RoadRunners Sweep Victoria 1-0
January 28, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
Victoria, British Columbia - Miguel Lafleche put Justin Quenneville's rebound past Victoria goaltender BJ Boxma with 16.7 seconds left in overtime to lift the Phoenix RoadRunners to a 1-0 victory over the Victoria Salmon Kings before 4,659 at the Save-on-foods Memorial Centre in ECHL action Saturday.
After a scoreless 60 minutes that featured a combined 13 power plays, the Salmon Kings (15-25-3) appeared headed for the victory when Jake Riddle was sent off for an elbowing penalty at 1:27 of overtime. However, RoadRunners (14-24-3) goaltender Mike Mole turned aside all eights shots he saw on the Kings power play and 10 in total for the overtime to set up Lafleche's game-winning goal.
Victoria out-shot Phoenix 32-29. Mole stopped all 32 shots to record his second career shutout and improve to 10-18-3 on the season. The RoadRunners went 0-6 on the power play.
Notes: Phoenix has won three consecutive games for the first time this season...The RoadRunners have won four straight one-goal games and are now 3-1 on their current nine-game road trip...Quenneville has nine points in eight games with the RoadRunners.
The RoadRunners continue their season-long nine-game stretch away from US Airways Center at 6:05PM MST Thursday as they open a two-game series with the Pensacola Ice Pilots from the Pensacola Civic Center in Florida. Catch all the action live on News Talk Radio 1100AM KFNX and Pro Sports Radio beginning with "RoadRunners Countdown" at 5:45PM.
Phoenix returns to US Airways Center at 7:11PM on Tuesday, February 14 as they welcome the Long Beach Ice Dogs for a special Valentine's Day game. For more information or to order tickets, call (602) 462-GOAL or purchase online at www.ticketmaster.com.
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