DES MOINES, Iowa - A bizarre night and a tale of two “halves” - so to speak - as Iowa drops their third game in a row and one spot in the standings. The good news from the evening came 286 miles away as the Milwaukee Admirals (Nashville) pummeled the streaking Rockford IceHogs (Chicago) to the tune of 5 to 2.
Niklas Svedberg (18-12-6; 2.63 GAA/.914 SV%) made the start in net for Iowa, stopping 34 of the Griffins 39 shots on net. In the second frame, the netminder made a costly mental error that appeared to kill any and all momentum for the home side as the flood gates opened and Grand Rapids notched four goals in less that two minutes and thirty seconds to close the period.