Tucson Roadrunners Weekly

The voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly recap the first half of the season for Tucson and preview the upcoming six-game homestand as the team returns to the Tucson Arena. 

Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly recap Tucson's first three games of the five-game road trip talking about Sokolov heating up, the strong goaltending and the AHL All-Star selection and NHL callup of Josh Doan. They also hear from Egor Sokolov and discuss the reassigment of Defenseman Maveric Lamoureaux to the Roadrunners before the big two-game midwee...

Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly recaped Tucson's two game series in Texas as the team heads to SoCal to face the San Diego Gulls and Coachella Valley Firebirds. They discuss Cameron Hebig's career weekend with his first ever hat trick and how big this trip is for the Roadrunners within the standings. They also hear from defenseman Peter DiLiberatore...

Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Jelly recap Tucson's weekend series versus the Colorado Eagles as the team now heads into Texas to start a seven-game stretch away from the Tucson Arena. They hear from Head Coach Steve Potvin, Forward Cameron Hebig and Defenseman Montana Onyebuchi as the team gears for the 2025 calendar year. 

Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly get together for a quick recap of Tucson's six-game winning streak and its series versus the Abbotsford Canucks before the Christmas Break. They also look into the standings, who's leading the scoring of December and the teams' upcoming series versus the Colorado Eagles.

Oice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly recapped Tucson's sweep over the Henderson Silver Knights: including the 2024-25 Teddy Bear Toss. They review Captain Austin Poganski's Teddy Bear Toss goal that Johnny predicted and hear from Poganski, Artem Duda, Matthew Villalta, Andrew Agozzino and Steve Potvin. They preview the next two games of the homestand befor...

Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly recaped Tucson's two-game series in Calgary while also hearing from Forward Egor Sokolov. Johnny also previews the fun Holiday week for the Roadrunners as well as Tucson's crazy schedule to begin 2025. They also review the Utah Hockey Club's recent success as they gear for Teddy Bear Toss. 

Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly recap Tucson's stretch of 5-1-0-0 in the last six games. They discuss the recent play of Kailer Yamamoto, Austin Poganski and the rest of the Roadrunners: while hearing from Goaltender Matthew Villalta in an interview with Johnny. 

"Voice of The Roadrunners" Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly recap Tucson's impressive two-game sweep over the Calgary Wranglers as the team continues its four-game homestand. They hear interviews from Goaltender Matthew Villalta, Captain Austin Poganski and Head Coach Steve Potvin. Johnny also plays this week's edition of "Hey I Have A Question" from Brad Koerner as he asks C...

On this week's Insider Podcast, Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Star's James kelly recap Tucson's three-game road trip and look ahead to the big four-game homestand versus the Calgary Wranglers and Coachella Valley Firebirds. They hear from Forward Kailer Yamamoto, Goaltender Jaxson Stauber and Head Coach Steve Potvin after Saturday's 2-1 victory and take a take a peak at th...

On this week's Insider Podcast, Voice of the Roadunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly recap Tucson's weekend series versis the San Diego Gulls: hearing from Head Coach Steve Potvin, Forward Andrew Agozzino and Rookie Forward Sam Lipkin after Sunday's 4-2 loss. Johnny and James then preview the three-game road trip for Tucson as November is now in full swing. 

On this week's Insider Podcast, Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Star's James Kelly recap the mid-week series versus the Abbotsford Canucks and Josh Doan's first two games with the 2024-25 Roadrunners. They hear from Utah Hockey Club General Manager Bill Armstrong and Rookie Forward Sam Lipkin after his first professional goal; as well as taking a look at the standings after the first month of the se...

On This Week's Insider Podcast, Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly recap the weekend sweep for the Roadrunners to get back to .500 on the season at 3-3-0-0. They hear from Head Coach Steve Potvin, Captain Austin Poganski and Forward Egor Sokolov after his four-goal weekend. Johnny and James then draft their favorite Roadrunner jerseys and look into the...

On this week's Insider Podcast,  Voice of The Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly recap the Home Opening Weekend at the Tucson Arena. They discuss Tucson's two games against the Texas Stars and the games of Hunter Drew and Maveric Lamoureux, who had three points each over the weekend. The guys hear from Captain Austin Poganski and Assistant Captain Kevin Connauton an...

On this week's Insider Podcast, Voice of The Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly recap the opening weekend in Colorado as Tucson went 1-1. They hear from goaltender Jaxson Stauber after his first win as a Roadrunner and talk about the captain nomination of Austin Poganski. Johnny and James then rehash an AHL reddit quiz each of them took and look ahead to the Home Op...

New "Voice of The Roadrunners" Jonathon Schaffer recaps the preseason with new co host and Arizona Daily Star Roadrunners reporter James Kelly as they gear for the opening week of the AHL season. They talk about the first two games in Colorado and give some insight on the players to watch after some big preseason performances. Johnny gives some bold predictions and wishes Adrian Denny all the best...

On this week's Fan Fest Special Insider Podcast, Jonathon Schaffer and Kim-Cota Robles are joined by Roadrunner Forwards Lletyon Moore and Will Gavin. They talk about training camp coming up, the preseason and an outlook of the 2024-25 year. They all draft their favorite sauce dressings and favorite sports movies, then Johnny and Kim discuss Guenther's eight-year contract extension; hearing from G...

On this week's show, Adrian Denny and Jonathon Schaffer are joined by Roadrunners Team President Bob Hoffman as they talk about this year's team, what they can accomplish this season and who to watch out for of the new guys joining. They also take this week's Buzzfeed quiz; which is is, "what crumble cookie of the week are you?" Adrian and Johnny then draft their favorite Roadrunner offseason move...

On this week's Insider Podcast, Adrian Denny and Jonathon Schaffer are joined by Roadrunners Forward Aku Raty all the way from his hometown in Finland. They talk about him and his brother both being in the AHL and his first pro season in North America. The three of them then take a quiz on what muffin they would be and Raty gives his responses on his season roomates Josh Doan and Maksymilian Szube...

On this week's Insider Podcast, Adrian Denny and Jonathon Schaffer are joined by Tucson's 2023-24 All-Star Forward Josh Doan. They talk about his historic first pro season, team fantasy football punishments and his roomates from last season Maksy Szuber, Aku Raty and Michael Kesselring. They all take a Buzzfeed quiz on what kind of smart they are by choosing fast food items and Doan takes a pick o...

On this week's special Labor Day edition of the Insider Podcast, Adrian Denny and Jonathon Schaffer are joined by Roadrunners Defenseman Maksymilian Szuber. They talk about his IIHF Championship appearence over the Spring, his former teamate and current Roadrunners prospect Julian Lutz and his journey to North America to play hockey. Adrian gives Szuber a Buzzfeed quiz on what soup he would be and...

On this week's Insider Podcast, Adrian Denny and Jonathon Schaffer are joined by Roadrunners Defenseman Montana Onyebuchi. They talk about his first season in Tucson, his D-pairing with teamate Patrik Koch and reveal to him that he has been in the podcast intro since Johnny joined the organization. The guys then talk about different Fantasy Football punishments, the new story involving actor Keanu...

On this week's show, Adrian Denny and Jonathon Schaffer talk to fourth-year Roadrunner Ben McCartney from his family farm in Manitoba early in the morning. They discuss his leadership on the team, his time in the Juniors and training camp and how his summer on the farm is going. Adrian gives McCartney a Buzzfeed quiz on a new hobby to pick up and the guys later draft their favorite cookies and who...

On this week's episode of the Tucson Roadrunners Insider Podcast, Jonathon Schaffer and Kim Cota -Robles have a chat with Tucson favorite Cameron Hebig. They talk about his 2023-24 season, his Man of The Year Nomination, the books he has read recently and how his offseason is going on his Uncle's farm. Johnny then reveals his newest purchase and afterwards, he and Kim draft their favorite player p...

On this week's Insider Podcast, Adrian Denny and returning co-host Jonathon Schaffer are joined by Roadrunners Forward Travis Barron as they catch him on his way to a wedding. They talk about his new one-year two-way contract for the 2024-25 season and his goals for the upcoming year. They also discuss the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris; while Adrian takes a stab at giving Barron a BuzzFeed Quiz ab...