Turning point: Rasmus Kumpulainen scored the first of five unanswered goals at 4:49 of the second period and the last-place Iowa Heartlanders stormed past the Jacksonville Icemen 5-1 in ECHL hockey on Jan. 24 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.
Three stars: 1. Anthony Firriolo, Iowa (one goals, two assists). 2. William Rousseau, Iowa (33 saves). 3. Kumpulainen, Iowa (one goal, two assists).
Iowa Heartlanders defenseman Alexander Stensson (39) advances the puck behind his back defended by Jacksonville Icemen forward Nathan Dunkley (7) in Saturday’s game.
Penalty box: The Icemen not only failed to exploit a five-minute power play after Iowa’s Stevie Leskovar received a match penalty for slew-footing, but gave up a short-handed go-ahead goal during the sequence to the Heartlanders’ Firriolo.
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Around the rink: Nathan Dunkley scored only 13 seconds in for an instant lead for the Icemen (16-18-2-0), playing their second game in Lizard Kings Weekend. … Jacksonville goalie Cameron Rowe saved 20 shots. … Iowa (11-24-2-0), which entered last in the 30-team ECHL, pulled away in the third period on goals by Jonny Sorenson, Liam Coughlin and Matthew Sop. … Leskovar’s match penalty could lead to additional discipline from the ECHL office. … The Icemen had opened the weekend with a 4-2 win over the Savannah Ghost Pirates, including goals for Christopher Brown, Craig Martin, Matteo Costantini and Bennett MacArthur.
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