Tucson, Arizona – The Tucson Roadrunners took down the Henderson Silver Knights 3-2 in front of a crowd of 5,071 on Saturday in the first matchup of a two-game weekend series from the Tucson Arena. The Roadrunners led for the final 35 minutes of regulation after Ben McCartney scored a go-ahead power-play goal exactly five minutes into the second. Defenseman Vlad Kolyachonok notched a pair of assists for his first multi-point outing of the season, while goaltender Ivan Prosvetov stopped 23 of 25 shots faced for his third win on the year against Henderson. Tucson and the Silver Knights will clash Sunday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. to wrap up the two-game weekend set, as the Roadrunners will look for their sixth-straight win on home ice.

The Tucson Roadrunners reach the 50-game mark in their 72-game regular season schedule Wednesday night with the eighth and final meeting on the year against the Coachella Valley Firebirds. The contest from the Acrisure Arena represents the second game of a back-to-back for Tucson after they faced off with the Gulls in San Diego Tuesday night,

The Tucson Roadrunners closed out the weekend series against the Canucks with a 4-1 loss Saturday night on the road at the Abbotsford Centre. After falling behind 2-0 in the first 8:04 of the contest, Tucson drew four of the following five trips to the power-play and recorded 18 of the next 28 shots on goal as they clawed to within one goal of the Canucks heading into the third period.

The Tucson Roadrunners take on the Abbotsford Canucks on Friday in British Columbia for the first of two games with the AHL affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks.