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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT MANITOBA MOOSE

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT MANITOBA MOOSE

Dec 12, 2025

Iowa Wild (6-17-0-1; 13 pts.) at Manitoba Moose (13-9-2-0; 28 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Manitoba Moose kick off a weekend series at Canada Life Centre on Friday at 7 p.m. 

WATCH: AHLTV on FloHockey 

LISTEN: 1460 AM and 106.3 FM on KXnO 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 39-23-4-2 (19-13-1-1 at Iowa, 20-10-3-1 at Manitoba) 

Last Time: Manitoba scored two third period goals to defeat Iowa 4-3 and split a weekend series on Dec. 7... Michael Milne, Nicolas Aubé-Kubel and Ryan Sandelin scored for the Wild... William Rousseau stopped 31-of-34 shots while Cal Petersen turned aside 7-of-8 shots in relief 

2024-25: Iowa finished 3-3-2-0 against Milwaukee in 2024-25... One game outside of Iowa’s two overtime losses was decided by one goal... Travis Boyd led the Wild in goals (5) and points (9)... Ben Jones paced Iowa with six assists... Samuel Hlavaj finished 3-2-0 with a 3.45 GAA and .886 SV%... Dominic Toninato (4-4=8) and Brad Lambert (1-7=8) led Manitoba in scoring 

TEAM NOTES 

PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa has scored in seven of the last eight periods following a scoreless stretch of eight consecutive periods... The Wild have outscored opponents in the first period and been outscored in the third period in back-to-back games... Iowa has been outshot in the first and third period in three games in a row 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa broke a four-game stretch of scoreless power plays on Wednesday with a 2-for-8 performance against Rockford... The Wild have scored two PPG in each of the three games this season in which the team received eight or more power plays 

STARTING GOALTENDING: Iowa’s starting goaltenders have allowed three goals or fewer in six games in a row... Iowa’s goaltenders have allowed four our more goals in a game just six times this season... The Wild are 5-7-0 when allowing three goals or fewer 

HOT HANDS 

  • Gerry Mayhew (1-2=3) enters Friday’s game riding a three-game point streak 

  • Michael Milne (1-2=3) also has points in three games in a row 

  • Bradley Marek has scored two goals in his last three games 

  • Cal Petersen has allowed seven goals across his last four starts 

SEEKING 200 

  • Ben Gleason enters Friday’s game two points shy of 200 AHL points 

  • Gleason has recorded 43 goals and 155 assists across 409 AHL games with Texas (2018-23), Bakersfield (2023-25), Lehigh Valley (2024-25), and Iowa 

  • Gleason recorded his first AHL point against Iowa on Oct. 12, 2018 (assist with Texas) 

CHASING HISTORY 

  • Gerry Mayhew (105-86=191) enters Wednesday’s game nine points shy of becoming Iowa’s all-time leading scorer 

  • Sam Anas (75-122=197) ranks second all-time among Wild skaters in points 

  • Kyle Rau (88-111=199) leads Iowa skaters in all-time points 

SERIES HISTORY 

  • Kyle Rau holds the high mark among Iowa skaters for goals (15) against Manitoba 

  • Sam Anas leads Wild skaters in assists (13) and points (22) against the Moose 

  • Steve Michalek leads Iowa goaltenders in wins (7) versus Manitoba, while Alex Stalock holds the lead in GAA (1.20) and SV% (.956) 

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. 

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