Milwaukee had an odd game tonight. They totally dominated all three zones in period 1 and the SOG were 20-3 for the Ads. They had about 3 quality scoring chances and could not finish against Zane McIntyre. It took Iowa 12 minutes to get a SOG.
You could see why Iowa is the most penalized team in the AHL, averaging over 20 PIMs a game. They were called for 3 minors in period 1 and they should have been called for 3 or 4 more. Even McIntyre should have been called for Interference in the last minute of period 1. He went behind the net to knock an Ads player off balance when pursuing the loose puck that was crossing behind the net. McIntyre made no effort to play the puck. The fans were booing loudly until the horn. At 15:07, Brenden Miller came across the ice and plastered an Admiral who was without the puck. He was called for Interference. At the same time, #43 Greg Meireles punched Kemell in the face. Kemell was called for Roughing. That happened in the corner closest to me and I had an excellent look at it. That was the first time that the fans really got on refs #23 Jonathon Sitarski and #31 Shaun Davis.
In period 2, Jasper Weatherby scored his first goal with an assist from Jake Livingstone (1) at 6:12 of the period. At 12:11, Iowa scored when Milwaukee for once could not get out of their own end for about a minute. The Wild must have had 5 of their 8 SOG. Milwaukee had 11 SOG. The period ended 1-1.
In period 3, Milwaukee came out more aggressive and posted 15 shots to 6 for Iowa. They were close a few times but couldn't finish. Askarov finished with 16 saves.
At 25 seconds of the OT period, Mark Jankowski passed the puck to Statsney who passed to Dennis Gurianov. The puck angled up towards the net and disappeared at the far end from me. After a few seconds, the goal light came on. The goal was reviewed. The scoreboard showed the puck stuck in the net next where the goalie's water bottle goes. It was still stuck in the twine, for a 2-1 Ads win!
My daughter thought that the Iowa Wild should join the Federal League. I said that they needed to pick up Clarence "Screaming Buffalo" Swampton for their team, and maybe Oglethorpe.
Ref Ratings: Jonathon Sitarski (#23) and Shaun Davis (#31) get threes.
Linesmen Ratings: Greg Offerman (#91) gets an 8 because he had puck dropping issues. T J Lyle (#88) gets a nine because he was all around excellent.
Dennis Gurianov had 7 SOG, Fedor Svechkov with 6 SOG and Egor Afanasyev with 5 SOG.