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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

Nov 9, 2025

Iowa Wild (4-6-0-1; 9 pts.) vs. Rockford IceHogs (6-5-1-0; 13 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild hosts the Rockford IceHogs on Hockey Fights Cancer Night on Sunday at 6 p.m. All fans in attendance will receive “I Fight For” cards, and the team will hold a postgame skate sponsored by Central Iowa Figure Skating and STAR 102.5. 

WATCH: AHLTV on FloHockey 

LISTEN: 1460 AM and 106.3 FM on KXnO 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 61-53-6-5 (32-29-1-1 at Iowa, 29-24-5-4 at Rockford) 

Last Time: Rockford won the opening game of the season series by a 6-2 score at Casey’s Center on Oct. 12... Tyler Pitlick scored both goals for the Wild... Oliver Moore (2-1=3) and Dillon Boucher (1-2=3) recorded three points for the IceHogs... Stanislav Berezhnoy stopped 29-of-31 shots 

2024-25: Iowa finished 5-7-0-0 against Rockford in 2024-25... Three games in the season series were decided by a single goal... Travis Boyd led Iowa skaters with 12 points (2-10=12) against Rockford... Zach Sanford (7-5=12) and Cole Guttman (6-6=12) paced IceHogs skaters against the Wild... Samuel Hlavaj posted a 3-1-0 record with a 2.33 GAA and 0.922 SV% in five appearances 

TEAM NOTES 

DIVISION STANDINGS: The Wild enter Sunday’s game four points behind the IceHogs in the Central Division standings... Rockford, the third place team in the Central Division, has played one more game than Iowa 

PENALTY LEADERS: Rockford leads the AHL in penalty minutes (243)... Iowa ranks sixth in the league in PIM (189)... Mark Liwiski ranks second among AHL skaters in PIM (60)... Connor Mylymok is third in the league in PIM (58) 

WEARING WHEAT: All four of Iowa’s wins have come in wheat jerseys... The Wild are 0-4-0 when wearing green or white 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa has allowed a single power-play goal over the last eight games (1-for-24)... Opponents have not scored a power-play goal in seven consecutive games 

GLEASON’S 400TH 

  • Ben Gleason enters Sunday’s contest having played 399 AHL games 

  • Gleason, who started his AHL career with the Texas Stars (290 games) before skating in 98 games with the Bakersfield Condors 

  • The Ortonville, Mich. native made his AHL debut on Oct. 5, 2018 vs. Grand Rapids and scored his first AHL goal on Nov. 1, 2018 vs. Iowa 

  • Gleason has recorded 196 points (43-153=196) in his AHL career 

ABOUT THE OPPONENT 

  • Rockford is winless in their last four games (0-2-1-0) 

  • The IceHogs started the 2025-26 season with a four game win streak 

  • Rockford has scored just five goals over the last four games 

For more information on Iowa Wild hockey, please 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 2025-26 are on sale now. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365. 

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