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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. CHICAGO WOLVES

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. CHICAGO WOLVES

Oct 25, 2023

Iowa Wild (1-3-0-0; 2 pts.) vs. Chicago Wolves (1-1-1-1; 4 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild return home to take on the Chicago Wolves on Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena at 7 p.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 29-51-7-3 (14-27-3-2 at Wells Fargo Arena, 15-24-4-1 at Chicago) 

LAST TIME: Iowa took a 3-2 victory over Chicago in overtime on Apr. 8, 2023... Sammy Walker scored the game-winner at 2:22 of the extra session with assists from Nic Petan and Michael Milne... Zane McIntyre saved 25-of-27 shots in net for Iowa... Daemon Hunt finished with a plus-3 rating 

2022-23: Iowa went 4-6-0-0 against Chicago in 2022-23... The Wild won three of the first four meetings... The final matchup of the season was the only game that went to overtime... Only one other game was decided by fewer than two goals (Chicago 6 - Iowa 5, Feb. 11, 2023) 

TEAM NOTES 

MAN ADVANTAGE: The Wild have scored power-play goals in consecutive games... Iowa went 2-for-9 on the man advantage last weekend... The team’s longest streak in 2022-23 was seven games (Mar. 11-24, 10-for-31) 

SCORING FRENZY: Iowa has not been held off the scoreboard in consecutive periods this season... The Wild have shut opponents out in a period once (second period, Oct. 20 at Manitoba 

WHO’S FIRST?: Iowa’s opponents have gotten on the scoreboard first in each of the team’s four games this season... The Wild went 23-8-3-4 when scoring first in 2022-23 

WINNING WEDNESDAY: Iowa will play eight Wednesday games this season... The Wild play 16 total weekday games 

ANDY WELINSKI 

  • Iowa signed defenseman Andy Welinski to a PTO on Tuesday 

  • Welinski skated in 40 games with the Hartford Wolf Pack and 14 games with the Rockford IceHogs last season 

  • The Duluth, Minn. native has recorded 142 points (39-103=142) in 284 AHL games across eight seasons 

  • Welinski was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the third round (83rd overall) in the 2011 NHL Draft 

  • He made his NHL debut with the Ducks on Dec. 11, 2017 and has posted six points (1-5=6) in 46 NHL games 

CENTRAL SHOWDOWN 

  • Iowa’s matchup against Chicago marks the third of 13 consecutive games against Central Division opponents 

  • The Wild went 26-21-5-4 against the Central Division in 2022-23 

  • Iowa’s longest stretch against exclusively Central Division opponents this season will come from Feb. 16 - Mar. 30, when the team plays 19 divisional games 

  • The Wild and Wolves face off eight times this season 

  • Iowa plays Chicago in every month of the 2023-24 season besides January 

  • Chicago is the second-most frequent regular season opponent (90 GP) in Iowa’s history behind Rockford (100 GP) 

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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