GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS
Apr 19, 2025Iowa Wild (27-37-6-1; 61 pts.) vs. Grand Rapids Griffins (36-29-4-2; 78 pts.)
The Iowa Wild wrap up the 2024-25 season on Saturday at 6 p.m. against the Grand Rapids Griffins on Fan Appreciation Night, presented by WM. The first 1,500 fans will receive a team photo giveaway presented by KXnO.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 36-36-9-8 (17-14-8-5 at Wells Fargo Arena, 18-22-1-3 at Grand Rapids)
Last Time: Iowa earned a 3-2 shootout victory over Grand Rapids on Mar. 1 at Van Andel Arena... Hunter Haight and Ryan Sandelin scored for the Wild... Graeme Clarke converted in the first round of the shootout... Jesper Wallstedt stopped 31-of-33 shots and turned aside all three Grand Rapids shooters in the shootout
2023-24: Iowa went 1-5-1-1 record against Grand Rapids last season... The Wild picked up points in each of their final two games against the Griffins... David Spacek led Iowa in assists (5) across eight games against Grand Rapids... Jonatan Berggren paced the Griffins with seven points (2-5=7) in six games played
TEAM NOTES
SEASON SERIES: Each of the last four meetings between Iowa and Grand Rapids has been decided by a single goal... The Griffins have outshot the Wild in four of the last five games... Iowa is 4-for-32 on the power play against Grand Rapids... The Griffins are 3-for-30
OPENING FRAME: Iowa has played eight games in a row in which one team did not score in the first period... The Wild and Thunderbirds both scored in the first period on Mar. 29
SCORING FIRST: The team scoring first has won each of Iowa’s last 11 games... The Wild have won six games in a row when scoring first
SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa’s last power-play goal came on Apr. 6 vs. San Diego... The Wild went 0-for-6 on the power play for the fourth time this season on Wednesday
FULL 72
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David Spacek is the only Iowa player to have skated in all 71 games in 2024-25
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Simon Johansson (2023-24) and Joe Hicketts (2022-23) are the only two Wild defensemen to play a full 72-game season
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Spacek leads Iowa defensemen in assists (27), points (31), and shots (115)
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
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Grand Rapids is 4-6-0-0 over the last 10 games
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The Griffins have scored four goals over the last three games
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Amadeus Lombardi has points (1-1=2) in back-to-back games
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Sebastian Cossa has started six of the last eight games for Grand Rapids
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