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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT TEXAS STARS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT TEXAS STARS

Oct 24, 2025

Iowa Wild (0-4-0-0; 0 pts.) at Texas Stars (0-3-1-0; 1 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Texas Stars face off in the first game of a weekend series at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park on Friday at 7 p.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 32-41-9-4 (14-23-3-3 at Iowa, 18-18-6-1 at Texas) 

Last Time: Iowa earned a 6-2 win over Texas at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park in the final game of the 2024-25 season series on Apr. 2... Adam Raska, Travis Boyd (2), Liam Öhgren, Ben Jones, and Hunter Haight scored for Iowa... Samuel Hlavaj stopped 12-of-13 shots in relief of William Rousseau (14 saves), who earned the win in net 

2024-25: The Wild went 3-3-1-1 against the Stars in 2024-25... Ben Jones led Iowa skaters in points (4-8=12)... Samuel Hlavaj finished 1-2-0 against Texas with a 3.56 GAA and a .885 SV%... Antonio Stranges led the Stars with 10 points (5-5=10) against the Wild... Magnus Hellberg went 3-2-0 with a 2.20 GAA and .930 SV% 

TEAM NOTES 

FOUDY’S FAST START: Jean-Luc Foudy has recorded a point in each of Iowa’s first four games (1-3=4)... Foudy owns two career five-game point streaks (MR: Mar. 16 - Apr. 7, 2024, 1-4=5)... He previously posted six points over four-game stretches twice with Colorado (MR: May 4 - 13, 2022, 2-4=6) 

FIRST GOALS: Iowa has allowed the first goal in each of the last three games... Texas allowed the first goal in each of the team’s first three games... The Stars have scored their first goal in the third period twice 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Texas is one of three AHL teams that has not scored a power-play goal this season (0-for-13)... The Stars have allowed four power-play goals on 13 opportunities against... The Wild are 1-for-18 with the man advantage... Opponents have gone 5-for-12 on the power play 

MAYHEW’S RETURN 

  • Gerry Mayhew, Iowa’s all-time leader in goals (97), is slated to play in his first game with the Wild since signing an AHL contract with the team on Oct. 17 

  • Mayhew made his AHL debut with Iowa on Mar. 18, 2017 against Milwaukee and scored his first professional goal in the game 

  • The Wyandotte, Mich. native’s last game with Iowa came on May 9, 2021 at Rockford 

  • Mayhew holds the Iowa record for goals in a single season (39) 

  • Mayhew was awarded the Les Cunningham Award as AHL’s Most Valuable Player after the 2019-20 season 

ALL-TIME NUMBERS 

  • Entering the 2025-26 season, 236 Wild players had suited up for at least one game against the Stars in the team’s first 12 seasons 

  • Adam Beckman holds the mark for most goals scored against the Stars (11) 

  • Mason Shaw leads Iowa skaters with 12 assists and 18 points against Texas 

  • Jesper Wallstedt leads Wild goaltenders in games played against the Stars (13) and is tied with Hunter Jones for Wins against Texas (5) 

ABOUT THE OPPONENT 

  • Texas finished 43-26-3-0 in 2024-25 

  • The Stars advanced to the Western Conference Finals before being eliminated by the Abbotsford Canucks in six games (4-2)  

  • Texas ranked second in the AHL in power-play percentage (21.5%) 

  • The Stars ranked 15th in the AHL on the penalty kill (82.5%) 

For more information on Iowa Wild hockey, please 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 2025-26 are on sale now. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365. 

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