Iowa Wild Report – December 17, 2019
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IOWA WILD REPORT – DECEMBER 17, 2019 The Iowa Wild went 1-2-0 in three games last DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) week. The Wild fell in the first contest, 2-0, against Wed., December 18 Stockton Stockton Arena 9 p.m. the Roadrunners Tuesday at Wells Fargo Arena Fri., December 20 Grand Rapids Wells Fargo Arena 7 p.m. (12/10). G Mat Robson stopped 25-of-27 shots. Sat., December 21 Grand Rapids Wells Fargo Arena 7 p.m. Iowa earned a 4-3 shootout victory in the second contest of the week against Ontario Saturday at Toyota Arena (12/14). F Will Bitten (1-1=2) and F Kyle Rau (0-2=2) led the Wild with two points each. F Dmitry Sokolov netted the shootout deciding goal. Robson made 37 saves through overtime and stopped two-of-three shootout attempts. The Wild dropped its final game of the week, 4-3, against the Reign Sunday in Ontario (12/15). F J.T. Brown (2-0=2), Rau (0-2=2) and D Louie Belpedio (0-2=2) collected two points apiece. G Dereck Baribeau stopped 28-of-32 shots. For more information on the Iowa Wild, please visit iowawild.com or follow @IAWild on Twitter. IOWA WILD RECORD: 13-11-2-2, 30 PTS – 3rd in CENTRAL DIVISION; 5th in WESTERN CONFERENCE No. PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG GWG SH SH% 7 Sam Anas RW 28 6 15 21 -4 2 3 8 0 1 74 8.1 20 x Gerald Mayhew RW 22 14 6 20 -3 24 4 1 2 2 87 16.1 27 x Brennan Menell D 23 2 17 19 2 32 0 9 0 0 65 3.1 42 Kyle Rau LW 19 5 12 17 -2 2 1 7 0 0 62 8.1 40 Gabriel Dumont C 25 8 7 15 -3 23 4 1 1 0 49 16.3 11 *Nico Sturm F 25 6 6 12 -4 8 2 2 0 2 53 11.3 47 Louie Belpedio D 28 2 9 11 -6 45 1 2 0 0 80 2.5 25 J.T. Brown RW 28 5 5 10 -9 33 3 1 0 1 58 8.6 14 Will Bitten RW 23 4 6 10 -1 10 2 0 0 0 44 9.1 44 Matt Bartkowski D 28 1 8 9 -7 34 0 4 1 0 58 1.7 26 Luke Johnson C 10 3 4 7 -5 19 1 2 0 0 36 8.3 22 *Brandon Duhaime F 28 3 4 7 -4 28 0 1 0 0 54 5.6 36 Colton Beck F 26 1 5 6 -7 6 1 2 0 0 34 2.9 41 Josh Atkinson D 28 0 6 6 -3 13 0 0 0 0 30 0 55 Cody McLeod LW 15 3 2 5 0 30 0 0 0 2 26 11.5 12 Kyle Bauman F 24 0 5 5 -9 8 0 0 0 0 14 0 43 * Connor Dewar F 17 3 1 4 0 12 0 0 1 0 27 11.1 29 Keaton Thompson D 10 1 3 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 13 7.7 28 Dmitry Sokolov RW 9 2 0 2 -2 0 0 0 0 1 19 10.5 6 Mitch McLain C 14 1 1 2 -2 13 0 0 0 1 23 4.3 18 Matt Register D 16 1 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 20 5 17 Mike Liambas LW 23 1 0 1 -5 46 0 0 0 0 15 6.7 2 x Greg Pateryn D 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 * Lester Lancaster D 4 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 37 Hunter Warner D 18 0 0 0 -7 18 0 0 0 0 15 0 No. GOALIE GP MINS W L OT SO GA GAA SA SVS SV% 34 x Kaapo Kahkonen 10 607:52 7 2 1 2 25 2.47 275 250 0.909 60 * Mat Robson 15 884:02 5 7 3 1 44 2.99 431 387 0.898 30 * Dereck Baribeau 4 209:18 1 2 0 0 12 3.44 96 84 0.875 FUTURE MINNESOTA WILD STATISTICS – DECEMBER 17, 2019 CHL TEAM HT. / WT. D.O.B GP G A PTS +/- PIM LW Adam Beckman Spokane (WHL) 6-1 / 174 5/10/01 30 20 29 49 23 8 Ranks third in the WHL in scoring and shots (143), T-4th in assists and plus/minus rating, T-5th in goals and T-7th in PPG (7)…Leads team in scoring, goals, assists, shots and plus/minus rating…Owns two GWG and one SHG…Named WHL Player of the Week (12/16)…Tallied five points (3-2=5) including first hat trick of season and 10 shots at Seattle (12/14)…Owns 11 points (7-4=11) and 26 shots in last four games…Playing in second season with Spokane…Wild’s third-round selection in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. RW Shawn Boudrias Cape Breton (QMJHL) 6-4 / 197 9/14/99 31 19 19 38 15 40 Ranks T-9th in QMJHL in GWG (3)…QMJHL is off until Dec. 28…Ranks second on team in goals and shots (129), third in scoring and assists and fourth in plus/minus rating…Owns three PPG…Tallied five points (3-2=5) including first hat trick of season at Baie-Comeau (10/4)…Playing in fifth season in QMJHL, second with Cape Breton...Wild’s sixth-round selection in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. F Damien Giroux Saginaw (OHL) 5-10/ 179 3/2/00 31 20 12 32 0 10 Ranks T-4th in the OHL in PPG (8) and T-9th in goals…Leads team in goals, ranks third in scoring and T-3rd in shots (82)…Owns two GWG and one SHG…Played for Team OHL in the 2019 CIBC Canada Russia Series…Playing in fourth season with Saginaw…Wild’s fifth-round selection in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. D Fedor Gordeev Guelph (OHL) 6-6 / 238 1/27/99 21 1 14 15 5 19 Has not played since Nov. 23 due to a lower-body injury…Ranks third on team in assists…Ranks second amongst team defensemen in scoring…Notched career-high three assists in 6-4 win at Soo (11/1)…Recorded an assist and eight shots at Niagara (10/19)…Playing in fifth season in OHL and second with Guelph…Acquired in trade with Toronto (5/3019). C Matvey Guskov London (OHL) 6-2 / 183 1/30/01 30 6 8 14 2 24 Has won 216-of-372 face-offs taken (58.0%)…Owns one GWG and one PPG…Skating in second season with London…Minnesota’s fifth-round selection in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. F Alexander Khovanov Moncton (QMJHL) 5-11 / 206 4/12/00 26 20 33 53 27 56 Named to preliminary roster for Russia’s World Junior Team…Ranks second in QMJHL in assists, third in scoring, T-3rd in plus/minus rating, T-8th in goals and T-9th in GWG (3)…Has tallied 13 multi-point games…On a seven-game point streak (4-12=16)…Owns one PPG and one SHG…Recorded an eight-game point streak (9-13=22, 10/13- 11/2)…Tallied career-best six points (1-5=6) vs. Saint John (10/13)…Playing in third season with Moncton…Wild’s third-round selection in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. RW Ivan Lodnia Niagara (OHL) 5-11 / 192 8/31/99 20 15 16 31 9 10 Leads team in plus/minus rating, ranks T-2nd in goals, third in shots (86), T-3rd in scoring and fifth in assists…Tallied 15 points (7-8=15) in five-game stretch (11/10-11/23) including first hat trick of season at Barrie (11/23)…Owns three PPG, two GWG and one SHG…Tallied five points (2-3=5) in 5-4 win at Hamilton (11/10)…Assigned to Niagara from Iowa (10/13)...Minnesota’s third-round selection in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. C Nikita Nesterenko Chilliwack (BCHL) 6-1 / 155 9/10/01 33 12 17 29 - 21 Leads team in scoring, GWG (4), PPP (14) and PPA (10), ranks T-1st in assists, second in goals and T-3rd in PPG (4)…Leads league rookies in GWG…Tallied season-high three points (1-2=3) including GWG in 7-1 win at Merritt (10/30)…Committed to play at Boston College in 2020-21…Minnesota’s sixth-round selection in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. COLLEGE/USHL TEAM HT. / WT. D.O.B GP G A PTS +/- PIM C Matt Boldy Boston College (H-East) 6-2 / 195 4/5/01 15 1 2 3 1 4 Boston College is off until Jan. 4…The Eagles are on a nine-game winning streak…Ranks third on team in shots (42) and T-2nd amongst team forwards in blocked shots (7)…Tallied the GWG in first collegiate game, a 5-3 win vs. Wisconsin (10/11)…Skating in freshman season at Boston College…Wild’s first-round selection in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. LW Vladislav Firstov U. of Connecticut (H-East) 6-1 / 181 6/19/01 16 5 5 10 1 31 Connecticut’s next game is Dec. 28…Ranks T-2nd on team in goals, T-3rd in scoring and T-5th in shots (31)…Recorded three points (2-1=3) including GWG and 7 shots in 6-4 win vs.