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Minnesota 2024-2025 Affiliates Thread (Iowa Wild, Iowa Heartlanders)
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Jbcraig1883
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Iowa vs Grand Rapids. Ferguson in net.
Bankier has had two godawful turnovers and Lambos one pretty bad turnover 5 minutes in...that's pretty much it thus far.
Edit: Spacek gets pocket picked in D zone and ends up in back of the net. GR leading 1-0.
Edit 2: Lambos with another turnover trying to do simply breakout and GR gets a decent scoring chance. Sloppy all around so far. 8 minutes left.
Edit 3: Nice breakout with Hunt and Ohgren involved. Now Spacek with a good individual play for a breakout. Yes, these are the positives to highlight.
Alright, Milne feeds Cecconi who shoots and gets a tip by Gaunce. Clarke and Milne created it from forecheck/winning board battles. Tied 1-1.
Toporowski noticeable all period - a few shots and just dangled a D.
Raska with a good tilt to end the period. Really sloppy start, Iowa got better as period went on, and its tied 1-1.
Bankier has had two godawful turnovers and Lambos one pretty bad turnover 5 minutes in...that's pretty much it thus far.
Edit: Spacek gets pocket picked in D zone and ends up in back of the net. GR leading 1-0.
Edit 2: Lambos with another turnover trying to do simply breakout and GR gets a decent scoring chance. Sloppy all around so far. 8 minutes left.
Edit 3: Nice breakout with Hunt and Ohgren involved. Now Spacek with a good individual play for a breakout. Yes, these are the positives to highlight.
Alright, Milne feeds Cecconi who shoots and gets a tip by Gaunce. Clarke and Milne created it from forecheck/winning board battles. Tied 1-1.
Toporowski noticeable all period - a few shots and just dangled a D.
Raska with a good tilt to end the period. Really sloppy start, Iowa got better as period went on, and its tied 1-1.
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Jbcraig1883
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5 minutes into 2nd period, Haight's line just had best chances of period. Haight with zone entry to Ohgren...Ohgren ripped it. Then after they regain puck control Haight with a shot that I think was deflected. This line was fairly quiet last period but it's Haight with Walker and Ohgren. Before Milne was called up, he was on that line.
Lambos just had a decent breakout but its his skating. Again, if he's going north south and doesn't have to use anyone else, he looks good. But if you were to isolate him during most shifts he makes poor decisions/fumbles the puck way too often.
Hunt blew a tire and takes out Cossa, answers the bell with a a fight - almost connected on big right cross but ends up getting the worst of it. Can't tell if his visor cut him or if its his nose/etc. EDIT - report is that visor cut his hand.
Spacek with a snipe with Bankier partially screening Cossa. Iowa up 2-1.
GR ties it up a few minutes later. Defensive breakdown - Cecconi was up too far for breakout, Bankier didn't catch the person coming in from behind and ROR was focused on guy in front of the net, so didn't slide over.
Things are getting chippy. Watson goes after Milne after Milne stood up for Gaunce getting hit from behind. Iowa on PP.
Period ends with a huge hit by Hunt with about 30 seconds left. 2-2. Should be an entertaining third.
Lambos just had a decent breakout but its his skating. Again, if he's going north south and doesn't have to use anyone else, he looks good. But if you were to isolate him during most shifts he makes poor decisions/fumbles the puck way too often.
Hunt blew a tire and takes out Cossa, answers the bell with a a fight - almost connected on big right cross but ends up getting the worst of it. Can't tell if his visor cut him or if its his nose/etc. EDIT - report is that visor cut his hand.
Spacek with a snipe with Bankier partially screening Cossa. Iowa up 2-1.
GR ties it up a few minutes later. Defensive breakdown - Cecconi was up too far for breakout, Bankier didn't catch the person coming in from behind and ROR was focused on guy in front of the net, so didn't slide over.
Things are getting chippy. Watson goes after Milne after Milne stood up for Gaunce getting hit from behind. Iowa on PP.
Period ends with a huge hit by Hunt with about 30 seconds left. 2-2. Should be an entertaining third.
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Jbcraig1883
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3 minutes into 3rd and puck squeaks through Ferguson but Spacek there to clean it up. Both teams have had a couple of decent chances.
Buium just shut down Haight quite nicely. Haight tried to walk him right to left after gaining zone on the rush but that doesn't work as easily in pro hockey.
Austin Watson bullying Milne again after whistle. Looked like Milne could still see puck and poked at it right as/closely after whistle was blown. Watson...man, had high hopes for him when he was draft eligible. He is running all over.
Toporowski stays hot and puts one away with 6 minutes left. All because of Hunt's touch pass at the blueline. Hunt had no time to do anything else and could have easily have been a terrible turnover if he would have just shot it into shin pads of forward coming out to check him. Hopefully Iowa's Twitter will have it to post soon.
And looks like Milne just took a slight knee on knee but hopefully it's like what happened to Kaprizov.
And Ohgren gets the 4th to hopefully put nail in the coffin. Walker comes down far into corner but sends it across ice pass (Haight slowed down so they had to respect the drop). Pass was in air and Ohgren bats it in out of air. Iowa 4 - GR 2. 4 minutes left.
Marek scores EN goal and that should be it. Good last two periods after shaky start.
Buium just shut down Haight quite nicely. Haight tried to walk him right to left after gaining zone on the rush but that doesn't work as easily in pro hockey.
Austin Watson bullying Milne again after whistle. Looked like Milne could still see puck and poked at it right as/closely after whistle was blown. Watson...man, had high hopes for him when he was draft eligible. He is running all over.
Toporowski stays hot and puts one away with 6 minutes left. All because of Hunt's touch pass at the blueline. Hunt had no time to do anything else and could have easily have been a terrible turnover if he would have just shot it into shin pads of forward coming out to check him. Hopefully Iowa's Twitter will have it to post soon.
And looks like Milne just took a slight knee on knee but hopefully it's like what happened to Kaprizov.
And Ohgren gets the 4th to hopefully put nail in the coffin. Walker comes down far into corner but sends it across ice pass (Haight slowed down so they had to respect the drop). Pass was in air and Ohgren bats it in out of air. Iowa 4 - GR 2. 4 minutes left.
Marek scores EN goal and that should be it. Good last two periods after shaky start.
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