GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. CHARLOTTE CHECKERS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. CHARLOTTE CHECKERS

Jan 28, 2025

Iowa Wild (14-23-2-1; 31 pts.) vs. Charlotte Checkers (22-12-3-2; 49 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild host the Charlotte Checkers at Wells Fargo Arena on Tuesday at 7 p.m. 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 9-19-1-2 (4-10-0-1 at Wells Fargo Arena, 5-9-1-1 at Charlotte) 

Last Time: Charlotte shut out Iowa by a 4-0 score on Jan. 22 at Wells Fargo Arena... The defeat marked the second consecutive Checkers shutout of the Wild... John Leonard, Sandis Vilmanis, Justin Sourdif, and Mikulas Hovorka scored for Charlotte... Samuel Hlavaj stopped 20-of-24 shots... Cooper Black made 32 saves 

2016-17: Iowa and Charlotte last played a season series in 2016-17... The Wild went 2-5-1-0 against the Checkers... Teemu Pulkkinen paced Iowa in goals (4) and points (8) against Charlotte... Alex Stalock went 2-3-1 with a 2.40 GAA and 0.922 SV% against the Checkers... 34 different players dressed for Iowa against Charlotte 

TEAM NOTES 

SHOT BARRAGE: Iowa set a season high in shots (46) in Sunday’s game against Texas... The Wild tied a season high for shots in a period (21) in the opening frame... Iowa exceeded 20 shots in both the first and third periods, marking the first time this season in which the team eclipsed 20 shots in two periods 

PLAY BY PERIOD: Wednesday’s game snapped a six-game stretch in which Iowa’s opponents scored a first period goal... The Wild have not outscored an opponent in the third period in five consecutive games... Iowa has reached double digit shot totals in the third period of three games in a row and in five of the last six games 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa’s power play has been held off the scoreboard in three consecutive games... Opponents have scored a power-play goal in five of the last seven games 

CZECH IT OUT 

  • Adam Raska delivered the best game of his AHL career in several categories on Sunday 

  • Raska recorded a career-high three points (2-1=3) 

  • The two goals matched a career-high, set on Jan. 28, 2023 at Bakersfield with San Jose 

  • Raska also earned a team-high plus-3 rating, tying his career-best, which he previously reached twice with San Jose and once with Iowa 

GETTING ON THE BOARD 

  • Charlotte has shut out Iowa in each of the last two meetings in the season series 

  • Iowa has never been shut out three consecutive times by an opponent in a single season 

  • The Wild have been shut out by an opponent three times in a season in three different seasons (2013-14 - Milwaukee, 2015-16, - Rockford, 2016-17 - Cleveland) 

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 2023-24 are on sale now. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365

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