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Game #2: Tucson at Bakersfield
By: Alex Kinkopf
October 14, 2017 3:18 PM

TUCSON ROADRUNNERS 4, BAKERSFIELD CONDORS 0
FINAL | 0:00 Remaining
Tucson (0-1-0-0) at Bakersfield (1-1-0-0)
Saturday, October 14, 2017, 7:00 p.m. PST
Rabobank Arena, Bakersfield, California
Updates: @RoadrunnersAHL | @Condors
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Stats/Scoring
SOG - TUC 24; BAK 22
PP – TUC 2/5; BAK 0/3
FIRST PERIOD:
No Scoring
SECOND PERIOD:
1) TUC - Mike Sislo (1) (Nick Merkley, Dylan Strome) 0:47
2) TUC PPG - Ryan MacInnis (1) (Dylan Strome) 5:47
THIRD PERIOD:
3) TUC PPG - Nick Merkley (1) 10:23
4) TUC - Tyler Gaudet (1) (Kyle Capobianco) 11:16
Roadrunners Lineup
FORWARDS
MIKE SISLO (9) - DYLAN STROME (91) - NICK MERKLEY (38)
JENS LOOKE (24) - TYLER GAUDET (10) - CONOR GARLAND (8)
MICHAEL BUNTING (27) - RYAN MACINNIS (72) - MICHAEL LATTA (46)
ZAC LARRAZA (16) - TREVOR CHEEK (39) - SCOTT ALLEN (29)
DEFENSEMEN
DAKOTA MERMIS (43) - ANDREW CAMPBELL (2)
JOEL HANLEY (44) - DYSIN MAYO (37)
KYLE CAPOBIANCO (23) - KYLE WOOD (3)
GOALTENDERS
ADIN HILL (33)
HUNTER MISKA (35)
Notes
Pregame:
- Dylan Strome will make his American Hockey League debut centering a first line with Mike Sislo and Nick Merkley.
- Michael Latta, lifted from suspension restrictions, will make his Roadrunners debut on the third line with Michael Bunting and Ryan MacInnis.
- Scott Allen, skating on the fourth line, returns to Bakersfield tonight, where he accumulated 19 points (8G, 11A) in 57 games with Condors last season.
- Adin Hill leads the team onto the ice for warm-ups and will start in goal. Hill is 2-0-1 in three career starts at Rabobank Arena.
First Period:
- Mike Sislo (LW), Dylan Strome (C), Nick Merkley (RW), Dakota Mermis (D), and Andrew Campbell (D) are tonight's starters for the Roadrunners.
- Roadrunners outshot 11-6 during the first period; started with a 5-1 lead in the shot department.
- Both teams go 0-for-1 on power play opportunities.
Second Period:
- Mike Sislo opens the scoring 47 seconds into the period.
- Ryan MacInnis, five minutes later, gives the Roadrunners a 2-0 lead.
- Adin Hill stops all seven shots faced.
Third Period:
- Nick Merkley gives the Roadrunners a 3-0 lead with 9:37 left in regulation.
- Tyler Gaudet buries the Roadrunners' final goal of the evening with 8:44 left to play.
- Adin Hill stops all four shots faced in the third to secure his second-career shutout.
Highlights
- Mike Sislo enters the zone, spins and shoots to bury the first goal of the evening 47 seconds into the second period.
- Ryan MacInnis jams home a loose puck in front of Bakersfield's net to give the Roadrunners a 2-0 lead.
- Nick Merkley chips home the Roadrunners' third goal of the evening.
- Tyler Gaudet buries a slap-shot to give the Roadrunners a 4-0 lead.
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