GAME PREVIEW - IOWA WILD AT TEXAS STARS
Oct 16, 2021Iowa Wild (0-0-0-0; 0 pts.) at Texas Stars (0-0-0-0; 0 pts.)
Iowa battles Texas in their first matchup of the 2021-22 season. Both teams squared off to end the 2020-21 campaign, with Iowa winning the season series 7-5.
TUSSLE IN TEXAS
The Wild and the Stars both wrapped up their 2020-21 campaigns with a three-game series against one another. In that season ending series, Iowa emerged victorious in two of the three contests, outscoring Texas by a combined score of 10-8. In the shortened 2020-21 season, the Wild won the season series against the Stars, collecting seven of a possible 12 wins. Four of the Wild’s top five scorers from the 2020-21 season are returning for the 2021-22 season.
FABULOUS FINISH
• At the end of the shortened 2020-21 season, the Wild finished in a playoff spot for a third consecutive season.
• Iowa went 13-4-2 to end last season, the best finish to a season in franchise history.
• In their final six games of the 2020-22 season, Iowa outscored their opponents by a combined score of 23-11.
• Assistant Coaches Nolan Yonkman and Nate DiCasmirro make their professional coaching debuts.
TALES OF TEXAS
• Riley Damiani is the only returning Stars player to have finished in the top three in team scoring last season.
• Texas finished 15th in the AHL on the powerplay in 2020-21, converting on 18% of their chances.
• 2019 first round pick (18th Overall), Thomas Harley, led all AHL defensemen in goals (8) last season.
• The Stars played the fifth most games in last year’s shortened season with 38.
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