IOWA WILD REPORT – MARCH 4, 2020 the Iowa Wild Went 2-0-1 in Three Games Last DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) Week and Is 23-5-3 in Its Last 31 Games
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IOWA WILD REPORT – MARCH 4, 2020 The Iowa Wild went 2-0-1 in three games last DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) week and is 23-5-3 in its last 31 games. Iowa Wed., March 4 San Jose SAP Center at San Jose 9 p.m. earned a 5-2 win vs. Chicago at Wells Fargo Arena Sat, March 7 Manitoba Bell MTS Place 6 p.m. (2/25). F Sam Anas (0-3=3) and F Luke Johnson (3-0=3) led the Wild with three points each, D Sun., March 8 Manitoba Bell MTS Place 2 p.m. Brennan Menell tallied two assists and G Kaapo Kahkonen made 21 saves. The Wild earned a 2-0 shutout victory at Stockton (2/29). D Josh Atkinson recorded two assists. F Connor Dewar and F Mike Liambas scored and Kahkonen stopped all 35 shots faced for his fifth shutout in his last 11 games. Iowa lost 2-1 in overtime at San Jose (3/2). Anas scored the lone goal and Kahkonen made 25 saves. Anas leads the AHL in scoring with 64 points (19-45=64), assists and PPA (31). Menell leads AHL defensemen in assists and ranks second in scoring with 43 points (5-38=43) and PPA (19). Louie Belpedio ranks fourth amongst league defensemen in shots (144). F Nico Sturm ranks T-3rd amongst AHL rookies in GWG (4). Connor Dewar and Sturm rank T-5th amongst AHL rookie forwards with plus-10 ratings. Kahkonen leads the AHL in wins and shutouts (7) and ranks fourth in GAA and SV%. He was named the AHL Goalie of the Month going 8-1-0 with a 1.22 GAA, a .959 SV% and four shutouts in nine games in February. For more information on the Iowa Wild, please visit iowawild.com or follow @IAWild on Twitter. IOWA WILD RECORD: 36-16-4-3, 79 PTS – 2nd in Central Division; T-2nd in AHL No. PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG GWG SH SH% 7 Sam Anas RW 59 19 45 64 1 10 7 31 0 1 151 12.6 20 x Gerry Mayhew F 48 39 22 61 17 68 13 2 2 10 176 22.2 27 Brennan Menell D 53 5 38 43 11 36 3 19 0 2 125 4 42 Kyle Rau LW 47 13 28 41 -5 6 3 17 0 1 126 10.3 11 * Nico Sturm F 51 12 20 32 10 18 3 4 0 4 116 10.3 26 Luke Johnson C 38 15 12 27 -4 43 10 6 0 2 128 11.7 28 Dmitry Sokolov RW 40 15 7 22 13 8 1 0 0 3 82 18.3 14 Will Bitten RW 50 8 13 21 -1 22 3 1 1 0 76 10.5 25 J.T. Brown RW 59 8 13 21 -13 53 3 3 1 2 107 7.5 22 * Brandon Duhaime F 59 6 14 20 5 63 1 2 0 0 97 6.2 47 Louie Belpedio D 58 5 14 19 4 102 1 3 0 1 144 3.5 43 * Connor Dewar F 48 6 12 18 10 20 0 2 1 0 66 9.1 44 x Matt Bartkowski D 55 2 16 18 3 55 0 5 1 0 98 2 40 Gabriel Dumont C 30 8 7 15 -1 31 4 1 1 0 57 14 29 Keaton Thompson D 41 2 12 14 12 20 0 0 0 0 47 4.3 36 Colton Beck F 44 3 7 10 -9 8 1 2 0 0 64 4.7 41 Josh Atkinson D 57 0 10 10 7 44 0 0 0 0 61 0 12 Kyle Bauman C 34 3 5 8 -5 8 0 0 0 1 26 11.5 23 Mason Shaw LW 14 3 3 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 21 14.3 55 Cody McLeod LW 17 3 3 6 1 35 0 0 0 2 26 11.5 17 Mike Liambas LW 39 3 1 4 -6 68 0 0 0 1 34 8.8 6 x Mitch McLain C 28 2 2 4 -6 38 0 0 0 2 39 5.1 15 * Turner Ottenbreit D 26 1 1 2 -5 25 0 0 0 1 24 4.2 18 Matt Register D 26 1 1 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 26 3.8 37 Hunter Warner D 27 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 34 2058:20 25 6 3 7 71 2.07 972 901 0.927 60 * Mat Robson 22 1312:06 10 8 4 1 65 2.97 653 588 0.900 FUTURE MINNESOTA WILD STATISTICS – MARCH 4, 2020 CHL TEAM HT. / WT. D.O.B GP G A PTS +/- PIM D Calen Addison Lethbridge (WHL) 5-11 / 180 4/11/00 47 10 40 50 8 45 Ranks T-5th in assists and PPA (19) and seventh in scoring amongst WHL defensemen…Owns four PPG and two GWG…Tallied a point in 15 of last 18 games (3-21=24)…Recorded 11-game point streak (3-16=19, 12/6-2/14)…Notched season-high five assists vs. Regina (1/24)…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 59 44 55 99 39 18 Leads WHL in scoring, goals and shots (293), ranks T-2nd in PPG (15) and GWG (8), T-3rd in assists and T-6th in plus/minus rating…Owns 30 multi-point games…Tallied a point in 29 of last 32 games (31-30=61)…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 55 33 41 74 37 77 Ranks T-4th in QMJHL in GWG (6), eighth in shots (233) and T-12th in plus/minus rating…Ranks second on team in scoring, T-2nd in plus/minus rating, third in goals and assists…Owns four PPG…Tallied a point in nine of last 10 games (7-7=14)…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 58 41 29 70 31 22 Ranks T-1st in the OHL in GWG (10), seventh in goals and T-7th in SHG (4)…Leads team in goals. ranks third in scoring and fourth in shots (160)…Owns nine PPG…Tallied 13 points (8-5=13) during current six-game point streak…Recorded four points in a game three times this season…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 47 4 26 30 5 36 Leads team defensemen in assists and shots (124), ranks T-1st in scoring…Recorded seven points (1-6=7) in last six games…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 59 14 14 28 5 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 47 32 63 95 55 88 Leads QMJHL in plus/minus rating, ranks second in scoring, assists and PPA (24) and T-4th in GWG (6)…Owns 29 multi-point games, two PPG and one SHG…Has notched a point in 27 of last 28 games (16-42=58)…On 14-game point streak (10-21=31)…Recorded 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 38 26 34 60 6 16 Leads team in scoring, goals, plus/minus rating, GWG (3) and shots (162) and ranks second in 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.