GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT TEXAS STARS

Oct 3, 2026

Iowa Wild (0-0-0-1; 1 pts.) at Texas Stars (1-0-0-0; 2 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Texas Stars square off in the second game of a weekend set at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park on Saturday at 7 p.m. 

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ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 38-42-10-5 (16-24-4-3 at Iowa, 22-18-6-2 at Texas) 

Last Time: Iowa picked up a point in a 4-3 shootout defeat to Texas on Friday night in the 2026-27 season opener... Hunter Haight and Rieger Lorenz (2g) found the back of the net for the Wild... William Rousseau stopped 32 shots for Iowa... The Wild went 1-for-4 with the man advantage and killed off all three Stars power plays 

2025-26: The Wild went 6-1-1-0 against the Stars in 2025-26... Hunter Haight led Iowa in goals (6) and points (10)... Nicolas Aubé-Kubel paced Iowa with six assists... Samuel Hlavaj finished 3-1-1 with a 2.01 GAA and a 0.926 SV%... Cross Hanas led Texas with six points (1-5=6) during the season series 

TEAM NOTES 

MULTI-POINT GAMES: Three Iowa skaters recorded two points in Friday’s shootout loss... Rieger Lorenz opened the scoring with his first professional goal and added a second goal in the third period... Hunter Haight (1-1=2) and Tyler Pitlick (0-2=2) also had multi-point games... Haight recorded six multi-point games in 2025-26 

SPECIAL TEAMS: Iowa opened the 2026-27 season with a 1-for-4 performance on the power play... The Wild went 8-for-23 with the man advantage against the Stars in 2025-26... Iowa allowed just three goals on 23 Texas power plays last season 

SHOOTOUT STATS: William Rousseau stopped one Texas shooter while Brandon Halverson stopped all three Iowa shooters in Friday’s shootout... Wild goalies stopped 13-of-18 shooters in 2025-26... Iowa went 3-3 in shootouts last season 

ROOKIE LAPS 

• Charlie Stramel made his professional debut with Iowa on Friday night 

• Rieger Lorenz notched his first point and first multi-point game 

• Lorenz led the Wild with nine shots on goal 

• Lorenz’s nine shots were the most by an Iowa skater since Graeme Clarke recorded 10 on Nov. 3, 2024 vs. San Jose 

• Ben Dexheimer also recorded his first professional point with an assist on Hunter Haight’s second period goal 

OPENING GAMES 

• Iowa fell to 4-8-0-2 all-time in season openers with Friday’s shootout loss 

• The Wild are 1-1-0-1 in road openers 

• Iowa last won the second game of the season on Feb. 6, 2021 at Texas 

• The Wild are 4-8-0-1 all-time in the second game of the season 

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