IOWA WILD REPORT – JANUARY 7, 2020 The Iowa Wild went 3-0-0 in three games last DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) week and is 7-1-0 in its last eight games. The Wild Wed., January 8 San Diego Pechanga Arena 9 p.m. earned a 5-4 home victory against the Stars Fri., January 10 San Diego Pechanga Arena 9 p.m. (12/31). F Sam Anas (1-2=3) and F Kyle Rau (1- 2=3) led the team with three points each. D Sat., January 11 Bakersfield Mechanics Bank Arena 9 p.m. Brennan Menell tallied two points (1-1=2). G Kaapo Kahkonen made 20 saves. Iowa recorded a 5-1 home win vs. Rockford (1/3). F Gerald Mayhew registered four points (2-2=4). Anas tallied three assists. Menell (0-2=2), Rau (0-2=2) and F Nico Sturm (2- 0=2) collected two points apiece and Kahkonen made 29 saves. The Wild claimed a 5-1 win at the Chicago Wolves (1/4). Anas led Iowa with three assists. F Luke Johnson (2-0=2) and Mayhew (2-0=2) recorded two points each. G Mat Robson stopped 32-of-33 shots. Anas leads the Wild and ranks third in the AHL with 37 points (9-28=37) and was named CCM/AHL Player of the Week (1/6). Mayhew leads the team in goals and shots and ranks second in scoring with 35 points (23-12=35). He leads the AHL in goals, ranks fourth in shots and T-4th in scoring. Rau ranks third on the team with 31 points (7-24=31) and has tallied a point in 12 of his last 13 games (3-19=22) since Nov. 16. Menell ranks third amongst AHL defensemen in assists and T-3rd in scoring. For more information on the Iowa Wild, please visit iowawild.com or follow @IAWild on Twitter. IOWA WILD RECORD: 20-12-2-2, 44 PTS – 2nd in CENTRAL DIVISION; 4th in WESTERN CONFERENCE No. PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG SH SH% 7 Sam Anas RW 36 9 28 37 -1 2 3 0 1 93 9.7 20 Gerald Mayhew RW 30 23 12 35 4 38 9 2 5 117 19.7 42 Kyle Rau LW 27 7 24 31 -2 4 2 0 0 80 8.8 27 Brennan Menell D 30 3 22 25 5 34 1 0 1 80 3.8 11 * Nico Sturm F 28 9 7 16 0 10 3 0 2 63 14.3 14 Will Bitten RW 31 7 9 16 2 12 2 1 0 50 14.0 40 Gabriel Dumont C 25 8 7 15 -2 23 4 1 0 49 16.3 47 Louie Belpedio D 35 2 11 13 -1 49 1 0 0 98 2.0 26 Luke Johnson C 15 7 5 12 -6 23 5 0 0 57 12.3 25 J.T. Brown RW 36 5 7 12 -12 35 3 0 1 70 7.1 22 * Brandon Duhaime F 36 5 7 12 -2 37 0 0 0 67 7.5 44 Matt Bartkowski D 36 1 10 11 -6 40 0 1 0 67 1.5 36 Colton Beck F 31 3 6 9 -9 6 1 0 0 40 7.5 28 Dmitry Sokolov RW 17 6 2 8 4 2 0 0 3 31 19.4 43 * Connor Dewar F 25 4 4 8 2 14 0 1 0 34 11.8 12 Kyle Bauman C 29 2 5 7 -5 8 0 0 1 19 10.5 29 Keaton Thompson D 18 1 5 6 7 8 0 0 0 21 4.8 41 Josh Atkinson D 36 0 6 6 -2 19 0 0 0 38 0 55 Cody McLeod LW 15 3 2 5 0 30 0 0 2 26 11.5 6 Mitch McLain C 22 1 2 3 -5 34 0 0 1 33 3.0 18 Matt Register D 19 1 0 1 -1 8 0 0 0 21 4.8 17 Mike Liambas LW 26 1 0 1 -5 48 0 0 0 19 5.3 19 Nick Seeler D 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 15 * Turner Ottenbreit D 12 0 1 1 -6 19 0 0 0 12 0 13 Patrick McGrath RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 * Tyler Sheehy F 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 37 Hunter Warner D 23 0 0 0 -6 22 0 0 0 17 0 No. GOALIE GP MINS W L OT SO GA GAA SA SVS SV% 34 Kaapo Kahkonen 17 1032:53 13 3 1 2 44 2.56 466 422 0.906 60 * Mat Robson 16 944:02 6 7 3 1 45 2.86 464 419 0.903 30 *x Dereck Baribeau 4 209:18 1 2 0 0 12 3.44 96 84 0.875 FUTURE MINNESOTA WILD STATISTICS – JANUARY 7, 2020 CHL TEAM HT. / WT. D.O.B GP G A PTS +/- PIM LW Adam Beckman Spokane (WHL) 6-1 / 174 5/10/01 36 29 30 59 25 10 Ranks T-1st in the WHL in scoring, second in goals, T-2nd in PPG (10) and shots (171), T-6th in assists and plus/minus rating…On a 10-game goal streak (16-5=21, 12/7-1/3) tying franchise record…Owns 3 GWG and 1 SHG…Tallied second hat trick of season in 5-3 vs. Tri-City (12/28)…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)…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 36 21 24 45 21 48 Leads team in shots (156), ranks third in scoring, goals, assists and plus/minus rating…Owns three GWG and three PPG…Recorded season-high 10 shots vs. Halifax (12/29)…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 2018 NHL Entry Draft. F Damien Giroux Saginaw (OHL) 5-10/ 179 3/2/00 37 24 17 41 9 14 Ranks T-9th in the OHL in PPG (8) and T-10th in goals…Leads team in goals, ranks third in scoring and shots (98), T-5th in assists…Owns three 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 2018 NHL Entry Draft. D Fedor Gordeev Guelph (OHL) 6-6 / 238 1/27/99 27 1 15 16 7 23 Ranks fourth on team in assists…Leads team defensemen in shots (68) and ranks second 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 37 7 10 17 -2 35 Has won 256-of-457 face-offs taken (56.0 %)…Owns one 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 26 20 33 53 27 56 Tallied eight points (3-5=8) including two GWG and 20 shots in seven games as Russia earned silver medal at 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship…Ranked T-2nd on Russia in scoring and third in shots…Ranks T-3rd in the QMJHL in scoring, T-5th in assists and plus/minus rating…Owns 13 multi-point games…On a 7-game point streak (4-12=16)…Owns three GWG, one PPG and one SHG…Recorded 8-game point streak (9-13=22, 10/13-11/2)…Tallied career-best six points (1-5=6) vs. Saint John (10/13)…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 25 19 27 46 12 14 Leads team in plus/minus rating and GWG (3), ranks second in scoring and goals, third in assists and shots (107)…Owns four PPG and one SHG…Tallied season-high six points (2- 4=6) in 9-8 win at North Bay (1/2)…Recorded 19 points (6-13=19, 12/5-1/4) during 7-game point streak…Tallied 15 points (7-8=15, 11/10-11/23) during 5-game point streak…Recorded first hat trick of season at Barrie (11/23)…Assigned to Niagara from Iowa (10/13)...Minnesota’s third-round selection in 2017 NHL Entry Draft. C Nikita Nesterenko Chilliwack (BCHL) 6-1 / 155 9/10/01 38 15 19 34 - 21 Leads team in scoring, GWG (4), PPG (7), PPP (17) and PPA (10), ranks T-1st in goals and assists…Ranks T-1st amongst league rookies in GWG, T-4th in goals and fifth in scoring…Committed to play at Boston College in 2020-21…Minnesota’s sixth-round selection in 2019 NHL Entry Draft.