Twenty-one of the Cyclones' 36 home games at Firstar Center next season will be on Friday and Saturday nights.

        The Cyclones start their 72-game East Coast Hockey League season on the road before hosting in-state rivals Dayton and Toledo on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21, respectively. The Cyclones will play nine of their 15 November games on home ice. This season marks the 12th season of the minor league franchise and fifth at Firstar.

        October
        Sat. 13 at Roanoke TBA
        Fri. 19 at Toledo TBA
        Sat. 20 DAYTON 7:30 p.m.
        Sun. 21 TOLEDO 3 p.m.
        Sat. 27 at Johnstown TBA
        Sun. 28 at Dayton TBA
        November
        Sat. 3 TOLEDO 7:30 p.m.
        Sun. 4 RICHMOND 3 p.m.
        Fri. 9 ROANOKE 7:30 p.m.
        Sat. 10 WHEELING 7:30 p.m.
        Sun. 11 at Richmond TBA
        Fri. 16 PEORIA 7:30 p.m.
        Sat. 17 at Toledo TBA
        Tues. 20 at Peoria TBA
        Wed. 21 TOLEDO 7:30 p.m.
        Fri. 23 DAYTON 7:30 p.m.
        Sat. 24 at Wheeling TBA
        Sun. 25 JOHNSTOWN 3 p.m.
        Tues. 27 at Trenton TBA
        Wed. 28 at Atlantic City TBA
        Fri. 30 PEORIA 7:30 p.m.
        December
        Sat. 1 DAYTON 7:30 p.m.
        Fri. 7 at Dayton TBA
        Sat. 8 READING 7:30 p.m.
        Sun. 9 at Wheeling TBA
        Tues. 11 at Reading TBA
        Fri. 14 at Peoria TBA
        Fri. 15 at Peoria TBA
        Sun. 16 JOHNSTOWN 3 p.m.
        Wed. 19 WHEELING 7:30 p.m.
        Fri. 21 PEORIA 7:30 p.m.
        Sat. 22 at Wheeling TBA
        Fri. 28 DAYTON 7:30 p.m.
        Sun. 30 at Toledo TBA
        Mon. 31 at Peoria TBA
        January 2002
        Wed. 2 at Trenton TBA
        Sat. 5 RICHMOND 7:30 p.m.
        Sun. 6 JOHNSTOWN 3 p.m.
        Wed. 9 WHEELING 7:30 p.m.
        Fri. 11 ROANOKE 7:30 p.m.
        Sat. 12 READING 7:30 p.m.
        Sun. 13 at Dayton TBA
        Tues. 15 at Roanoke TBA
        Wed. 16 at Richmond TBA
        Sat. 19 at Johnstown TBA
        Thu. 24 ROANOKE 7:30 p.m.
        Fri. 25 at Dayton TBA
        Thu. 31 at Wheeling TBA
        February
        Fri. 1 TRENTON 7:30 p.m.
        Sat. 2 DAYTON 7:30 p.m.
        Tues. 5 TOLEDO 7:30 p.m.
        Wed. 6 at Wheeling TBA
        Fri. 8 at Atlantic City TBA
        Fri. 15 at Dayton TBA
        Sat. 16 TOLEDO 7:30 p.m.
        Sun. 17 PEORIA 3 p.m.
        Fri. 22 at Toledo TBA
        Sun. 24 ATLANTIC CITY 3 p.m.
        March
        Fri. 1 at Johnstown TBA
        Wed. 6 at Toledo TBA
        Fri. 8 at Johnstown TBA
        Thu. 14 JOHNSTOWN 7:30 p.m.
        Fri. 15 at Dayton TBA
        Sat. 16 WHEELING 7:30 p.m.
        Tues. 19 at Reading TBA
        Thu. 21 at Roanoke TBA
        Fri. 22 GREENSBORO 7:30 p.m.
        Sat. 23 DAYTON 7:30 p.m.
        Wed. 27 JOHNSTOWN 7:30 p.m.
        Fri. 29 PEORIA 7:30 p.m.
        Sat. 30 at Peoria TBA
        Sun. 31 WHEELING 3 p.m.

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