{"id":105096,"date":"2025-12-30T17:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/105096\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:04:08","slug":"game-preview-iowa-wild-vs-texas-stars-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/105096\/","title":{"rendered":"GAME PREVIEW: IOWA WILD VS. TEXAS STARS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDec 30, 2025<\/p>\n

Iowa Wild (9-20-0-1;\u00a019\u00a0pts.)\u00a0vs.\u00a0Texas Stars\u00a0(10-14-3-1; 24\u00a0pts.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Iowa\u00a0Wild\u00a0hosts the Texas Stars on Dollar Dog Night on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Fans can enjoy $1 hot dogs through the end of the first intermission courtesy of STAR 102.5.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WATCH:\u00a0AHLTV on FloHockey<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

LISTEN:\u00a01460 AM and 106.3 FM on KXnO<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

ALL-TIME SERIES\u00a0<\/p>\n

All-Time Iowa Wild Record: 33-42-9-4 (14-23-3-3 at Iowa, 20-18-6-1 at Texas)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last Time: Iowa defeated Texas 3-1 at Casey\u2019s Center on Nov. 18… The Wild earned their third win in as many games against the Stars… Nicolas\u00a0Aub\u00e9-Kubel scored for Iowa while Hunter Haight found the back of the net twice… Samuel Hlavaj stopped 23-of-24 shots… Remi Poirier turned aside 20-of-22 shots\u00a0<\/p>\n

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%\u00a0<\/p>\n

TEAM NOTES\u00a0<\/p>\n

LOW SCORING WINS: Iowa has allowed a single goal over its last four victories… The Wild shut out their opponents in each of their\u00a0previous\u00a0three wins ahead of a 2-1 overtime victory against Chicago on Saturday night… Iowa has scored one regulation goal in the team\u2019s last two wins\u00a0<\/p>\n

SEASON SERIES: Iowa has opened the season series with three wins in a row over Texas… The Wild have not allowed a first or second period goal to the Stars… Iowa has outscored Texas 8-2… Iowa has scored the first goal in all three meetings\u00a0<\/p>\n

PLAY BY PERIOD: The Wild snapped an eight-game streak of being outshot in third periods on Saturday… Iowa has not allowed a third period goal in three games in a row… The Wild have not scored in the second or third periods in each of the last three games\u00a0<\/p>\n

SUNDAY SWAP\u00a0<\/p>\n

Katchouk\u00a0has collected 36 points (15-21=36) and 78 PIM in 179 career NHL games with Tampa Bay (2021-22, 2025-26), Chicago (2021-24), and Ottawa (2023-24)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Katchouk\u00a0has also recorded 154 points (64-90=154) and 161 PIM in 261 career AHL games with Syracuse (2018-22, 2024-25), Rockford (2023-24), and Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton (2024-25)\u00a0<\/p>\n

For more information on Iowa Wild\u00a0hockey, please visit\u202fwww.iowawild.com<\/a>. Fans can\u00a0purchase\u00a0single-game tickets through the team\u2019s website at\u00a0www.iowawild.com<\/a>. Group tickets (10 or more), suites, Wild 365\u00a0memberships\u00a0or premium tickets can be\u00a0purchased\u00a0by contacting the Iowa Wild Ticket Department at 515-564-8700 or\u202ftickets@iowawild.com<\/a>. Season tickets for 2026-27\u00a0are on sale now. Fans can\u00a0purchase\u00a0season tickets for the upcoming season at\u202fhttps:\/\/www.iowawild.com\/wild-365<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Visit\u00a0http:\/\/www.iowawild.com\/pressbox<\/a>\u00a0for the latest news and information from the team including press releases, game notes, multimedia content, and daily statistics.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iowa Wild games are now streaming on AHLTV on\u00a0FloHockey. Fans can visit\u00a0FloHockey.tv<\/a>\u00a0now to create a free account, purchase subscriptions for the 2025-26\u00a0season, and watch all Iowa Wild games online.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec 30, 2025 Iowa Wild (9-20-0-1;\u00a019\u00a0pts.)\u00a0vs.\u00a0Texas Stars\u00a0(10-14-3-1; 24\u00a0pts.)\u00a0 The Iowa\u00a0Wild\u00a0hosts the Texas Stars on Dollar Dog Night on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14952,14951,2777,1116,3685,11728,2484,14953,154,2486,27,29,28,14950],"class_list":["post-105096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-ahl","tag-des-moines","tag-entertainment","tag-hockey","tag-iowa","tag-minnesota","tag-nhl","tag-preview","tag-sports","tag-stars","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-wild"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}