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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT TEXAS STARS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT TEXAS STARS

Oct 26, 2024

Iowa Wild (0-6-0-0; 0 pts.) at Texas Stars (4-1-0-0; 8 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Texas Stars complete a weekend series at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park on Saturday at 7 p.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 29-39-8-3 (13-21-3-2 at Wells Fargo Arena, 16-18-5-1 at Texas) 

LAST TIME: Texas scored five consecutive goals to take a 6-2 win over Iowa on Friday night... Brendan Gaunce and Will Zmolek each scored for the Wild... Zmolek’s goal was his first AHL tally... Arttu Hyry scored twice for Texas... Samuel Hlavaj stopped 17-of-23 shots... Magnus Hellberg turned aside 36-of-38 shots 

2023-24: The Wild went 3-5-0-0 against the Stars in 2023-24... Two of Iowa’s three wins came at Wells Fargo Arena... Michael Milne and Sammy Walker ranked T-2nd among Wild skaters in assists (4) during the season series... Jesper Wallstedt went 2-3-0 with a 3.04 GAA and 0.905 SV% against Texas 

TEAM NOTES 

SPECIAL TEAMS: Iowa finished 1-for-8 on the power play on Friday against Texas... The eight man advantage opportunities were the most for Iowa since Dec. 14, 2021, when the team set its all-time record for power plays in a game with 11 (1-for-11) against Milwaukee in a 6-3 defeat 

SNAPPING THE STREAK: Iowa’s six-game losing streak to start the season is the longest regulation stretch since a seven game skid from Feb. 10-24, 2023... The team’s longest winless streak of 2023-24 lasted six games (0-5-0-1) 

SCORING FIRST: Iowa’s opponents have scored the first goal in each of the season’s first six games... The Wild finished 8-34-1-1 when allowing the first goal in 2023-24... Iowa finished 19-3-3-3 when scoring first 

PLAYER FIRSTS 

  • Will Zmolek became the second Iowa skater to score his first career AHL goal this season with a late tally on Friday night 

  • Hunter Haight scored his first AHL goal and posted a hat trick on Oct. 20 at San Jose 

  • Arttu Hyry recorded his first multi-point game with two goals against the Wild on Friday 

  • Justin Hryckowian has recorded a point for Texas in each of his first five AHL games (3-5=8) 

SHOT TOTALS 

  • Iowa has posted 25 or more shots in all six games this season 

  • The Wild rank 4th in the AHL in shots/game (33.67) this season 

  • Iowa ranks 11th in the AHL in shots against/game (27.33) 

ALL-TIME NUMBERS 

  • Ryan O’Rourke leads current Wild skaters and ranks T-3rd all-time with 26 career games against the Stars 

  • Sammy Walker leads current Iowa skaters and ranks T-4th all-time with seven career goals against Texas 

  • Walker also leads current Wild skaters in assists (6) and points (13) against the Stars 

  • Jesper Wallstedt is 4-4-1 lifetime against Texas with a 2.79 GAA and a 0.900 SV% 

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