DES MOINES, IA – The Iowa Wild (1-1-0-0, 2 points) defeated the Manitoba Moose (1-0-0-1, 3 points) 3-2 in a shootout in front of 5,708 fans on Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena. Rookie Alex Tuch broke a scoreless shootout in the fourth round, beating goalie Ondrej Pavelec for the game-winning goal. Iowa goalie Steve Michalek (1-0-0) stopped 32 of 34 shots in regulation and four of four in the shootout win.
Forward Zack Mitchell became the Iowa’s all time leading goal scorer with a tally and added an assist. Defenseman Zach Palmquist set up two goals for the Wild’s first win of the year. Manitoba goalie Ondrej Pavelec (0-0-1) stopped 35 of 37 shots in regulation and three of four in the shootout loss. Moose forward Quinton Howden scored twice in the defeat. Iowa welcomes Grand Rapids faceoff at 7 PM in Des Moines on Tuesday.
After a scoreless first period, Manitoba opened the scoring at 4:25 of the middle frame. Forward Quinton Howden potted a pass from the corner by Andrew Copp, putting the Moose in front 1-0. Iowa countered with a power-play goal at 5:28, forward Zack Mitchell rips a one-timer past goalie Ondrej Pavelec off a pass from defenseman Zach Palmquist. Right wing Christoph Bertschy picked up the additional assist on Mitchell’s first of the year and a 1-1 score.
Manitoba opened the third period with a second tally from Howden at 4:30 of the period. Howden picked up a loose puck in the slot off a centering pass from Anthony Peluso and beat Steve Michalek for his second goal of the game and third goal of the season for the 2-1 lead. Iowa took advantage of a 5-on-3 power play off a rebound goal by rookie Sam Anas. Palmquist and Mitchell each had an assist on the goal, the first of Anas’ career, which tied the game 2-2.
The two teams skated through a scoreless overtime and to an eventual shootout. Neither team scored through the first three rounds. After Michalek stopped a fourth straight Moose attempt, rookie Alex Tuch went down and beat Pavelec for the game-winning goal in the shootout for the 3-2 win.
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