Coralville, Iowa – The Iowa Heartlanders took home a 2-1 win in an 11-round shootout against the Fort Wayne Komets Sunday at Xtream Arena. Nathan Noel scored the game-winning shootout goal against Brett Brochu. William Rousseau made 33 saves in the first 67 minutes, then stopped ten of 11 shots faced in the shootout. He also denied a penalty shot in the second period.
Noel won the game with a wrist shot to end the longest shootout in Heartlanders history.
T.J. Walsh opened the scoring for the Heartlanders 12 minutes into the first period, netting a top-shelf goal from the left face-off circle to make the score 1-0. Nick Deakin-Poot responded for the Komets less than a minute later to tie the game at one.
Brochu made 20 saves in the defeat.
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