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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS

Nov 14, 2026

Iowa Wild (6-8-2-1; 15 pts.) vs. Grand Rapids Griffins (12-2-1-1; 26 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Grand Rapids Griffins complete their weekend series at Casey's Center on Saturday at 6 p.m. on Veterans Appreciation Night. The first 1,500 fans will receive a hat courtesy of Flying Eagle Financial and WHO. The Wild will wear specialty jerseys honoring veterans and hold a postgame jersey auction with proceeds benefiting ALS Association Iowa. 

WATCH: MC22, AHLTV on FloHockey 

LISTEN: 1460 AM and 106.3 FM on KXnO 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 37-42-9-10 (17-17-8-7 at Iowa, 20-25-1-3 at Grand Rapids) 

Last Time: Grand Rapids shut out Iowa 3-0 at Casey’s Center on Friday night... Wilmer Skoog and John Leonard (2) scored for the Griffins... Trey Augustine earned his first AHL shutout with 31 saves for Grand Rapids... William Rousseau turned aside 30-of-33 shots... Iowa went 0-for-3 on the power play... Grand Rapids finished 1-for-5 with the man advantage 

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 

CRUISING CREATURES: Grand Rapids is off to the second-best start in team history following a record-setting 2025-26 campaign... The Griffins are outscoring opponents 65-38... The Grand Rapids power play ranks third in the AHL (26.7%)... The Griffins penalty kill ranks second in the league (91.7%) 

PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa has scored a single goal in the last six periods... Grand Rapids has scored in seven periods in a row 

HOME FINALE: Saturday’s game is Iowa’s last at home this month... The Wild are 1-1-1-0 at home in November 

TOP FIVE 

  • Grand Rapids enters Saturday’s matchup with players in the top five in the AHL in goals, assists, points, plus-minus, penalty minutes, power-play goals, and points per game, goals against average, and save percentage 

  • John Leonard and Dominik Shine are tied for third in the AHL in goals (10) 

  • Carter Bear is tied for third in the league in assists (13) 

  • Shine ranks second in points (19) 

  • William Lagesson is tied for the league lead in plus-minus (+10) 

  • Cameron Butler is tied for third in the AHL in penalty minutes (55) 

  • Leonard is tied for third in power-play goals (5) 

  • Sheldon Dries (2.00) and Leonard (1.63) rank T-1st and fourth in points per game, respectively 

  • Michal Postava is third in goals against average (1.50) and second in save percentage (0.944) 

FAST FACTS 

  • Iowa is 1-1-0-0 when wearing wheat 

  • The Wild are 4-3-2-1 when wearing green 

  • Iowa is 1-3-0-0 when wearing white 

  • The Wild are 4-1-1-0 when scoring first 

  • Iowa is 2-7-1-1 when allowing the first goal 

  • The Wild are 3-4-0-1 when outshooting opponents 

  • Iowa is 3-3-2-0 when outshot 

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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