Falcons Fall to Roadrunners
Published on October 28, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL)
Fresno Falcons News Release
Phoenix, Ariz. - The Fresno Falcons suffered their first loss of the season as they fell to the Phoenix Roadrunners 2-1 on Saturday night at US Airways Center.
The Falcons scored the only goal of the opening period, tallying a power-play goal at 13:52. Josh Prudden won a face-off in the neutral zone, and the puck settled on the stick of Dustin VanBallegooie who skated across the Roadrunners' blue line and beat goaltender Kevin Reiter with a quick wrist shot low to the ice.
Phoenix pulled even with a power-play goal of its own just 1:01 into the second period. Brian Yandle centered a pass to Scott May at the hash marks, and May beat Falcons' goaltender Ryan MacDonald with a wrist shot to the stick side.
The Roadrunners took their first lead of the night 6:24 into the final period scoring a 5-on-3 power-play goal. Alex Rouleau's shot from the blue line caromed off the back wall and came right to Cam Paddock in the left-wing circle. Paddock one-timed a shot past MacDonald for his second goal of the season.
Fresno had a chance to tie the game at the 8:47 mark as John Morlang was awarded a penalty shot, but his attempt was denied by Reiter.
Fresno concludes its three-game road trip on Sunday, taking on the Long Beach Ice Dogs at 5:00 p.m. Catch all of the action on 1550 Sporting News Radio starting with the Port of Subs Pre-Game Show at 4:45.
The Falcons return home on Friday, November 3, hosting Phoenix at 7:30 p.m. It's Falcons Poster Schedule Night presented by Dumont Printing, California Air National Guard 144th Fighter Wing, and Mega 97.9. 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.
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