The 98 Vipers used 4 goals in the last 1:16 of the seocnd period, the last coming to beat the buzzer as they went on to a 7-2 win over the Cyclones in their home opener. The last 2 goals of the surge by Noah Maercklein (2-0-2) and Evan Daddario, assisted by Ross Wahl and Braden Haley came just 12 seconds apart. The Vipers were trailing 2-1 at this point in the game as the Cyclones did a good job of slowing down the Vipers. Nick Fiorentino came up huge for the Vipers in the nets as about halfway through the seocnd trailing 2-1 he made a breakaway save on the Cyclones to keep the defecit at 1. The offense was lead by Dante Maribito (1-2-3) and Kyle Hentosh (1-2-3) as Maribito's goal came with 1:16 left in the second and ignited the charge. The most amazing part of the 4 goal flurry was that all but 1 of the Vipers 9 forwards hit the scoresheet in that time span. JT Chamberlain (1-1-2) from Christian Kukas got the eventual game winner and put the Vipers up 3-2, Then Maercklein banged his home after some fine forechecking by JT Chamberlain, Brendan White (0-2-2) also picked up an assist, then just 12 seconds later Daddario after again some intense forechcking by Ross Wahl would end the barrage. Maercklein and Kyle Lynch would add goals in the third to finish this one up. Defenseman Steven Tettoni (0-1-1), Patrick McCarthy and Christian Kukas would chip in with fine games, and Nick the Brick would shine betweeen the pipes, chipping in with the breakaway save, and adding a nice glove save in the third as well as a right pad save to finish his solid effort.