Marco Rossi scored in his fourth straight game for the Iowa Wild but couldn’t prevent the Minnesota Wild’s 5-2 AHL farm team loss at the Chicago Wolves.
After the Vorarlberger missed the last two games before the turn of the year against the Colorado Eagles (2: 1, 5: 3) due to illness, he is back in the lineup for the first game in 2023.
However, the hosts managed a double strike in the first half in the form of Pashin (7th) and Suzuki (9th). After the beginning of the second third, Rossi (27th) is responsible for the goal, deflecting a Hicketts blueliner into the net. It is his fourth goal of the season and 13th scoring point in 13th AHL game.
However, Gunler (35./PP) restores the Wolves’ old lead, seven seconds after the start of the final section Perlini (41.) gives the Wild a cold shower. Walker (53./PP) creates some tension again, but Melnick (58./SH/EN) makes everything clear with his empty netter outnumbered.
In the AHL’s Central Division, Iowa is stuck in fifth place with 30 points, with the Wolves four points behind in sixth.
and that’s the first goal of 2023 🥳
🚨: Marco Rossi
🍎: Joe Hicketts, Sammy Walker#10WAGROWN | #IAvsCHI pic.twitter.com/j9e320EgMT— Iowa Wild (@IAWild) January 4, 2023