Nastiuk, Aces Blank RoadRunners 5-0

Published on March 12, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release


ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska Aces used three power play goals and a four-goal second period to defeat the Phoenix RoadRunners 5-0 before 4,189 at Sullivan Arena in ECHL action Wednesday.

The Aces (37-21-3) began their power play attack just 1:39 into the contest when Brett Hemingway re-directed Lance Galbraith's shot through the pads of RoadRunners' goalie Chris Beckford-Tseu for a 1-0 lead.

Alaska then came out and scored four times in the middle period, three of which came in a span of 5:19 seconds to put the game away. Colin Hemingway received a pass in the slot from Cam Keith and snapped a shot past Beckford-Tseu and in at 4:32 of the second on a two-man advantage power play to extend the lead to two. Jordan Foreman scored the first even-strength goal of the night at 13:43 giving Alaska a 3-0 advantage. Matt Stefanishion later beat Beckford-Tseu over the left shoulder with a slap shot off the right-wing boards and in at 16:41 to make it 4-0. Luke Erickson capped the scoring with a four-on-three power play goal at 19:02 to give the Aces a 5-0 lead heading into the second intermission.

Kyle Jones came on in relief of Beckford-Tseu for Phoenix (26-29-3) to start the third and shutout the Aces on nine shots.

Alaska out-shot Phoenix 41-22. Beckford-Tseu stopped 27 shots but suffered the loss to fall to 1-4-1 overall on the season. The RoadRunners went 0-2 on the power play while Alaska was 3-6 with the man-advantage.

Notes: The RoadRunners were shutout for only the fourth time this season...Veteran center Kimbi Daniels made his first return to Alaska since leaving the club to sign with the RoadRunners as a free agent last summer. Daniels spent eight years with the Aces organization and ranks fourth all-time in club history in goals and points, third in assists, and second in penalty minutes and games played...With just 13 skaters on their active roster, the RoadRunners signed free agent center and Anchorage resident Jim Dahl to a contract prior to the game. Dahl is expected to remain with the club through Sunday.

The RoadRunners continue a five-game trip and a stretch of 12 out of their final 15 games on the road at 8:15 p.m. Friday with the second of four games in five nights against the Alaska Aces at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage. Catch all the action live on Independent 1310 KXAM beginning with "RoadRunners Countdown" at 8:00 p.m.

Phoenix returns to US Airways Center at 7:05 p.m. Thursday, March 19 when they open a two-game series against the Alaska Aces.

Great seats are still available beginning as low as $8 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (480) 784-4444, purchasing online at ticketmaster.com or visiting the US Airways Center Box Office. Information on season tickets, half-season packages, and flex plans for the 2008-09 season of Phoenix RoadRunners Hockey are available by calling (602) 462-GOAL.

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