TUCSON, Ariz. – Career nights from Matthew Phillips and Tyler Parsons helped the Heat erase a third-period deficit in a come-from-behind 3-2 win Saturday night at Tucson.
Phillips had a hand in all three Stockton goa
ls, scoring the first two and registering an assist on Buddy Robinson’s game-winner.
Parsons was rock solid throughout the game, turning away 39 of 41 shots faced against a relentless Tucson attack.
The Roadrunners jumped out to a 2-0 lead through the game’s first 27 minutes until Phillips turned the tide with a breakaway goal at 11:49 of the second period.
Down by a score heading into the third, Phillips found the back of the net after just eight seconds of play to draw even, then he and Curtis Lazar notched assists on Robinson’s game-winner two-and-a-half minutes later.
Parsons came up big time and time again after the Heat gained the advantage, stopping all 16 shots he saw in the game’s final 20 minutes.
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