Northern Cyclones win the inaugural 2014 Eastern (Junior) Hockey League-EHL Championship with a 3-2 deciding game 5 victory over regular season champs New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs.
The team fell into a 2-0 series hole but fought back winning three straight games.
The Cyclones also had to overcome a 2-0 deficit in the last contest but scored once late in the first period, then fought hard to outplay their opponents in the final pair of frames, getting a two tallies in the third to seal the title.
Undrafted 2nd year left wing Ian O’Connor(24) signed to rejoin Reading Royals for his sophomore season, the team he skated with at the end of his college career and was then traded to late in last year’s campaign.
He was called up on a two occasions in his rookie season to play a couple of games with Worcester Sharks but was unable to connect on the scoresheet. He actually attended their training camp in his first year.
In 122 ECHL games he has 37 goals and 27 assists.
The 6′ 203 lbs. forward is currently signed to a pto with Manchester Monarchs, where in 12 games he notched his first AHL goal.
As a 16-year old he played four seasons with New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs, not even 30 minutes up the road from where he was born in Londonderry. So the recall is a sort of homecoming for the now 25-year old pro.
