GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ROCKFORD ICEHOGS
Jan 18, 2025Iowa Wild (13-21-2-0; 28 pts.) vs. Rockford IceHogs (16-16-3-1; 36 pts.)
The Iowa Wild host the Rockford IceHogs at Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday at 6 p.m. on Local Heroes Night. The first 1,500 fans will receive a rope hat giveaway presented by Service Legends and KIOA.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 60-49-6-5 (31-27-1-1 at Wells Fargo Arena, 29-22-5-4 at Rockford)
Last Time: Rockford scored the first four goals in a 6-3 Iowa loss at Wells Fargo Arena on Friday night... Ben Jones, Bradley Marek, and Joseph Cecconi scored for the Wild... Drew Commesso turned aside 41-of-44 shots for Rockford... Iowa went 0-for-5 with the man advantage... The IceHogs finished 2-for-3 on the power play
2023-24: Iowa went 4-7-0-1 against Rockford in 2023-24... Three of the 12 games were decided by one goal... Carson Lambos (0-6=6) and Sammy Walker (2-4=6) ranked T-2nd among Iowa skaters in points during the season series... Jesper Wallstedt went 4-3-0 with a 2.46 GAA and a 0.917 SV%
TEAM NOTES
FAMILIAR FOES: Saturday’s game against Rockford marks the last time the two teams will play until Feb. 17... The contest completes a stretch in which the Wild will have hosted the IceHogs in five of six home games... Each team has won two of the last four games played at Wells Fargo Arena
HIGH-SCORING AFFAIRS: Iowa has played in 10 games in which eight or more goals have been scored... The Wild are 4-6-0-0 in those games
OPPOSING POWER PLAYS: The Wild have allowed a power-play goal in three games in a row (5-for-11)
FOUR OR MORE: Over the last 21 games, Iowa has won every game in which the team has scored four goals and lost every game in which the team scored fewer than four goals... The Wild have not won when scoring three or fewer dating back to Oct. 29 (3-2 W vs. CHI)
HOT HANDS
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Ben Jones has eight points (3-5=8) in his last three games
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Joseph Cecconi is riding a four-game point streak (2-2=4)
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The point streak is tied for Cecconi’s career-long
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Cecconi also recorded a four-game point streak (0-5=5) from Nov. 16-29
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Travis Boyd has recorded a point in three consecutive games (1-2=3)
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