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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ONTARIO REIGN

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ONTARIO REIGN

Mar 21, 2026

Iowa Wild (21-30-5-1; 48 pts.) vs. Ontario Reign (39-17-3-2; 83 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Ontario Reign square off Casey's Center on Saturday at 5 p.m. on Spring Break Saturday, presented by Principal Charity Classic. The first 1,500 fans will receive sunglasses presented by Principal Charity Classic. 

WATCH: AHLTV on FloHockey 

LISTEN: 1460 AM and 106.3 FM on KXnO 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 8-9-1-1 (5-3-1-0 at Iowa, 3-6-0-1 at Ontario)  

Last Time: Iowa opened a three-in-three with a 4-1 win over Ontario at Casey’s Center on Friday night... Nicolas Aubé-Kubel, Dylan Gambrell, and Matt Kiersted scored for the Wild... Cal Petersen turned aside 20-of-21 shots... Iowa finished 1-for-5 on the power play 

2024-25: Iowa finished 2-2-0-0 against Ontario during the last season series... Graeme Clarke (2-2=4), Michael Milne (2-2=4), and Liam Öhgren (0-4=4) paced the Wild offensively... Samuel Hlavaj went 2-1-0 with a 2.01 GAA and a 0.941 SV%... Glenn Gawdin (5-2=7) paced the Reign in goals and points... Martin Chromiak and Charles Hudon each registered four assists 

TEAM NOTES 

LAST TEN: The Wild the only team in the AHL to win eight of their last 10 games... Iowa has earned 17 of a possible 20 points... Ontario entered Friday’s game with an 11-game unbeaten streak (8-0-2-1)  

PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa has outscored opponents 9-2 in the last four second periods... The Wild have not scored a first period goal in four consecutive games 

SHOT COUNT: Iowa has allowed double digit shots once in nine periods against Ontario... The Wild have not allowed double digit shots in the last eight periods 

SCORING FIRST: The team scoring first has won 11 of Iowa’s last 13 games... The team scoring first has won all three games of the season series 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: The Wild have scored a power-play goal in four consecutive games (4-for-21) 

HOT HANDS 

  • Gerry Mayhew (1-5=6) and Tyler Pitlick (2-2=4) have points in three games in a row 

  • Dylan Gambrell is riding a four-game point streak (2-5=7) 

  • Jean-Luc Foudy also has points in four games in a row (1-3=4) 

CAL’S CREASE 

  • Cal Petersen is unbeaten in his last seven starts (6-0-1) 

  • Petersen has allowed 10 goals over his last seven appearances 

  • Petersen is four minutes shy of reaching 20,000 pro minutes 

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. 

Visit http://www.iowawild.com/pressbox for the latest news and information from the team including press releases, game notes, multimedia content, and daily statistics.   

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