Steelheads outlast RoadRunners 4-3 in a shootout
December 14, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
BOISE, Idaho - Greg Rallo tallied a pair of goals for the second straight game including the equalizer with two seconds remaining in regulation, and goalie Steve Silverthorn stopped all four shooters in the shootout to lift the Idaho Steelheads to a 4-3 victory over the Phoenix RoadRunners before 4,360 at Qwest Arena in ECHL action Friday.
Rallo opened the scoring for Idaho (9-8-7) at 14:08 of the first period when he angled into the high-slot and whipped a shot over the blocker of RoadRunners goalie Dave McKee for a 1-0 lead.
The RoadRunners (8-11-5) responded with three goals in the second period to build a 3-1 advantage. Ian Turner knotted the score at 1-1 just 2:57 into the period beating Silverthorn with a wrist shot from the center blue line. Peder Skinner gave the RoadRunners their first lead of the evening when he tipped home Brian Yandle's rebound at 16:34 on the power play. Sean O'Connor tallied his team-leading 11th goal of the season at 19:26 ringing the puck off the far post and into the net behind Silverthorn to give the RoadRunners what appeared to be a 3-1 cushion.
The Steelheads though began their comeback just 48 seconds into the third period when Mike Sullivan beat McKee along the ice to cut the RoadRunners lead to 3-2. After battling the entire period for the equalizer, Rallo found the loose puck in the slot with two seconds remaining in regulation and snapped it past an out-of-position McKee to tie the score at 3-3 and send the contest to overtime.
After a scoreless five minute overtime session, Matt Craig and Rallo scored for the Steelheads in the first and fourth round of the shootout to propel Idaho to the victory.
Idaho out-shot Phoenix 39-31. McKee stopped 35 shots but fell to 1-2-2 on the season. The RoadRunners went 1-4 on the power play while Idaho was 0-3 with the man-advantage.
Notes: Newly acquired center Gino Guyer collected an assist and finished with a plus-one rating in his RoadRunners debut. He also finished with four shots on goal...Silverthorn improved to 10-3-0 in 13 career starts against the RoadRunners...O'Connor tied Justin Maiser for the team lead in goals with his 11th of the season...Phoenix earned a point on the road for the sixth time in 10 games.
The RoadRunners continue a five-game road trip at 7:10 p.m. Saturday with the final game of a three-game series against the Idaho Steelheads from Qwest Arena in Boise. Catch all the action live on Independent 1310 KXAM and at www.phxroadrunners.com beginning with "RoadRunners Countdown" at 6:45 p.m.
Phoenix returns to US Airways Center at 7:11 p.m. on Dec. 27 as they welcome the Bakersfield Condors to kick-off a four-game home-stand.
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