Box score: Cyclones 8, Thunder 3

Monday, Nov. 23, 1998 | 3:09 a.m.

First Period --1, Cincinnati, Hawkins 2 (Simon, Dionne), 2:47; 2, Cincinnati, Nielsen 3 (Dionne, Simon), 5:50; 3, Las Vegas, Miller 2 (Helmer, Jomphe), 11:05.

Penalties: Cincinnati, Secord (Obstruction, holding), 3:11; Cincinnati, Nielsen (tripping), 3:32; Las Vegas, Jomphe (slashing), 6:05; Cincinnati, Simon (high-sticking), 11:51; Cincinnati, Ashtashenko (slashing), 12:25; Las Vegas, Miller (hooking), 15:23; Cincinnati, Dionne (slashing), 17:32.

Second Period --4, Cincinnati, Pavlikovsky 2 (Biggs, Shevalier), 0:16; 5, Cincinnati, Morrow 7 (Joseph, Simon), pp, 2:26; 6, Las Vegas, Miller 3 (Neved, Vasiliev), 9:52; 7, Cincinnati, Joseph 8 (Biggs, Kjenstad), pp, 15:23; 8, Cincinnati, Morrow 8 (Nielsen, Wells), 19:11.

Penalties: Las Vegas, Debrusk (fighting, slashing, major), 2:04; Cincinnati, Dandenault (fighting, major), 2:04; Las Vegas, Jomphe (holding the stick), 3:19; Cincinnati, Pavlikovsky (unsportsmanlike conduct), 8:19; Las Vegas, Helmer (holding, unsportsmanlike conduct), 8:31; Las Vegas, Ewen (fighting, major), 8:31; Cincinnati, Dandenault (fighting, major), 8:31; Las Vegas, Bannister (fighting, slashing, major), 13:51; Cincinnati, Hawkins (charging, fighting, major), 13:51; Las Vegas, Roenick (elbowing), 14:41; Las Vegas, Neved (slashing), 15:02; Las Vegas, Miller (roughing), 16:05; Las Vegas, Helmer (misconduct, game misconduct), 16:57.

Third Period --9, Cincinnati, Morrow 9 (Nielsen, Ashtashenko), 2:14; 10, Las Vegas, Romaniuk 7 (Burridge), 2:41; 11, Cincinnati, Kjenstad 2 (Biggs, Shevalier), pp, 19:39.

Penalties: Cincinnati, Biggs (slashing), 4:02; Las Vegas, Mcbain (holding), 6:24; Las Vegas, Bannister (slashing), 6:51; Cincinnati, Simon (slashing), 6:51; Las Vegas, Mccambridge (high-sticking), 10:20; Las Vegas, Neved (unsportsmanlike conduct), 11:16; Las Vegas, Bannister (elbowing), 11:20; Las Vegas, Mccambridge (slashing), 13:43; Las Vegas, Vasiliev (holding the stick), 18:39.

Shots on Goal -- Las Vegas 12-7-4--23; Cincinnati 9-11-13--33.

Power plays -- Las Vegas 0 of 7; Cincinnati 3 of 15.

Goalies -- Las Vegas, Langkow (15 shots, 10 saves); Simchuk (15:23 of second, 18, 15); Cincinnati, Sarjeant (23, 20).

Attendance -- 10,944.