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Tucson Roadrunners Road Ahead: Horsing Around

Tucson Roadrunners Road Ahead: Horsing Around

Upcoming Games on Four-Game Homestand (All Times MST)

Tuesday, March 12, Tucson vs. Henderson, 6:30 p.m.  

Wednesday, March 13, Tucson vs. Henderson, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 16, Tucson vs. Texas, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 17, Tucson vs. Texas, 4:00 p.m.

Roadrunners Record Through 55 Games: 31-19-3-2 (67 points), third place in the Pacific Division, fourth place in the Western Conference.

Four-Game Home Stand:

The Roadrunners return home after their match in Coachella Valley Saturday for a four-game homestand versus the Henderson Silver Knights on Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 13 and following with a two-game series with the Texas Stars on Saturday, March 16 and Sunday, March 17. The Roadrunners are tied in the season series with Henderson at 3-3 but have snagged eight of 12 possible points versus the Vegas Golden Knights Affiliate having lost two of the three games past regulation. As for Texas, Tucson has not played the Stars since the beginning series of the season on October 13 and October 14 in Texas. The Roadrunners swept the series 2-0 in two one-goal games; marking what would be the Tucson way to win in intense one-goal games; which the team is 19-5-3-2 in this season. In addition, the Roadrunners are 7-2-1-0 versus Central Division opponents.

From Past To Present:

Through 55 games this season, the Roadrunners have seen contributing scoring from the depth of the team with seven different players with 10 goals or more. Josh Doan has led the way the entire season for the team and is currently at 22 goals, Milos Kelemen is second at 13, Aku Raty, Austin Poganski and Jan Jenik are tied at third with 12, John Leonard is fourth with 11 and Dylan Guenther who was called up to the Coyotes in January is fifth with 10. Other players including: Cameron Hebig (9), Victor Soderstrom (8) Nathan Smith (7) and Travis Barron (7) are all within three goals to cracking to double digit marks on the year. With that, many Tucson players are having improved seasons from last year. Milos Kelemen, who is in his second season, has 13 goals and 10 assists for 23 points in 40 games played; that is already just seven points away from his career high (30) which he had last season in 59 games played. Also, he is just two goals away from exceeding his high from last year which was 14. Austin Poganski played 70 games for the Western Conference Champions Coachella Valley Firebirds last season; notching eight goals and 20 assists for…

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