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GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. TEXAS STARS

GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. TEXAS STARS

Jan 21, 2026

Iowa Wild (10-24-3-1; 24 pts.) vs. Texas Stars (16-19-3-1; 36 pts.) 

The Iowa Wild and Texas Stars meet 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: 36-41-10-4 (16-23-4-3 at Iowa, 20-18-6-1 at Texas) 

Last Time: Texas took a 3-2 overtime win over Iowa at Casey’s Center on Dec. 31... Ben Jones forced overtime for the Wild with 23 seconds remaining... David Spacek recorded a goal and an assist... Samuel Hlavaj stopped 33-of-36 shots... Nathan Bastian scored in overtime for Texas... Remi Poirier stopped 24-of-26 shots 

2024-25: The Wild went 3-3-1-1 against the Stars in 2024-25... Ben Jones led Iowa skaters in points (4-8=12)... Samuel Hlavaj finished 1-2-0 against Texas with a 3.56 GAA and a .885 SV%... Antonio Stranges led the Stars with 10 points (5-5=10) against the Wild... Magnus Hellberg went 3-2-0 with a 2.20 GAA and .930 SV% 

TEAM NOTES 

SEASON SERIES: Iowa is 4-0-1 in the season series against Texas... The Wild dropped their first contest to the Stars in overtime on Dec. 31... Iowa’s top three scorers in the season series (Hunter Haight [3-4=7], Nicolas Aubé-Kubel [1-4=5], and David Spacek [1-3=4]) are all recalled to Minnesota... Samuel Hlavaj is 2-0-1 with a 1.66 GAA and 0.931 SV% against the Stars 

SPECIAL TEAMS STATS: Iowa’s power play has converted in three of the last four games (5-for-16) and seven of the last nine contests (9-for-28)... The Wild are 5-for-12 (41.7%) with the man advantage against the Stars... Texas is 2-for-13 (15.4%) on the power play against Iowa 

PLAY BY PERIOD: Iowa allowed a franchise-low one shot in the third period against Toronto on Saturday... The Wild have held opponents to three shots or fewer in three periods over the last three games 

TWO-POINT GAMES 

  • Two players registered their first two-point games with Iowa against Toronto on Saturday 

  • Elliot Desnoyers and Jean-Luc Foudy each picked up two assists against the Marlies 

  • Caedan Bankier recorded a goal and an assist for his second two-point game of the season 

  • Nicolas Aubé-Kubel leads Wild skaters in two-point games this season (5) 

HOT HANDS 

  • Dylan Gambrell is riding a three-game assist streak (0-3=3) 

  • Caedan Bankier has three points over his last three games (1-2=3) 

  • Oskar Olausson has scored in three games in a row (4-1=5) 

  • Gerry Mayhew has goals in four of Iowa’s last five games 

CHASING HISTORY 

  • Gerry Mayhew (120-89=199) enters Wednesday’s game one point shy of becoming Iowa’s all-time leading scorer 

  • Mayhew passed Sam Anas (75-122=197) for second all-time among Wild skaters in points with a goal last Saturday 

  • Mayhew is tied with Kyle Rau (88-111=199) for the team’s all-time lead in points 

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 2026-27 are on sale now. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365. 

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