GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS
Feb 15, 2025Iowa Wild (15-27-3-1; 34 pts.) vs. Grand Rapids Griffins (26-17-3-1; 56 pts.)
The Iowa Wild complete a weekend series against the Grand Rapids Griffins at Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday at 6 p.m. The Wild will wear specialty pink jerseys for Pink in the Rink and host a postgame auction benefiting breast cancer patients at John Stoddard Cancer Center.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 33-36-9-8 (16-14-8-5 at Wells Fargo Arena, 17-22-1-3 at Grand Rapids)
Last Time: Iowa picked up a point in a 4-3 overtime loss to Grand Rapids on Friday night at Wells Fargo Arena... Graeme Clarke, Ben Jones, and Hunter Haight scored for Iowa... Samuel Hlavaj stopped 27-of-31 shots... Sebastian Cossa turned aside 26-of-29 shots... The Wild went 1-for-4 on the power play... The Griffins finished 1-for-8
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
VARIED CONTRIBUTIONS: Nine different Wild skaters have scored a goal against the Griffins this season... Graeme Clarke and Hunter Haight became the second and third players (Bradley Marek) to score two goals against Grand Rapids this season on Friday... 19 Iowa skaters have registered a point against Grand Rapids
EARLY STAGES: Iowa has scored in the first period and second period in four consecutive games... Opponents have scored the first goal in five of the last six contests
PLAY BY PERIOD: Grand Rapids has scored in the second period of all four games in the season series... The Wild have outshot the Griffins in three of four third periods... Grand Rapids has scored in 12 of 13 periods
WIN WITH THREE: Iowa has won three times in 31 games when scoring three goals or fewer... The Wild have scored three goals or fewer in 11 games in a row
HOT HANDS
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Travis Boyd is riding a four-game point streak (1-4=5)
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The streak ties Boyd’s longest in an Iowa uniform (Jan. 12 - 18, 0-4=4)
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Hunter Haight has three points (2-1=3) in Iowa’s two last game
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Ben Jones recorded his fourth multi-point game and third two-point game of the season on Friday (1-1=2)
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