RoadRunners Clip Condors 4-3
January 16, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Mitch Carefoot tallied a pair of goals and the Phoenix RoadRunners snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Bakersfield Condors before 4,999 at Rabobank Arena in ECHL action Friday
The RoadRunners (14-16-3) jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the game's first 13 minutes. Jim Jorgensen opened the scoring at 4:15 when he beat Bakersfield goalie Dave McKee with a snap shot over the blocker and into the back of the Condors net. Mitch Carefoot extended the RoadRunners lead to two goals when he flipped Brett Peterson's rebound past McKee at 12:20 on the power play. Bakersfield (12-21-4) countered before the end of the period scoring a shorthanded goal off the stick of Ryan Mahrle at 17:00 to cut the RoadRunners edge to 2-1 heading into the first intermission.
Jay Langager netted the equalizer for Bakersfield with a power play goal at 7:13 of the second period. But the RoadRunners grabbed the lead back when Dan DaSilva found P.J. Fenton with a cross-ice pass and Fenton from the left-wing tapped the puck past an out of position McKee at 13:22 giving Phoenix a 3-2 advantage going into the third period.
Carefoot gave the RoadRunners some needed insurance with a shorthanded goal at 4:22 of the third period off a Bakersfield turnover that pushed the Phoenix lead back to two goals at 4-2. The Condors got a late goal from Matt Pope with 16.6 seconds remaining to cut the RoadRunners lead to one, but Bakersfield simply ran out of time at the end.
Bakersfield out-shot Phoenix 41-32. Kowalski stopped 38 shots to pick up the win and improve to 11-11-1 on the season. The RoadRunners went 1-5 on the power play while Bakersfield was 1-8 with the man-advantage.
Notes: The RoadRunners snapped a five-game road winless streak dating back to Nov. 22, 2008, which ironically came in Bakersfield in the form of a 3-2 victory...Jorgensen's goal was his first in a RoadRunners' uniform and his first since Dec. 2, 2008 at South Carolina while playing for the Gwinnett Gladiators...Carefoot's goal in the first period was his first in 13 games dating back to Dec. 3, 2008 against Las Vegas at home...The RoadRunners shorthanded goal was their seventh of the season and second in the last three games. Phoenix did surrender their 10th shorthanded goal of the season...Center Daniel Sisca was placed on bereavement leave prior to the game. Sisca left the club Thursday to return to Toronto due to a death in the family. He's expected to miss the entire weekend series against Bakersfield.
The RoadRunners return to US Airways Center at 7:05 p.m. Saturday when they continue their three-game series with the first of two home contests against the Bakersfield Condors.
Great seats are still available beginning as low as $8 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (480) 784-4444, purchasing online 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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