Blake Phillips, originally from St. Louis, Missouri, joined KGUN 9 as a multimedia journalist and reporter in October of 2023.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Wednesday night, the stands at TCC will be filled with Roadrunners fans for playoff hockey for the first time since 2018.This marks the first time since a divisional finals loss to the Texas Stars that Tucson will host a Calder Cup playoff game.
“We're just very excited to get playoffs going here in Tucson, especially on home ice, and playing in front of our great fans. So I think as a whole organization, we're just really fired up and very excited to get things rolling,“ says Goalie Matt Villalta.But with the uncertainty about the future of the franchise here in Tucson, Captain Steven Kampfer says, his guys just have to stay focused.
“The only thing we can control is how we show up every day and how we perform on the ice. So that's our that's our mentality. And the situation is, you know, there's nothing else we can do besides show up and play hockey,” said KampferGames 2 and 3 are Thursday and Friday, also at 7 p.m.Blake Phillips is a reporter for KGUN 9. Originally from St. Louis, Mo., Blake grew up in Sierra Vista.
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