
Wranglers Stymie RoadRunners 5-3
February 5, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Phoenix RoadRunners News Release
PHOENIX, Ariz. - Tyler Mosienko broke a 3-3 tie with 10:14 remaining in regulation and Shawn Limpright tallied two goals and added an assist to propel the Las Vegas Wranglers to a 5-3 victory over the Phoenix RoadRunners before 2,083 at US Airways Center in ECHL action Tuesday.
Phoenix (16-25-6) jumped on the Wranglers early in the first period on the power play as Ryan Walsh curled out from behind the net and fed a beautiful pass across the slot to Reagan Rome who snapped it over the left shoulder of Las Vegas goalie Daniel Manzato at 12:36 for a 1-0 lead. The Wranglers (30-9-7) would tie the game at 1-1 after enjoying an extended 3:03 second power play. Brad Cole's shot from the blue line deflected off a RoadRunners' skate and deflected to Marco Peluso who slapped it by a sprawling RoadRunners goalie Dave McKee at 17:44 on the man-advantage.
The RoadRunners would come out strong in the second period as they proceeded to build a 3-1 advantage. Rome notched his second goal of the game when his long shot from the blue line beat a screened Manzato at 6:22 on a two-man advantage power play. Brian Nathe stretched the margin to two goals beating Manzato with another long shot, this time from the left point at 10:28. Las Vegas promptly responded with a pair of power play goals. Aaron Power finished a cross-ice feed from Brandon Kaleniecki at 12:42 and Limpright tied the contest at 3-3 when he tipped Adam Cracknell's shot over McKee's left shoulder at 15:20.
The score would remain tied until the 9:46 mark when Mosienko moved through two RoadRunners defensemen and flipped a backhand shot over McKee and into the net to give Las Vegas their first lead of the night at 4-3. Limpright sealed the victory with an empty-net goal at 19:25.
Phoenix and Las Vegas each had 33 shots on goal. McKee stopped 28 shots but fell to 4-8-3 on the year. The RoadRunners went 2-7 on the power play while Las Vegas was 3-8 with the man-advantage.
Notes: Rome enjoyed his first multi-goal game of the season...Nathe's goal and Peluso's goal were also firsts of the year as well...Limpright set the Wranglers' new all-time scoring record with his assist on Power's power play goal in the second period. Limpright now has 122 points in a Las Vegas uniform...The RoadRunners fell to 12-6-3 when scoring the first goal.
The RoadRunners conclude their five-game home-stand at 7:11 p.m. Thursday as they finish a two-game series with the Las Vegas Wranglers at US Airways Center.
Great seats are still available beginning as low as $8 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (480) 784-4444, purchasing online at ticketmaster.com or visiting the US Airways Center Box Office. 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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