The Silver Knights defeated the Tucson Roadrunners, 7-6, in overtime on Wednesday night in Tucson, AZ.
HOW IT WENT DOWN
At 3:14 of the opening frame, Raphael Lavoie gave Henderson an early 1-0 lead.
Shortly after, in the span of just under two-minutes, the Tucson Roadrunners scored four unanswered goals from Austin Poganski, Scott Perunovich, Cameron Hebig, and Ty Tullio to take a 4-1 lead. Jaycob Megna would cut into the lead, 4-2 at 8:11.
With three-and-a-half minutes to go in the first, Tucson’s Julian Lutz made it 5-2.
Only 11-seconds into the second, Lavoie scored his second of the game from Tanner Laczynski to make it 5-3. This was Laczynski’s 100th career AHL assist.
Near the midway point of the second, Matyas Sapovaliv scored a power play goal to bring the game within one goal, 5-4.
Trevor Connelly would then tie the game at 5-5. Less than 50-seconds later, Poganski would score his second of the contest and retake the lead for Tucson.
With 45-seconds left on the clock, Connelly scored from Alex Holtz and Kai Uchacz to send the game into overtime. 90-seconds into the overtime period, Lavoie would complete his hat trick and win the game, 7-6, for the Silver Knights.
