RoadRunners Shock Thunder With Five Goal Third Period
November 7, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
PHOENIX, Ariz. - Jeff Kyrzakos recorded his first career hat-trick and added an assist, and Ian Turner scored the go-ahead and the eventual game-winning goal with 4:13 remaining in regulation as the Phoenix RoadRunners scored a club record five goals in the third period to defeat the Stockton Thunder 6-5 before 2,395 at US Airways Center in ECHL action Wednesday.
Stockton (5-4-0) actually jumped out to a 4-0 lead scoring four first period goals, all coming within the first 13 minutes of the hockey game. The Thunder opened the scoring at 3:43 when a centering pass deflected off a RoadRunners' defenseman's skate and trickled into the net. Geoff Paukovich scored the next two goals at 6:46 and 10:09 building Stockton's lead to 3-0. Paukovich tallied his first of the night when he found the bouncing puck at the top of the crease and jammed it past RoadRunners goalie Cody Rudkowsky at 6:46. Paukovich then finished off a two-way play with Ryan MacMurchy ripping a shot by Rudkowsky from the slot at 10:09. Ryan O'Marra capped the first period scoring with a power play goal at 12:50 collecting the puck off the end-boards and slipping it into the net.
The RoadRunners would crack the scoreboard as Jeff Kyrzakos netted a power play goal at 11:17 of the second period to cut the deficit to 4-1. But Stockton would respond as MacMurchy re-directed Brad Farynuk's point shot by goalie Nathan Lawson on in relief of Rudkowsky at 17:25 on the power play making it 5-1 after two periods.
Phoenix began their comeback at 2:59 of the third period on the power play when Kyrzakos, off a broken play, beat Ellsworth with a wrist shot over the left glove. Kyrzakos completed the hat-trick 1:01 second later finishing a centering pass from Chris Murray over Ellsworth's left shoulder at 4:00, also on the power play. Mitch Carefoot sliced the RoadRunners deficit to 5-4 scoring off Daniel Sisca's face-off win when he beat Ellsworth to the short side at 7:01. Brian Yandle netted the equalizer with a one-time slap shot from the high slot at 15:30 of the third on a two-man advantage power play. Turner scored 17 seconds later at 15:47 on a five-on-four power play putting home Skinner's rebound past Ellsworth to give the RoadRunners the lead and the eventual win.
Phoenix out-shot Stockton 38-34. Lawson stopped 18 of 19 shots to earn the win and improve to 3-1-0 on the season. The RoadRunners went 5-13 on the power play while Stockton was 2-13 with the man-advantage.
Notes: Phoenix snapped a five-game losing streak against Stockton, winning for the first time since a 2-1 shootout victory on Nov. 7, 2006, one year to the date...The RoadRunners' five power play goals tied a club record set back on Oct. 29, 2005 against San Diego...Phoenix has outscored their opponents 14-6 in the third period in the last five games...The RoadRunners acquired forward Ryan Walsh from the Gwinnett Gladiators earlier Wednesday in exchange for future considerations. Walsh recorded one goal and one assist in six games with Gwinnett. He's expected to be in the RoadRunners' line-up Saturday...Defenseman Dave Pszenyczny was placed on the three-day injured reserve and forward Jeff Smith was transferred to the seven-day injured reserve prior to the game. Defenseman Nick Toneys was activated from the injured reserve and took Pszenyczny's spot on the roster.
The RoadRunners continue their season opening 12-game home-stand at 7:11 p.m. Thursday as they play the final game of a three-game series with the Stockton Thunder at US Airways Center.
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 2007-08 season of Phoenix RoadRunners Hockey are available by calling (602) 462-GOAL.
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