Heartlanders score twice in third but have long winning streak snapped, 6-3

Coralville, Iowa – The Iowa Heartlanders had their season-long six-game winning streak snapped in a 6-3 defeat against the Toledo Walleye Friday at Xtream Arena. Nico Blachman and Lincoln Erne scored in the third period to keep the game within reach, twice cutting Toledo’s lead to two. Jules Boscq scored Iowa’s Teddy Bear Toss goal at 7:59 of the first, his third as a professional.

On Boscq’s Teddy Bear Toss goal, he rifled in a shot from the left point that bounced off Jan Bednar’s shoulder and scooted in. Bednar won with 30 saves. 

Toledo scored three times in the second period to take a 4-1 lead. Mitch Lewandowski registered a hat trick and gave the Walleye their first three-goal lead at 16:14 of the second.

Blachman scored his second of the season and first at Xtream Arena with a nifty top-shelf shot from the left-wing post past a sliding Bednar at 9:42 of the third, making it 4-2 Walleye. Erne scored three minutes later with a redirect on a shot from Louka Henault at 12:03 of the third.

Samuel Hlavaj took the loss with 24 stops. Toledo scored an empty-net goal from 140 feet away from Tyler Spezia to end Iowa’s comeback attempt with 1:48 to go.

 

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