GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS

Nov 13, 2026

Iowa Wild (6-7-2-1; 15 pts.) vs. Grand Rapids Griffins (11-2-1-1; 24 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Grand Rapids Griffins kick off a weekend series at Casey's Center on Friday at 7 p.m. on Local Heroes Night. The first 1,500 fans will receive winter touchscreen gloves courtesy of SCHEELS and KXnO.  

WATCH: AHLTV on FloHockey 

LISTEN: 1460 AM and 106.3 FM on KXnO 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 37-41-9-10 (17-17-8-7 at Iowa, 20-24-1-3 at Grand Rapids) 

Last Time: Grand Rapids beat Iowa 5-2 on Apr. 15 at Casey’s Center in the final game of the season series... Oskar Olausson and David Spacek scored for the Iowa after the Wild fell behind 4-0 in the first period... Tyler Angle, Ondrej Becher, and Amadeus Lombardi each posted a goal and an assist... Michal Postava turned aside 24-of-26 shots 

2025-26: Iowa finished 1-6-0-1 against Grand Rapids in 2025-26... The Griffins won each of the first three meetings by one goal... Ben Gleason, Gerry Mayhew, and Oskar Olausson led Iowa skaters with six points apiece... Michael Brandsegg-Nygård paced Grand Rapids with nine points 

TEAM NOTES 

SHORT HOMESTAND: The Wild play two games at home against the Griffins before visiting San Diego and Grand Rapids for a pair of weekend sets... Iowa’s next home game comes on Dec. 1 vs. Chicago 

SEASON SERIES: Iowa and Grand Rapids play 10 times during the 2026-27 season series... The Wild and Griffins last played 10 times during the 2022-23 campaign... Iowa plays Grand Rapids in four of the team’s next six games and six of the next nine 

STREAKS SNAPPED: Iowa had scored the first goal in four games in a row prior to Tuesday’s game at Milwaukee... The Wild trailed at intermission for the first time in four games... Iowa did not score in the second period for the first time in five games 

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: Iowa is winless (0-3-0-0) in Friday home games 

STRAMEL STATS 

• Charlie Stramel has scored in back-to-back games 

• Stramel has three points (2-1=3) in his last two games 

• The rookie forward has posted six points (3-3=6) in his first 16 games 

VISITING PERFORMERS 

• Carter Bear is riding a six-game point streak (3-10=13) 

• Bear posted four points (2-2=4) at Rockford on Nov. 11 

• John Leonard also recorded four points (3-1=4) against the IceHogs 

• Wilmer Skoog has points in three games in a row (0-5=5) 

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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