GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS

Nov 6, 2024

Iowa Wild (3-6-1-0; 7 pts.) vs. Grand Rapids Griffins (6-3-1-0; 13 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Grand Rapids Griffins square off in Iowa’s annual School Day Game on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 32-20-3-3 (16-10-0-2 at Wells Fargo Arena, 16-10-3-1 at Grand Rapids) 

Last Time: Iowa defeated Grand Rapids 4-1 at home to complete the 2023-24 season series on Apr. 19, 2024... Turner Elson, Michael Milne, Carson Lambos, and Adam Beckman scored for Iowa... Jesper Wallstedt stopped 31-of-32 shots in the win 

2023-24: Iowa went 1-5-1-1 record against Grand Rapids last season... The Wild picked up points in each of their final two games against the Griffins... David Spacek led Iowa in assists (5) across eight games against Grand Rapids... Jonatan Berggren paced the Griffins with seven points (2-5=7) in six games played 

TEAM NOTES 

THREE-GAME STREAK: Iowa has won three consecutive games... The Wild won three games in a row four times in 2023-24... Iowa’s longest point streak last season spanned five games (Mar. 17 - 29, 4-0-1-0) 

TWO OR FEWER: Iowa’s goaltenders have allowed just five goals over the last three games... The Wild were 22-4-1-0 when allowing two goals or fewer in 2023-24... Iowa held its opponents to two goals or fewer in three consecutive games three times last season 

FIRST ON THE BOARD: Iowa has scored first and held its opponent scoreless in the first period in three consecutive games... The team scoring first has won each of Iowa’s games this season 

MIDDLE FRAME: Iowa scored a second period goal in all but one game against Grand Rapids last season 

HOT HANDS 

• Travis Boyd owns five points (1-4=5) over the team’s last two games 

• Devin Shore and David Spacek each scored their first goals of the season in Sunday’s win over San Jose 

• Ryan O’Rourke recorded his third career two-point game with two assists on Sunday 

• Dylan Ferguson stopped 22-of-24 Barracuda shots on Sunday to pick up a win in his first Iowa start 

IN THE SHOW 

• Forward Michael Milne earned his first recall to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday 

• Milne ranks T-1st among Iowa skaters in goals (4), T-2nd in assists (4), second in points (8), T-2nd in points/game (0.80), T-2nd in plus/minus (+2), and T-3rd in shots (27) 

• Milne has skated in 107 career AHL games over three seasons (2022-25) with Iowa, recording 42 points (19-23=42), 48 penalty minutes (PIM), six PPGs and 176 shots 

• If Milne were to make his NHL debut to the Minnesota Wild, he would become the 85th Iowa Wild alumni to go on to play in the NHL and the 34th to make their NHL debut with Minnesota 

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