Iowa Rides Three-Goal First To 4-2 Win Over San Diego
April 4, 2025 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Iowa Wild News Release
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Wild jumped out to a three-goal lead in the first period and held off a San Diego Gulls comeback effort to take a 4-2 win at Wells Fargo Arena on Friday night.
Graeme Clarke opened the scoring 5:29 into the game with a curl and drag wrister to the blocker side of Oscar Dansk (five saves) from the high slot. Carson Lambos and Caedan Bankier assisted on the opening tally.
Connor MacEachern's first American Hockey League goal doubled Iowa's advantage 1:15 later. MacEachern picked the puck up at his own blue line, skated the length of the ice, and snapped a shot over the glove of Dansk. Ryan O'Rourke and Luke Toporowski picked up assists on MacEachern's goal.
Clarke struck again at 7:31 with a turnaround wrister that put Iowa up 3-0.
San Diego outshot Iowa 9-8 in the opening 20 minutes. Damian Clara (22 saves) replaced Dansk following the first period.
The Wild outshot the Gulls 14-7 in a scoreless middle frame.
Tyson Hinds snuck the rebound of a shot that careened off the end wall between Samuel Hlavaj (23 saves) and the post 4:11 into the third period to put San Diego on the scoreboard.
Judd Caulfield finished off a backdoor tap-in at 12:05 to pull the Gulls within a goal.
Luke Toporowski iced the win with a wrister from the right wing with 5:58 to play.
Iowa outshot San Diego 31-25. Iowa went 0-for-1 with the man advantage and killed off three Gulls power plays.
Iowa and San Diego meet again on Sunday, Apr. 6 at 3 p.m. at Wells Fargo Arena on Batman Night, presented by PMS Accounting and KGGO. The first 1,500 fans will receive a Batman bobblehead.
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