RoadRunners Power Past Aces 6-4
Published on January 6, 2008 under ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Phoenix RoadRunners scored four times in the first period, and then withstood a furious rally to defeat the Alaska Aces 6-4 before 4,652 at Sullivan Arena in ECHL action Saturday
Phoenix (12-15-6) opened their offensive assault less than five minutes into the contest when Reagan Rome scored on a one-time slap shot from the blue line at 4:10 on the power play. Daniel Sisca increased the lead 2-0 when he beat Alaska goalie Kris Tebbs with a rebound shot along the ice at 6:20 of the period. Justin Maiser later got into the scoring act re-directing a Corey LeClair shot from the point by Tebbs at 12:19 on the power play to make it 3-0. Gino Guyer finished the first period scoring when he stuffed his own rebound past Tebbs at 19:37 shorthanded.
Alaska (18-11-3), courtesy of six second period power plays, would steal some of the momentum back as they would cut the RoadRunners lead to 4-2 before the end of the period. Bo Cheesman scored his team-leading 17th goal of the season beating RoadRunners goalie Cody Rudkowsky along the ice from the high slot 2:26 into the period. Then on a five-on-three power play, Kimbi Daniels found the back of the net at 3:42 of the second to pull the Aces to within two goals.
Alaska would eventually complete their comeback and tie the score at 4-4 with a pair of goals to open the third period. F.P Guenette scored a power play goal at 1:24 of the third, and Vladimir Novak scored off the face-off at 10:12 to even the score. But the RoadRunners would have the final say as Maiser tallied his second goal of the game at 11:58 on the power play and Sean O'Connor sealed the victory with an empty-netter at 19:41.
Alaska out-shot Phoenix 39-30. Rudkowsky stopped 35 shots to improve to 6-10-3 on the season. The RoadRunners went 3-8 on the power play while Alaska was 2-9 with the man-advantage.
Notes: The win marked the RoadRunners first in eight tries lifetime at Sullivan Arena, and just their second in regulation in the 15-game all-time series against Alaska...Phoenix catapulted over the idle Stockton Thunder into seventh place in the National Conference...Former Aces Justin Maiser and Gino Guyer combined for three goals and an assist against their old club.
Phoenix continues its season-long 12-game road trip at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday as they battle the Bakersfield Condors from Rabobank Arena. Catch all the action live on Independent 1310 KXAM beginning with "RoadRunners Countdown" at 7:45 p.m.
The RoadRunners return to US Airways Center at 7:11 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30 when the open a five-game home-stand with the Las Vegas Wranglers.
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 2007-08 season of Phoenix RoadRunners Hockey are available by calling (602) 462-GOAL.
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