IceRays extend winning streak to 6 with win over RoadRunners

Brad Power had five points in a 6-2 win on Thursday night.

Topeka 2 @ Corpus Christi 6 - Forward Brad Power recorded a five-point night as the Corpus Christi IceRays cruised to a 6-2 win over the Topeka RoadRunners on Thursday night from the American Bank Center. The win ties a junior franchise record for consecutive wins with six.

The IceRays started hot in the first period and jumped out early with a trio of goals in the opening period. On their first power play of the night, IceRays forward Mason Krueger jammed home a rebound in front of the net at 7:27 to take a 1-0 lead. The top unit came in five-on-five and quickly tacked on two more in less than a minute span starting at 11:07 when Krueger found forward Josh Tripp open in the left circle for a one-time shot to double the lead, 2-0. At 11:43, IceRays forward Brad Power was led up the left wing and sniped a shot from the left circle to triple the lead at 3-0.

After an even showing in the first half of the second period, the IceRays added another to their unanswered stretch at 14:35 when forward David Thomson tapped in a loose puck re-directed in the slot by Power to move ahead 4-0. After a fight between IceRays forward Brendan Miller and RoadRunners forward Jeff Makowski, the RoadRunners broke the goose egg. At 17:39, forward Marshall Bowery tapped in a one-time shot to answer at 4-1.

The scoring continued into the third period at 6:58, and IceRays forward Nathan Bryer was fed on the back door by defenseman Logan Gestro across the zone to move the lead back to four, 5-1. Another RoadRunners answer came less than two minutes later thanks to defenseman Jake Rosenbaum from the right point at 8:31 to draw within three, 5-2. As the RoadRunners unraveled late, the first 5-on-3 power play goal of the season came for the IceRays at 14:07 from defenseman Cody Fleckenstein and a slap shot from the high slot, which closed the scoring at 6-2.

IceRays netminder Tomáš Vomácka earned the win, stopping 29 of 31 shots faced. RoadRunners goaltender Ryan Snowden picked up the loss, turning away eight of 11 shots in 11:43 minutes, while Ben Churchfield halted 19 of 22 shots in 48:16 minutes of relief.