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Tucson Opens Homestand With 3–1 Victory Against Colorado

November 22, 2025

Roadrunners Recap: 11/22/2025

Game #15: Tucson Roadrunners (3) vs Colorado Eagles (1)

SOG: TUC (30) – COL (22)

PP: TUC (0/3) – COL (0/1)

COLORADO SCORING: Ivan Ivan (2)
TUCSON SCORING: Julian Lutz (2), Michal Kunc (2), Ben McCartney (5) EN

Tucson, AZ – Tucson, AZ –  The Tucson Roadrunners (7-6-2-0) opened their five-game homestand with a 3–1 win over the division-leading Colorado Eagles (12-4-0-1) on Saturday night at Tucson Arena. Jaxson Stauber stopped 21 shots to earn his second straight victory.

Julian Lutz put Tucson on the board just 2:58 into the first period before Colorado answered quickly with a goal from Ivan Ivan. Michal Kunc restored the lead at 17:35 with a rebound finish on a two-on-one rush, which stood as the game-winner. Ben McCartney added an empty-netter in the final minute to secure the win and collect his fifth of the season.

In addition to the trio of goal scorers, five other Roadrunners recorded points. Ryan McGregor and Montana Onyebuchi each tallied their first assists of the year, while Owen Allard and Ty Tullio added their second. Cameron Hebig picked up his sixth assist.

With the victory, Tucson has won consecutive games for the first time this season. Since dropping the series opener in Colorado last weekend, the Roadrunners have outscored the Eagles 6–1 over their last two matchups.

NOTABLES

  • Cameron Hebig is now one game shy of 400 AHL games played and two assists shy of 100 career AHL assists.
  • Ryan McGregor’s assist marked the 70th of his AHL career.
  • The Roadrunners’ lone penalty on Saturday was a season low.
  • Both of Julian Lutz’s goals this season have come in the first period and been the game-opening goal.
  • Owen Allard recorded a point in his second-straight game for the first time this season and has three points (1g, 2a) in that span.
  • Montana Onyebuchi played in his first game since Oct. 19 and tallied his first point of the season with his assist. He is now one game shy of 200 career AHL games.
  • Michal Kunc’s goal marked his first game-winning goal of the season.
  • Jaxson Stauber has stopped 53 of 54 shots during his current two-game winning streak (both against Colorado). He is now 3-0 as a Roadrunner against the Eagles dating back to last season.
  • Roadrunners improved their record to 5-0-0-0 when leading after two periods and 3-1-1-0  when leading after the first period.
  • The Roadrunners were whistled for just one penalty on Saturday– a season low.
Roadrunners forward Michal Kunc scores his second career goal, which also became his first AHL game-winning goal. (Kate Dibildox / Tucson Roadrunners)

THE RUNDOWN

FIRST PERIOD

The Roadrunners came out flying and opened the scoring just 2:58 into the game when forward Julian Lutz deked to his backhand and slipped the puck under the left arm of Colorado goaltender Trent Miner to take a 1–0 lead.

It didn’t last long though, as Colorado answered less than two minutes later. A seeing-eye shot from Neil Shea created a rebound that Ivan Ivan cleaned up at 5:01 to tie the game at 1–1.

Stauber shook off the early goal and kept things level with a pair of key stops throughout the period. He turned aside Tye Felhaber’s quick shot at 6:50 and slid across his crease to deny Jack Ahcan with eight minutes remaining.

Out of the penalty box, rookie Owen Allard nearly put Tucson back in front, beating the Eagles defense for a breakaway, but his shot rang off the crossbar.

Allard’s grade-A chance gave Roadrunners momentum and Tucson regained the lead late in the frame, as Michal Kunc finished his own rebound on a 2-on-1 with 2:25 left to make it 2–1, and Tucson took it’s one-goal lead into intermission.

SECOND PERIOD

Stauber picked up right where he left off to start the second and turned aside an early point-blank chance from Ahcan to preserve Tucson’s one-goal advantage. The Eagles pushed back with extended pressure in the Roadrunners’ zone, but Stauber answered a pair of looks from defenseman Bryan Yoon—gloving one cleanly at 3:21 to keep it 2–1.

Stauber delivered his biggest stop of the frame midway through the period, shutting down Ivan’s breakaway with a left-pad save at 10:19. Tucson nearly doubled its lead moments later when defenseman Maveric Lamoureux fired a heavy point shot that pinballed through traffic and caught the left post at 12:04, but Colorado goaltender Trent Miner was able to track the redirection and keep it out.

Tucson outshot Colorado for the second straight period and carried its 2–1 lead into the third.

THIRD PERIOD

Tucson opened the third period with continued pressure, highlighted by a point-blank chance from Andrew Agozzino that Colorado goaltender Trent Miner snared with his right glove in the opening minutes. The Roadrunners were handed a golden opportunity to extend their lead on a power play shortly after but were unable to generate a quality scoring chance.

At 10:25, Sammy Walker broke free for one of Tucson’s best looks of the frame, but Miner kicked out the attempt with his right pad before covering during a net-front scramble. Colorado pressed hard in the final minutes in search of the equalizer, but a forced turnover by Cameron Hebig in the neutral zone set up Ben McCartney to bury an empty-netter and put the game out of reach.

Tucson closed out a 3–1 victory to open the weekend series.

UP NEXT

The Roadrunners will look to complete the sweep against the Eagles on Sunday at Tucson Arena. Puck drop is set for 4 p.m. AZT. Fans can listen live on Tejano 1600 AM and the iHeartRadio app and watch on AHLtv on FloHockey.

Tickets for both games are available here.

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