GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT ROCKFORD ICEHOGS
Mar 28, 2026Iowa Wild (22-31-6-1; 51 pts.) at Rockford IceHogs (24-33-3-2; 53 pts.)
The Iowa Wild visit BMO Center to take on the Rockford IceHogs in the first game of a home-and-home on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 62-55-7-5 (32-31-1-1 at Iowa, 30-24-6-4 at Rockford)
Last Time: Dominic Toninato scored 39 seconds into overtime to earn Rockford the extra point in a 4-3 overtime decision at BMO Center on Mar. 14... David Spacek, Nicolas Aubé-Kube, and Ben Jones scored for the Wild... Iowa finished 1-for-7 on the power play
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 scored the first goal in four of five meetings... Iowa has scored a power-play goal in three games in a row against Rockford (4-for-19... The Wild and IceHogs play four times in the next eight days
PLAY BY PERIOD: The Wild have not been outshot in five consecutive first periods... Iowa has been outshot by opponents in four third periods in a row
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN: Iowa must make up 12 points in 12 games to pass Milwaukee for a playoff spot... The Wild have one game in hand over the Admirals
THE IDES OF MARCH: The Wild enter Saturday’s game with a 5-1-1-1 record in March... The five wins ties Iowa’s previous high for a single month this season, set in February (5-4-0-0)
AGAINST THE OPPONENT
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Ben Jones leads Iowa with five points (1-4=5) against Rockford
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While 12 different Wild skaters have scored against Rockford, Caedan Bankier, Hunter Haight, and Tyler Pitlick are the only players to do so twice
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Cal Petersen (1-2-1) owns Iowa’s only win against Rockford this season
BETWEEN THE PIPES
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William Rousseau has not allowed more than three goals in any of his nine appearances this season
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Rousseau had allowed two goals or fewer in six consecutive games prior to Wednesday’s shootout loss to Chicago
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Cal Petersen has allowed two goals or fewer in eight consecutive appearances
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