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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT MANITOBA MOOSE

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT MANITOBA MOOSE

Feb 21, 2026

Iowa Wild (13-29-4-1; 31 pts.) at Manitoba Moose (23-17-3-1; 50 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Manitoba Moose play the first game of a weekend series at Canada Life Center on Saturday at 2 p.m. 

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ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 40-24-4-2 (19-13-1-1 at Iowa, 21-10-3-1 at Manitoba) 

Last Time: Iowa shut out Manitoba 6-0 and split a weekend series on Dec. 14 at Canada Life Centre... Mark Liwiski scored twice for the Wild... Bradley Marek, Jaxon Nelson, Jack Peart, and Riley Heidt also found the back of the net... Samuel Hjavaj stopped all 28 shots he faced... The Wild went 2-for-6 on the power play 

2024-25: Iowa finished 3-3-2-0 against Manitoba 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 

SEASON SERIES: Jack Peart leads Iowa skaters in points (1-3=4) against Manitoba... Three players (Nicolas Aubé-Kubel, Bradley Marek, Mark Liwiski) have scored twice against the Moose... Mason Shaw (2-2=4) and Ville Heinola (0-4=4) lead Manitoba skaters in points during the season series 

FOLLOWING SHUTOUTS: Thursday’s 2-0 loss at Chicago marked Iowa’s seventh shutout loss of the season... The Wild are 3-3-0 after being shut out... Iowa has scored 2.66 goals per game following shutouts 

PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa has allowed a goal in 16 consecutive second periods... The Wild have outshot opponents in four third periods in a row 

FIRST GOALS: Iowa has allowed the first goal in five games in a row... The Wild have scored first in 16 games this season 

STREAKS SNAPPED 

  • Several Iowa skaters saw point streaks snapped in Thursday’s game at Chicago 

  • Tyler Pitlick had points in consecutive games for Iowa (2-2=4) and was riding a four-game point streak (3-3=6) dating back to Nov. 9 vs. Rockford 

  • Caedan Bankier had registered a point in three games in a row (1-2=3) 

  • David Jiricek saw a three-game point streak (1-2=3) end 

  • Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (1-3=5) also had points in three games in a row 

OLYMPIC HOCKEY 

  • Samuel Hlavaj has appeared in four games for Slovakia, posting a 3.39 GAA and a 0.915 SV% 

  • Slovakia will play Finland for a bronze medal on Saturday 

  • David Spacek and Czechia were eliminated in quarterfinal play with a 5-4 overtime loss to Canada on Wednesday 

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