GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT CHARLOTTE CHECKERS

Oct 17, 2025

Iowa Wild (0-2-0-0; 0 pts.) at Charlotte Checkers (1-1-0-0; 2 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild visit the Charlotte Checkers for the first game of a back-to-back weekend series on Friday at 6 p.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 9-20-1-2 (4-11-0-1 at Iowa, 5-9-1-1 at Charlotte) 

Last Time: Charlotte defeated Iowa 4-2 on Jan. 28, 2025... Caedan Bankier and Ryan Sandelin scored for the Wild... Justin Sourdif registered two goals for the visitors... Cooper Black turned aside 20-of-22 shots to earn the win 

2024-25: Iowa and Charlotte faced off in a season series for the first time since 2016-17... The Checkers won all four games against the Wild... Caedan Bankier and Ryan Sandelin each scored two goals against Charlotte... Samuel Hlavaj allowed six goals in two starts... Trevor Carrick paced Checkers skaters with five points (1-4=5)... Cooper Black finished 3-0-0 with a 0.67 GAA and a 0.974 SV% 

TEAM NOTES 

RETURNING SKATERS: Tonight’s lineup features 10 players that skated for Iowa against Rockford in 2024-25... Caedan Bankier and Ryan Sandelin led returning skaters in goals against Charlotte last season... Matt Kiersted recorded three points (0-3=3) in four games against Iowa with Charlotte last season  

2024-25 STATS: Charlotte scored the first goal in three of four meetings last season... The Checkers shut out the Wild twice... Charlotte outscored Iowa 9-1 in third periods during the season series... The Checkers went 2-for-8 on the power play and scored one shorthanded goal against the Wild 

FINDING THE WIN COLUMN: Iowa enters the weekend series against Charlotte seeking the team’s first win of the season... The Wild went winless in the first seven games of 2024-25 (0-6-1) 

ALL-TIME NUMBERS 

• Entering the 2025-26 season, 126 Wild players had suited up for at least one game against the Checkers in the team’s first 12 seasons 

• Zack Miller and Christoph Bertschy hold the all-time lead for goals (7) by an Iowa skater against the Checkers 

• Jordan Schroeder, Tyler Graovac, and Gustav Olofsson each own nine assists against Charlotte 

• Darcy Kuemper (1-0-0) is the only Iowa goaltender with a winning record against Charlotte

ABOUT THE OPPONENT 

• Charlotte finished 44-22-3-3 in 2024-25 

• The Checkers advanced to the Calder Cup Finals before being eliminated by the Abbotsford Canucks in six games (4-2)  

• Charlotte ranked 4th in the AHL in power-play percentage (21.2%) 

• The Checkers ranked 1st in the AHL on the penalty kill (86.6%) 

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 2025-26 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.   

Iowa Wild games are now streaming on AHLTV on FloHockey. Fans can visit FloHockey.tv now to create a free account, purchase subscriptions for the 2024-25 season, and watch all Iowa Wild games online.