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Cyclones go for the Cup

The Cincinnati Cyclonesare preparing for game 1 in the Kelly Cup-- the championship series of the ECHL-- tonight against theAlaska Aces.  

To get to the Kelly Cup finals Cincinnati had to beat the Greenville, South Carolina Road Warriors. Game six, the final playoff game was a close one.

The Cyclones haven't faced the Aces during the regular season. But in pre-season play the teams split 1-1.

Spokesman Ian Bolender is confident the team will do well. "I mean the reality is we don't face them during the season because they're on the west coast and in a different division but there are more teams on the east coast and it's a little bit more competitive over here so I think we've proven in the other match-ups against west coast teams, they're frankly just not as good as we are."

Cincinnati will come back home to play on Friday. It's a best-of -seven series. Bolender says the Cyclones are the only professional hockey team in North America that's seen an increase in ticket sales the last six years.

Ann Thompson has decades of journalism experience in the Greater Cincinnati market and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her reporting.