Griffins Outlast Wild in 5-2 Defeat
November 24, 2024 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Iowa Wild News Release
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Grand Rapids Griffins took a late first period lead and never relinquished the advantage en route to a 5-2 win over the Iowa Wild at Van Andel Arena on Sunday evening. Caedan Bankier and Graeme Clarke scored for Iowa in the loss.
Austin Watson opened the scoring for the Griffins on the power play with a shot that beat Jesper Wallstedt (24 saves) along the ice at 12:20.
Bankier scored his first goal of the season 3:10 later. Reese Johnson found David Spacek at the point and Bankier knocked the rebound of Spacek's shot through Ville Husso (19 saves).
Sheldon Dries handed Grand Rapids the lead for good with 35 seconds remaining in the opening period when he tipped home a centering pass from Nate Danielson.
Grand Rapids outshot Iowa 12-7 in the first period.
Amadeus Lombardi and Jakub Rychlovsky widened the margin to three with goals at 2:16 and 7:37 of the second period.
The Griffins led the shot total 23-12 through 40 minutes.
Ondrej Becher slammed home a backdoor pass from Rychlovsky to make the score 5-1 at 9:25 of the third period.
Clarke capped the scoring with a wraparound finish with assists from Joseph Cecconi and Carson Lambos with 3:06 to play.
Grand Rapids outshot Iowa 29-21. The Wild finished scoreless on three man advantage opportunities while the Griffins went 1-for-3 on the power play.
Iowa travels to take on the Charlotte Checkers on Friday, Nov. 29 at 3 p.m.
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