It was much like a little brother aching to prove to their more worldly sibling that they belonged. The Central Hockey League Arizona Sundogs scratched, clawed and battled their ECHL Phoenix RoadRunner rivals in two exhibition games.
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After dominating play for most of the game, the Idaho Steelheads took a 2-1 series lead after getting the game-winning power-play goal at 8:02 of the second overtime, winning 2-1.
Deep in the heart of some hockey purists is the sacred belief that hockey cannot survive in a place where you can sunbathe on game day. Timothy Gassen sets out to debunk that myth, in part three of a three-part series.