Iowa Wild bested by the Cleveland Monsters in OT

After a loss against the Chicago Wolves on Saturday Iowa was looking to get back into the win column. Unfortunately Iowa failed in that task but did manage to get a point from the Cleveland Monsters.

Alex Tuch started the scoring 8 minutes in when he put in a rebound for his 7th goal of the AHL season with assists to Hunter Warner and Colton Beck. Then the reigning AHL champions really got going with 3 in a row in the first. Joe Pendeza opened the scoring for Cleveland and Daniel Zaar and Alex Broadhurst also scored for the Monsters. Sonny Milano and Dalton Prout also had 2 assists each.

In the 1st Iowa outshot the Monsters 9-6 but were down 3-1 after one. In the second Iowa started a comeback with Nick Saracino scoring with Sam Anas and Zach Palmquist getting the assists. Then Iowa managed to tie it with a last second goal by Mike Reilly. The goal was reviewed but the goal stood. The second period saw Iowa outshooting the Monsters 9-8. The 3rd period had no scoring with Iowa again outshooting the Monsters 11-10 but Anton Forsberg and Alex Stalock standing tall.

The OT period lasted 2:27 before TJ Tynan ended it by beating Alex Stalock as he was being heavily screened. Iowa didn't have any shots in OT while the Monsters had 2 shots. Alex Stalock ended up with only 22 saves on 26 shots while Anton Forsberg made 26 saves on 29 shots.

Tynan got 1st star with his OT Winner and also an assist in the first period. Alex Broadhurst was awarded 2nd star and Anton Forsberg 3rd star even though his sv% was below .900.