Heartlanders home Friday and Saturday at Xtream Arena vs. Fuel

Coralville, Iowa – The Iowa Heartlanders, proud ECHL affiliate of the Minnesota Wild and Iowa Wild, are home for the second of three straight against the Fuel Friday at 7:05 p.m. vs. the Indy Fuel.In the opening meeting of the week, Brendan Robbins scored the tying goal with 2:33 left, but Indy’s Andrew Perrott tallied on overtime’s first shot defeat Iowa, 3-2.  Friday is the second time the Heartlanders will play the Fuel at home this week; the clubs also play Saturday at Xtream Arena. It’s the only time this season Indy enjoys more than a day in the Iowa River Landing; the other three meetings are all “one-and-done” matchups.On Saturday, January 7 at 7:05 p.m., the Heartlanders are embracing camo, hunting & the outdoors on Mossy Oak Night, featuring the first-ever bobblehead giveaway (first 500 fans) and special Mossy Oak jerseys, pres. by DASH Auctions. Wear camo for chance to win in-game prizes and call the Iowa Heartlanders ticket off for a special Camo Hat Ticket Package at 319-569-.Broadcast Coverage: Watch online at flohockey.tv. Listen on mixlr.com/goheartlanders.Affiliates: Iowa Heartlanders (Minnesota Wild/Iowa Wild) | Indy Fuel (Chicago Blackhawks/Rockford IceHogs)Last Time OutThe Heartlanders out shot Indy 25-15 over the final two periods and tied the game in the final three minutes of an eventual 3-2 overtime loss Wednesday. Brendan Robbins scored his third of the season to tie the game: all three of his goals have either equalized the score or given Iowa a one-goal lead.Before Robbins’ goal, Tyler Busch scored Iowa’s first short-handed goal of the season 2:03 in to give the Landers a 1-0 edge. Indy quickly responded in the next two minutes to take a 2-1 lead.Andrew Perrott’s scored the first game-winning strike of his career at 1:57 of overtime on a one timer.Indy major turnaroundThe Fuel have been one of the ECHL season's nicest turnaround stories, starting with 21 wins and 43 points in their first 30 games. Indy won 34 games last season, meaning the team is more than halfway to their number of wins in 2021-22. The club is on pace for 103 points, the most in team history. First-year Head Coach Duncan Dalmao took over as interim Head Coach Mar. 14, 2022 and has a career record of 32-14-1-0.Indy is also off to their second-best 30-game start in team history, narrowly behind the 2020-21 Fuel team that had 44 points in their first 30 games.Finally some games at XtreamThis week is the first time Indy is visiting Xtream Arena for more than one game since the Heartlanders joined the ECHL in 2021-22. Last season, the clubs played three times, but all were one-game visits from Indy. Coming into this week, seven of the ten all-time meetings were at Indy, where the Heartlanders had a 1-5-1-0 record. By contrast, Iowa went 2-1-0-0 last season against the Fuel at Xtream Arena. Iowa hosts Indy six times this season: three times this week, Feb. 8, Feb. 22 and Mar. 10.