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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

Dec 10, 2025

Iowa Wild (6-16-0-1; 13 pts.) vs. Rockford IceHogs (9-12-2-1; 21 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Rockford IceHogs square off at Casey’s Center on Wednesday at 7 p.m. 

WATCH: AHLTV on FloHockey 

LISTEN: 1460 AM and 106.3 FM on KXnO 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 61-54-6-5 (32-30-1-1 at Iowa, 29-24-5-4 at Rockford) 

Last Time: Dominic Toninato scored a power-play goal 3:05 into the third period to lift Rockford to a 3-2 win over Iowa on Nov. 9... Carson Lambos and Caedan Bankier scored for Iowa... Cal Petersen stopped 23-of-26 shots... Stanislav Berezhnoy turned aside 28-of-30 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 

BREAKING TRENDS: Iowa outscored an opponent in the first period for the first time in seven games on Sunday against Manitoba... Sunday’s game marked the second time the Wild have lost when scoring two goals in a period (4-2-0)... Iowa was outshot in all three periods for the third time this season... The Wild lost their first game of the season when leading after two periods (4-1-0) 

SHORTHANDED GOALS: Nicolas Aubé-Kubel scored Iowa’s first shorthanded goal of the season on Sunday... The Wild have allowed one shorthanded goal this season... Iowa scored two shorthanded goals in 2024-25 

WINNING WEDNESDAY: Iowa enters Wednesday’s contest seeking their first Wednesday win of the season... The Wild are 0-2-0 on Wednesdays... Iowa has won at least one game on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 

HOT HANDS 

  • Nicolas Aubé-Kubel recorded his team-leading fourth multi-point game of the season (1-1=2) on Sunday against Manitoba 

  • Aubé-Kubel (5-7=12) is tied with Gerry Mayhew (7-5=12) for the team lead in points  

  • Aubé-Kubel (2-1=3), Mayhew (0-2=2) and Michael Milne (1-1=2) have points in back-to-back games 

SEEKING 200 

  • Ben Gleason enters Wednesay’s game two points shy of 200 AHL points 

  • 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 

  • Gleason recorded his first AHL point against Iowa on Oct. 12, 2018 (assist with Texas) 

CHASING HISTORY 

  • Gerry Mayhew (104-86=190) enters Wednesday’s game 10 points shy of becoming Iowa’s all-time leading scorer 

  • Sam Anas (75-122=197) ranks second all-time among Wild skaters in points 

  • Kyle Rau (88-111=199) leads Iowa skaters in all-time points 

SERIES HISTORY 

  • Gerry Mayhew holds the high mark among Iowa skaters for goals (15) and points (28) against Rockford 

  • Cal O’Reilly leads Wild skaters in assists (19) against the IceHogs 

  • Jesper Wallstedt leads Iowa goaltenders in wins (9) and minutes (1097) versus Rockford 

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. 

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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