Pastujov, Parrottino score at Fuel

Indianapolis, IN – The Iowa Heartlanders return home Saturday at 7:05 p.m. for Military Appreciation Night against the Cincinnati Cyclones following a 5-2 defeat at the Indy Fuel Friday at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum. Iowa allowed two empty-net goals.In a scoreless first frame, Trevin Kozlowski blocked 11 shots.Both offenses gained tempo in the second period. Shane Kuzmeski scored twice for Indy, but Iowa’s Tommy Parrottino and Michael Pastujov scored back-to-back goals. With Iowa down 1-0, Parrottino redirected a Matt Murphy shot to give Iowa their first strike. Parrottino has three goals this season. Pastujov got the secondary helper. Five minutes later, Pastujov scored his team-leading 12th point and fourth goal of the season. Standing backdoor, Pastujov labeled the puck in on a cross-slot pass from Cole Stallard.The Fuel’s Chris Cameron scored the game-winning goal at 2:20 of the third. Kozlowski allowed three goals on 25 shots. Mitchell Weeks blocked 21 in victory.Box Score The Heartlanders begin a three-game home stand with Military Appreciation Night, presented by GreenState Credit Union vs. Cincinnati on Sat., Nov. 26 at 7:05 p.m. The Heartlanders host Cincinnati again on Sun., Nov. 27 at 2:05 p.m., with a special postgame skate presented by The Family Dental Center. On Wed., Nov. 30 at 7:05 p.m., Iowa hosts Kansas City in a game presented by Mercy Iowa City. View the team’s full promotional schedule at iowaheartlanders.com/promotions.  Single-game tickets, group ticket options, partial plans and season ticket memberships are available for Heartlanders home games at Xtream Arena.  Call 319-569-goal or visit iowaheartlanders.com/tickets for more information.