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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

Feb 6, 2026

Iowa Wild (12-26-4-1; 29 pts.) at Rockford IceHogs (16-25-2-2; 36 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Rockford IceHogs meet at BMO Center 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: 61-55-6-5 (32-31-1-1 at Iowa, 29-24-5-4 at Rockford) 

Last Time: Rockford beat Iowa 4-3 at Casey’s Center on Dec. 10... Bradley Marek, Hunter Haight, and Gerry Mayhew scored for the Wild in the loss... Cal Petersen turned aside 23-of-26 shots... Iowa went 2-for-8 on the power play... Rockford finished 1-for-3 with the man advantage 

2024-25: Iowa finished 5-7-0-0 against Rockford in 2024-25... Three games in the season series were decided by a single goal... Travis Boyd led Iowa skaters with 12 points (2-10=12) against Rockford... Zach Sanford (7-5=12) and Cole Guttman (6-6=12) paced IceHogs skaters against the Wild... Samuel Hlavaj posted a 3-1-0 record with a 2.33 GAA and 0.922 SV% in five appearances 

TEAM NOTES 

SEASON SERIES: Rockford has won each of the first three meetings between the two teams this season... Each of the last two games has been decided by a single goal... Tyler Pitlick leads Iowa in scoring with three points (2-1=3) in two games against Rockford... Brett Seney has accumulated seven points (1-6=7) in three games against the Wild... Stanislav Berezhnoy has posted a record of 2-0-0 with a 2.00 GAA and a 0.934 SV% 

WEEKEND SWEEP: Iowa recorded their second weekend sweep of an opponent this season with a pair of wins over Milwaukee on Friday and Saturday... The Wild swept the Texas Stars on Oct. 24-25... Iowa won back-to-back games for the first time since Dec. 27 and 30 vs. Chicago and Texas 

ALL-STAR BREAK: Friday’s matchup marks Iowa’s final game before the AHL’s All-Star Classic 

LEADING FROM THE FRONT 

  • Ben Jones scored Iowa’s lone regulation goal in a 2-1 shootout victory on Saturday against Milwaukee  

  • Jones also recorded a goal and two assists to power the Wild to a win on Friday night 

  • Iowa’s captain has nine points (5-4=9) in his last nine games with Iowa 

ALL-STAR REPRESENTATIVE 

  • Hunter Haight will represent Iowa at the 2026 AHL All-Star Classic in Rockford 

  • Haight scored in three consecutive games prior to Saturday’s game against Milwaukee 

  • The Strathroy, Ontario native ranks second among Iowa skaters in goals (10) and sixth in points (15) 

OLYMPIC HOCKEY 

  • David Spacek (Czechia) and Samuel Hlavaj (Slovakia) will represent their respective countries at the 2026 Olympics 

  • Eight other Iowa alumni (Christoph Bertschy [Switzerland], Matt Boldy [United States], Louis Boudon [France], Joel Eriksson Ek [Sweden], Erik Haula [Finland], Darcy Kuemper [Canada], Nico Sturm [Germany], and Jesper Wallstedt [Sweden]) will play at the Olympics 

For more information on Iowa Wild hockey, 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 2026-27 are on sale now. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365. 

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