team and booed the visitors. There was the obligatory mocking of the goalie and booing of the referees. It really was quite a loud crowd and they were totally into the game.
The game itself was almost anti-climatic. The Cyclones were facing the Johnstown Chiefs...no, the Hanson brothers didn't show up. The Chiefs were bad. Really bad. One of their players; a Trevor Hendrikx, the team leader in penalty minutes, had 4 penalties in
a 15 minutes span between periods 1 and 2. They gave up goals, lots of them.
The star of the game, Cyclones Forward Dustin Sproat (or as TLB calls him "Sprout"). Sproat had a hat trick. In fact he had the 1st 3 goals of the game. However, I'm pretty sure that Cincinnati showed its Hockey ignorance when it was announced that Sproat got his "Hat Trick"...nobody threw a hat.
((Nice but not knowledgeable crowd//Courtesy: My crappy cellphone))
All in all, it was a great experience. Believe it or not, the game was TLB's suggestion (she loves her hockey...any hockey). U.S Bank Arena in Cincinnati isn't huge, but it's decent sized with plenty of parking. They run specials all season long. The 1st game we went to featured $1 Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, Saturday's game was $1 BBQ Sandwiches from a local BBQ restaurant. There were tons of kids in the stands. Plenty of between period entertainment kept everyone's attention during the breaks. The surest sign we were at a Minor League Hockey game however, was sitting in our seats looking up and seeing the guy driving the Zamboni...he was dressed as a Clown. (We tried to get a photo and couldn't)
Check out this video of the "Chiefs" and the Hanson Brothers from the movie "Slap Shot". Thanks You Tube:
