The South Carolina Stingrays snap the Cincinnati Cyclones franchise-best 21-game point streak in a lopsided high-scoring game.

On Friday night at the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, the Stingrays defeated the Cyclones 11-0; this is the largest loss in franchise history and ties the record for most goals allowed in a game. The last time they allowed 11 goals against in a game was November 11, 1996, against the Roanoke Express.

The Cyclones went into the game against the Stingrays with a nine-game winning streak, additionally the Cyclones were chasing an East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) record for most games with a point, they were just two games short of tying the record.

The past five games saw the Cyclones successfully kill 29 of 30 penalties and add three short-handed goals. They faced the ECHL’s 2nd best power play in the Stingrays.

The first 10 minutes of the game saw the Stingrays go up 3-0, Connor Hall scored his first professional goal in his ECHL debut.

After the third goal Cyclones goaltender Beck Warm was pulled and replaced by Mark Sinclair, Cyclones' fans cheered as Warm went to the bench.

The Stingrays added two more goals before the end of the period, Kevin O'Neil completed a first period hat-trick as two Stingray fans threw their hats onto the ice.

After ending the first period 5-0 the Stingrays continued their scoring by adding two power play goals to finish the second period up 7-0.

Going into the third period, Don't Stop Believin' by Journey played as fans took their seats for puck drop.

Even if Cyclones fans believed, things would only get worse, the Stingrays added three more goals including a shorthanded goal scored by Anthony Del Gaizo that got them into double digits with 5 minutes and 51 seconds left in the third period.

As fans were noticeably clearing the arena the Stingrays added another goal putting them up 11-0 with 1 minute and 51 seconds left in the game.

The Stingrays consistently outshot the Cyclones in every period, they finished the game with 45 shots on goal compared to the Cyclones 17.

“There’s definitely that comfort level that we can outscore our problems, well you can’t outscore your problems if you don't shoot the puck” said Cyclones head coach Jason Payne.

Payne also commented on the Cyclones 21-game point streak.

“We had a good run, and you know, the run is not done. It's an overall run. What we're trying to do here is a run to the Kelly cup and within that, there's gonna be ups and downs and we're ready for that. And that's what it's about. You're going to have those adversity moments. And the eye openers, yesterday was one of those that we didn't come prepared to play.” said Payne.

The Cyclones remained second place in league standings after the loss on Friday night, they only trail the Idaho Steelheads who have a chance to clinch the regular season championship Brabham Cup tonight against Kansas City.

A playoff spot has already been clinched by the Cyclones who remain in first place in their division followed by Toledo who is four points behind.

It's the Cyclones' annual Pucks 'N Pups night game tonight, puck drop versus the Wheeling Nailers is at 7:30pm and will include a wiener dog race between periods.

After the game, the Stingrays continued up to Fort Wayne, Indiana to play the Komets tonight at 7:30pm.