{"id":500694,"date":"2026-10-19T03:36:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T03:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/500694\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T03:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T03:36:25","slug":"roadrunners-split-with-san-diego-but-earn-point-with-overtime-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/500694\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadrunners split with San Diego but earn point with overtime loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Tucson Roadrunners\u2019 three-game winning streak ended Saturday night but they rallied to extend their points streak.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tucson (3-2-1-0) lost in overtime 3-2 to the San Diego Gulls (3-3-1-0) to settle for a split in the series. However, with the tie after regulation, the Roadrunners extended their streak of games with at least a point to four.<\/p>\n

Tucson rallied twice but lost in overtime when San Diego forward Nico Myatovic scored his fourth goal of the season and second of the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was the Roadrunners\u2019 first overtime of the season.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u201cI think they played a little bit more with an edge, the edge I don\u2019t think their team thought they had the night before,\u201d said Tucson head coach Steve Potvin. \u201cI think we didn\u2019t capitalize in some pretty good opportunities, we were alone with the goalie, I think three times, we weren\u2019t able to make hay on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, that\u2019s how the game goes, I think you have to develop a certain psychology in this game where you\u2019ve got to have a real strong resilience of it, you\u2019re able to pour emotion forward and felt like our emotion (Saturday) night pushed us backwards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, the Roadrunners earned three of the four possible points in the two-game series. As of Sunday morning, Tucson sits in third in the Pacific Division with seven points, the 13th most in the 32-team league and sixth best in the Western Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The AHL awards two points for wins, one point for overtime or shootout losses and no points for regulation losses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they\u2019re starting to understand the level of intensity that they need behind their structure and even the mindset to follow it,\u201d Potvin said about the streak. \u201cYou wear one jersey and have the structure all in common so using that as our guiding point is important. I think they understand that we\u2019re going to be able to build speed from it and we\u2019re going to be able to play some shut down minutes and being able to break the opponent but you have to be able to commit to it and understand it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Roadrunners forward Kevin Rooney surveys the ice during Tucson\u2019s 3-2 loss to the San Diego Gulls on Saturday. Photo Courtesy Tucson Roadrunners<\/p>\n

San Diego opened the scoring a minute and 13 seconds into the game with a goal from Myatovic. The Gulls were shut out on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Defenseman Tomas Lavoie scored the equalizer just before the first intermission. Defenseman Gregor Biber and forward Austin Poganski were credited with assists.<\/p>\n

Lavoie said the transition to the AHL has gone pretty well for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHad a great camp back in Utah, had a great couple of practices before I seen the start here,\u201d the rookie said. \u201cSo I was ready for it and I adjusted pretty well, I think and I love the way I played and the team played.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Gulls took the lead back with 13:26 left in the second period with a goal from forward Matthew Phillips.<\/p>\n

With 11:28 left, forward Yegor Borikov tied it up for Tucson on a power play with assists from forwards Ben McCartney and Tij Iginla.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tucson goalie Jaxson Stauber (1-1-1) made 24 saves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last season, the Roadrunners played in 23 overtime games, the third most in the league, going 13-0-10. Tucson tailed a franchise-record 11 OT wins, the second most in the league and 13 wins in overtime or shootouts, tied for the most in the AHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tucson won the series opener 3-0 on Friday night as goalie Michael Hrabal recorded his first professional shut out. Forwards McCartney, Cameron Hebig and Brandon Tanev scored the goals for the Roadrunners.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hrabal\u2019s shut out came in his eighth professional start (the rookie played a few games for Tucson last year after the college season). He made 31 saves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The AHL awarded Hrabal the league\u2019s first star of the night award.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Roadrunners rookie goalie Michael Hrabal recorded his first profession shutout in Tucson\u2019s 3-0 win over the San Diego Gulls on Friday. The UMass product earned the AHL\u2019s first star award for his effort. Photo Courtesy Tucson Roadrunners<\/p>\n

Hrabal (2-1) has a 2.05 goals against average and a .931 save percentage this season. Last year in five games after he left UMass, he had a 2.96 GAA an .897 save percentage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great, it\u2019s great, it\u2019s awesome; we had pretty good goaltending from the start of the season from both players,\u201d Potvin said about his shut out. \u201cGreat to see him get his shut out, it\u2019s well deserved, it\u2019s well earned, I thought he made some pretty spectacular saves in key, critical moments and they found themselves alone with him a couple times, so it was great to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Up next for the Roadrunners is a five-game road trip to Henderson (Nev.), Coachella Valley (Thousand Palms, Calif.), and Ontario (Calif.), starting on Friday. Tucson\u2019s next home game is Nov. 6 when the Coachella Valley (Seattle Kraken affiliate) come to town.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After opening the season 0-2 at home, Tucson went on a road trip to San Jose, had time to do team bonding exercises and since then they haven\u2019t lost a game in regulation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lavoie said the Roadrunners have great chemistry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was great, I mean we that there a little early so, we had time to bond together\u2026as a team,\u201d Lavoie said about the San Jose trip.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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