The minor league professional hockey team Cincinnati Cyclones play as a member of the North Division of the American Conference of the ECHL. Coached by Chuck Weber, the Cyclones play home games at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio, with a capacity of 6,955.http://echl.com/cgi-bin/ppublic.cgi?action=show_team&team_id=42

The Cyclones work with their four affiliates, the Hamilton Bulldogs and Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League and Montreal Canadiens and Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League.http://echl.com/cgi-bin/ppublic.cgi?action=show_team&team_id=42

Cincinnati saw a favorable season in the 2009-10 campaign, finishing the regular season with a 44-25-1-2 record.http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=standings&season_id=13 They placed second in the North Division and fifth in the American Conference, meeting the defending-champion South Carolina Stingrays in the first round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs.http://echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news2&cat=1&id=21913

Barret Ehgoetz led the team in points in 2009-10, netting 23 goals and 40 assists in 69 games.http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=skaters&subType=3&season_id=13&leagueId=1&lastActive=&singleSeason=&confId=0 Cincinnati used two primary goaltenders during the season, Jeremy Smith who played 42 games with 23 wins, two shutouts, a 2.63 goals-against average and .899 save percentage, and Robert Mayer, who won 19 of 31 games, posting two shutouts, a 2.81 goals-against average and .889 save percentage.http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=goalies&subType=3&season_id=13&leagueId=1&lastActive=&singleSeason=&confId=0

Cincinnati has a long history of professional hockey, with three separate franchises playing as the Cyclones throughout the years. The original team, which played from 1990 to 1992 in the then-East Coast Hockey League, went on to become the Stockton Thunder.http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/cincinnati-cyclones-5254.html The second franchise was a member of the International Hockey League from 1992 until the league folded in 2001.http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/cincinnati-cyclones-5255.html

The current Cincinnati Cyclones team began in 1995 as the Louisville Riverfrogs, moving to become the Miami Matadors in 1998, then, after a seven-year break, came to Cincinnati as the Cyclones to join the ECHL.http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/cincinnati-cyclones-5256.html Perhaps their most-notable season came in the 2007-08 campaign when they went an impressive 55-12-0-1 in the regular season and went on to win the Kelly Cup Championship.http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_standings.php?tmi=5256