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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

Feb 21, 2025

Iowa Wild (15-28-3-1; 36 pts.) at Rockford IceHogs (20-22-5-1; 46 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild visit BMO Center to take on the Rockford IceHogs on Friday at 7 p.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 61-50-6-5 (32-28-1-1 at Wells Fargo Arena, 29-22-5-4 at Rockford) 

Last Time: Iowa fell 4-2 to Rockford at Wells Fargo Arena on Monday evening... Michael Milne and Travis Boyd scored for Iowa... Zach Sanford converted on the first penalty shot Iowa faced in 2024-25 at 11:25 of the first period for the eventual game-winning goal... Mitchell Weeks stopped 35-of-37 shots 

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 

SEASON SERIES: Iowa have accumulated more shots in each period of the first 10 games of the season series against Rockford... The Wild have outshot the IceHogs 96-88 in first periods, 114-100 in second periods, and 106-97 in third periods 

DOUBLE-DIGIT SHOTS: Iowa has registered double-digit shot totals in every period in back-to-back games... The Wild are 3-6-1-0 when posting double-digit shot totals in every period 

PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa has scored a second period goal in six games in a row... The Wild have outshot opponents in three consecutive first periods 

THREE OR FEWER: Iowa has won four times in 34 games when scoring three goals or fewer... The Wild have scored three goals or fewer in 13 games in a row 

SPECIAL TEAMS: Iowa’s power play is 8-for-40 against Rockford (20%) this season 

HOT HANDS 

  • Travis Boyd is riding a six-game point streak (5-2=7) 

  • 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 three games in a row 

  • Ben Jones has points in each of his last three games (1-3=4) 

BANKIER’S 100TH 

  • Caedan Bankier enters Friday’s matchup having played 99 AHL games with Iowa 

  • Bankier skated in his first AHL game on Dec. 9, 2023 vs. Milwaukee 

  • The White Rock, BC native scored his first AHL goal on Dec. 15, 2023 at Rockford 

ABOUT THE OPPONENTS 

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

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

  • Zach Sanford has recorded three-point games in two of Rockford’s last three games 

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