GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. CHICAGO WOLVES
Nov 6, 2025Iowa Wild (3-5-0-1; 7 pts.) vs. Chicago Wolves (4-3-1-0; 9 pts.)
The Iowa Wild host the Chicago Wolves on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. for the team’s annual School Day Game. All children in attendance will receive a school day workbook presented by Science Center of Iowa, WM, and STAR 102.5.
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ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 38-57-9-3 (19-30-4-2 at Iowa, 19-27-5-1 at Chicago)
Last Time: Iowa dropped the 2025-26 season opener to Chicago by a 4-1 score at Casey’s Center on Oct. 11... Riley Heidt scored the lone goal for the Wild in the loss... Cal Petersen stopped 24-of-27 shots... Bradly Nadeau, Felix Unger Sörum, Domenick Fensore, and Nikita Pavlychev scored for Chicago... Amir Miftakhov turned aside 22-of-23 shots for the Wolves
2024-25: Iowa finished 2-5-1-0 against Chicago in 2024-25... Michael Milne (4-1=5) and Hunter Haight (3-2=5) paced Wild skaters in points against the Wolves... Justin Robidas led Chicago with nine points (3-6=9) against Iowa... The Wolves won six of the last seven meetings between the two clubs
TEAM NOTES
WINNING AT HOME: The Wild won their first home game this season on Sunday... The victory came in Iowa’s fourth home game... The Wild also required four home games to earn their first win during the 2024-25 season... Iowa won six of the next seven home games after beating San Jose on Nov. 2, 2024
SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa has allowed a single power-play goal over the last six games (1-for-18)... Opponents have not scored a power-play goal in five consecutive games... The five-game streak is the longest since the 2021-22 season (Apr. 6 - 15, 2022)
FIVE GUYS: Five different Wild players scored in Sunday’s win over Tucson... Iowa had played 13 games in a row in which three or fewer players scored... The Wild went 15-0-1 during the 2024-25 season when four or more players scored a goal
SUNDAY SUCCESS
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Three Iowa skaters recorded two points in Sunday’s 5-4 overtime victory over Tucson
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Caedan Bankier (1-1=2), Jack Peart (0-2=2), and David Spacek (0-2=2) each posted two points
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Ten different skaters found the score sheet, including Mark Liwiski, who scored his first goal since Mar. 4, 2025 (vs. Grand Rapids, with Manitoba)
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Liwiski’s second period fighting major propelled him into the league lead in penalty minutes (50)
EUROPEAN CONTRIBUTORS
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Oskar Olausson has four points (2-2=4) since being acquired from the San Jose Sharks on Oct. 17
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Liam Öhgren has four points (3-1=4) in six games since being assigned to Iowa on Oct. 18
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Iowa has picked up five of a possible six points across Samuel Hlavaj’s last three starts
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