The Cyclone Hockey offense continued to roll this weekend, pushing the team’s winning streak to 14 games.

The Cyclones completed a season sweep of in-state rival Iowa over the weekend, winning 9-2 on Friday at the Ames/ISU Ice Arena and 11-3 on Saturday at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena.

The Cyclones’ home game drew their largest crowd of the season, selling out the 1,004-person-capacity and even turning several fans away in compliance with fire codes.

“For warm-ups there was a crowd there. The guys were really jacked about that – they were exited to be warming up in front of a crowd. Then we came back out for the game, and it was just jam-packed,” said associate head coach Brian Wierson, filling in while head coach Al Murdoch serves a two-game suspension. “There were people standing in the corners, there were people down around the end.

“When they announced over the loudspeaker that we were at capacity, I know it meant a lot to the guys.”

The players felt the large crowd helped them get off to a solid start.

“We were pumped to play – we came out hard and the fans were pretty loud and got us going right away,” said freshman forward Mike Lebler.

The Cyclones jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the first period and carried that momentum through the entire series.

Cyclone Hockey put on another impressive offense, scoring 20 goals in the two games.

“All of our lines are playing well – we are getting contributions from everybody out there,” Lebler said. “Everybody is just working hard and driving the net, and things are going in for us.”

The defense, although it gave up only five goals in the series, made several mistakes which, in turn, led to most of the Hawkeyes’ goals.

“We just got too far ahead and got lazy,” said junior forward Mike Murtaugh. “That happens once in a while – it’s kind of hard when you’re beating a team so bad. It’s hard to stay focused and keep doing the right thing.”

After playing very clean hockey for most of the series, both teams got a little bit rough in the third period on Saturday.

“I think they were getting a little frustrated with us,” Murtaugh said.

“It’s kind of tough for them when we score 20 goals in two days on them. So they were kind of losing focus and discipline and just got upset and frustrated. That’s bound to happen – I’ve been on the other end of those games, and it’s not fun – you get frustrated and do some things you otherwise probably wouldn’t.”