GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT ROCKFORD ICEHOGS
Feb 25, 2023Iowa Wild (22-21-5-4; 53 pts.) at Rockford IceHogs (26-18-4-4; 60 pts.)
The Iowa Wild visit BMO Center for the back end of a home-and-home against the Rockford IceHogs Saturday at 7 p.m. The game is the 12th and final meeting between the two clubs this season.
GAME #100
The Iowa Wild and Rockford IceHogs have played each other 99 times since Iowa entered the American Hockey League in 2013-14. The IceHogs are the most played opponent in Wild history. Iowa and Rockford first faced off on Nov. 8, 2013, with the IceHogs taking a 3-1 win. The Wild emerged victorious the next night by a 5-2 score. Iowa has gone 51-38-6-4 against Rockford all-time and 6-3-1-1 this season.
FIRST SCORER
• Nick Swaney scored Iowa’s first goal in a 3-1 loss to Rockford on Friday
• Swaney has scored his team’s first goal six times, which is tied for the league lead
• Marco Rossi has done so five times for the Wild
• Swaney has scored five goals in Iowa’s previous six games against the IceHogs
BY PERIOD
• Iowa has played 13 scoreless first periods this season
• The Wild have scored in the third period in three consecutive games
• Iowa last posted double digit shot totals in all three periods on Feb. 1 at Texas
• The Wild last scored a second period goal on Feb. 15 at Manitoba
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