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TONIGHT’S GAME – The Colorado Eagles take on the Tucson Roadrunners today for the 10th time this season and for the sixth time at the Budweiser Events Center.
THE SEASON SERIES – The Eagles lead the season series with a record of 7-2-0-0 with Colorado going 4-1-0 against the Roadrunners at the Budweiser Events Center.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES – This is the 10th meeting between Colorado and Tucson, as the two clubs are set to meet 12 times during the 2018-19 regular season.
EAGLES’ LAST GAME (3/2) – Colorado goaltender Pavel Francouz stopped 43 of the 45 shots he faced to earn his 20th win of the season, while defenseman David Warsofsky buried the game-winner with 12 seconds remaining in overtime, as the Eagles defeated the Tucson Roadrunners 3-2 on Saturday. The victory now propels Colorado past the Roadrunners for fourth place in the Pacific Division with 15 games remaining for the Eagles.
ROADRUNNERS’ LAST GAME (3/2) – Same as above
LAST MEETING (3/2) – Same as above
UP NEXT FOR THE EAGLES –Colorado travels to San Diego to face the San Diego Gulls on Friday, March 8th at 8:00pm MT.
UP NEXT FOR THE ROADRUNNERS – Tucson returns home to host the Ontario Reign on Friday, March 8th.
**Tune in to 96.9 in the arena to listen to the “Voice of the Eagles” Kevin McGlue’s live play-by-play!
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THE MATCHUP- The Eagles are 7-2-0 against Tucson this COLORADO EAGLES season, including a 4-1-0 mark against the Roadrunners at the PP: 16.3% (24th) Budweiser Events Center. Andrew Agozzino leads Colorado PK: 82.9% (6th) with five goals and seven assists in those eight meetings, while goaltender Spencer Martin is 3-0-0 against the Rampage Recent Transactions: with a 1.62 GAA and a .951 save-percentage. N/A
PLAYING ROUGH- Colorado posted 44 penalty minutes in the TUCSON ROADRUNNERS th team’s 6-0 victory over San Antonio on Wednesday and 19 PP: 16.3% (24 ) st PIM’s in the team’s 3-2 overtime win last night. The Eagles PK: 80.0% (21 ) now sit atop the AHL with an average of 17 PIM’s per contest. Defenseman Mason Geertsen leads Colorado and sits third in the league with 119 penalty minutes, while forward Kale Kessy has notched 52 PIM’s in his first five games in an Eagles sweater, including seven penalty minutes in last night’s contest.
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