Tornado sweep Roadrunners to widen South Division lead
Published on November 4, 2004 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Texas Tornado News Release
Behind, the strong goaltending of Ben Bishop, the defending National Champion Texas Tornado swept the Santa Fe Roadrunners this past weekend in a three-game series.
On Friday, the Tornado won 5-3 in front of a sold out crowd of 3,849 in Frisco. Karl Sellan had two goals and an assist, including the game-winning goal and Brad Cooper had four points with a goal and three assists.
On Saturday, in Santa Fe, the Tornado won again 5-3 behind two goals and an assist from team captain Tom Train. Mike Salens and Justin Liut had a goal and an assist apiece.
Sunday, the Tornado completed the sweep of Santa Fe with a 2-1 shootout win. Rookie Ben Grotting had the only goal in regulation for the Tornado and Salens scored the game-winner in the shootout.
TORNADO RAISE $17,500 FOR CHARITY DURING HALLOWEEN JERSEY AUCTION
The Texas Tornado Foundation, paired with the Mike Modano Foundation raised $17,500 for children's charities this past Friday night as they held a jersey auction to sell their special Halloween jerseys worn during the Friday, October 29 game vs. Santa Fe. Mike Salens had the highest selling jersey, which went for $2,000. Also, over 700 cans of food were collected for the Tornado Canned Food Drive benefiting Frisco Family Services.
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