PITLICK SCORES TWICE IN 6-2 LOSS TO ROCKFORD
Oct 12, 2025DES MOINES, Iowa – Tyler Pitlick scored both Iowa goals as the Wild fell 6-2 at home to the Rockford IceHogs on Sunday evening.
Dillon Boucher opened the scoring for the IceHogs with a turnaround finish through Samuel Hlavaj (27 saves) 9:28 into the contest.
Oliver Moore beat Hlavaj over the blocker on an odd-man rush at 14:01 to double Rockford’s advantage.
The IceHogs scored for a third time with 1:31 to play in the first period when Jamie Engelbert capitalized on a net front scramble.
Rockford led 3-0 and outshot Iowa 13-9 through 20 minutes.
Moore netted his second goal of the game on a 3-on-1 at 9:50 of the middle frame.
Pitlick put Iowa on the board 1:01 later. Following a face-off win, Ben Gleason chipped the puck in front for Ben Jones, who sent a backdoor feed for Pitlick to tap in behind Stanislav Berezhnoy (29 saves).
Connor Mylymok answered with a rebound finish at 18:05.
The Wild trailed 5-1 and were outshot 20-19 through two periods.
Pitlick found the back of the net again with a wrister over the glove of Berezhnoy 7:16 into the third period. Jones and Wyatt Newpower assisted Pitlick’s second goal.
Dominic Toninato wrapped up the scoring for Rockford at 10:01 of the third.
Rockford outshot Iowa 33-31. The Wild finished 0-for-4 with the man advantage while the IceHogs went 1-for-3 on the power play.
Iowa travels to Bojangles Coliseum to visit the Charlotte Checkers on Friday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m.
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