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Roadrunners, Dylan Wells Shut Out Chicago 4-0

January 6, 2024 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Tucson Roadrunners News Release


Tucson Roadrunners' Milos Kelemen, Jan Jenik, Josh Doan, Patrik Koch, and Montana Onyebuchi congratulated by team
Tucson Roadrunners' Milos Kelemen, Jan Jenik, Josh Doan, Patrik Koch, and Montana Onyebuchi congratulated by team
(Tucson Roadrunners, Credit: Ross Dettman, Chicago Wolves)

CHICAGO, IL - They call it the windy city, probably from all the pucks whizzing by the Chicago goalie as the Tucson Roadrunners defeated the Chicago Wolves 4-0 on Saturday night to improve to 20-10-1-1 on the year from the Allstate Arena.

It didn't take long for the Roadrunners to jump out to a lead in Saturday night's contest, scoring just 1:26 into the first period. It was Milos Kelemen, scoring his fifth of the year, to add the first goal to the Tucson side of the scoreboard. Kelemen was assisted by Jan Jenik. The Kelemen goal was the fastest goal to start a game for the Roadrunners so far this season. At the 13:49 mark it would be Travis Barron who received a nifty drop pass from Curtis Douglas to bury the goal. Barron made it 2-0 Tucson and was assisted by both Curtis Douglas and Hunter Drew. Tucson netminder Dylan Wells was fantastic in net stopping the six Chicago shots in the first and helping successfully kill off the AHL's best, Chicago Wolves power-play twice.

The second period looked nearly identical to the first, featuring a pair of Tucson Roadrunner's goals and a pair of Roadrunners penalty-kills. The first goal came at the 8:57 mark of the frame. It was John Leonard who would light the lamp for Tucson and give the good guys a 3-0 lead. Leonard redirected the shot off of the stick of Patrik Koch and found the back of the net. Koch and Cameron Hebig assisted the Leonard goal. A Chicago minor late in the frame would send Tucson to a power-play. The 5-on-4 advantage for Tucson would tee up a power-play goal for Victor Soderstrom. Soderstrom was assisted by Josh Doan and Aku Raty. Doan, Tucson's current leading scorer, picked up his eighth assist of the year. Another solid 20 minutes from goalie Dylan Wells and Tucson would take a 4-0 lead into the final period.

The third period seemed to have Tucson on the penalty-kill the entire frame. Three minor penalties on Tucson in the first 11:04 of the period would showcase the Roadrunners strong penalty-kill units and the excellent play in net of Dylan Wells. Chicago would pull their goalie about halfway through the third power-play opportunity, but the Roadrunners would keep them from scoring. Tucson battled well through the final period as Dylan Wells would finish strong and complete the shutout, his first of the season, third of his professional career, and second of the year for the Roadrunners. Wells would deny all 19 shots he faced, and Tucson would hold on to the 4-0 victory.

A weekend split with Chicago will send Tucson out to Abbotsford for a two-game weekend series with the Canucks on January 12th-13th.

"Solid game all around, we knew we needed to bounce back and that was a great response from everybody. Second game in a row where the guys have given up less than 20 shots so we're playing really good hockey. Everybody did their job out there, the boys made it easy on me tonight." said Goalie Dylan Wells after pitching a shutout and helping Tucson to a 4-0 victory Saturday night.

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Tucson Roadrunners' Milos Kelemen, Jan Jenik, Josh Doan, Patrik Koch, and Montana Onyebuchi congratulated by team
Tucson Roadrunners' Milos Kelemen, Jan Jenik, Josh Doan, Patrik Koch, and Montana Onyebuchi congratulated by team
(Ross Dettman, Chicago Wolves)		   



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