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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

Mar 7, 2025

Iowa Wild (20-30-3-1; 44 pts.) at Rockford IceHogs (22-25-5-1; 50 pts.) 

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

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 61-51-6-5 (32-28-1-1 at Wells Fargo Arena, 29-23-5-4 at Rockford) 

Last Time: Iowa and Rockford played two scoreless periods before the IceHogs took a 2-1 win at BMO Center on Feb. 21... Hunter Haight scored his 13th goal of the season in the loss... Jesper Wallstedt stopped 25-of-27 shots... Mitchell Weeks turned aside 32-of-33 shots for Rockford 

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: The Wild have outshot the IceHogs in four consecutive meetings... Rockford has scored first in each of the last four games... Iowa has not scored in the first period in four straight matchups

OPENING FRAME: Iowa has scored in the first period in four games in a row... The Wild have allowed a goal in the opening frame in five straight games 

EXTRA SESSION: Iowa’s win at Grand Rapids on Saturday marked the first shootout win for the Wild this season... Iowa has played the fewest overtime games (7) in the Western Conference... The Wild are 2-3 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts 

TWO SCORERS: Hunter Haight and Ryan Sandelin scored Iowa’s goals on Saturday... Iowa has won two other times this season when two players scored goals (Oct. 29 at Chicago, Jan. 18 vs. Rockford) 

SERIES LEADERS 

  • Travis Boyd leads Iowa skaters with 12 points (2-10=12) against Rockford this season 

  • Liam Öhgren leads active Wild skaters with five goals against the IceHogs 

  • Samuel Hlavaj is 3-1-0 against the IceHogs with a 2.33 GAA and a 0.922 SV% 

HOT HANDS 

  • Hunter Haight is riding a four-game point streak (5-2=7)  

  • Haight’s point streak matches his previous best, set from Nov. 2 - 9 (2-2=4) 

  • Ryan Sandelin has points in back-to-back games (1-1=2) 

ABOUT THE OPPONENT 

  • Rockford broke a three-game losing streak on Saturday with a 3-2 overtime win at Tucson 

  • The IceHogs had won four games in a row prior to the losing streak 

  • Zach Sanford has scored each of Rockford’s last three game-winning goals 

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