GAME PREVIEW - SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE AT IOWA WILD 11.15.13
Nov 15, 2013MEDIA KIT - HERE
San Antonio Rampage (6-7-0-1, 13 points) at Iowa Wild (6-6-0-0, 12 points)
The Iowa Wild continues a six-game homestand with the San Antonio Rampage. The Wild is coming off a 3-1 loss at home to Chicago on Wednesday night. The loss dropped the Wild to 3-5-0-0 at home this season, having been outscored by the visitors 26-17 at Wells Fargo Arena. Iowa is 5-5-0-0 over the last ten games.
San Antonio is coming off a 3-2 loss in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The team is 1-4-0-1 on the road this season, having been outscored by their opponents 19-10. The Rampage is 5-3-0-2 over its last ten outings. San Antonio is playing the second of three straight on the road. The team wraps up its road trip in Rockford on Saturday.
The Wild and the Rampage will meet a total six times during the season. After Friday’s game, the two teams will meet again when Iowa makes its first of three visits to the AT&T Center on Wed. Dec. 4. The Rampage returns to Wells Fargo Arena on Dec.21 and Mar. 16. Minnesota's AHL Affiliate was in Houston for the 2012-13 season, going 40-26-5-5 (90 points / .592 %). The Aeros met the Rampage 12 times last season, with Houston going 8-3-0-1. The old rivals met 54 times in Texas over the last five years. Houston was 32-15-4-3 against San Antonio, including an 18-5-2-2 mark at home.
Upcoming Games:
Team Date Time Radio / TV
vs. San Antonio 11/15 7:05 PM KXNO 1460 / iHeart Radio
vs. Milwaukee 11/16 7:05 PM KXNO 1460 / iHeart Radio
vs. Grand Rapids 11/22 7:05 PM KXNO 1460 / iHeart Radio
Latest Transactions:
11/15 – Delete goaltender Johan Gustafsson (recalled – Minnesota - NHL)
11/15 – Add goaltender Thomas Heemskerk (signed PTO – from Quad City – CHL)
11/12 – Add Mike Rupp (conditioning loan – Minnesota NHL)
Last Time Out:
The Iowa Wild were defeated by the Chicago Wolves 3-1 in front of 3,235 fans at the Wells Fargo Arena on Wednesday night. Chicago defenseman Joel Edmundson scored late in the second period and forward Ty Rattie added an insurance goal in the third period to push the Wolves past the Wild. Wolves’ defenseman Evan Oberg picked up two assists as Chicago handed Iowa its fourth loss in the last five home games. Chicago goalie Jake Allen took care of the rest, stopping 26 Iowa shots for the win. Wild forward Erik Haula scored the team’s lone goal, as Iowa dropped to 3-5-0-0 at Wells Fargo Arena this season. Iowa goalie Darcy Kuemper made 20 saves in the team’s third straight loss at home.
Iowa Wild
After 12 games, defenseman Brian Connelly leads the team in scoring with ten points (all assists). Connelly set an Iowa season mark with three power-play assist on Saturday in Rockford. Forward Erik Haula is second in scoring with nine points in 12 games played. Haula is also tied for first with four goals and tied for second on the club with five assists.Left wing Jason Zucker is third on the team with eight points in ten games played. He is tied with Brett Bulmer for the team lead in goals at four. Center Warren Peters is also among the team leaders in points with six in seven games played. Forwards Carson McMIllan, Zack Phillips and Kris Foucault are also among the team leaders with six points each. Defenseman Jonathon Blum is second among blueliners in points with six in 12 games played.
Goalies Johan Gustafsson and Darcy Kuemper man the nets for Iowa. Kuemper is 3-5-0 on the season. In seven appearances, he has a 2.95 GAA and a .908 SV%. Gustafsson is 3-1-0 with a 2.45 GAA and a .920 SV %.
Iowa is 13-for-57 (22.8 %) on the power play and has allowed 11 power-play goals against on 64 attempts (82.8%) The Wild is 19th in the AHL with a 2.75 goals against average and the team sits 12th with a 2.83 goals per game average.
Notables –
· Forward Mike Rupp made his Iowa debut, playing in his 200th AHL game on Wednesday.
San Antonio Rampage
The Rampage experienced numerous changes in the offseason and more changes in the last week. Over the summer, Chuck Weber was replaced as the head coach, with Florida appointing Peter Horachek as the team’s new coach. Last week, Florida fired its coaching staff and named Horachek the head coach of the Panthers. The Panthers also named Tom Rowe as the new head coach of San Antonio.
Rookie center Vincent Trocheck leads his club in scoring with six goals and six assists for 12 points in 14 games played. He is joined by veteran forward Greg Rallo, who has ten points off two goals and eight assists in 14 games played. Right wing Bobby Butler has four goals and four assists in 13 games played. Defenseman Colby Robak leads all blueliners with seven assists and eight points in 14 games played.
Goalies Dov Grumet-Morris and Jacob Markstrom split time in net for the Rampage. Grumet-Morris has appeared in six games, going 1-4-1 with a 2.63 GAA and a.914 SV%. Markstrom is 0-1-0 on year, sporting a 3.06 GAA and a .870 SV%.
The Rampage is 7-for-71 (9.9%) on the power play this year. Despite the slow start on the extra man advantage, San Antonio’s penalty kill is 64 of 76 (84.2%) penalties. The Rampage average 2.43 goals per game and allow 2.79 per game.