GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

Mar 29, 2026

Iowa Wild (22-31-6-2; 52 pts.) vs. Rockford IceHogs (25-33-3-2; 55 pts.) 

Iowa and Rockford complete their home-and-home series at Casey’s Center on Sunday at 6 p.m. The first 1,500 kids will receive a youth jersey for Crash’s Birthday, courtesy of JP Party Rentals and LAZER 103.3. 

WATCH: AHLTV on FloHockey 

LISTEN: 1460 AM and 106.3 FM on KXnO 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 62-55-8-5 (32-31-1-1 at Iowa, 30-24-7-4 at Rockford) 

Last Time: Rockford opened a home-and-home with a 3-2 overtime win over Iowa on Saturday night... Hunter Haight and Ben Jones scored for the Wild... Iowa finished 2-for-2 on the power play... Cal Petersen stopped 29-of-32 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 

SEASON SERIES: Rockford has scored the first goal in five of six meetings... Iowa has scored a power-play goal in four games in a row against Rockford (6-for-21)... Iowa has outshot Rockford in three consecutive third periods... Two of Rockford’s wins have come in overtime

THE IDES OF MARCH: The Wild enter Saturday’s game with a 5-1-2-1 record in March... The five wins ties Iowa’s previous high for a single month this season, set in February (5-4-0-0) 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa scored twice in two opportunities on the man advantage on Saturday... The Wild last finished perfect on the power play with a 2-for-2 performance on Nov. 9, 2024 at Rockford... Iowa’s last game with three power-play goals came on Mar. 15, 2025 vs. Manitoba (3-for-5) 

HOT HANDS 

• Dylan Gambrell registered his team-leading fourth multiple assist game with two assists on Saturday against Rockford 

• Gambrell also leads Iowa in three-point games (3) and multi-point games (9) 

• Ben Jones has points in back-to-back games (2-1=3) 

• Hunter Haight is riding a three-game point streak (2-1=3) 

AGAINST THE OPPONENT 

• Ben Jones leads Iowa with six points (2-4=6) against Rockford 

• Brett Seney (1-7=8) and Dominic Toninato (6-2=8) lead Rockford with eight points against Iowa 

• Cal Petersen (1-2-2) owns Iowa’s only win against Rockford this season 

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