GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ONTARIO REIGN
Mar 22, 2025Iowa Wild (21-32-4-1; 47 pts.) vs. Ontario Reign (35-20-3-1; 74 pts.)
The Iowa Wild welcome the Ontario Reign to Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday at 6 p.m. on Racing Night, presented by Iowa Speedway. The first 1,500 fans will receive a hat courtesy of Iowa Speedway and KGGO.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 6-6-1-1 (3-2-1-0 at Wells Fargo Arena, 3-4-0-1 at Ontario)
Last Time: Ontario scored the final four goals in a 5-2 win over Iowa at Toyota Arena on Jan. 12... Travis Boyd and Joseph Cecconi scored for the Wild... Glenn Gawdin (2-1=3) was one of four Reign skaters to register multiple points... Samuel Hlavaj stopped 28-of-32 shots... Erik Portillo turned aside 21-of-23 shots to earn the win
2019-20: Iowa 2-2-0-0 against Ontario during the last season series... Louie Belpedio (1-3=4), Sam Anas (0-4=4), and Sam Anas (0-4=4) led the Wild in points... Mat Robson posted a record of 2-0-0 with a 1.44 GAA and a .947 SV%... The Wild finished 5-for-24 on the power play against the Reign
TEAM NOTES
SEASON SERIES: Iowa earned a 5-0 win over Ontario on Jan. 10 before dropping a 5-2 decision on Jan. 12... The Reign outshot the Wild in both games... The two teams combined for five total power plays across the two games
LATEST EIGHT: Iowa has earned points in six of the last eight games (5-2-1-0)... The Wild have scored three or more goals in every game in which the team picked up a point... Iowa has outshot opponents twice in those eight contests
SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa’s power play is 4-for-8 in the last two games... The Wild have allowed a power-play goal in seven games in a row (8-for-26)
THREE IN A PERIOD Iowa scored three goals in a period on Sunday for the first time since Feb. 26 vs. Chicago... The Wild are 8-1-0-0 when scoring three goals in a period
OFFENSIVE OUTBURST
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Travis Boyd (2-2=4), Liam Öhgren (1-2=3), and Ryan O’Rourke (0-2=2) matched career highs for points in a game in Sunday’s win over Manitoba
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Graeme Clarke (2-1=3) and Ben Jones (0-2=2) also registered multi-point games in the victory
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Clarke set an Iowa record for plus-minus in a single game (+5)
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Clarke also posted the second-highest shot total by an Iowa skater this season (8), behind his own season-high (10, Nov. 3 vs. San Jose)
HOT HANDS
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Ben Jones (1-4=5) has points in back-to-back games
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David Spacek (0-3=3) has registered assists in consecutive games
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Travis Boyd recorded his second four-point game of the season and team-leading 11th multi-point game of the 2024-25 season on Sunday
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
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The Reign enter Saturday’s game having won four of their last five contests
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Pheonix Copley has started 12 of Ontario’s last 13 games
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Copley has allowed three goals or fewer in 11 starts in a row
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Reilly Walsh is riding a three-game point streak (0-3=3)
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Glenn Gawdin has six points (3-3=6) in his last six games
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