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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

Feb 17, 2025

Iowa Wild (15-27-3-1; 36 pts.) vs. Rockford IceHogs (19-22-5-1; 44 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Rockford IceHogs play the ninth game of a 12-game season series at Wells Fargo Arena on Monday at 7 p.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 61-49-6-5 (32-27-1-1 at Wells Fargo Arena, 29-22-5-4 at Rockford) 

Last Time: Iowa earned a 2-1 win over Rockford at Wells Fargo Arena on Jan. 18... Travis Boyd and Matthew Sop scored in the second period to lift the Wild to victory... Samuel Hlavaj stopped 24-of-25 shots... Mitchell Weeks turned aside 37-of-39 Iowa shots... Iowa finished 1-for-4 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 

MIDDLE FRAME: Iowa has scored two goals in the second period in three games in a row against Rockford... The Wild have scored twice in the middle frame in five of nine games against the IceHogs... Iowa has scored a second period goal in five games in a row 

DOUBLE-DIGIT SHOTS: Iowa registered double-digit shot totals in all three periods on Saturday... The Wild are 3-5-1-0 when posting double-digit shot totals in every period 

SPECIAL TEAMS: Iowa went 1-for-5 on the power play and held Grand Rapids scoreless on four power plays on Saturday... The Wild are 3-1-0-0 when scoring on the power play and holding the opponent scoreless

WIN WITH THREE: Iowa won on Saturday for the fourth time in 32 games when scoring three goals or fewer... The Wild have scored three goals or fewer in 12 games in a row 

HOT HANDS 

  • Travis Boyd is riding a five-game point streak (2-4=6) 

  • The streak is Boyd’s longest in an Iowa uniform 

  • Boyd’s longest AHL point streak lasted seven games during the 2016-17 season with Hershey (4-6=10, Nov. 19 - Dec. 6) 

  • Luke Toporowski has registered an assist in back-to-back games 

  • Ben Jones has points in each of his last two games (1-2=3) 

ABOUT THE OPPONENTS 

  • Rockford has allowed a power-play goal in three consecutive games 

  • The IceHogs have scored four or more goals in five of the last six games 

  • Andreas Athanasiou has scored in five of Rockford’s last six games 

  • Athanasiou (1-2=3) and Joey Anderson (2-1=3) recorded three-point games against Springfield on Saturday 

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