The Cincinnati Enquirer

Rob Valicevic collected a pair of goals and added an assist to lead the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks to a 7-3 victory over the Cleveland Barons Tuesday night at Gund Arena.

Cincinnati moved within six points of Milwaukee for the 10th and final postseason berth in the Western Conference.

Mighty Ducks	1	3	3	- 7
Cleveland	2	0	1	- 3

First period: 1. Cle, Kraft 12 (Zalesak, Mitchell), 12:29 (ppg). 2. Cle, Kraft 13 (Matzka, Watson), 14:01. 3. Cin, Reirden 5 (Valicevic, Yarema), 17:48 (ppg).

Second period: 4. Cin, Podhradsky 7 (Severson, Guite), 9:30. 5. Cin, Reirden 6 (Popovic, Yarema), 10:53. 6. Cin, Valicevic 14 (DeWolf), 16:23.

Third period: 7. Cle, Nelson 8 (Zalesak, Hansen), 8:05. 8. Brigley 17 (Pecker, Hedstrom), 11:53 (ppg). 9. Cin, Hedstrom 10 (Popovic, Martensson), 16:44. 10. Valicevic 15 (Popovic, Podhradsky), 18:54 (ppg).

Shots on goal: Cin 8-11-13=32; Cle 9-9-9=27. Power-play opportunities: Cin 3-for-4; Cle 1-for-5. Goaltenders: Cincinnati, Bryzgalov (27 shots, 24 saves; record 9-18-7); Cle, Toskala (30:53; 16 shots, 13 saves), Kotyk (29:07; 16 shots, 12 saves; record 6-10-1). A: 2,461. Records: Cin 21-27-10-4; Cle 20-36-5-5.