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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. ROCKFORD ICEHOGS

Oct 10, 2026

Iowa Wild (1-1-0-1; 3 pts.) vs. Rockford IceHogs (1-1-0-0; 2 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Rockford IceHogs complete their weekend series on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. at Casey’s Center on Kids Opening Night. The first 1,500 kids (12 and under) will receive a Crash visor presented by Buff City Soap and STAR 102.5, while all fans in attendance may participate in a postgame autograph session. 

WATCH: AHLTV on FloHockey (Free) 

LISTEN: 1460 AM and 106.3 FM on KXnO 

ALL-TIME SERIES 

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 64-57-8-6 (32-33-1-2 at Iowa, 32-24-7-4 at Rockford) 

Last Time: Iowa fell 2-1 to Rockford at Casey’s Center on Friday night in the first of 12 meetings between the teams... Viking Gustafsson Nyberg scored Iowa’s lone goal... Gavin Hayes and Jiri Felcman scored for Rockford... Stanislav Berezhnoy stopped 26-of-27 shots for the IceHogs 

2025-26: Iowa finished 3-4-2-1 against Rockford in 2025-26... Six games in the season series were decided by a single goal... Ben Jones Boyd led Iowa skaters with 10 points (5-5=10) against Rockford... Brett Seney (4-9=13)) paced IceHogs skaters against the Wild... Cal Petersen posted a 2-2-2 record with a 2.50 GAA and 0.892 SV% in six appearances 

TEAM NOTES 

PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa has scored a third period goal in all three games this season... Neither team has scored in the first period of each of the last two contests... The Wild have outshot opponents in five of the last six regulation periods 

FIRST GOALS: The Wild have allowed the first goal in all three games this season 

SHOT COUNT: Iowa has outshot opponents in each of the first three games 

PARADE TO THE PENALTY BOX: Iowa and Rockford combined for 56 penalty minutes on Friday night... The PIM total was the highest since the Wild and IceHogs combined for 88 PIM on Apr. 3, 2026 

HOME OPENERS: Iowa dropped its fifth consecutive home opener on Friday (0-4-0-1)... The Wild last won their home opener on Oct. 22, 2021 vs. Rockford 

ROOKIE ACTION 

  • Rieger Lorenz earned his first NHL recall on Friday 

  • Lorenz would become the 100th Iowa alumni to play in the NHL after playing in Iowa if he appears in a game with Minnesota 

  • Viking Gustafsson Nyberg scored his first professional goal on Friday 

  • Gustafsson Nyberg’s first professional point came on Apr. 7, 2026 at Texas 

  • Nick Rhéaume made his AHL debut on Friday 

  • Rhéaume’s father, Pascal, served as an assistant coach with Iowa in 2015-16 

SHOT COUNT 

  • Iowa ranks eighth in the AHL in shots per game (31.67) 

  • Rockford ranks 31st in shots (19.50) 

  • The Wild rank sixth in shots allowed per game (25.33) 

  • The IceHogs rank second in shots allowed (23.00) 

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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