toledoblade.com --

The old saying that Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, may also apply to the opposite sex.

Dustin Kingston, traded by the Storm to Cincinnati on Friday for cash, lashed back against his old teammates, scoring once and adding an assist in a 2-1 Cyclones' victory yesterday afternoon at the Sports Arena.

The rookie forward out of Wayne State University, dealt to make room for some of the veterans Toledo acquired in a variety of deals earlier in the week, helped snap the Storm's season-high three-game winning streak.

Most importantly, Kingston assisted in breaking a tie for sixth place in the ECHL's Northern Division between the two teams, leaving 16-18-4 Toledo two points behind 18-19-2 Cincinnati.

"There was definitely a little more motivation," Kingston said. "It was kind of fun coming back and playing against the old teammates, see some of the guys and say good-bye to them, I guess."

Kingston said hello at the 2:46 mark of the second period, scooting uncontested into Toledo's end on his off-wing. The left-handed shot snapped a wrister past Storm goalie Doug Teskey.

"Part of our system is the high guy in the offensive zone picks up the weak-side lane and I think we got a little crossed," Storm interim coach Nick Vitucci said.

"I don't know if it was [Chris] Gignac or [Marco] Charpentier, but they both kind of went and Gignac kind of curled wth a little bit of a lazy backcheck and Dustin Kingston, who's very fast, got the pass and he's got a clean shot on goal."

Gignac, one of the newcomers picked up by Toledo last week, knotted the score 1-1 at 11:06 of the middle frame, converting his second power-play goal in as many nights.

The game-winner came at 6:48 of the third, as Kingston fed Terry Marchant on a break into the Toledo end of the ice. Storm defenseman Jason Jozsa correctly forced Marchant to his backhand, but the center finished the play anyway as his low shot handcuffed Teskey.

At the other end, Kingston's new netminder, Randy Petruk, stopped 39 shots. The Carolina Hurricanes' pro is now 4-0 against Toledo this season and has given up just five goals to the Storm.

It's the same kind of notable success Kingston had yesterday.

"He's a fast kid and he exploited some of our weaknesses out there," Vitucci said.

"He's a good hockey player with speed and playing as tired as we looked out there, he can certainly take advantage of us."

Kingston, who totaled three goals and eight assists in 20 games with the Storm, now has three points in as many contests for his new organization.

"Obviously, I was sad to go," Kingston said.

"There's a great bunch of guys in that locker room. I've got some friends over there, but that's just the way it is. Someone had to go and I guess it had to be me. Getting traded and then coming back right away, I was up for this game more than normal."

NOTES: With an assist on Gignac's marker, Rick Judson now has four points in his last four starts ... Toledo's three-game streak was its second of the season ... The ECHL breaks today for all-star week. Toledo won't practice again until Thursday. The Storm will resume play Friday in Cincinnati before returning home for games Saturday against Wheeling and Sunday versus Johnstown.

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