GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS
Dec 19, 2025Iowa Wild (7-19-0-1; 15 pts.) vs. Grand Rapids Griffins (23-1-0-1; 47 pts.)
The Iowa Wild hosts the Grand Rapids Griffins at Casey’s Center on Friday at 6 p.m. The first 1,500 fans will receive a Samuel Hlavaj bobblehead presented by Shindler, Anderson, Goplerud & Weese P.C. and 93.3 KIOA.
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ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 36-38-9-10 (17-15-8-7 at Iowa, 19-23-1-3 at Grand Rapids)
Last Time: Grand Rapids scored five unanswered goals to hand Iowa a 5-2 loss at Casey’s Center on Wednesday evening... Hunter Haight scored both Wild goals... Ben Gleason registered two assists... Dominik Shine scored twice for Grand Rapids... Samuel Hlavaj stopped 18-of-23 shots... Sebastian Cossa turned aside 16-of-18 shots
2024-25: Iowa finished 4-2-1-1 against Grand Rapids in 2024-25... The Wild earned points in each of the final five meetings with the Griffins... Graeme Clarke (2-3=5), Ben Jones (2-3=5), and David Spacek (1-4=5) led Iowa skaters in points against Grand Rapids... Hunter Haight scored four times against the Griffins
TEAM NOTES
SCORING FIRST: Wednesday’s game marked the fourth time this season Iowa has lost when scoring first (6-4-0-1)... The Wild are 1-15-0-0 when allowing the first goal
RECENT RECALLS: Carson Lambos and David Spacek were recalled to Minnesota on Wednesday and Thursday... Six skaters who have played a game for Iowa this season are recalled to Minnesota
SEASON SERIES: Grand Rapids has won the first four meetings in the season series... Each of the first three meetings between Iowa and Grand Rapids this season had been decided by a single goal prior to Wednesday’s 5-2 decision
PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa has scored in four of the last five first periods following a three-game scoreless streak in the opening frame... The Wild have been outshot in the third period in six games in a row
NHL DEBUT
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Carson Lambos made his NHL debut with the Minnesota Wild on Thursday at Columbus
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Lambos became the 95th Iowa alumni to play in the NHL and the 37th to make their NHL debut with Minnesota
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The Winnipeg, Manitoba native recorded a plus-1 rating in 10:16 of ice time
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Lambos made his AHL debut with Iowa on Oct. 13, 2023 at Henderson
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Lambos has recorded 38 points (11-27=38), 127 PIM, and a minus-10 rating across 163 Iowa games
CHASING HISTORY
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Gerry Mayhew (105-87=192) enters Friday’s game eight points shy of becoming Iowa’s all-time leading scorer
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Sam Anas (75-122=197) ranks second all-time among Wild skaters in points
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Kyle Rau (88-111=199) leads Iowa skaters in all-time points
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