ROUSSEAU EARNS FIRST AHL SHUTOUT, IOWA BEATS ROCKFORD 2-0
Oct 16, 2026ROCKFORD, Ill. – William Rousseau earned his first American Hockey League shutout as the Iowa Wild beat the Rockford IceHogs 2-0 at BMO Center on Friday night.
The Wild opened the scoring 11:45 into the contest. After Charlie Stramel freed the puck up, Dylan Gambrell fired a shot that Justin Kirkland deflected past Drew Commesso (16 saves).
Iowa outshot Rockford 7-4 in the first period.
The Wild doubled the advantage with 2:36 to play in the middle frame. Following a face-off win, Ben Dexheimer threw a point shot at the net that Gerry Mayhew chopped to the side of the net for Hunter Haight to finish.
The IceHogs outshot the Wild 14-12 through 40 minutes.
Rousseau made 14 of his 28 saves in the third period to finish off the shutout.
Rockford outshot Iowa 28-18. The Wild went 0-for-4 with the man advantage and killed off all five IceHogs power plays.
Iowa visits the Chicago Wolves at Allstate Arena on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m.
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