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Falcons Drop 4-2 Decision to RoadRunners

March 31, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Fresno Falcons News Release


Fresno, Calif. - The Fresno Falcons rallied from an early deficit, but came up short as the Phoenix RaodRunners escaped with a 4-2 win on Saturday in front of 5,627 fans at Save Mart Center.

Phoenix got on the scoreboard first with a power-play goal 10:52 into the opening period. Tyler Redenbach won a face-off to Alex Rouleau at the left point, and Rouleau fed Olivier Latendresse on the back-door for the redirection past Ryan MacDonald.

The RoadRunners extended the lead to 2-0 at 19:19. Todd Jackson skated into the Fresno zone, and moved the puck to Brock Hooton in the right-wing circle who wristed a shot past MacDonald for his 16th goal of the season.

Lance Monych stretched the Phoenix lead to 3-0 6:18 into the second period. Brian Yandle played the puck into the Fresno end, and Scott Stirling, who replaced MacDonald at the start of the period, came out to try and poke the puck free, but his stick and Monych's stick reached the puck at the same time, and it rolled behind Stirling into the Fresno net for Monych's 15th goal of the season.

The Falcons closed the gap to one through two periods with a pair of goals late in the middle stanza. Brian McConnell put Fresno on the board at 14:43, taking a breakout pass from P.O. Beaulieu, skating into the Phoenix zone, and tucking a shot through the five hole of Cody Rudkowsky for his seventh goal of the season.

Fresno pulled within one less than three minutes later at 17:26. Dave Borrelli skated into the Phoenix zone, and from the right-wing circle fed a cross-ice pass to Jason Tejchma who jammed the puck home for his seventh goal in just 13 games.

Rudkowsky helped Phoenix preserve the lead through two periods, stopping 20 Fresno shots as the Falcons notched a 22-5 edge in shots in the middle period.

Monych added his second goal of the night, and the RoadRunners' second on the man advantage, 15:54 into the third period to give Phoenix a 4-2 lead.

Rudkowsky finished the night with 43 saves as Fresno out-shot Phoenix 45-19.

Fresno returns to action on Wednesday, playing its final road game of the regular season in Stockton at 7:00 p.m. The game airs live on the Internet at www.fresnofalcons.com, starting with the Port of Subs Pre-Game Show at 6:50. The broadcast will air on 1550 and 96.1 Sporting News Radio on a tape-delayed basis, following high school baseball.

The Falcons return home on Friday, hosting the Long Beach Ice Dogs at 7:30 p.m. The first 2,000 fans in attendance receive a Luke Curtin Bobblehead, courtesy of Eye-Q Vision Care.

Tickets for all Falcons home games can be purchased at the Save Mart Center Box Office, by phone at (559) 485-8497, on-line at www.ticketmaster.com, or at any TicketMaster outlet. All Falcons' games air on 1550 and 96.1 Sporting News Radio starting with the Port of Subs Pre-Game Show 15 minutes prior to face off.



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