MANITOBA SCORES FOUR UNANSWERED TO DOWN IOWA 4-1

Mar 9, 2024

GAME REPORT 

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Wild took an early third period lead at Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday night, but the Manitoba Moose scored four unanswered goals to take a 4-1 win. Caedan Bankier recorded Iowa’s lone goal. 

Iowa outshot Manitoba 9-8 in the first period and led the Moose in shots 17-15 through 40 minutes. 

Bankier broke the scoreless draw at 1:44 of the third. Luke Toporowski dove to free the puck up along the left wall and Bankier ripped a turnaround shot past Thomas Milic (22 saves). Kevin Conley also earned an assist on Bankier's goal. 

Manitoba tied the game at 1-1 with 6:38 to play. Jeffrey Viel set up Kristian Reichel on the rush and Reichel fired a shot under the blocker of Jesper Wallstedt (27 saves).  

Jeff Malott put the Moose ahead for good 1:44 later when Brad Lambert found him alone at the top of the Iowa crease.  

Manitoba iced the game with a pair of empty-net goals in the closing minutes. Simon Lundmark made the score 3-1 with a long-distance goal at 17:22 and Ville Heinola capped the scoring at 18:55.  

Manitoba outshot Iowa 31-23. The Wild were 0-for-4 with the man advantage while the Moose went 1-for-4 on the power play. 

Iowa and Manitoba meet again on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Wells Fargo Arena. The Wild will celebrate Crash’s Dino Birthday presented by JP Party Rentals. The first 1,500 kids 12 and under will receive a youth jersey giveaway presented by JP Party Rentals and LAZER 103.3. The Hobey Baker Trophy will be on the concourse. The Wild will also host a postgame skate for all fans in attendance presented by learntoskateiowa.com and STAR 102.5. Limited skate rentals will be available for $2, cash only.  

For more information on Iowa Wild hockey, please visit www.iowawild.com. Fans can purchase single-game tickets through the team’s website at www.iowawild.com. Group tickets (10 or more), suites, Wild 365 memberships or premium tickets can be purchased by contacting the Iowa Wild Ticket Department at 515-564-8700 or tickets@iowawild.com. Season tickets for 2023-24 are on sale now. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365. 

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