DES MOINES, IA – The Iowa Wild (9-24-2-3, 23 points) were defeated by the Rockford IceHogs (21-9-2-3, 47 points) 3-1 in front of 4,510 on Sunday evening at Wells Fargo Arena. IceHogs goalie Michael Leighton (17-4-3) helped the Western Conference leaders with 34 saves for the road win. Forwards Ryan Haggerty and Chris DeSouza each scored second period goals, as Rockford pulled away from Iowa in the middle frame. Wild goalie Leland Irving (5-13-3) stopped 28 in the defeat, as Iowa missed its chance for three straight wins. Forward Jordan Schroeder scored his team’s lone goal, as Iowa fell to 3-13-2-2 at home th
is season. Iowa heads to Chicago to meet the Wolves at 7 PM on Friday.
Iowa used its power play to strike for the game’s first goal at 4:37 of the first period. Forward Grayson Downing corralled the puck on the right-wing wall and fired a cross-ice pass to Christoph Bertschy. The rookie winger sent a one-touch pass to Jordan Schroeder, who was camped out in the Rockford slot. Schroeder redirected the pass between the legs of goalie Michael Leighton for his eighth goal of the season and a 1-0 Iowa lead. Rockford evened the scoring at 1-1 with a power-play goal of its own at 9:32. Forward Ryan Hartman took a pass from Ville Pokka at the top of the right-wing circle and rifled a wrist shot to the Iowa net. Pierre-Cedric Labrie tipped the shot past Leland Irving for his 10th goal of the year.
Rockford claimed a 2-1 lead at 2:30 of the second period when former Iowa Captain Jake Dowell set up Ryan Haggerty. Defenseman Kirill Gotovets rimmed a pass behind the Iowa net for Dowell. The IceHogs centerman snuck a pass to the front of the Iowa net and Haggerty redirected it past Irving for his fourth goal of the year. The IceHogs claimed a 3-1 lead at 16:14 of the period off Chris DeSouza’s fourth goal of the season. Defenseman Ville Pokka started the play, zipping a pass to Daniel Paille in the Iowa zone. From the right-wall, Paille tossed the puck to the Iowa net and DeSouza jammed it in past Irving for the two-goal lead.
The Wild held a straw poll of presidential candidates with the fans voting throughout the game. Bernie Sanders won the democratic category with 49% of the votes. He was followed by Hillary Clinton (42%) and Martin O’Malley (9%). In the republican category, Donald Trump claimed the victory with 41% of the votes. Ben Carson finished a distant second with 22% of the votes. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz tied for third with 10%, while Jeb Bush finished with 4%. For a full list of results, fans may go to Iowa Wild Facebook page.
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