Blizzard Earn 3 out of 4 Points in Milwaukee

Alexandria traveled to Milwaukee over the weekend and took 3 out of 4 points from the Power after a 3-2 shootout loss on Saturday and a 6-3 victory on Sunday.

Saturday

The Blizzard got off to a fast start on the power play with Justin Wasvick’s 15^th of the season just three and a half minutes into the game. Wyatt Johnson and Alex Heidenreich picked up the assists. Milwaukee scored the lone goal in the 2^nd period, then took a 2-1 lead late in the 3^rd period, before Matt McIntyre forced overtime with the equalizer in the final minute. Kaden Peterson, and Charlie Larsen assisted on McIntyre’s 18^th of the year. The game went to a shootout with Milwaukee denying the Blizzard on their first two chances and scoring on both of their chances for the extra point.

Sunday

The Blizzard bounced back with a 6-3 victory. After falling behind early, the Blizzard capitalized on a power play with Charlie Larsen’s end to end rush finishing with his 2^nd goal in his first 3 games with the Blizzard. Goaltender Andrew Tuttle picked up the assist. Ethan Moerke scored a couple minutes later off an assist from Erick Sanborn to give the Blizzard a 2-1 lead. Milwaukee then scored a minute after Moerke’s goal for a 2-2 score after one. The Blizzard came through in the 2^nd period building a 4-2 lead off goals from Justin Wasvick and Cole Klingbeil. Wasvick’s 16^th of the season was another power play goal with assists from Klingbeil and Wyatt Johnson. Gavin Carlson and Alex Heidenreich assisted on Klingbeil’s 22^nd of the year. Carlson extended the Blizzard lead to 5-2 early in the 3^rd with his second in three games. Johnson and Brady Goff picked up the assists. Milwaukee scored with about four minutes remaining to pull within two, but a minute later Heidenreich pulled the plug on the Power comeback with his 14^th of the year off assists from Matt McIntyre and Wyatt Johnson. Andrew Tuttle made 45 saves to even his record at 6-6. Wyatt Johnson led all scorers with 3 points. Carlson, Heidenreich, and Klingbeil each had multi point games.

Alexandria (21-17-1-1 – 44 pts) remain in 4^th place and will play 3 games this weekend. They travel to Willmar on Friday and then host Mason City Saturday night at 7:10 pm and Sunday at 5 pm. Click the Tickets tab above for tickets or watch the games on hockeytv.com