Thunder Silences RoadRunners 6-3
January 30, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
PHOENIX, Ariz. - Jim Dahl tallied a pair of goals to propel the Stockton Thunder to a 6-3 victory over the Phoenix RoadRunners before 3,246 at US Airways Center in ECHL action Tuesday.
Stockton (20-11-8) raced out to a 3-0 first period lead with three goals in the opening 4:54 seconds of the hockey game. Tyler Spurgeon jammed home a rebound just 29 seconds into the contest to give the Thunder a 1-0 lead. Six seconds later, Mike Lalonde shot the puck off RoadRunners goaltender Mike Morrison's glove and into the net to make it 2-0. Dahl capped the first period scoring with his first goal as a member of the Thunder, beating Morrison with a wrist shot from the slot at 4:54 on the power play.
Dahl netted his second of the game at 16:34 of the second period as beat goaltender Cody Rudkowsky, on in replace of Mike Morrison, to extend Stockton's lead to 4-0 after two periods.
Tim Verbeek netted his 10th goal of the season re-directing Beau Geisler's shot from the point at 7:49 of the third on the power play to make it 5-0. The RoadRunners would respond with a pair of goals from Dave Pszenyczny at 14:40 on the power play and Justin Aikins at 15:58 to cut the deficit to 5-2, but Liam Reddox coming out of the penalty box scored an empty-net goal at 18:06 to give Stockton their four-goal lead back at 6-2. Cam Paddock capped the scoring with the RoadRunners second power play goal of the game at 19:52 of the third.
Stockton out-shot the RoadRunners 42-38. Rudkowsky stopped 35 shots in relief of Morrison but suffered the loss to fall to 5-7-1 on the season. The RoadRunners went 2-8 on the power play while Stockton was 2-7 on the man-advantage.
Notes: Rudkowsky saw his first action since earning a game misconduct at the 20:00 mark of the first period on Jan. 12 against the Idaho Steelheads...Stockton set a club record by notching their first two goals six seconds apart. The ECHL record for fastest two goals is three seconds achieved three times, most recently by Florida on Dec. 2, 2005...Aikins extended his point streak to five-games with a goal and an assist and now has two goals and six assist in his last five games...Kyle Orr, the nephew of NHL legend Bobby Orr, signed a contract with the RoadRunners prior to the game. Orr, a defenseman, had two assists in 32 games with the Arizona Sun Dogs of the Central Hockey League before being released.
The RoadRunners open a three-game series with the Utah Grizzlies beginning at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday from the "E"-Center in West Valley City, Utah. Catch all the action live by logging on to www.phxroadrunners.com beginning with "RoadRunners Countdown" at 6:45 p.m.
Phoenix returns to US Airways Center at 7:11 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6 as they welcome back the Stockton Thunder. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Individual game tickets for the 2006-07 regular season start as low $7 in the lower section and can be purchased at the US Airways Center Box Office and at all Ticketmaster outlets including Ticketmaster.com. Information on season tickets, half-season packages, and flex plans are available by calling (602) 462-GOAL.
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