Aces Sweep Away RoadRunners With 7-1 Win
March 15, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Cam Keith notched a pair of goals as the Alaska Aces scored two power play goals and added a shorthanded tally, and held the Phoenix RoadRunners without a power play goal on 10 chances en route to a 7-1 win and a sweep of the four-game series before 4,284 at Sullivan Arena in ECHL action Sunday.
Alaska (40-21-3) jumped out of the gate quickly scoring twice in the opening twenty minutes. Vladimir Novak capitalized off a RoadRunners' turnover with Phoenix on the power play at 8:13 of the first period snapping a shot over the left shoulder of goalie Chris Beckford-Tseu and into the net for a shorthanded goal and a 1-0 Aces lead. Alexandre Imbeault extended the lead to two when he finished off a three-way play from Colin Hemingway and Matt Shasby on a five-on-three power play at 16:27.
Tomas Kana continued the Aces offensive onslaught scoring his fifth goal of the year at 3:27 of the second period to increase Alaska's advantage to 3-0. The RoadRunners (26-31-4) responded at 9:09 when David Rutherford, making his Phoenix debut, beat Alaska goalie J.P. Lamoureux with a shot off the glove and into the net to cut the deficit to 3-1. But Alaska would score their second power play goal of the night as Keith lifted the puck along the end-line over Beckford-Tseu and into the cage at 16:00 to make it 4-1 after two periods.
The Aces finished off with Phoenix with three third period goals getting tallies from Keith at 10:51, Kana at 17:18, and Scott Burt at 19:47 to cap the scoring.
Alaska out-shot Phoenix 27-26. Beckford-Tseu stopped 20 shots and suffered the loss to fall to 1-5-2 on the season. The RoadRunners went 0-10 on the power play while Alaska was 2-3 with the man-advantage.
Notes: Phoenix is now 10 points behind the fourth place Utah Grizzlies in the West Division with three games in hand and five points behind eighth place Bakersfield with three games in hand in the race for the final playoff spot...The RoadRunners are 0-23 on the power play this season against Alaska, while the Aces are 9-26 with the man-advantage against Phoenix...The RoadRunners have surrendered 14 power play goals (30-44) in their last eight games...The shorthanded goal allowed in the first period was the 15th of the season surrendered by the RoadRunners...Rutherford made his RoadRunners' debut after missing Saturday's game with a lower body injury...Rookie center Merit Waldrop was placed on the team's suspension list prior to the game.
The RoadRunners continue a five-game trip and a stretch of 12 out of their final 15 games on the road at 7:30 Tuesday when they visit the Las Vegas Wranglers at the Orleans Arena. Catch all the action live at www.phxroadrunners.com beginning with "RoadRunners Countdown" at 7:15 p.m.
Phoenix returns to US Airways Center at 7:05 p.m. Thursday, March 19 when they open a two-game series against the Alaska Aces.
Great seats are still available beginning as low as $8 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (480) 784-4444, purchasing online at ticketmaster.com or visiting the US Airways Center Box Office. Information on season tickets, half-season packages, and flex plans for the 2008-09 season of Phoenix RoadRunners Hockey are available by calling (602) 462-GOAL.
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