Game 4 Central Division Semifinals Preview: Fort Wayne at Iowa

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Coralville, Iowa – The Iowa Heartlanders dual with the Fort Wayne Komets in Game 4 of the Central Division Semifinals Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. Fort Wayne leads the best-of-seven series, 2-1.

Game 4 features a Heartlanders Playoff Cowbell Giveaway thanks to Pinseekers. Game 5 is Thursday., Apr. 24 at 7:05 p.m.

Game 6 (if necessary) and Game 7 (if necessary) will be in Fort Wayne on Sunday at 4:05 p.m. and Tuesday at 6:35 p.m.

In Game 3 Monday, the Heartlanders overcame a 4-2 deficit and 6-4 deficit to force overtime, but Jack Gorniak scored early in overtime to best the Heartlanders, 7-6.

Iowa won Game, 1, but Fort Wayne has won back-to-back games.

Game Day Guide

6:00 p.m.: Doors Open

6:50 p.m.: Be in your seats

7:05 p.m.: Game starts

Broadcast Information

Audio Broadcast: Mixlr.com/GoHeartlanders

FloHockey Video Broadcast (Subscription Service): https://flosports.link/3AZr3GZ

Affiliates: Iowa Heartlanders (Minnesota Wild/Iowa Wild) | Fort Wayne Komets (Edmonton Oilers/Bakersfield Condors)

Need To Know:

- Nathan Noel registered his first multi-goal game since Nov. 2021 Monday, scoring twice in the first period.

- The Heartlanders have five power-play goals in three games.

- Five Heartlanders scored multiple points in Monday’s overtime defeat.  

Game 3 Recap

The Iowa Heartlanders dropped in overtime, 7-6, to the Fort Wayne Komets in Game 3 of the Central Division Semifinals Monday at Xtream Arena. The Komets took a 2-1 series lead in the best-of-seven with the win.

The Heartlanders showed remarkable fight despite the loss; the team trailed 4-2 and 6-4 in the third period, but scored four times in the third just to get the game to overtime. Jack Gorniak scored the Komets OT winner 2:17 into the extra period.

Thirty-four seconds into the third period, Ryan McGuire snapped home a rebound to cut the Komets lead to 4-3. Keltie Jeri-Leon and Koster were credited with the assists. Yuki Miura tied the game at four 53 seconds later with a top-shelf goal assisted by Jules Boscq and Kyle McClellan. Nine seconds later, Kirill Tyutyayev took the lead for Fort Wayne, 5-4. Zach Jordan extended the Komets’ lead to 6-4 less than a minute later.

Jeri-Leon notched a power-play goal three minutes later redirecting a pass from Matthew Sop over the pads of Brett Brochu to cut the Komets lead to 6-5. Koster was credited with the secondary assist on the goal. Jack O’Brien found the back of the net from the goal line to tie the game at six with 3:02 left. Zach Dubinsky earned the assist. 

“Noel-sy” scores 2 in the first

Nathan Noel opened the scoring in Monday’s matchup, giving Iowa an early lead for Game 3. After Fort Wayne tied it, Noel scored his second of the night to return the lead to Iowa. 

The 27-year old from St. John’s, Newfoundland joined Iowa at the end of January, playing his first game for Iowa on Jan. 31 against Kalamazoo.

In the regular season, Noel played 17 games for Iowa, recording two goals and six assists through that stretch. 

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