Tucson, Arizona – The Tucson Roadrunners took down the first-place Calgary Wranglers Saturday night with a 3-2 shootout victory in front of a crowd of 5,593 fans on hand at the Tucson Arena. The victory capped off a First Responders Day Doubleheader that saw the Tucson Police and Tucson Fire Departments square off prior to the Roadrunners comeback victory over Calgary, with Tucson Fire winning by a score of 4-3. The Roadrunners also wore Specialty First Responders Jerseys in the win that were featured in a live postgame jersey auction, with nearly $35,000 in proceeds raised to benefit Roadrunners Community Efforts. Forwards Hudson Elynuik and Colin Theisen lit the lamp in a two-goal second period for Tucson, before Adam Cracknell and Nathan Smith were each successful in the shootout to secure the victory on their home ice. Tyler Parks earned his first shootout win of the season with the Roadrunners by stopping two of Calgary’s three total attempts along with 24 saves in regulation and overtime.

The Tucson Roadrunners open a four-game home stand Friday night at 7:00 p.m. MST with the first of two matchups against the Calgary Wranglers.

The Tucson Roadrunners defeated the Milwaukee Admirals 3-2 on Friday night from the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena to improve to 4-1-2-0 over their last seven games. Roadrunners forward Mike Carcone highlighted the series opener by setting a Tucson franchise record for points in a season (68) with a pair of assists.

The Tucson Roadrunners host the San Diego Gulls at the Tucson Arena Saturday night in the second matchup of a two-game weekend set.