GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. CHICAGO WOLVES

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. CHICAGO WOLVES

Apr 1, 2026

Iowa Wild (22-31-6-3; 53 pts.) vs. Chicago Wolves (30-19-8-6; 74 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Chicago Wolves face off at Casey’s Center on Wednesday at 7 p.m. 

WATCH: AHLTV on FloHockey 

LISTEN: 1460 AM and 106.3 FM on KXnO 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 43-59-9-4 (22-30-4-3 at Iowa, 21-29-5-1 at Chicago) 

Last Time: Chicago took a 4-3 shootout win over Iowa at Casey’s Center on Mar. 25... Ben Jones, Matt Kiersted, and Elliot Desnoyers scored in the first period for Iowa... William Rousseau stopped 30-of-33 shots... Iowa finished 0-for-6 on the power play... Chicago went 0-for-3 with the man advantage 

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 

SEASON SERIES: The Wild are 5-3-0-1 against the Wolves this season... Dylan Gambrell (3-3=6) and Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (2-4=6) lead Iowa in points against Chicago... Cal Petersen is 2-1-0 with a 2.77 GAA and a .905 SV% against the Wolves... Iowa has scored seven goalis in the last six games against Chicago

PICKING UP POINTS: Iowa has earned points in nine of the last 10 games (5-1-2-2)... All five Wild wins came in regulation 

PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa has scored a first period goal in five games in a row... The Wild have been outshot just once in the last seven first periods 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: The Wild have converted on the power play in four of the last five games (5-for-22)... The Wolves are scoreless on the man advantage over the last three games (0-for-9) 

HOT HANDS 

  • Hunter Haight is riding a four-game point streak (2-2=4) 

  • Ben Jones has points in three games in a row (4-1=5) 

  • Dylan Gambrell (0-4=4), Gerry Mayhew (1-1=2), and David Spacek (0-3=3) have points in back-to-back games 

MULTI-POINT GAMES 

  • Ben Jones (2-0=2), Dylan Gambrell (0-2=2), and David Spacek (0-2=2) recorded multi-point games against Rockford on Sunday 

  • Gambrell registered his team-leading fifth multiple assist game with two assists on Sunday against Rockford 

  • Gambrell also leads Iowa in three-point games (3) and multi-point games (10) 

For more information on Iowa Wild hockey, 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 2026-27 are on sale now. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365

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