Iowa Wild Report – February 25, 2020
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IOWA WILD REPORT – FEBRUARY 25, 2020 Iowa Wild went 2-1-0 in three games last week and DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) is 21-5-2 in its last 28 games. Iowa won its first Tue., February 25 Chicago Wells Fargo Arena 7 p.m. game of the week, 3-2, against Milwaukee at UW- Sat, February 29 Stockton Stockton Arena 9 p.m. Milwaukee Panther Arena (2/19). F Kyle Rau, F Mon., March 2 San Jose SAP Center at San Jose 9 p.m. Dmitry Sokolov and F Nico Sturm each scored for the Wild and G Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 29-of-31 shots. The Wild fell in its second game of the week, 4-3, against the Stars at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park (2/21). F Sam Anas, Rau and Sokolov scored and Kahkonen made 20 saves. Iowa earned a 4-0 shutout victory at Texas (2/22) in its final game of the week. F Brandon Duhaime, F Luke Johnson, F Mike Liambas and D Hunter Warner scored and Kahkonen stopped all 30 shots faced for his fourth shutout in his last nine games. F Gerald Mayhew, recalled by the Wild Sunday, leads the AHL in scoring with 61 points (39-22=61) and GWG (10), ranks T-2nd in PPG (13) and third in shots (176). Anas leads the AHL in assists and PPA (28) and ranks second in scoring with 60 points (18-42=60). D Brennan Menell leads AHL defensemen in scoring and assists and ranks second in PPA (18). D Louie Belpedio ranks fourth amongst AHL defensemen in shots (138). Kahkonen leads the AHL in wins (23) and shutouts (six), ranks fourth in GAA and T-5th in SV%. For more information on the Iowa Wild, please visit iowawild.com or follow @IAWild on Twitter. IOWA WILD RECORD: 34-16-3-3, 74 PTS – 2nd in Central Division; 3rd in AHL No. PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG GWG SH SH% 20 x Gerry Mayhew RW 48 39 22 61 17 68 13 2 2 10 176 22.2 7 Sam Anas RW 56 18 42 60 3 8 6 28 0 1 140 12.9 42 Kyle Rau LW 46 13 28 41 -5 6 3 17 0 1 125 10.4 27 Brennan Menell D 50 5 36 41 11 36 3 18 0 2 117 4.3 11 * Nico Sturm F 48 12 20 32 10 18 3 4 0 4 107 11.2 26 Luke Johnson C 35 12 12 24 -5 38 7 6 0 1 117 10.3 28 Dmitry Sokolov RW 37 14 7 21 12 8 1 0 0 3 74 18.9 25 J.T. Brown RW 56 8 13 21 -14 53 3 3 1 2 100 8 14 Will Bitten RW 48 8 12 20 -2 22 3 0 1 0 72 11.1 22 * Brandon Duhaime F 56 6 14 20 5 63 1 2 0 0 94 6.4 47 Louie Belpedio D 55 5 13 18 5 98 1 3 0 1 138 3.6 44 Matt Bartkowski D 54 2 15 17 3 55 0 5 1 0 97 2.1 40 Gabriel Dumont C 28 8 7 15 -1 25 4 1 1 0 53 15.1 43 * Connor Dewar F 45 5 10 15 10 20 0 0 1 0 59 8.5 29 Keaton Thompson D 38 2 11 13 11 16 0 0 0 0 42 4.8 36 Colton Beck F 42 3 7 10 -9 8 1 2 0 0 58 5.2 41 Josh Atkinson D 54 0 8 8 4 44 0 0 0 0 58 0 55 Cody McLeod LW 15 3 2 5 0 30 0 0 0 2 26 11.5 23 Mason Shaw LW 11 2 3 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 14 14.3 17 Mike Liambas LW 36 2 1 3 -6 68 0 0 0 0 32 6.3 15 * Turner Ottenbreit D 24 1 1 2 -5 23 0 0 0 1 22 4.5 37 Hunter Warner D 26 1 0 1 -3 30 0 0 0 0 18 5.6 No. GOALIE GP MINS W L OT SO GA GAA SA SVS SV% 34 Kaapo Kahkonen 31 1875:10 23 6 2 6 67 2.14 887 820 0.924 60 * Mat Robson 22 1312:06 10 8 4 1 65 2.97 653 588 0.900 FUTURE MINNESOTA WILD STATISTICS – FEBRUARY 25, 2020 CHL TEAM HT. / WT. D.O.B GP G A PTS +/- PIM D Calen Addison Lethbridge (WHL) 5-11 / 180 4/11/00 44 10 38 48 8 43 Ranks fifth in assists, T-5th in scoring and PPA (18) and T-12th in goals amongst WHL defensemen…Tallied a point in 14 of last 15 games (3-19=22)…Recorded 11-game point streak (3-16=19, 12/6-2/14)…Tallied season-high five assists vs. Regina (1/24)…Owns four PPG and two GWG…Recorded nine points (1-8=9) in seven games to help Team Canada win gold medal at 2020 World Junior Championship…Ranked first in assists and second in scoring amongst defensemen at tournament…Point total ranked T-6th overall…Playing in fourth season with Lethbridge…Acquired by Wild in trade with Pittsburgh (2/10/20). LW Adam Beckman Spokane (WHL) 6-1 / 174 5/10/01 57 44 54 98 40 18 Leads WHL in scoring, goals and shots (278), ranks T-1st in assists and PPG (15), T-2nd in GWG (8) and fourth in plus/minus rating…Owns 30 multi-point games…Has tallied a point in 28 of last 30 games (31-29=60)…Recorded five points (2-3=5) at Lethbridge (2/19)…Named WHL Player of the Week (2/3, 12/16)…Recorded 18-game point streak (21-12=33, 12/7- 1/25)...Tied franchise record with 10-game goal streak (16-5=21, 12/7-1/3)…Tallied five points (3-2=5) at Seattle (12/14)…Playing in second season with Spokane…Wild’s third-round selection in 2019 NHL Entry Draft. RW Shawn Boudrias Cape Breton (QMJHL) 6-4 / 197 9/14/99 53 31 40 71 38 77 Ranks T-4th in QMJHL in GWG (6), eighth in shots (226) and ninth in plus/minus rating…Ranks second on team in scoring, third in plus/minus rating, goals and assists…Owns three PPG…On an eight-game point streak (5-6=11, 2/8-2/22)…Recorded hat trick (3-1=4) vs. Saint John (1/10)…Recorded season-high 10 shots vs. Halifax (12/29)…Tallied career-high five points (3-2=5) at Baie-Comeau (10/4)…Playing in fifth season in QMJHL...Wild’s sixth-round selection in 2018 NHL Entry Draft. F Damien Giroux Saginaw (OHL) 5-10/ 179 3/2/00 56 39 27 66 26 18 Ranks T-2nd in the OHL in GWG (8), T-6th in goals and T-7th in SHG (4)…Leads team in goals and ranks third in scoring…Owns nine PPG…Recorded four points (2-2=4) including GWG at North Bay (2/23)…Tallied four points (1-3=4) including GWG at Kingston (1/24)…Played for Team OHL in 2019 CIBC Canada Russia Series…Playing in fourth season with Saginaw…Wild’s fifth-round selection in 2018 NHL Entry Draft. D Fedor Gordeev Guelph (OHL) 6-6 / 238 1/27/99 44 4 23 27 6 34 Leads team defensemen in assists and shots (118) and ranks second in scoring…Tallied GWG and season-high nine shots at Soo (2/8)…Notched career-high three assists vs. Flint (1/24) and at Soo (11/1)…Playing in fifth season in OHL and second with Guelph…Acquired in trade with Toronto (5/30/19). C Matvey Guskov London (OHL) 6-2 / 183 1/30/01 55 13 12 25 2 48 Recorded two goals vs. Saginaw (2/7)…Tallied two goals including GWG vs. Sudbury (1/17)…Owns two GWG and one PPG…Skating in second season with London…Minnesota’s fifth-round selection in 2019 NHL Entry Draft. F Alexander Khovanov Moncton (QMJHL) 5-11 / 206 4/12/00 44 31 57 88 46 78 Ranks second in QMJHL in scoring and assists, T-2nd in plus/minus rating and PPA (22) and T-4th in GWG (6)…Owns 27 multi-point games, two PPG and one SHG…Has notched a point in 24 of last 25 games (15-36=51)…Recorded 13-game point streak (6-21=27, 11/23-1/28)…Tallied career-best six points (1-5=6) vs. Saint John (10/13)…Tallied eight points (3- 5=8) including two GWG in seven games as Russia earned silver medal at 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship…Ranked T-2nd on team in scoring and third in shots (20)…Served as captain for Russia in 2019 CIBC Canada Russia Series…Playing in third season with Moncton…Wild’s third-round selection in 2018 NHL Entry Draft. RW Ivan Lodnia Niagara (OHL) 5-11 / 192 8/31/99 35 23 31 54 7 16 Leads team in scoring, goals, plus/minus rating and GWG (3), ranks second in shots (146) and assists…Named team captain (1/10)…Owns four PPG and one SHG…Tallied season- high six points (2-4=6) at North Bay (1/2)…Recorded 19 points (6-13=19, 12/5-1/4) during 7-game point streak…Recorded hat trick at Barrie (11/23)…Assigned to Niagara from Iowa (10/13)...Playing in fifth season in OHL…Minnesota’s third-round selection in 2017 NHL Entry Draft.