GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. MANITOBA MOOSE
Apr 17, 2026Iowa Wild (26-35-6-3; 61 pts.) vs. Manitoba Moose (34-29-5-2; 75 pts.)
The Iowa Wild and Manitoba Moose kick off Fan Appreciation Weekend on Friday at 7 p.m. on The first 1,500 fans will receive a goalie mask kids bank courtesy of Affinity Credit Union & WM.
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ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 42-24-4-2 (20-13-1-1 at Iowa, 22-10-3-1 at Manitoba)
Last Time: Iowa beat Manitoba 5-1 at Canada Life Centre to sweep a weekend series on Feb. 22... Tyler Pitlick, Nicolas Aubé-Kubel, Riley Heidt, and Jack Peart scored for the Wild... Cal Petersen stopped 24-of-25 shots... Aubé-Kubel (1-2=3), Dylan Gambrell (0-2=2), and Pitlick (2-0=2) recorded multi-point games
2024-25: Iowa finished 3-3-2-0 against Manitoba 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
AGAINST MANITOBA: Iowa is 4-2-0 against Manitoba this season... The Wild have won the last three meetings by a combined score of 14-3... Iowa is 2-for-20 on the power play... The Moose are 2-for-19 with the man advantage
PLAY BY PERIOD: Wednesday’s game marked the first time in six games that an opponent outscored Iowa in the first and third periods... The Wild have scored a second period goal in each of the last seven games
RECENT DROUGHT: Iowa has scored three goals over the last two games following a four-game streak of scoring at least four goals... The Wild have won seven times when scoring two goals or fewer
SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa is 0-for-6 on the power play over the last two games... The Wild went 6-for-18 with the man advantage over the previous four contests
FRESH FACES
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Rieger Lorenz made his AHL debut with Iowa against Grand Rapids on Wednesday
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The 6-foot-3, 210-pound forward won a NCAA championship with the University of Denver on Apr. 11
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Iowa also added Ben Dexheimer to the roster on Wednesday
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Dexheimer captained the University of Wisconsin during the 2025-26 season
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Iowa recalled goaltenders Riley Mercer and Chase Wutzke from the Heartlanders on Thursday
SEASON SERIES
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Nicolas Aubé-Kubel leads Iowa in points (3-3=6) against Manitoba
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Aubé-Kubel is tied with Riley Heidt and Tyler Pitlick for the team lead in goals against the Moose
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Dylan Gambrell, Ben Gleason, Oskar Olausson, and Jack Peart also have three assists against Manitoba
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Kale Clague leads Manitoba in goals (3) against Iowa
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