The Texas Roadrunners have extended their win streak to six games as they swept the Carolina Rage this past weekend at home. The team has jumped out to an early lead in the NA3HL and moved to 6-0-0 with five players in the top five of scoring in the league along with three of the top ten goaltenders in the early going.
Friday Score:
Carloina 1 @ Texas R 10 – The Carolina Rage were unable to keep up in their inaugural game against the undefeated Texas Roadrunners who entered this game 3-0 after last weekend’s games. A dominant offensive performance from the Roadrunners first line and a shutdown defensive performance allowed them to run away with this game early. The Roadrunners wasted no time, with the first line of Joseph Izzo, Wyatt Mineheine, and Lucas Dyer connecting for five goals in the 1st period. A quick power play goal from William Heskett gave the Roadrunners a 6-0 lead at the beginning of the 2nd period. Demitrios Camen would light the lamp for the first goal in Carolina Rage history which would be the last goal scored by either side for the frame. Despite the slight glimpse of a comeback for Carolina, the Roadrunners would barrel through the 3rd period with two goals from Joseph Izzo, one from Wyatt Mineheine and another from Lucas Dyer. The stars of the show can be found from none other than the Roadrunners first forward unit in Joseph Izzo, Wyatt Mineheine and Lucas Dyer. Izzo grabbed a hat trick and three assists, Mineheine with two goals and four assists, and Dyer would light the lamp three times to get a hat trick of his own with another two assists. It was lights out when these three were on the ice, which is no surprise considering their clear possession of the top three point scorers in the NA3HL thus far.
Saturday Score:
Carolina 0 @ Texas R 12 – The RoadRunners came in on a four-game winning streak and were looking to extend, while Carolina lost their only game of the season so far. In the first period, the first goal came on the power play for the RoadRunners with William Heskett scoring at 15:02. The second goal for Texas came two minutes later with Forward Lucas Dyer netting one. Dyer scored his second of the period on a power play at 7:34, five and a half minutes after his first goal. Heskett proceeded to score his second of the period at 1:20 on a five-on-three, and later completed a hat trick with 16 seconds remaining in the period to give the RoadRunners a 5-0 lead by the end of the first. In the second period, Texas Forward Michael Garrett scored an unassisted goal at 18:45. Garrett proceeded to score again at 8:58. The second period closed out with a goal by RoadRunners’ Forward Wyatt Mineheine at 5:36 to extend the RoadRunners’ lead to 8-0. In the third period, Carolina was unable to provide an answer to the RoadRunners’ offense. RoadRunners’ forward Ronin Draffan scored at 14:34. He was soon followed by Mineheine scoring his second of the game at 13:12. Dyer completed his hat trick on a power play goal at 12:04. Heskett scored his fourth of the game at 8:50 to give the RoadRunners a resounding victory of 12-0 and extend their win streak to five games. Calum Hartner started between the pipes for the RoadRunners and made 13 stops in the victory.
Sunday Score:
Carolina 0 @ Texas R 11 – The Carolina Rage were looking to redeem themselves from Saturday’s 12-0 loss. But in today’s match up the Roadrunners were again just too much for the visitors from Carolina.
In the first period, the scoring opened quickly for the RoadRunners with the first goal coming from Forward Wyatt Mineheine at 18:48. Mineheine netted his second goal three minutes later. Defenseman Nathan Pickett extended the RoadRunners’ lead to 3-0 at 13:34. At 11:06, RoadRunners Forward Lucas Dyer scored an unassisted shorthanded goal. With two and a half minutes remaining in the first, Forward Joseph Izzo extended the RoadRunners’ lead to 5-0 at the end of the period. In the second period, Dyer scored his second of the game at 13:43. RoadRunners’ Forward William Heskett scored his first of the game at 11:47, which gave the RoadRunners the advantage of 7-0 by the end of the second period. In the third period, Dyer completed his hat trick 14 seconds into the period. RoadRunners’ Forward Jayden Hitt scored an unassisted goal at 10:17. At 9:16, Mineheine completed his hat trick on the power play. Mineheine proceeded to close out the game with his fourth goal of the game at 2:26 to extend the RoadRunners’ win streak to six games. Brenden Patterson started the game for the RoadRunners and achieved a shutout with 19 stops. Austin Enslin started the game for Carolina, but Derek Strong finished the game after swapping with Enslin at 3:01 in the first period.
The Roadrunners will look to stay on track this week as they will take on the Texas Brahmas at home on Wednesday September 17th at 2:45 PM. The Runners stand at 6-0-0 in the Southeast division while the Brahmas will open on the road against the Runners. Be sure to catch all the action live at Spirit Ice Arena in College Station, TX. Or as always on NAHLTV.com