After a quiet first period, Cincinnati struck first with a goal at the 4:30 mark of the middle frame.
Jackson Kunz (4) responded by forcing the puck through and tying the game at one at the 15:20 mark. At the play, André Ghantous (14) turned to a gunfight Jayden Lee (16) at the blue line that ran over the goalkeeper’s pads and was met by Kunz in the crease for the equalizer.
Kunz (5) then broke away in the rush and delivered a beautiful bar-down snipe, recording his first professional multi-goal game and giving the K-Wings a 2-1 lead at 6:59 p.m. On target, Powell Connor (7) passed to Kunz in the defensive zone, who went back and forth with Ghantous (15) before scoring the goal in a hurry.
Unfortunately, the Cyclones controlled the final frame, scoring a pair of goals at 11:22 and 15:33. Cincinnati then added an empty-net goal with 34 seconds left to finalize a 4-2 score.
Aku Koskenvuo (2-6-0-0) was phenomenal in net, making 35 saves in the game, and the K-Wings went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill.
Next up, Kalamazoo looks for revenge against the Cincinnati Cyclones tomorrow at 3:05 PM EST at the Heritage Bank Center.
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