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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT TORONTO MARLIES

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD AT TORONTO MARLIES

Nov 22, 2025

Iowa Wild (5-9-0-1; 11 pts.) at Toronto Marlies (6-7-1-1; 14 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Toronto Marlies meet in the first game of a weekend set at Coca-Cola Coliseum on Saturday at 3 p.m. 

WATCH: AHLTV on FloHockey 

LISTEN: 1460 AM and 106.3 FM on KXnO 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 1-2-1-0 (0-1-1-0 at Iowa, 1-1-0-0 at Toronto) 

Last Time: Brady Brassart scored for Iowa in the first period before Toronto scored five of the next six goals to take a 5-2 win... Greg McKegg scored twice for the Marlies... Christopher Gibson stopped 30-of-32 shots for Toronto... John Curry turned aside 18-of-22 shots for Iowa 

Previous Season Series: Iowa and Toronto met twice during the 2014-15 season... The Marlies scored five goals in each game and won both meetings... Marc Hagel (1-1=2), Zack Mitchell (1-1=2), and Jonathon Blum (0-2=2) led Iowa in points... Greg McKegg scored four goals to pace Toronto scorers... Christopher Gibson started both games for the Marlies and allowed three goals 

TEAM NOTES 

PLAY BY PERIOD: Tuesday’s game marked the third time this season in which Iowa has scored multiple goals in a period... The Wild are 3-0-0 when scoring two or more goals in a period... Iowa has outshot opponents in three of the last four first periods... The Wild have outshot opponents in three second periods in a row 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa has not played three games in a row without scoring a power-play goal this season... The Wild have allowed power-play goals in three of the last four games after a six-game stretch of perfect penalty killing (19-for-19) 

SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT: Iowa enters Saturday’s contest having won at least once on every day of the week the team has played... The Wild are 1-5-0 on Saturday this season... Iowa’s lone Saturday win came on Oct. 25 at Texas 

FAMILIAR FACES 

  • Saturday’s game against Toronto kicks off the first of two six-game road trips on the 2025-26 schedule 

  • The contest marks the first meeting between the two clubs since the 2014-15 season 

  • Four Iowa Wild alumni (Brandon Baddock, Travis Boyd, Reese Johnson, Vinni Lettieri) currently play for the Marlies 

  • Baddock (95), Boyd (63), Johnson (49) and Lettieri (10) combined for 217 Iowa games 

GREAT GOALTENDING 

  • Iowa’s goaltenders have allowed just 15 goals over the last six games 

  • Cal Petersen has allowed nine goals in his last five starts 

  • Petersen allowed three goals just once over that span 

  • The last time an Iowa goaltender gave up more than four goals in game came in the third game of the season (Oct. 17 at Charlotte) 

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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