HAIGHT RECORDS HAT TRICK IN 7-3 IOWA LOSS AT SAN JOSE
Oct 20, 2024San Jose, Calif. – Hunter Haight scored his first professional goal and recorded a hat trick for the Iowa Wild in a 7-3 loss to the San Jose Barracuda at Tech CU Arena on Sunday night.
Luca Cagnoni opened the scoring for the Barracuda with a wrister over the shoulder of Jesper Wallstedt (18 saves) just 2:08 into the game.
Justin Bailey received a cross-ice pass and snapped a shot under the right arm of Wallstedt just 28 seconds later to hand San Jose a 2-0 advantage.
Haight capitalized on a backdoor feed from Michael Milne at 3:01 of the opening frame to earn his first professional goal. Joseph Cecconi picked up a secondary assist on Haight’s tally.
San Jose outshot Iowa 11-10 in the opening 20 minutes and carried a 2-1 lead into the first intermission.
Lucas Vanroboys widened the advantage with an end-to-end goal for San Jose at 13:23 of the second and Scott Sabourin made the score 4-1 with a power-play goal two minutes later.
The Wild pulled back within two when Cameron Crotty redirected a centering pass from Milne to Haight at the bottom of the left circle for a one-timer past Georgi Romanov (36 saves) at 15:50.
San Jose responded with a goal from Filip Bystedt just 13 seconds later and boy Colin White and Ethan Frisch padded the Barracuda lead heading into the second intermission.
Iowa outshot San Jose 26-25 through 40 minutes but trailed 7-2. Samuel Hlavaj (five saves) replaced Wallstedt in Iowa’s net for the third period.
Haight completed the hat trick with 10:13 remaining when Milne gathered the rebound of a shot by Carson Lambos and found him at the top of the crease for a tap-in finish.
Iowa outshot San Jose 39-30. The Wild finished scoreless on three power plays while the Barracuda went 1-for-3 on the man advantage.
Iowa returns home to host the Milwaukee Admirals on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. on Winning Wednesday presented by Pizza Hut and KIOA. If the Wild win, all fans in attendance will receive a ticket to an upcoming home game.
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