RoadRunners Power Past Condors 5-4 In Overtime
January 17, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
PHOENIX, Ariz. - Kimbi Daniels scored two goals including the game-winner in overtime as the Phoenix RoadRunners defeated the Bakersfield Condors 5-4 Saturday night in front of 4,501 fans at US Airways Center.
The RoadRunners (15-16-3) took an early two-goal lead within the first three minutes of the game. Matt Burke scored first at 1:30 from the slot off a pass from Merit Waldrop. Ashton Rome also assisted. Then at 2:28 Daniels scored an unassisted goal from the high slot.
"We emphasized the start of the game in our pregame meeting," said RoadRunners' Head Coach Brad Church. "We got the energy and it was nice to see a big crowd."
Phoenix took a 3-0 lead at 17:11 when P.J. Fenton scored top-shelf on Condor goalie Dave McKee from T.J. Campbell and Gino Guyer. Bakersfield (12-21-5) was able to get on the board on the power play at 19:07 when Andrew Ianiero scored in front of the net from Dave Bonk and Chad Painchaud. The RoadRunners were able to score one more before the end of the period to take a 4-1 lead into the locker room when Rome set up Jeremy Swanson with eight seconds left in the period.
The Condors started off the second period with a change in net, replacing McKee with Yutaka Fukufuji. Bakersfield then scored the lone goal of the period when Matt Pope set up Martin Frechette who scored from the right circle on the power play. Bonk also assisted as the score would be 4-2 Phoenix after two periods.
Bakersfield continued to control the momentum of the game in the third period when Painchaud scored at 7:16 from Bonk, narrowing the RoadRunners' lead to only one goal. The Condors then tied the game at 4-all when Pope scored off a pass from Jay Langager at 15:22 on the power play. Donny Grover also assisted as the score would remain tied, forcing overtime.
"Bakersfield took advantage of their (power plays)," Church said, adding that a lot of calls went their way. "It's tough to get momentum when we're killing a lot of penalties."
After a back-and-forth overtime the RoadRunners were able to capitalize on the power play with nine seconds left as Rome set up Daniels who scored from the left circle, giving Phoenix a 5-4 victory.
"We called a time out to set up the play," Church said, adding that the RoadRunners were aware they only had 30 seconds left in overtime after the penalty was called. "We needed to make the play happen and we were able to capitalize."
Bakersfield out-shot Phoenix 32-28. Kowalski stopped 28 shots to pick up the win and improve to 12-11-1 on the season. The RoadRunners went 1-4 on the power play while Bakersfield was 3-9 with the man-advantage.
The RoadRunners return to US Airways Center at 5:05 p.m. Sunday when they conclude a three-game weekend series 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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