GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT CHARLOTTE CHECKERS
Oct 18, 2025Iowa Wild (0-3-0-0; 0 pts.) at Charlotte Checkers (2-1-0-0; 4 pts.)
The Iowa Wild and Charlotte Checkers complete a weekend series at Bojangles Coliseum on Saturday at 5 p.m.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 9-21-1-2 (4-11-0-1 at Iowa, 5-10-1-1 at Charlotte)
Last Time: Charlotte beat Iowa 6-2 on Friday night... Caedan Bankier and Jean-Luc Foudy scored for the Wild... Jack Devine (1-2=3) and Mikulas Hovorka (0-3=3) registered three points apiece... Cooper Black turned aside 29-of-31 shots to earn the win in net
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
REVISITING 2016: The Checkers have won seven meetings in a row over the Wild... Iowa’s last win over Charlotte came on Nov. 27, 2016... Teemu Pulkkinen scored twice for the Wild... Gustaf Olofsson, Alex Tuch, and Pat Cannone added goals for Iowa... Alex Stalock stopped 21-of-22 shots to pick up the victory
NEW FACE FIRSTS: Jean-Luc Foudy scored his first goal with the Iowa Wild on Friday night... Nicolas Aubé-Kubel picked up his first assist with the team on Caedan Bankier’s first period goal
SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa has taken fewer penalties and earned more power plays than opposing teams in each of the first three games this season... The Wild are 1-for-14 with the man advantage... Opponents have gone 4-for-7 on the power play... Charlotte is 4-for-9 on the power play
PITLICK’S 700TH
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Tyler Pitlick skated in his 700th professional game in Iowa’s contest against Charlotte on Friday night
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Pitlick made his AHL debut on Oct. 9, 2011 at Texas with Oklahoma City
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The Minneapolis, Minn. native appeared in back-to-back AHL Western Conference Finals with Oklahoma City in 2011-12 and 2012-13
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Pitlick spent seven consecutive seasons in the NHL from 2016-23 before splitting time with the New York Rangers and Hartford Wolfpack in 2023-24
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Pitlick finished tied for team lead in goals (21) and ranked T-3rd for points (46) with Providence in 2024-25
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