Hockey Wilderness · Jan 9, 2017
Iowa Wild beat Manitoba Moose 3-1 for second win in a row
After a scoreless first period which saw Iowa outshoot the Moose 9-8 Dan DeSalvo ended up breaking the tie 15minutes in to the second period on a power play. Manitoba outshot Iowa 10-8 in the second period.
Christoph Bertschy tied the game just 28 seconds into the third period on a shorthanded breakaway. Grayson Downing got the assist on the goal. Pat Cannone scored to give Iowa the lead for the first time when Teemu Pulkkinen made a great feed to him allowing him to score easily on Ondrej Pavelec. Christoph Bertschy added an empty-net goal for his second of the night. Downing also had an assist on the empty-net goal. Manitoba ended up with 15 shots in the third and just 6 shots for Iowa.