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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

Dec 14, 2024

Iowa Wild (9-12-1-0; 19 pts.) at Rockford IceHogs (8-11-3-0; 19 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild travel to BMO Center to face the Rockford IceHogs on Saturday at 7 p.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 58-45-6-5 (30-25-1-1 at Wells Fargo Arena, 28-20-5-4 at Rockford) 

Last Time: Iowa shut out Rockford 5-0 on Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena to win a third consecutive game... Brendan Gaunce recorded a hat trick for the Wild... Sammy Walker and Graeme Clarke also scored for Iowa... Jesper Wallstedt stopped all 23 shots he faced to earn the win 

2023-24: Iowa went 4-7-0-1 against Rockford in 2023-24... Three of the 12 games were decided by one goal... Carson Lambos (0-6=6) and Sammy Walker (2-4=6) ranked T-2nd among Iowa skaters in points during the season series... Jesper Wallstedt went 4-3-0 with a 2.46 GAA and a 0.917 SV% 

TEAM NOTES 

STREAK SNAPPED: Iowa’s loss to Milwaukee on Friday snapped a three-game winning streak... The streak tied Iowa’s season long for consecutive wins 

FIRST GOALS: The Wild have scored the first goal in four consecutive games... Brendan Gaunce and Liam Öhgren have each scored Iowa’s first goal four times 

SHOT DIFFERENTIALS: The team recording more shots has won in each of Iowa’s last 10 games... The Admirals outshot the Wild by 18 on Friday, marking a season high for an opponent 

HIGH FLYING: Iowa has scored four or more goals in eight consecutive wins... The Wild are 8-2-0-0 when scoring four or more... Iowa has not played a one-goal game in 14 consecutive contests... Friday’s game against Milwaukee was the second over that span to be decided by two goals 

MULTI-POINT GAMES 

  • Travis Boyd (1-1=2) and Liam Öhgren (0-2=2) each recorded a multi-point game on Friday 

  • Boyd’s two-point performance was his team leading fifth multi-point game and fourth two-point game of 2024-25 

  • Öhgren ranks second among Wild skaters with four multi-point games and T-2nd with three two-point games 

  • 18 different Iowa skaters have recorded a multi-point game this season 

FAMILIAR FOES 

  • Saturday’s game against the IceHogs marks the second of six games over a 21 day stretch between Iowa and Rockford 

  • The Wild have won each of the season’s first two matchups 

  • The Wild last beat the IceHogs in three consecutive games from Jan. 7 - 24, 2023 

  • Iowa last won three regulation games in a row against Rockford from Nov. 7, 2018 - Jan. 4, 2019 

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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