Wranglers Polish Off RoadRunners 5-1 In Game One
Published on April 10, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
PHOENIX, Ariz. - The Las Vegas Wranglers used a four-goal second period to defeat the Phoenix RoadRunners 5-1 in Game 1 of the National Conference Quarterfinals before a crowd of 2,269 at US Airways Center. The RoadRunners will host the Wranglers in Game Two of the best-of-seven National Conference Quarterfinals at 7:11 p.m. Thursday at US Airways Center.
The two clubs traded power play goals in the first period. Las Vegas opened the scoring at 4:00 on the man-advantage when Marco Peluso beat RoadRunners goalie Cody Rudkowsky with a wrist shot to the upper right corner of the net for a 1-0 lead. Phoenix tied the score late in the period when Kris Hogg, in his first professional game, pounced on the loose puck in the slot and snapped it by Wranglers goalie Mike McKenna with 8.6 seconds remaining in the first on the power play to even things up at 1-1.
The Wranglers blew the game open in the second period with a pair of power play goals 21 seconds apart. Derek Edwardson scored on a wrist shot from the left-wing circle at 3:22 of the middle period on a two-man advantage. Aaron Power made it a 3-1 hockey game just 21 seconds later at 3:43 on the power play when he beat Rudkowsky with a one-time slap shot from the blue line. Shawn Limpright and Tyler Mosienko added to the score sheet at 12:54 and 17:13 of the second period respectively to give Las Vegas a 5-1 lead after two periods.
Neither team scored in the third period
Las Vegas out-shot Phoenix 50-29. Rudkowsky stopped 45 shots but took the loss to fall to 0-1 in the playoffs. The RoadRunners went 1-6 on the power play while Las Vegas was 3-7 on the man-advantage.
Notes: Las Vegas tied an ECHL playoff record with 23 shots on goal in the first period and set a club playoff record with 50 shots total...Center Olivier Latendresse opened the series on three day injured reserve...Nine RoadRunners made their professional playoff debuts Tuesday.
Phoenix hosts the Las Vegas Wranglers in Game Two of the best-of-seven National Conference Quarterfinals at 7:11 p.m. Thursday at US Airways Center. Catch all the action live on KMVP-860AM and www.phxroadrunners.com beginning with "RoadRunners Countdown" at 6:50 p.m.
Individual game tickets for the opening round of the 2007 ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs start as low as $7 and are now on sale 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 for the 2007-08 season of Phoenix RoadRunners Hockey are available by calling (602) 462-GOAL.
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