GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. MANITOBA MOOSE
Dec 7, 2025Iowa Wild (6-15-0-1; 13 pts.) vs. Manitoba Moose (12-9-2-0; 26 pts.)
The Iowa Wild and Manitoba Moose complete their weekend series on Kids Takeover Day on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. The first 1,500 kids 12 and under will receive a youth hockey jersey presented by Olson’s Body & Paint and Nash FM 97.3.
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ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 39-22-4-2 (19-12-1-1 at Iowa, 20-10-3-1 at Manitoba)
Last Time: Iowa shut out Manitoba by a 3-0 score at Casey’s Center on Saturday night... Nicolas Aubé-Kubel netted the eventual game-winning goal 2:41 into the second period... Bradley Marek and Carson Lambos added goals in the third period... Cal Petersen stopped all 30 shots he faced to earn the shutout
2024-25: Iowa finished 3-3-2-0 against Milwaukee in 2024-25... One game outside of Iowa’s two overtime losses was decided by one goal... Travis Boyd led the Wild in goals (5) and points (9)... Ben Jones paced Iowa with six assists... Samuel Hlavaj finished 3-2-0 with a 3.45 GAA and .886 SV%... Dominic Toninato (4-4=8) and Brad Lambert (1-7=8) led Manitoba in scoring
TEAM NOTES
SHUTOUT STATS: Iowa has played in three games in a row in which one team was shut out... The Wild were shut out twice before beating Manitoba 3-0 on Saturday... The longest stretch of shutouts in team history came during the 2016-17 season, in which the Wild played in four consecutive shutouts
SCORELESS OPPONENT: Manitoba suffered its third shutout loss of the season on Saturday... The Wild had not shut out the Moose since Jan. 24, 2020... Iowa had previously shut out Manitoba twice
STREAK SNAPPED: Iowa narrowly eclipsed the longest scoreless stretch in team history before Nicolas Aubé-Kubel scored in the second period on Saturday... The Wild went 177:08 without scoring a goal... The previous longest scoreless stretch in team history lasted 175:19 from Jan. 10-17, 2015
AHL’S THIRD STAR
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Cal Petersen earned first star of the game honors and was selected as the AHL’s third star of the night following Saturday’s shutout of Manitoba
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The shutout was Petersen’s 13th AHL perfect performance
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Petersen owns two shutouts this season (Oct. 25 at Texas)
SEEKING 200
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Ben Gleason enters Sunday’s game two points shy of 200 AHL points
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Gleason has recorded 43 goals and 155 assists across 409 AHL games with Texas (2018-23), Bakersfield (2023-25), Lehigh Valley (2024-25), and Iowa
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Gleason recorded his first AHL point against Iowa on Oct. 12, 2018 (assist with Texas)
SERIES HISTORY
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Kyle Rau holds the high mark among Iowa skaters for goals (15) against Manitoba
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Sam Anas leads Wild skaters in assists (13) and points (22) against the Moose
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Steve Michalek leads Iowa goaltenders in wins (7) versus Manitoba, while Alex Stalock holds the lead in GAA (1.20) and SV% (.956)
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