DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Wild opened a home-and-home with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Rockford IceHogs at BMO Center on Saturday night. 
Joey Anderson drove the net and chipped a backhand shot through Cal Petersen (29 saves) 15:00 into the first period to open the scoring.
The Wild tied the game on the power play 55 seconds later. Dylan Gambrell and Gerry Mayhew combined to set up Hunter Haight in the left circle for a one-timer over Drew Commesso (32 saves).
Rockford outshot Iowa 9-8 in the opening 20 minutes and 13-8 in a scoreless middle frame.
Cavan Fitzgerald beat Petersen over the shoulder with a wrister through traffic from the top of the left circle 7:43 into the third period.
Ben Jones forced overtime with another power-play goal for Iowa with 2:51 to play. After Gambrell sent the puck up to the point, David Spacek hammered a slap shot on goal and Jones tucked the rebound around Commesso on the forehand.
Rem Pitlick secured the extra point for the IceHogs with six seconds remaining in overtime on a 5-on-3 power play.
Iowa outshot Rockford 34-32. The Wild went 2-for-2 with the man advantage while the IceHogs finished 1-for-4 on the power play.
Iowa and Rockford complete their home-and-home on Sunday, Mar. 29 on Crash’s Birthday, presented by JP Party Rentals. The first 1,500 kids will receive a youth jersey courtesy of JP Party Rentals and LAZER 103.3.
