Ice Dogs Silence RoadRunners 3-1
November 18, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Brandon Schwartz broke a 1-1 tie in the third period and goaltender Mike Brown stopped 25 shots to lead the Long Beach Ice Dogs to a 3-1 win over the Phoenix RoadRunners before 3,228 at Long Beach Arena in ECHL action Saturday.
Long Beach (4-8-2) opened the scoring with a power play goal at 12:45 of the first period. Mark Hurtubise re-directed Ash Goldie's point shot over the glove of RoadRunners goaltender Cody Rudkowsky to give the Ice Dogs a 1-0 lead.
The RoadRunners (7-7-0) would net the equalizer in the final minute of the second period. Brian Yandle snuck a shot form the right point through traffic and by the glove of Ice Dogs goaltender Mike Brown at 19:22 on the power play to tie the game at 1-1.
Schwartz tallied the go-ahead and eventual game-winner off a deflection set up by T.J. Trevelyan at 9:31 of the third period. Goldie added some insurance with a rebound goal in front of Rudkowsky at 12:37 to cap the scoring.
Long Beach out-shot Phoenix 30-26. Rudkowsky stopped 27 shots but dropped to 0-1-0 on the season. The RoadRunners went 1-8 on the power play while Long Beach was 1-9.
Notes: Rudkowsky and forward Todd Jackson each made their season debuts for the RoadRunners as both players were activated off the 30-day injured reserve prior to Saturday's game...Goaltender Josh Tordjman collected his first AHL victory with the San Antonio Rampage Saturday against Hartford. Tordjman stopped 26 of 27 shots to lead the Rampage to a 3-1 win over the Wolf Pack and former RoadRunners' assistant J.J. Daigneault, who is currently an assistant coach with Hartford...Phoenix allowed the opening goal for the ninth time this season.
Individual game tickets for the 2006-07 regular season are currently on sale and can be purchased at the US Airways Center Box Office and at all Ticketmaster outlets including Ticketmaster.com.
Phoenix returns to US Airways Center at 5:00 p.m. Sunday as they welcome the Ice Dogs for the second game of the home-and-home series. Doors open at 4:00 p.m. Information on season tickets, half-season packages, and flex plans are available by calling (602) 462-GOAL.
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