GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. CHARLOTTE CHECKERS
Jan 22, 2025Iowa Wild (14-21-2-0; 30 pts.) vs. Charlotte Checkers (20-11-3-2; 45 pts.)
The Iowa Wild host the Charlotte Checkers at Wells Fargo Arena on Winning Wednesday at 7 p.m. If the Wild win, all fans in attendance will receive a free ticket to an upcoming game.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 9-18-1-2 (4-9-0-1 at Wells Fargo Arena, 5-9-1-1 at Charlotte)
Last Time: Charlotte shut out Iowa by a 3-0 score at Bojangles Coliseum to sweep a weekend series on Nov. 30... Trevor Carrick, John Leonard, and Patrick Giles scored for the Checkers... All three goals were scored in the third period... Samuel Hlavaj stopped 30-of-32 shots for Iowa... Cooper Black stopped all 23 Wild shots
2016-17: Iowa and Charlotte last played a season series in 2016-17... The Wild went 2-5-1-0 against the Checkers... Teemu Pulkkinen paced Iowa in goals (4) and points (8) against Charlotte... Alex Stalock went 2-3-1 with a 2.40 GAA and 0.922 SV% against the Checkers... 34 different players dressed for Iowa against Charlotte
TEAM NOTES
LOW SCORING WIN: Saturday’s 2-1 win over Rockford marked the first time in 23 games in which Iowa won a game when scoring fewer than four goals... The Wild had not won when scoring three or fewer dating back to Oct. 29 (3-2 W vs. CHI)... Iowa has won every game in which the team has scored four goals over that span
BACK AND FORTH: Iowa has not earned points in consecutive games since Dec. 11... The Wild picked up three consecutive wins from Dec. 7-11... Iowa has not played consecutive games without earning a point since Dec. 28... The Wild endured a four-game losing streak from Dec. 20-28
SUCCESSFUL KILL: The Wild broke a three-game streak of allowing a power-play goal on Saturday... Iowa had last outscored its opponent on special teams on Dec. 31 vs. Rockford
HOT HANDS
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Travis Boyd has recorded a point in four consecutive games (2-2=4)
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Boyd’s last four-game AHL point streak came during the 2016-17 season with Hershey (2-3=5)
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Boyd’s longest AHL point streak also came during the 2016-17 season and lasted seven games (4-6=10)
STREAKS SNAPPED
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Two Iowa players saw scoring streaks snapped in Saturday’s win over Rockford
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Ben Jones had registered eight points (3-5=8) in his previous three games
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Joseph Cecconi saw a four-game point streak (2-2=4) come to a close
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Cecconi tied a career-long four-game point streak (0-5=5) set earlier this season from Nov. 16-29
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