Coralville, Iowa - Five minutes into the extra frame, Ryan McGuire scored a power-play goal for the Iowa Heartlanders in a 4-3 overtime victory against the Cincinnati Cyclones Friday at Xtream Arena. With the overtime victory, the Heartlanders have 81 points on the season, passing 80 for the first time in team history.
With the Heartlanders down, 3-2, halfway through the final frame of regulation, Will Calverley scored his second of the night on the power play to tie the score and force overtime.
Will Calverley opened the scoring two minutes into the first period with a back-handed shot from in front of the net.
Mathieu Gosselin responded for the Cyclones at 5:05 of the first to even the score at one. Less than two minutes later Kyle Bollers added to Cincinnati’s total with a wrap-around goal.
Adam Goodsir netted a short-handed goal with four minutes remaining in the opening frame for his second short-handed goal of the season.
With the man advantage, Chad Sharpe crashed the net and returned the lead to the Cyclones at 4:28 of the third period.
Kyle McClellan made 20 saves on 23 shots faced in the victory.
Brett Miller stopped 33 of 37 in the defeat.