Iowa Wild Weekly Report: January 22nd

The Iowa Wild played 3 games in 3 nights last weekend, which is a tough slog. They even had travel, with the first game in Rockford and the final two in Des Moines. They started the weekend much the way they start many weeks, by not scoring any goals. Curry got hit pretty hard in the first period, prompting a fight between Kurtis Gabriel and Ryan Schnell. After Curry gave up 3 goals on 10 shots, Torchetti pulled him and put Gustafsson in goal. Gustafsson only gave up 1 goal on 16 shots in the second half of the game.

Lake Erie dueled the Wild for the 2 final games of the weekend. The Monsters also had to travel to Des Moines after playing on Friday. In goal for Lake Erie was Reto Berra, who

On Sunday, the Wild and the Monsters reconvened for another game. Berra was distracted by a lot of traffic on Iowa's first goal, scored just 35 seconds in by Jason Gregoire from Schroeder and Bulmer. Two minutes later, Marc Hagel scored an even strength marker for his eighth goal of the season. In an attempt to shift momentum, Monsters defenseman Duncan Siemens started a fight with Alex Gudbranson. Lake Erie did score a goal less than 30 seconds later. After the frantic first period start, the Wild held a one goal lead until the second period when Jonathon Blum ripped a power play goal from Syvret and Brassart. But Lake Erie tied the game, after a second period even strength goal and a third period power play goal. The game would not need a shootout though because Tyler Graovac earned an overtime penalty shot, and he made it count.

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