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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT ONTARIO REIGN

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT ONTARIO REIGN

Jan 12, 2025

Iowa Wild (12-19-2-0; 26 pts.) at Ontario Reign (20-10-0-1; 41 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Ontario Reign complete a weekend series at Toyota Arena on Sunday at 5 p.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 6-5-1-1 (3-2-1-0 at Wells Fargo Arena, 3-3-0-1 at Ontario)  

Last Time: Iowa scored three first period goals en route to a 5-0 victory over Ontario at Toyota Arena on Friday night... Samuel Hlavaj turned aside 34-of-34 shots to earn his first career AHL shutout... Graeme Clarke (2-1=3) and Liam Öhgren (0-3=3) each registered three points... Iowa did not receive a power play and held Ontario scoreless on one man advantage 

2019-20: Iowa 2-2-0-0 against Ontario during the last season series... Louie Belpedio (1-3=4), Sam Anas (0-4=4), and Sam Anas (0-4=4) led the Wild in points... Mat Robson posted a record of 2-0-0 with a 1.44 GAA and a .947 SV%... The Wild finished 5-for-24 on the power play against the Reign 

TEAM NOTES 

FIVE A SIDE: Iowa has scored five goals in four consecutive wins and in nine of their last 10 victories... The Wild scored all five goals on Friday in 5-on-5 play... Iowa has outscored opponents 69-63 this season during 5-on-5 hockey 

THREE GOAL PERIODS: Iowa scored three goals in the opening period on Friday... The Wild had not scored three goals in the first period this season... Iowa’s last three goal period came on Dec. 8 in a 4-1 win over Milwaukee... The Wild have won each of the last five games in which the team scored three times in a period  

FOUR OR MORE: Over the last 19 games, Iowa has won every game in which the team has scored four goals and lost every game in which the team scored fewer than four goals... The Wild have not won when scoring three or fewer dating back to Oct. 29 (3-2 W vs. CHI) 

MULTI-POINT GAMES 

  • Three different Iowa skaters registered multi-point games on Friday 

  • Graeme Clarke (2-1=3) registered his first two-goal game and three-point game of the season 

  • Clarke’s last two-goal game came on Dec. 22, 2022 at Cleveland with Utica 

  • Liam Öhgren (0-3=3) recorded his first three-assist game and third three-point game of 2024-25 

  • Öhgren’s last three-point game (2-1=3) came on Dec. 17, 2024 vs. Rockford  

  • Hunter Haight (0-2=2) posted two assists for the first time this season 

  • Haight set his high mark for points in a game with a hat trick on Oct. 20, 2024 at San Jose 

FIRST SHUTOUT 

  • Iowa goaltender Samuel Hlavaj recorded his first AHL career shutout with a 34 save performance on Friday 

  • Hlavaj became the 14th goaltender in team history to earn a shutout 

  • The shutout was the 48th in team history 

  • Hlavaj previously recorded four shutouts in international play with Czechia and four shutouts in the QMJHL with Sherbrooke 

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