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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT MANITOBA MOOSE

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT MANITOBA MOOSE

Oct 20, 2023

Iowa Wild (0-2-0-0; 0 pts.) at Manitoba Moose (1-1-0-0; 2 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild kick off the team’s first pair of road games Friday night against the Manitoba Moose at Canada Life Centre at 7 p.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 31-15-2-2 (15-8-0-1 at Wells Fargo Arena, 16-7-2-1 at Manitoba) 

ALL-TIME: Colton Beck leads Iowa with 33 games played all-time vs. Manitoba... Adam Beckman leads Friday’s active roster with 13... Kyle Rau holds the all-time Iowa goal lead vs. Manitoba (15)... Sam Anas leads the Wild all-time vs. the Moose in assists (13) and points (22) 

2022-23: Iowa went 3-5-0-0 against Manitoba in 2022-23... The Wild beat the Moose by a 5-2 score on Oct. 29 in the season’s first meeting to pick up the team’s first win of the season... Adam Beckman led Iowa skaters in goals and points (7-3=10) in seven games vs. Manitoba 

TEAM NOTES 

VISITING MANITOBA:  The Wild have never lost two consecutive games to open a season series against the Moose 

OH CANADA!: Iowa has not visited another Canadian opponent since Feb. 10, 2015, when the Wild took on the Hamilton Bulldogs 

LOOKING FOR THREE: Iowa won back-to-back games against Manitoba to close out the 2022-23 season series... The Wild last took three consecutive games over the Moose during a five-game win streak between Nov. 24, 2018 - Jan. 25, 2020... Iowa also beat Manitoba five times in a row from Jan. 1 - Mar. 9, 2016 

SCORING FIRST: The Wild scored the first goal in six of eight meetings with the Moose in 2022-23... Adam Beckman scored three of the six first goals 

NIC PETAN 

  • Nic Petan made his professional debut and scored in his first NHL game on Oct. 8, 2015 against the Boston Bruins with the Winnipeg Jets 

  • Petan’s first AHL game with the Manitoba Moose came on Nov. 20, 2015 vs. Bakersfield 

  • Petan played in 108 AHL games with the Moose from 2015-18 and posted 89 points (28-61=89) 

  • Petan skated in 14 games with Manitoba against Iowa and recorded seven points versus the Wild (2-5=7) 

  • He also skated in 108 games with the Jets, where he accumulated 23 points (5-18=23) 

  • Petan was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 25, 2019 in exchange for Par Lindholm 

GREG MEIRELES 

  • Greg Meireles spent each of the previous two seasons with the Manitoba Moose 

  • Meireles skated in 116 games for Manitoba and posted 47 points (15-32=47) 

  • He was named Manitoba’s Rookie of the Year following the 2021-22 season 

  • Meireles recorded six points (1-5=6) in 11 career games against the Wild with the Moose 

PLAYER STREAKS 

  • Simon Johansson leads Wild skaters with 35 consecutive regular season games played 

  • Daemon Hunt has skated in 23 consecutive games 

  • Mike O’Leary has appeared in the last 22 Iowa regular season games 

  • Iowa has started either Zane McIntyre or Jesper Wallstedt in 61 consecutive regular season games, dating back to Wallstedt’s Nov. 20, 2022 start in a 5-1 regular season win over Chicago 

For more information on Iowa Wild hockey, please visit www.iowawild.com. Fans can purchase single-game tickets through the team’s website at www.iowawild.com. Group tickets (10 or more), suites, Wild 365 memberships or premium tickets can be purchased by contacting the Iowa Wild Ticket Department at 515-564-8700 or tickets@iowawild.com. Season tickets for 2023-24 are on sale now. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365. 

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