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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS

Oct 23, 2024

Iowa Wild (0-4-0-0; 0 pts.) vs. Milwaukee Admirals (3-1-0-0; 6 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild return home to host the Milwaukee Admirals on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Wells Fargo Arena. If the Wild win, all fans in attendance will receive a free ticket to an upcoming game as a part of Winning Wednesday, presented by Pizza Hut and KIOA. All fans in attendance will receive a free wings voucher from Pizza Hut as an exit giveaway. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 31-34-8-7 (15-18-3-3 at Wells Fargo Arena, 16-16-5-4 at Milwaukee) 

LAST TIME: Iowa fell 4-3 in overtime to Milwaukee at home on Mar. 26... Sammy Walker, Daemon Hunt, and Turner Elson each scored for the Wild... Hunt and Walker each recorded a goal and an assist... Jesper Wallstedt turned aside 29-of-33 shots... Zach L’Heureux scored the winner at 2:19 of overtime 

2023-24: Iowa went 2-4-2-0 against Milwaukee in 2023-24... Jesper Wallstedt posted a record of 2-3-1 in six appearances... Daemon Hunt and Sammy Walker ranked tied for second in points by Iowa skaters against Milwaukee... Each player posted one goal and six assists 

TEAM NOTES 

BRIGHT SIDE: Iowa is still searching for its first win of the 2023-24 season... The Wild made the playoffs in 2022-23 despite going winless in the season’s first four games (0-2-0-2)  

CLOSE CONTESTS: Prior to Sunday’s game against San Jose, Iowa entered the third period tied or trailing by a single goal... The Wild earned points in half of their games when tied after two periods in 2023-24 (6-9-2-1) 

SCORING FIRST: Iowa’s opponents have scored the first goal in each of the season’s first four games... The Wild finished 8-34-1-1 when allowing the first goal in 2023-24... Iowa finished 19-3-3-3 when scoring first 

SERIES OPENERS: Iowa has earned a point in five of the last six season series openers against Milwaukee (4-1-1-0) 

HUNTER HAIGHT 

  • Hunter Haight scored his first professional goal and recorded a hat trick against San Jose on Sunday 

  • Haight’s hat trick was the 19th in Iowa Wild history 

  • Nic Petan recorded Iowa’s last hat trick on Dec. 20, 2023 at Milwaukee 

  • Haight’s three-goal performance was the second of the season for Iowa (Brendan Gaunce, 1g-2a on Oct. 12 vs. Manitoba) 

  • The hat trick marked the first time in Iowa Wild history that a skater finished with a hat trick in the same game in which they scored their first professional goal 

WILD ALUMNI 

  • Iowa will face off against two alumni on Wednesday in the form of Jake Lucchini and Cal O’Reilly 

  • Lucchini skated in 30 Iowa games (11-12=23) during the 2023-24 season  

  • Lucchini also played 40 games (2-3=5) with the Minnesota Wild last season 

  • O’Reilly served as Iowa’s captain during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons 

  • O’Reilly skated in 142 regular season games for Iowa and registered 131 points (31-100=131) 

  • The Toronto, Ontario native also posted nine points (3-6=9) in 11 games during Iowa’s 2018-19 playoff run 

SHOT TOTALS 

  • Iowa has posted 25 or more shots in all four games this season 

  • The Wild rank T-3rd in the AHL in shots/game (33) this season 

  • Iowa ranks T-18th in the AHL in shots against/game (29.5) 

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. 

Visit http://www.iowawild.com/pressbox for the latest news and information from the team including press releases, game notes, multimedia content, and daily statistics.  

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