The Texas RoadRunners took two games of a three game set this past weekend in North Richmond Hills TX as they faced off against the Texas Brahmas at the NYTEX Sports Center.
Friday Final:
TX Roadrunners 2 @ TX Brahmas 0: The Texas Roadrunners took down the Texas Brahmas by a score of 2-0. It was a quiet game through 40 minutes as neither team was able to find the back of the net. Then at 13:21 the Roadrunners were able to get on the board with Matvey Ivanov getting the goal. The Roadrunners were able to add to their lead as Eitan Geralnik scored at 15:28 of the third period which would result in a 2-0 victory for the Roadrunners. Hunter Hein was perfect, stopping all 28 shots in recording his first shutout of the season, while Brendan Forden stopped 28 of 30 shots in the loss for the Brahmas.
Saturday Final:
TX RoadRunners 4 @ TX Brahmas 1 – The Texas Roadrunners defeated the Texas Brahmas by a score of 4-1. The Roadrunners were led by JT Brugaletta as he registered two points within the contest. Hunter Hein stood tall between the pipes for a second straight night stopping 26 of 27 shots to get the win, and Alexander Croy turned away 24 of 28 shots in the loss for the Bahamas.
Sunday Final:
TX RoadRunners 2 @ TX Brahmas 5 – The Brahmas salvaged one win in the three-game series against the RoadRunners as they won 5-2 on Sunday. Michael Imala scored twice in the win and Riley Gorman made 31 saves. The Brahmas jumped out to a 4-0 lead thanks to 1st period goals from Keegan McArthur and Joseph Crowley, a 2nd period goal from Imala, and a 3rd period goal from Benjamin Mondou. The RoadRunners tried to comeback with 3rd period goals from Jack Herron and Eitan Geralnik, but another goal from Imala secured the win. Nash Wilson took the loss in goal for the RoadRunners making 16 saves.
“I am okay with the outcome this weekend. Anytime you can get on the road and take two of three games it’s a decent showing but I don’t think we played to our full potential and that is something we have to straighten out if we are looking to be a team that sticks around in the post season.” States Head Coach Mike Beavis.
The Runners were without two defensemen this past weekend and had to jumble the line-up a bit to make up for the loss of the manpower on the back end. This week the team will be back at it during practice to prepare to host the New Mexico Ice Wolves in a three game homestand beginning Friday evening at 7:30PM at the “Spirit Ice Arena” in Bryan / College Station. Be sure to catch all the action live this week, Friday and Saturday at 7:30PM CST and Sunday @ 2:15 PM CST. All RoadRunners games are also broadcast live on HockeyTV.