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Larimer and Weld counties, Colorado

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Colorado Eagles beat Tucson Roadrunners 2-0 as Ilya Nabokov makes 32 saves

·Loveland·Larimer County

Nikita Prishchepov broke a scoreless tie in the second period, and Jake Wise added another goal at 12:16. Tucson put 11 shots on goal in the third but could not get on the board.

The Colorado Eagles scored twice in the second period and beat the Tucson Roadrunners 2-0 on Saturday at Tucson Convention Center Arena in Tucson. Nikita Prishchepov broke a scoreless tie, Jake Wise extended the lead, and Ilya Nabokov finished with a shutout.

The opening period ended 0-0 after each team had a power-play chance. The Roadrunners had another chance with the extra skater in the second when Yanick Turcotte was called for interference, but they did not score. Prishchepov then scored unassisted at 9:20 of the second period, putting the Eagles ahead 1-0.

Wise scored at 12:16 of the second to make it 2-0, and Colorado carried that lead into the third. Colorado's goals were the only shots to get past Tucson goaltender Michael Hrabal, who stopped 18 of 20 shots. Tucson put 11 shots on goal in the final period, but none got past Nabokov. Still looking for its first goal, Tucson got another power play when Tristen Nielsen was called for slashing.

The Roadrunners did not score on that advantage. Colorado also had a third-period chance with the extra skater after Cameron Hebig's tripping penalty, but neither team scored again. Nabokov finished with 32 saves on 32 shots, completing the shutout as Colorado's second-period goals remained the only scores.

Final
Team123T
Colorado Eagles0202
Tucson Roadrunners0000

ScoringScore after each, COL-TUC

  1. 2nd 9:20Nikita Prishchepov, unassisted (GWG)1-0
  2. 2nd 12:16Jake Wise, assisted by Gustav Stjernberg and Yanick Turcotte2-0

Shots on goal

Team1st2nd3rdT
Colorado Eagles96520
Tucson Roadrunners11101132

Goaltenders

  • Michael Hrabal, 18 saves on 20 shots
  • Ilya Nabokov, 32 saves on 32 shots
Penalties 9
  1. 1st 1:05Fabian Lysell, Hooking, 2 minutes
  2. 1st 4:10Kevin Rooney, Hooking, 2 minutes
  3. 2nd 3:12Ben McCartney, Holding, 2 minutes
  4. 2nd 6:49Yanick Turcotte, Interference, 2 minutes
  5. 2nd 19:40Gregor Biber, Holding, 2 minutes
  6. 3rd 9:01Tristen Nielsen, Slashing, 2 minutes
  7. 3rd 10:48Cameron Hebig, Tripping, 2 minutes
  8. 3rd 16:30Brandon Tanev, Slashing, 2 minutes
  9. 3rd 16:30Gustav Stjernberg, Roughing, 2 minutes

Tucson Convention Center Arena, Tucson, AZ. Attendance 4,154.

Every score that day

Play-by-play as the American Hockey League publishes it. Clock times are time elapsed in the period.