Falcons Brush Past RoadRunners 5-3
November 3, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
PHOENIX, Ariz. - Five different players tallied a goal and the Fresno Falcons staved off a furious third period rally to defeat the Phoenix RoadRunners 5-3 before 3,263 at US Airways Center in ECHL action Saturday.
Fresno (3-2-2) jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead with a pair of power play goals. Brett Hemingway opened the scoring at 7:03 collecting the loose puck on the end line and slipping it behind RoadRunners goalie Cody Rudkowsky for a 1-0 lead. Jarrett Konkle extended the lead to 2-0 at 18:43 on the power play as he grabbed his own rebound off a block shot and beat a sliding Rudkowsky from the left-wing circle.
Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu gave the Falcons a 3-0 advantage at 4:10 of the second period beating a screened Rudkowsky with a slap shot from the left-wing circle.
Josh Ciocco tallied his first professional goal 2:40 into the third period giving the Falcons a commanding 4-0 lead. The RoadRunners would finally respond scoring three times in a span of 1:10 seconds to cut their deficit to 4-3. Ian Turner opened the scoring at 4:44 when he beat Fresno goalie John Ceci with a slap shot from the left point. Peder Skinner then tipped one through the pads of Ceci 55 seconds later off a centering pass from Mitch Carefoot cutting the RoadRunners deficit in half to 4-2. Thatcher Bell capped the Phoenix scoring for the night when he beat Ceci over the glove 15 seconds later at 5:54 to bring the RoadRunners within a single tally at 4-3. Igor Gongalsky added a big insurance goal at 13:57 re-directing Dan Glover's shot from the point past Rudkowsky.
Phoenix out-shot Fresno 52-34. Rudkowsky stopped 29 shots to fall to 2-2-0 on the year. The RoadRunners went 0-8 on the power play while Fresno was 2-4 with the man-advantage.
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