It was a night of missed opportunities and unlucky bounces for the Iowa Chops, while the Milwaukee Admirals took advantage of some efficient scoring and timely power plays to defeat Iowa on Saturday night by a score of 6-2. The Chops went down early to two Admirals goals in the first three minutes of the game on their first four shots of the night. The Chops had to kill four penalties in the 1st period, which in large part led to their four shots on goal to Milwaukee's eight and a 2-0 lead after the 1st period. The Chops answered back on a power play of their own in the 2nd period with Ryan Dingle's fourth goal of the year and first Chops goal of the game for the second night in a row. Josh Green and Brendan Mikkelson posted assists. Milwaukee would answer back late in the period to make it 3-1, as a sprawling save by JP Levasseur was nulified with the rebound going off a Chops defensemen's leg and trickling in behind Levasseur. The turning point of the game was early in the 3rd period as TJ Trevelyan was given a penalty shot to try and make the score 3-2, but his attempt rang off the crossbar behind Admirals goalie Drew MacIntyre, straight down and bounced out. Replays confirmed the puck missed crossing the line by inches. From there, it was all Milwaukee who scored three more goals in five minutes to put the game out of reach. The Chops ended the game on the right note with a goal from Ryan Donally with :12 seconds remaining. Ajay Baines added an assist on the goal with a pass from behind the net, as did Matt Caruana, who recorded his first career AHL point on the play.
The loss to Milwaukee now means there is a three-way tie for first place in the West Division with Iowa, Peoria and Milwaukee all log-jammed at the top with 33 points. Chicago and Rockford sit just a point behind the trio with 32 points.
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