TUCSON, AZ (Dec. 30, 2016) – A two-goal game from Troy Bourke vaulted the San Antonio Rampage (14-15-2-
0) over the Tucson Roadrunners (15-7-3-0) 5-2 Friday night at the Tucson Convention Center Arena.
Forward Jim O’Brien’s second-period goal was his third in as many games, earning him the longest active goal streak for any Rampage player this season. Bourke collected the game-winning goal to cap off a two-goal night for the first time in his AHL career, earning him the First Star of the Game. Spencer Martin finished the game stopping 19-of-21 Roadrunner shots on goal, earning him the Second Star of the Game.
Despite outshooting the Roadrunners 11-2 in the first, San Antonio did not open the scoring until early in the second period when Bourke capitalized on pass from Garry Nunn at the 3:05 mark. The Rampage extended their lead to two just 51 seconds later when O’Brien collected his fifth goal of the season off of a pass from Joe Whitney 3:56 into the stanza. Tucson narrowed the lead midway through the period when Mark Olver netted a pass from Kevin Connauton at 7:03. Bourke would tallied his second of the night when Anton Lindholm provided a helper at 8:33.
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