HAIGHT SCORES TWICE IN 3-1 IOWA WIN OVER TEXAS
Nov 18, 2025DES MOINES, Iowa – Hunter Haight found the back of the net twice and the Iowa Wild took a 3-1 win over the Texas Stars at Casey’s Center on Tuesday night. Samuel Hlavaj stopped 23-of-24 shots to power the Wild to victory.
Iowa jumped out to a 1-0 lead 3:13 into the game. Nicolas Aubé-Kubel collected Michael Milne’s errant shot off the end wall and threw a shot on goal that Remi Poirier (20 saves) gloved above the goal line. Aubé-Kubel was credited with a goal following a lengthy review.
Hunter Haight doubled the advantage 4:24 later. Aubé-Kubel found Haight above the left circle and Haight rifled a wrister under the crossbar.
Iowa outshot Texas 11-9 in the opening 20 minutes.
The Wild maintained the 2-0 lead through a scoreless middle frame in which Texas outshot Iowa 9-4.
The Stars pulled back within a goal 6:03 into the third period when Arttu Hyry beat Hlavaj from close quarters on the power play.
Haight sealed the win with an empty-net goal with 37 seconds remaining with assists from Gerry Mayhew and David Spacek.
Texas outshot Iowa 24-23. The Wild finished scoreless on two power plays while the Stars went 1-for-3 on the man advantage.
Iowa travels to the Coca-Cola Coliseum to take on the Toronto Marlies and kick off a six-game road stretch on Saturday, Nov. 22 at 3 p.m.
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