April 23, 2021
TUCSON, AZ. – Colorado strikers Jean-Luc Foudy and Alex Newhook each scored one goal, but a second two-goal period would give Tucson the game-winning goal as the Roadrunners beat the Eagles 3-2 on Friday. Hunter Miska suffered the net loss, allowing three goals out of 31 shots. Special teams turned out to be a bright spot for Colorado as the penalty shoot-out went perfectly 4-4 while the power play ended the night 2-1.
Scoring would begin at the start of the competition, when Tucson striker Nate Sucese cuts the left circle before shooting a shot into the net to give the roadrunners a 1-0 lead of just 3:31 in the first half procure.
Colorado would generate a quick response when Foudy shot past two Tucson defenders in the middle of the ice and a backhand player overtook Roadrunners’ goalkeeper Ivan Prosvetov to end the game 1-1. Tucson would leave the Eagles 11-10 in the period, and the two teams would go to the first break, with the game still tied 1-1.
The Roadrunners would jump back to the top in the opening minutes of the second half when striker Tyler Steenbergen buried a wrister out of the high slot and put Tucson back in the driver’s seat 2-1 at 2:36 in the middle frame.
A power play later in the period would get Newhook to light the lamp with a wrister from the left circle and end the game 2-2, with 10:40 left in the second period.
Roadrunner striker Michael Carcone would give his team the lead again when he fired a shot from the top of the left circle, looking into the net from Miska’s glove. The goal was Carcone’s team leader 12th of the season and gave the Roadrunners a 3-2 lead on August 15th.
Colorado, who fell 3-2 at the start of the final 20 minutes of regulation, would take 10 shots into the net during that period, but a late power play would be empty and Tucson would hold the 3-2 win. Prosvetov took the win on the net, stopping 33 of the 35 shots he faced in the competition.
Colorado will be back in action when the Eagles battle the Tucson Roadrunners at the Tucson Convention Center Arena on Sunday, April 25th at 2:00 p.m. EST. Fans can watch every game this season live on The Home of the Colorado Eagles, 92.9 The Bear or on AHLTV.
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