GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT SPRINGFIELD THUNDERBIRDS

Mar 7, 2026

Iowa Wild (18-30-4-1; 41 pts.) at Springfield Thunderbirds (22-26-5-2; 51 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Springfield Thunderbirds complete a weekend series at MassMutual Center on Saturday at 5:05 p.m. 

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ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 1-6-0-0 (0-4-0-0 at Iowa, 1-2-0-0 at Springfield) 

Last Time: Iowa earned its first-ever win against Springfield with a 2-0 victory on Friday night... Cal Petersen stopped all 28 Thunderbirds shots... Vadim Zherenko turned aside 25-of-26 shots... Gerry Mayhew and Ryan Sandelin scored for the Wild... Iowa went 0-for-3 with the man advantage... The Wild killed off both Thunderbirds power plays 

2024-25: Springfield won all four games against Iowa in the first season series between the two clubs... The Thunderbirds outscored the Wild 19-5 through the four contests... Matthew Peca led Springfield skaters in points (3-5=8)... Colten Ellis went 3-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and a .971 SV% 

TEAM NOTES 

SEASON SERIES: Iowa had allowed a goal in each of the first six periods of the season series prior to Friday’s shutout... The team scoring first has won each of the first three games in the season series 

AGAINST THE EAST: Iowa picked up its first win in 22 games against Eastern Conference opponents with Friday’s victory over Springfield... The Wild last beat an Eastern Conference team on Jan. 27, 2018 (3-1 W at Cleveland) 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa has not scored on the man advantage in seven consecutive games... The Wild are 0-for-21 on the power play over that span 

SCORING FIRST: The team scoring first has won eight of Iowa’s last nine games 

RECENT WINS: Iowa has won five of its last six games 

CAL’S CREASE 

• Cal Petersen has won four starts in a row and allowed four goals over those games 

• Petersen has earned a win in six of his last eight appearances 

• Petersen has won four games in a row four other times during his AHL career 

CHECKING GERRY TIME 

• Iowa’s leading scorer, Gerry Mayhew recorded his first point since Jan. 21 vs. Texas with a goal on Friday 

• Mayhew had not gone more than two games without a point in an Iowa uniform since Apr. 13, 2017 

• The Wild are 6-11-2-1 when Mayhew finds the score sheet 

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