GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. MANITOBA MOOSE
Oct 24, 2026Iowa Wild (3-4-1-1; 8 pts.) vs. Manitoba Moose (6-2-0-0; 12 pts.)
The Iowa Wild and Manitoba Moose finish their weekend series on Saturday, Oct. 24 on Book Club Night, presented by Shelf Love DSM. The first 1,500 fans will receive an Iowa Wild book cover.
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ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 43-26-4-2 (21-16-1-1 at Iowa, 22-10-3-1 at Manitoba)
Last Time: Manitoba came from behind in the third period to beat Iowa 4-3 on Friday night... Parker Ford scored twice in the final frame for the Moose... Charlie Stramel, Justin Kirkland, and Rasmus Kumpulainen found the back of the net for the Wild... Iowa finished 2-for-8 on the power play... The Moose finished 3-for-6 with the man advantage
2025-26: Iowa finished 5-3-0-0 against Manitoba in 2025-26... The Wild won once in overtime and once in a shootout... Only one other game was decided by one goal... Reilly Heidt led Iowa in goals (4) and tied Nicolas Aubé-Kubel for the team lead in points (6)... Cal Petersen went 2-2-0 with a 2.74 GAA and a 0.919 SV%
TEAM NOTES
POWER PLAY BREAKTHROUGH: Iowa’s power play converted for the first time since Oct. 3 on Friday night... The Wild scored twice with the man advantage... Iowa scored multiple power-play goals 12 times last season
SHOT BARRAGE: Iowa recorded a season-high 45 shots on Friday... The shot total was the most in a game since the Wild posted 50 shots on Feb. 1, 2025 vs. Springfield... Iowa has outshot opponents in all but one game this season
IN THE SIN BIN: Iowa and Manitoba combined for 14 power play opportunities on Friday night... Iowa and Milwaukee combined for 15 power plays on Dec. 14, 2021
SEEKING A VICTORY: Iowa is currently mired in a four-game winless stretch (0-3-1-0)... The Wild’s longest winless stretch of 2025-26 lasted six games (0-6-0-0, Nov. 22-Dec. 3, 2025)
FRIDAY FIRSTS
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Charlie Stramel scored his first professional goal on Friday
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Rasmus Kumpulainen recorded his first goal of the season
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Nick Rhéaume recorded his first AHL point on Kumpulainen’s goal
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Mike Koster picked up his first assist of the season
MR. 200
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Dylan Gambrell recorded his 200th professional point with an assist on Justin Kirkland’s first period power-play goal on Friday
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Gambrell owns 160 points (60-100=160) in 232 AHL games and 40 points (17-23=40) in 233 NHL games
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Gambrell’s first professional point came on Oct. 5, 2018 (goal with San Jose vs. Ontario)
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