Game preview: Iowa Wild at Manitoba Moose

April 14, 2024 – American Hockey League (AHL)
Iowa Wild press release

Iowa Wild (24-37-4-3; 55 pts) vs. Manitoba Moose (32-33-2-1; 67 pts)

The Iowa Wild conclude a weekend game against the Manitoba Moose at Canada Life Center on Sunday at 2 p.m

ALL TIME SERIES

Iowa Wild all-time record: 34-19-2-2 (17-10-0-1 at Wells Fargo Arena, 17-9-2-1 at Manitoba)

LAST TIME: Manitoba eliminated Iowa from postseason contention with a 7-4 decision at Canada Life Center on Saturday afternoon… Michael Milne, Caedan Bankier, Steven Fogarty and David Spacek each scored for Iowa… Peyton Jones stopped 32 of -37 shots for the Wild… Thomas Milic stopped 30 of 34 shots for the Moose

2022-23: Iowa went 3-5-0-0 against Manitoba in 2022-23…The Wild defeated the Moose 5-2 on October 29 in the first meeting of the season to earn their first win of the Teams the season… Adam Beckman led the Iowa Skaters in goals and points (7-3=10) in seven games against Manitoba

TEAM NOTES

SHORTHANDED DROUGHT: Iowa allowed a shorthanded goal on Saturday for the first time in 19 games…The Wild last allowed a shorthanded goal on Feb. 21 against Rockford…Iowa allowed two shorthanded goals for the second time this season Shorthanded to (December 23 vs. Manitoba)

EARLY DEFICIENCIES: Iowa has conceded at least one goal in the first period in seven straight games…Opponents have scored two goals in the first period in three of the last four games…The Wild have been defeated in the first period in three straight games and six the last seven

POWER PLAY CONVERSIONS: Iowa scored two power-play goals in Saturday's loss to Manitoba…The Wild were 7-2-0-0 previously when they converted twice on the man advantage…One of those losses came to Manitoba in one 7-4 loss on December 20th at Wells Fargo Arena

LATEST FEATURES

Liam Öhgren scored his first NHL points with a goal and an assist on Saturday evening in San Jose

Jack Peart picked up his first AHL point with an assist against Manitoba on Saturday

Kale Kessy surpassed 900 career AHL PIMs with 14 PIMs on Saturday

Kristian Reichel recorded his first AHL hat trick and his first four-point game for Manitoba on Saturday, to go along with a career-best plus-5 rating

STREAK EXTENSIONS

Michael Milne and Sammy Walker each extended their long-standing point streaks in Saturday's game against Manitoba

Milne scored Iowa's first goal, extending its point streak to four games (2-4=6).

Sammy Walker assisted on David Spacek's goal in the third period, extending his point streak to seven games (2-6=8).

Walker surpassed his previous career high of five consecutive games with a point, which he achieved two other times in his AHL career, with an assist on Tuesday

Walker leads Iowa in points (43) and assists (29) and ranks third in goals (14).

Walker leads Iowa with 170 shots

For more information about 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 [email protected]. Season tickets for 2024-25 are on sale now. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365.

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