DES MOINES, Iowa – The Ontario Reign scored three unanswered goals in the third period to take a 7-4 decision over the Iowa Wild at Wells Fargo Arena on Sunday afternoon. Michael Milne scored twice for Iowa while Ryan O’Rourke recorded a career-high three points (0-3=3) in the loss.
Jeff Malott opened the scoring for Ontario at 7:12 and Glenn Gawdin found the back of the net 37 seconds later to give the Reign a 2-0 lead.
Iowa responded with a pair of goals in the final minute of the first period. Milne struck first with a penalty shot finish to the blocker side of Jacob Ingham (23 saves) at 19:11.
Luke Toporowski tied the game following a net mouth scramble with assists from Caedan Bankier and O’Rourke with four seconds remaining in the period.
Iowa outshot Ontario 17-10 in the opening 20 minutes.
O’Rourke sprung Milne for a breakaway goal 1:50 into the middle frame to hand Iowa a 3-2 advantage.
Samuel Fagemo ripped a power-play one-timer over Dylan Ferguson (30 saves) at 7:32 of the second period to tie the game.
Gavin Hain restored the lead for Iowa at 12:18 with a wrister along the ice with assists from O’Rourke and Adam Raska.
Jeff Malott made the score 4-4 with a curl and drag shot inside the right post at 15:11.
The Wild outshot the Reign 24-22 through two periods.
Fagemo struck again 11:40 into the third and punched a loose puck through Ferguson to give Ontario the lead for good.
Jack Studnicka scored an insurance goal at 16:38 and Gawdin scored on the empty net with 2:47 to play.
Ontario outshot Iowa 37-27. The Wild finished 0-for-1 with the man advantage while the Reign went 3-for-4 on the power play.
Iowa hosts the Chicago Wolves at Wells Fargo Arena on Wednesday, Mar. 26 at 7 p.m. If the Wild win, all fans will receive a ticket to an upcoming game as a part of Winning Wednesday.
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