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{{Short description|American Hockey League team in Tucson, Arizona}}
{{Infobox ice hockey team
| current = 2023–242024–25 AHL season
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| media = [[Arizona Daily Star]]<br />[[KMSB]] (Fox 11)<br>[[KTTU (TV)|KTTU]] (My 18)<br>[[KTZR (AM)|KTZR]] (Fox Sports 1450)<br>AHL.TV (Internet)
| affiliates = [[Utah Hockey Club]] ([[National Hockey League|NHL]])<br>[[Allen Americans]] ([[ECHL]])
| website = [https://www.tucsonroadrunners.com/ tucsonroadrunners.com]
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The '''Tucson Roadrunners ''' are a professional [[ice hockey]] team in the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) that began play for the [[2016–17 AHL season|2016–17 season]]. Based in [[Tucson, Arizona]], and affiliated with the [[National Hockey League]]'s (NHL) [[Utah Hockey Club]], the Roadrunners play their home games at the [[Tucson Convention Center Arena]].
In April 2016, the [[Arizona Coyotes]] announced they would relocate their AHL affiliate, the [[Springfield Falcons]], to Tucson ahead of the 2016–17 season. Following the 2023–24 season, the Coyotes were deactivated by the NHL, and their operations were transferred to a new expansion team in Utah. Owner [[Alex Meruelo]] haswas given a five-year window to potentially reactivate the Coyotes, pendingif a new arena was secured, but he abandoned the plan after a land auction was canceled, effectively folding the team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Embattled Meruelo leaving Coyotes ownership after failed land auction |url=https://apnews.com/article/arizona-coyotes-utah-nhl-8fe43ee05915109c35d2c1ca4136af7c |website=Associated Press |date=June 25, 2024 |accessdate=July 28, 2024}}</ref> The Roadrunners announced they would remain in Tucson as the AHL affiliate for the Utah team, with Meruelo retaining his ownership of the Roadrunners.
==History==
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==Players==
===Current roster===
<small>Updated JuneOctober 255, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tucsonroadrunners.com/team/roster/ | publisher = Tucson Roadrunners | title = Tucson Roadrunners Roster | access-date= JuneOctober 255, 2024}}</ref></small><br>
{{Ice hockey minor league team roster
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| first = CameronKyle | last = CrottyCrnkovic | dab = | num = 517 | pos = DLW | nat = Canada | s/g = RL | birthyear = 19992002 | birthmonth = 52 | birthday = 510 | acq = [[2020–212024–25 AHL season|20212024]] | birthplace = [[OttawaCalgary|OttawaCalgary, OntarioAlberta]] | contract = [[Utah Hockey Club|Utah]]Roadrunners | inj = no | cap = A | fa = PTO }}
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| first = ConorWill | last = GeekieGavin | dab = | num = 82– | | pos = CLW | nat = CanadaUnited States | s/g = L | birthyear = 20041999 | birthmonth = 510 | birthday = 521 | acq = [[2023–242024–25 AHL season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Strathclair|StrathclairDurham, ManitobaConnecticut]] | contract = [[Utah Hockey Club|Utah]]Roadrunners | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
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| first = Cameron | last = Hebig | dab = | num = 39 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = R | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 21 | acq = [[2020–21 AHL season|2021]] | birthplace = [[Saskatoon|Saskatoon, Saskatchewan]] | contract = Roadrunners | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
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| first = Jan | last = Jenik | dab = Jan Jeník | num = 24 | pos = F | nat = Czech Republic | s/g = L | birthyear = 2000 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 15 | acq = [[2020–21 AHL season|2021]] | birthplace = [[Nymburk|Nymburk, Czech Republic]] | contract = [[Utah Hockey Club|Utah]] | inj = | cap = | fa = }}
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| first = Steven | last = Kampfer | dab = | num = 44 | pos = D | nat = United States | s/g = R | birthyear = 1988 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 24 | acq = [[2022–23 AHL season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]] | contract = [[Utah Hockey Club|Utah]] | inj = no | cap = C | fa = }}
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| first = Milos | last = Kelemen | dab = Miloš Kelemen | num = 21 | pos = F | nat = Slovakia | s/g = L | birthyear = 1999 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 6 | acq = [[2022–23 AHL season|2022]] | birthplace = [[Zvolen|Zvolen, Slovakia]] | contract = [[Utah Hockey Club|Utah]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
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| first = JustinMichael | last = KirklandKesselring | dab = | num = 234 | pos = LWD | nat = CanadaUnited States | s/g = LR | birthyear = 19962000 | birthmonth = 81 | birthday = 213 | acq = [[2023–242022–23 AHL season|2023]] | contractbirthplace = [[UtahManchester, HockeyNew Club|UtahHampshire]] | birthplacecontract = [[Winnipeg,Utah ManitobaHockey Club|Utah]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}-->
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| first = Vladislav | last = Kolyachonok | dab = | num = 52 | pos = D | nat = Belarus | s/g = L | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 5 | birthday = 26 | acq = [[2021–22 AHL season|2021]] | birthplace = [[Minsk|Minsk, Belarus]] | contract = [[Utah Hockey Club|Utah]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
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| first = John | last = Leonard | dab = John Leonard (ice hockey) | num = 43 | pos = LW | nat = United States | s/g = L | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 7 | acq = [[2023–24 AHL season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Amherst, Massachusetts]] | contract = [[Utah Hockey Club|Utah]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
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| first = Ryan | last = McGregor | dab = | num = 16 | pos = C | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 1999 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 29 | acq = [[2020–21 AHL season|2021]] | birthplace = [[Burlington, Ontario]] | contract = [[Utah Hockey Club|Utah]]Roadrunners | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
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| first = Micah | last = Miller | dab = | num = 20 | pos = RW | nat = United States | s/g = R | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 29 | acq = [[2022–23 AHL season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Grand Rapids, Minnesota]] | contract = Roadrunners | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
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| first = NathanRobbie | last = SmithRusso | dab = Nathan| Smith (ice hockey, born 1998) |num = 13– | pos = CD | nat = United States | s/g = R | birthyear = 19981993 | birthmonth = 102 | birthday = 1915 | acq = [[2022–232024–25 AHL season|20222024]] | birthplace = [[TampaWestmont, FloridaIllinois]] | contract = [[Utah Hockey Club|Utah]]Roadrunners | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
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| first = Victor | last = Soderstrom | dab = Victor Söderström (ice hockey) | num = 77 | pos = D | nat = Sweden | s/g = R | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 26 | acq = [[2020–21 AHL season|2021]] | birthplace = [[Skutskär|Skutskar, Sweden]] | contract = [[Utah Hockey Club|Utah]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
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| first = Max | last = Szuber | dab = Maksymilian Szuber | num = 55 | pos = D | nat = Germany | s/g = L | birthyear = 2002 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 25 | acq = [[2023–24 AHL season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Opole|Opole, Poland]] | contract = [[Utah Hockey Club|Utah]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
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| first = MatthewBrayden | last = VillaltaTracey | dab = Matt Villalta | num = 317 | pos = GLW | nat = Canada | s/g = L | birthyear = 19992001 | birthmonth = 65 | birthday = 328 | acq = [[2023–242024–25 AHL season|20232024]] | birthplace = [[GodfreyCalgary|Calgary, OntarioAlberta]] | contract = [[UtahRoadrunners Hockey Club|Utah]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
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| first = ReeceMatthew | last = VitelliVillalta | dab = Matt Villalta | num = 5131 | pos = RWG | nat = Canada | s/g = RL | birthyear = 20011999 | birthmonth = 76 | birthday = 53 | acq = [[2022–232023–24 AHL season|20222023]] | birthplace = [[Winnipeg|WinnipegGodfrey, ManitobaOntario]] | contract = [[Utah RoadrunnersHockey Club|Utah]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
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* [[Hudson Fasching]], [[2021–22 AHL season|2022]]<ref>{{cite web |title=HUDSON FASCHING NAMED ROADRUNNERS CAPTAIN |url=https://www.tucsonroadrunners.com/releases/hudson-fasching-named-roadrunners-captain/ |publisher=Tucson Roadrunners |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>
* [[Adam Cracknell]], [[2022–23 AHL season|2022–23]]<ref>{{cite web |title=ADAM CRACKNELL NAMED ROADRUNNERS CAPTAIN |url=https://www.tucsonroadrunners.com/news/adam-cracknell-named-roadrunners-captain/ |publisher=Tucson Roadrunners |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>
* [[Steven Kampfer]], [[2023–24 AHL season|2023–present2023–24]]
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| align="left" | [[Lane Pederson]] || C || 183 || 58 || 66 || '''124''' || .68
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| align="left" | [[Jan Jenik]] || LW || 165 || 46 || 74 || '''120''' || .73
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