GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT TEXAS STARS

Apr 8, 2026

Iowa Wild (24-33-6-3; 57 pts.) at Texas Stars (35-28-3-1; 74 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Texas Stars meet for the second time in as many nights on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. 

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ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 37-42-10-4 (16-24-4-3 at Iowa, 21-18-6-1 at Texas) 

Last Time: Iowa scored three unanswered third period goals to pull away from Texas and take a 5-2 win at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park on Tuesday night... Hunter Haight, Matt Kiersted, Ben Gleason, and Gerry Mayhew scored for the Wild... Iowa finished 1-for-4 on the power play 

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 

AGAINST TEXAS: Iowa is 5-1-1 against Texas this season... The Wild have outscored the Stars 7-1 in first periods and 13-7 in third periods... The team scoring the first goal has won six of seven meetings 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: The Wild have converted on the power play in three games in a row (4-for-12) and five of the last six contests (7-for-21)... Iowa has allowed four or more power plays twice in the last 11 games 

PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa has been outshot just once in the last 11 first periods... The Wild have not allowed double digit shots in the first period in six games in a row 

ROAD WARRIORS:  Iowa has won five games in a row at Texas... The Wild are 10-2-2 on the road since the start of February... Iowa is 6-0-2 in their last eight road games... The Wild scored the game’s first goal in five of the last six road wins 

SEASON SERIES 

• Hunter Haight leads Iowa in goals (5) and points (9) against Texas this season 

• Nicolas Aubé-Kubel and Dylan Gambrell lead Wild skaters in assists (5) against the Stars 

• Cal Petersen is 2-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and a .962 SV% against Texas 

MULTI-POINT GAMES 

• Hunter Haight (2-0=2), Ben Gleason (1-1=2), Ben Jones (0-3=3), and Gerry Mayhew (1-2=3) all recorded multi-point games against Texas on Tuesday 

• Haight is tied for the team lead in multi-goal games (3) with Tyler Pitlick 

• Jones is tied for the team lead in multi-point games (3) with Dylan Gambrell 

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