RoadRunners Quiet Thunder 3-1
January 27, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
STOCKTON, Calif. - Center Daniel Sisca set the RoadRunners' ECHL single season assist record and Phoenix used 51 shots and goals from three different skaters to defeat the Stockton Thunder 3-1 before 7,552 at Stockton Arena in ECHL action Saturday.
The RoadRunners (15-21-6) ambushed Stockton (18-19-2) with a 21-shot first period and scored three times to build a commanding 3-0 lead after twenty minutes. Justin Maiser opened the scoring at 7:22 when he zipped a shot from the left-wing boards over the glove of Thunder goalie Tim Boron and into the back of the net. Ian Turner gave the RoadRunners a 2-0 lead beating Boron with a slap shot from the center blue line off a feed from Thatcher Bell in the left-wing corner at 11:00. Captain Reagan Rome capped the first period scoring with a five-on-three power play goal at 14:15.
The score would remain the same until the third period when Stockton's Greg Paukovich lit the lamp for his eighth goal of the season at 15:24, but that's as close as the Thunder would come.
Phoenix out-shot Stockton 51-29. Rudkowsky stopped 28 shots to improve to 8-14-3 on the season. The RoadRunners went 1-7 on the power play while Stockton was 0-5 with the man-advantage.
Notes: Gino Guyer was awarded a penalty shot in the second period, but was turned aside by Boron. It was the first RoadRunners' penalty shot this season, and the fourth time this year that Phoenix has been involved in a game that included a penalty shot...Turner, who was activated off the three-day injured reserve prior to the game, scored his first goal since Dec. 14 at Idaho...The three RoadRunners goals in the opening period marked the first time in the six-game season series against Stockton that Phoenix had scored in the first period. Entering play tonight, the Thunder had outscored the RoadRunners 10-0 in the opening twenty minutes...Phoenix has scored a power play goal in 10 out of their last 11 games.
Phoenix concludes its season-long 12-game road trip at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday against the Fresno Falcons from the Save Mart Center. 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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