Indianapolis, IN – Iowa Heartlanders goaltender Drew DeRidder stopped 45 Indy Fuel shots and two more in the shootout to lead Iowa to a 4-3 victory Friday at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum. DeRidder stopped 15 shots in the third and five in overtime. Casey Dornbach and Louis Boudon scored in the shootout for Iowa.
Iowa has won six straight away games, a team record for longest road winning streak in team history. The Heartlanders also survived three Indy comebacks; Iowa took a 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 lead before requiring extra hockey to win.
The Heartlanders scored first to take a 1-0 lead at 9:50 of the first. Dornbach received a centering pass from Pavel Novak. On its way to him, Dakota Raabe redirected the puck to Dornbach and the rookie shoved it over the goaltender’s pad for his 10th of the season.
After Indy tied it at one, Ben Brinkman registered his third goal of the campaign on a rush opportunity. Once again, Brinkman aimed over the pad but beneath the blocker of Weeks and found twine, assisted by Dornbach and Boudon.
In the second period, Jake Durflinger broke a 2-2 tie with 1:50 left in the second, aiming a top-shelf wrist shot over the shoulder of Mitchell Weeks (shootout loss, 25 saves).
Indy forced overtime with a tying goal from Chris Cameron at 10:58 of the third.
