Salmon Kings Power Past RoadRunners 4-1
November 14, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
VICTORIA, British Columbia - Olivier Filion tallied a pair of goals and added an assist to propel the Victoria Salmon Kings to a 4-1 victory over the Phoenix RoadRunners before 4,590 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in ECHL action Friday.
Following a scoreless first period, Victoria (6-6-1) built a 2-0 lead with a pair of goals scored 59 seconds apart. Curtis Billsten re-directed a centering pass from Darryl Lloyd through the pads of RoadRunners' goalie Craig Kowalski at 8:04 of the second to give the Salmon Kings a 1-0 lead. Wes Goldie doubled the advantage less than a minute later on the power play when he punched home Matt Kelly's rebound at 9:03.
The RoadRunners (6-4-2) rebounded early in the third period when Daniel Sisca worked the puck around Victoria goalie Jonathan Boutin and into the net at 2:13 to cut the Salmon Kings lead to 3-1. But Filion netted a pair of goals, one on the power play at 13:14, and a second tally scored even-strength at 18:41 to seal the win for Victoria.
Victoria out-shot Phoenix 37-33. Kowalski made 33 saves but suffered the loss to fall to 4-3-1 on the season. The RoadRunners went 0-4 with the power play while Victoria was 2-6 with the man-advantage.
Notes: The RoadRunners dropped their seven straight game at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Phoenix has not tasted victory in Victoria since a 1-0 overtime win Jan. 28, 2006...The RoadRunners penalty kill came into the game having allowed only five power play goals in the first 11 games...Former RoadRunners' center Cam Paddock made his NHL debut with the St. Louis Blues tonight at Chicago and scored his first NHL goal on his first ever shot. Paddock scored 11 goals and 31 points in 46 games with the RoadRunners in 2006-07. He joins Phoenix Coyotes forward Daniel Winnik as the two RoadRunners' alumni in the NHL.
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