Game Preview: Iowa Wild vs. Texas Stars
January 22, 2024 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Iowa Wild News Release
Iowa Wild (13-21-1-2; 29 pts.) vs. Texas Stars (19-13-2-1; 41 pts.)
The Iowa Wild return to Wells Fargo Arena on Monday at 7 p.m. to begin a four-game homestand with a matchup against the Texas Stars.
ALL-TIME SERIES
All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 27-34-8-3 (12-20-3-2 at Wells Fargo Arena, 15-14-5-1 at Texas)
LAST TIME: Iowa earned a 4-2 win over Texas at Wells Fargo Arena on Nov. 4 to split a weekend series... Jake Lucchini, Steven Fogarty, Adam Beckman, and Greg Meireles scored for the Wild... Jesper Wallstedt turned aside 27-of-29 shots in the win
2022-23: Iowa went 2-3-2-1 against Texas in 2022-23... The Wild earned points in each of the final four meetings... Nic Petan led Iowa with eight points (4-4=8) in six games... Sammy Walker led Wild skaters with five goals against the Stars... Jesper Wallstedt went 2-1-1 against Texas with a 2.49 GAA
TEAM NOTES
ALL-TIME LEADER: Mason Shaw returned to Iowa's lineup on Saturday at Rockford... Shaw ranks fourth in Iowa Wild history with 22 points (6-16=22) all-time against Texas... Shaw ranks third all-time in assists against the Stars
BREAKING THE ICE: Three of Iowa's last four games have featured a scoreless first period... 10 of the Wild's 37 games have been scoreless through the opening 20 minutes... Iowa has scored the game's first goal once in the last 13 contests
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS: Iowa had a single player score a goal for the sixth time in the last seven games on Saturday... The Wild have had one or two goal scorers in each of the last 10 games... Iowa has played 24 games in which one or two players scored its goals
OPPONENT CHECK
Texas enters Monday's matchup having lost five consecutive games
The Stars have given up 22 goals over that span and scored 12 times
Texas has allowed five goals in three of the last five games
Prior to Iowa's Nov. 4 win over Texas, the Stars had won 10 consecutive games at Wells Fargo Arena
Antonio Stranges enters Monday riding a three-game point streak (2-1=3)
Logan Stankoven (17-27=44) and Mavrik Bourque (15-28=43) rank first and second in the AHL in points
Stankoven leads the league's rookies in scoring by 12 points
Texas ranks last in the league in penalty minutes with just 337 this season, 33 behind the next closest team (Bakersfield)
Iowa ranks fourth in the AHL in PIM (570)
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 2023-24 are on sale now. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365.
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