After Midnight, RoadRunners Lasso Wranglers 5-4 In A Shootout
December 18, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Chris Stevens tallied the equalizer at 13:02 of the third period and Thatcher Bell scored the game-winner in the second round of the shootout to lift the Phoenix RoadRunners to a 5-4 victory over the Las Vegas Wranglers before 4,632 at the Orleans Arena in the "Midnight Holiday Round-Up" early Tuesday morning.
Phoenix (9-12-5) jumped out ahead early when Daniel Sisca scored his sixth goal of the year just 2:02 into the contest. But Las Vegas (19-2-3) would counter with a pair of goals to take a 2-1 lead into the first intermission. Brandon Kaleniecki opened the Wranglers scoring when he settled the puck in the slot, spun around and whipped a shot past RoadRunners' goalie Dave McKee at 6:29 on the power play to tie the game at 1-1. Tyson Strachan later scored his second goal of the season at 14:00 of the period giving Las Vegas a 2-1 edge.
The Wranglers would continue their attack in the second period as Peter Ferraro tallied his team-leading 12th goal of the year at 6:03 to extend the Las Vegas lead to 3-1. Tyler Mosienko made it 4-1 scoring off a Shawn Limpright centering feed at 16:27 on the power play. The RoadRunners would get one back as Gino Guyer tapped a bouncing puck behind Las Vegas goalie John Ceci at 18:05 to cut the deficit to 4-2 at the end of two periods.
In the third, Justin Maiser found the loose puck in the slot and lifted a backhander over Ceci and into the net at 10:18 on the power play to get the RoadRunners to within one at 4-3. Stevens then knotted the score 2:44 seconds later with his fourth goal of the season.
Despite out-shooting the RoadRunners 8-1 in overtime, the Wranglers could not tally the game-winning goal.
Maiser and Bell scored in the first two rounds of the shootout, while McKee stopped four of five Wranglers' shooters.
Las Vegas out-shot Phoenix 36-19. McKee stopped 32 shots to improve to 2-2-2 on the season. The RoadRunners went 1-4 on the power play while Las Vegas was 2-4 with the man-advantage.
Notes: The win marked the RoadRunners first in five tries this season against Las Vegas...Maiser, Sisca, and Ian Turner each registered multiple-point games...The Wranglers fell to 2-1-2 in the annual "Midnight Holiday Round-Up" and played beyond regulation for the fourth time in five years of the event...Phoenix improved to 2-3 in shootouts this season.
The RoadRunners conclude their five-game road trip at 8:30 p.m. Saturday as they visit the Stockton Thunder from Stockton Arena. Catch all the action live on Independent 1310 KXAM beginning with "RoadRunners Countdown" at 8:15 p.m.
Phoenix returns to US Airways Center at 7:11 p.m. on Dec. 27 as they welcome the Bakersfield Condors to kick-off a four-game home-stand.
Great seats are still available beginning as low as $8 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (480) 784-4444, purchasing online ticketmaster.com or visiting the US Airways Center Box Office. Information on season tickets, half-season packages, and flex plans for the 2007-08 season of Phoenix RoadRunners Hockey are available by calling (602) 462-GOAL.
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