Tucson trails 4-0 early but rallies to tie game before losing late.
By Brett Fera Arizona Daily Star Up against a monumental early deficit Saturday night, the Tucson Roadrunners played the rest of the way like their season depended on it.Trailing the visiting Colorado Eagles by four goals just eight minutes into Saturday’s contest in Tucson Arena, the Roadrunners chipped away, tying the game at 4-4 after two periods, and again at 5-5 with barely three minutes to play in regulation.
“We had a face off in our zone, 37 seconds left. And somehow before it’s all over, it’s in the back of our net,” Varady added. “Joe played really well. He kept us in it. He played pretty exceptional. I mean, huge saves out there to keep us in it,” said Tucson forward Ben McCartney, who would record his second hat trick of the season Saturday.Still within the first half of the opening period, McCartney scored for Tucson just two minutes after Bowers to cut the deficit to 4-1.
Jenik and fellow Roadrunner Terry Broadhurst finished with three assists each, while a Fasching assist on McCartney’s third goal gave the Roadrunners’ captain a two-point night. Victory Soderstrom, Ty Emberson and Blake Speers each had an assist for Tucson. On Saturday, though, barely a minute of real time before the Tucson Arena crowed of more than 5,000 rained their caps down on the ice following McCartney’s third goal, the Ontario Reign defeated the San Diego Gulls for the third time in four days, this time by a score of 5-2. San Diego entered the night in seventh place in the AHL’s Pacific Division, with Tucson in eighth and holding onto postseason hopes by barely a thread.
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