Rochester, MN – October 24th – The Rochester Grizzlies hosted the Wisconsin Woodsmen at the Den on Saturday night in a tight contest.
Wisconsin gets on the board first out of the power play, at the 19:12 mark. Under a minute later, Grizzlies leading scorer, Jace Jordan ties it up with a goal at 18:58. Soon after at 12:30 in the second, the Woodsmen would get a short handed goal and take a 2-1 lead.
Onto the third and the Woodsmen start off the scoring and up there lead 3-1, at 17:31. Then at 9:59, Konnor Goclan sets up Tai Kontrec for his second goal of the weekend for the Grizzlies, cutting the lead down 3-2. There were plenty of shots on goal between both teams but no scores until the Woodsmen put in two empty net goals at the 1:25 and 0:41 mark, taking their lead to 5-2. The Grizzlies would fight to the end though as Wisconsin native, James Korpi put one in with only 26 seconds to go, assisted by James Esposito. Time would run out and the Grizzlies fall short 5-3.
The Grizzlies played a competitive game all the way till the end against a skilled Woodsmen team, but came up short in the end and fall to 6-3-1-2 on the season.
Game Notes:
- Konnor Goclan with two assists
- Goaltender Jared Lang with 40 saves
- Wisconsin outshoots Grizzlies 43-33
Photo Credit – Matt Huck