Tucson Roadrunners Insider Podcast

Tucson Roadrunners Insider Podcast

"Voice of the Roadrunners" Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelley drop new episodes every week with special appearances from Kim Cota-Robles; discussing all Tucson Roadrunners news, contests and events, as well as the wide world of sports.

Episodes

On To 2025-26

April 30, 2025 • 45 mins
Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelley look ahead to the 2025-26 season as the year comes to a close for the Roadrunners. They run through the season highs and lows, player performances and hear from Head Coach Steve Potvin on the year as a whole. They also review Utah's first two signings of the offseason and preview the young prospects expected to be on Tucson's 2025-26 roster. 
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Round One

April 21, 2025 • 51 mins
The Voice of the Tucson Roadrunners and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelley preview the first round of the Calder Cup playoffs for Tucson in Abbotsford versus the Canucks. They hear from Head Coach Steve Potvin with forwards Cameron Hebig and Kailer Yamamoto on clinching playoss; while also looking at the first round matchups across the AHL.
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All Comes Down To This

April 14, 2025 • 47 mins
Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelley recap Tucson's final two games of the 2024-25 regula season on the road in Rockford versus the IceHogs. They also go over playoff clinching scenarios for the Roadrunners in the final two games of the season versus Colorado and how the Pacific Division can shake up as a whole. They also reveal goaltender Matthew Villalta's start with the Utah Hockey Clu...
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On The Drivers Seat

April 8, 2025 • 49 mins
The Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelley recap Tucson's 3-1-0-0 four-game homestand versus the Calgary Wranglers and Bakersfield Condors. They cover the recent transactions of Noel Nordh and Owen Allard, as well as Kailer Yamamoto's trip to Tucson and back to Utah on Sunday. They hear from Head Coach Steve Potvin and Goalie Dylan Wells and Brad Koerner has this week's edition of "Hey, I h...
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Outside Looking In

March 31, 2025 • 49 mins
Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelley recap the five-game road trip for the team that now is outside looking in the playoffs at the eighth seed. They preview a big homestand for the unit against the Calgary Wranglers and Bakersfield Condors, two teams they are playing catchup against in the playoff standings and hear from Forward Hunter Drew on how the team can get back to the winning ways...
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Through Cali We Go

March 26, 2025 • 46 mins
Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James kelley recap Tucson's two-game series versus the Colorado Eagles while also looking into potential first round matchups in the AHL's Pacific Division as the Roadrunners continue to push for the final seed of the Pacific Division race. They hear from Roadrunners Captain Austin Poganski while the team gears up for the final three games in California of the seas...
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Monster Jam Takeover

March 18, 2025 • 48 mins
Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelley recap Tucson's two-game series against the San Jose Barracuda as the team heads out for a five-game 10-day road trip starting in Loveland Colorado versus the Eagles. They talk about Forward Curtis Douglas' recent play, post-trade deadline looks of the team and how the standings look with 12 games left on the regular season calandar. They also hear from...
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Throwing The Punches Back Home

March 10, 2025 • 47 mins
Voice of The Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelley recap Tucson's three-game road trip after a 2-1-0-0 finish. The team now heads into a four-game homestand two points above the Bakersfield Condors for the final playoff spot post NHL trade deadline. They talk about the Aku Raty trade to Chicago and how the team will move forward without one of its best players from last season and how Tucson will fair ...
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20-Game Mark

March 3, 2025 • 42 mins
Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelley recap Tuson's two-game series versus the Rockford IceHogs and a 3-0-1-0 home stand. They discuss the playoff push for both Tucson and the Utah Hockey Club and NHL trade deadline and the three-game road trip in Ontario and Bakersfield. 
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Stomping Down The Competition

February 25, 2025 • 51 mins
Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James kelley recap Tucson's two-game sweep and season series victory over the Abbotsford Canucks. They hear from Head Coach Steve Potvin anf forward Cameron Hebig on the feisty two games and Andrew Agozzino's OT-Winner plus the aftermath. They discuss the recent transaction of Juuso Valimaki and what could be expected of his presence of the team and the conclusion ...
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The Last Leg

February 19, 2025 • 43 mins
Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelley recap Tucson's series in Henderson versus the Silver Knights resulting in Matthew Villalta's 100th career AHL win and a special interview that follows. They discuss Tucson's final stretch of the Gem Show Trip and the Four Nations Faceoff with plenty of fun hockey to role on.
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Gem Show Trip Roles On

February 10, 2025 • 40 mins
Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly recap Tucson's two-game series versus the San Jose Barracuda. They talk about snapping the eight-game losing skid, Samue Walker's outstanding Roadrunners debut and the return of Josh Doan before a crucial game in Bakersfield. They also har from defenseman Maveric Lamoureux from Saturday's postgame sound. 
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All-Star Break

February 3, 2025 • 63 mins
Voice if the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly recaped Tucson's final two games of the six-game homestand as the team looks ahead to the Gem Show Trip after the All-Star Break. They hear from All-Star Forward Cameron Hebig after his skills competition at the All-Star Games and Steve Potvin after the Ontario series. They then draft their created names for the Utah Hockey Club and favorite All-Star Sk...
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Moving Forward

January 27, 2025 • 54 mins
Voice of the Roadrunners Jonathon Schaffer and Arizona Daily Star's James Kelly recap Tucson's first four games of the six-game homestand. They discuss Tucson's rough patch of the six-game losing skid but the positives that still continue to grow within the team, including forward Cameron Hebig's 2024-25 All-Star bid. The two also hear interviews from Head Coach Steve Potvin and Captain Austin Poganski ahead of the Ontario Reign se...
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The Halfway Point

January 19, 2025 • 50 mins
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. 
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Chatting It Up In Calgary

January 13, 2025 • 44 mins
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 midweek series in Calgary. 
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Hat Tricks and Vibes

January 6, 2025 • 47 mins
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 after Saturday's match and what he ...
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On To 2025

December 30, 2024 • 49 mins
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. 
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Post Christmas Recap

December 27, 2024 • 43 mins
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.
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A Weekend Of Bears

December 15, 2024 • 50 mins
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 before the team heads to Canada. 
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