IOWA WILD REPORT – JANUARY 21, 2020 The Iowa Wild went 3-1-0 in four games last week DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) and is 7-2-1 in its last 10 contests. The Wild Wed., January 22 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 6 p.m. earned a 5-2 victory against the Condors at Fri., January 24 Manitoba Wells Fargo Arena 7 p.m. Mechanics Bank Arena (1/14). F Gerald Mayhew led the team with three points (2-1=3). D Brennan Sat., January 25 Manitoba Wells Fargo Arena 6 p.m. Menell (1-1=2), F Luke Johnson (1-1=2) and F Dmitry Sokolov (1-1=2) each tallied two points. G Kaapo Kahkonen made 17 saves. Iowa lost 3-1 to San Jose at Wells Fargo Arena (1/17). Sokolov scored and Kahkonen made 27 saves. The Wild earned a 4-3 overtime win against the Barracudas in Des Moines (1/18). D Louie Belpedio (1-1=2), F Will Bitten (0-2=2) and Sokolov (2-0=2) recorded two points apiece. G Mat Robson made 23 saves. Iowa won 4-2 at home against Texas (1/20). F Kyle Bauman, F Kyle Rau, F J.T. Brown (GWG and assist) and Mayhew all scored in the third period, Menell added two assists and Kahkonen made 29 saves. Mayhew leads the AHL in goals, ranks T-1st in GWG (6), T-2nd in scoring with 43 points (27-16=43) and fourth in shots (129). F Sam Anas ranks T-1st in the AHL in assists and T-2nd in scoring with 43 points (12-31=43). Rau ranks third on the team in scoring with 35 points (10-25=35). Menell ranks T-4th in scoring amongst AHL defensemen with 29 points (4-25=29). Kahkonen ranks T-2nd in the AHL with 15 wins. For more information on the Iowa Wild, please visit iowawild.com or follow @IAWild on Twitter. IOWA WILD RECORD: 24-14-3-2, 53 PTS – 2nd in CENTRAL DIVISION; T-3rd in WESTERN CONFERENCE No. PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG GWG SH SH% 20 Gerald Mayhew RW 35 27 16 43 6 48 10 1 2 6 129 20.9 7 Sam Anas RW 43 12 31 43 -3 6 3 22 0 1 111 10.8 42 Kyle Rau LW 34 10 25 35 -7 4 3 15 0 0 101 9.9 27 Brennan Menell D 37 4 25 29 5 36 2 13 0 1 97 4.1 11 * Nico Sturm F 35 9 12 21 1 12 3 3 0 2 77 11.7 14 Will Bitten RW 38 7 11 18 -1 14 2 0 1 0 62 11.3 28 Dmitry Sokolov RW 24 11 5 16 10 4 1 0 0 3 46 23.9 26 Luke Johnson C 22 8 8 16 -11 25 5 4 0 0 76 10.5 40 Gabriel Dumont C 25 8 7 15 -2 23 4 1 1 0 49 16.3 25 J.T. Brown RW 43 6 9 15 -14 41 3 2 0 2 80 7.5 22 * Brandon Duhaime F 43 5 10 15 1 52 0 2 0 0 75 6.7 47 Louie Belpedio D 42 3 12 15 2 53 1 2 0 1 110 2.7 44 Matt Bartkowski D 42 1 11 12 -7 44 0 4 1 0 72 1.4 43 * Connor Dewar F 32 5 6 11 7 14 0 0 1 0 45 11.1 36 Colton Beck F 38 3 7 10 -8 8 1 2 0 0 52 5.8 12 Kyle Bauman C 31 3 5 8 -4 8 0 0 0 1 24 12.5 29 Keaton Thompson D 25 1 6 7 6 12 0 0 0 0 27 3.7 41 Josh Atkinson D 43 0 6 6 -4 33 0 0 0 0 46 0 55 Cody McLeod LW 15 3 2 5 0 30 0 0 0 2 26 11.5 6 Mitch McLain C 28 2 2 4 -6 38 0 0 0 2 39 5.1 19 x Nick Seeler D 6 0 2 2 9 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 18 Matt Register D 21 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 21 4.8 17 Mike Liambas LW 26 1 0 1 -5 48 0 0 0 0 19 5.3 15 * Turner Ottenbreit D 14 0 1 1 -6 19 0 0 0 0 14 0 23 Mason Shaw LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Hunter Warner D 23 0 0 0 -6 22 0 0 0 0 17 0 No. GOALIE GP MINS W L OT SO GA GAA SVS SV% 34 Kaapo Kahkonen 21 1271:05 15 5 1 2 54 2.55 517 0.905 60 * Mat Robson 19 1132:52 8 7 4 1 54 2.86 500 0.903 FUTURE MINNESOTA WILD STATISTICS – JANUARY 21, 2020 CHL TEAM HT. / WT. D.O.B GP G A PTS +/- PIM LW Adam Beckman Spokane (WHL) 6-1 / 174 5/10/01 42 33 36 69 30 12 Leads WHL in shots (202), ranks T-1st in goals, T-2nd in scoring, T-4th in PPG (11), fifth in plus/minus and sixth in assists…Owns 23 multi-point games….On a 16-game point streak (20-11=31)...Tied franchise record with 10-game goal streak (16-5=21, 12/7-1/3)…Owns 4 GWG and 1 SHG…Tallied hat trick vs. Tri-City (12/28)…Named WHL Player of the Week (12/16)…Tallied five points (3-2=5) including hat trick 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 40 25 28 53 25 54 Ranks T-7th in QMJHL in GWG (5)…Leads team in shots (170), ranks third in scoring, goals and assists, T-3rd in plus/minus rating…Owns three PPG…Tallied 13 points (6-7=13, 1/3- 1/17) in 5-game streak…Recorded second hat trick of season (3-1=4) vs. Saint John (1/10)…Recorded season-high 10 shots vs. Halifax (12/29)…Tallied five points (3-2=5) including hat trick 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 43 27 21 48 11 16 Ranks T-6th in the OHL in SHG (3), T-8th in GWG (4) and T-11th in goals…Leads team in goals, ranks third in scoring and fourth in shots (110)…Owns 8 PPG…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 32 1 16 17 0 23 Ranks fourth on team in assists…Leads team defensemen in shots (79) and ranks T-2nd in scoring…Notched career-high three assists 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 42 10 11 21 3 35 Has won 279-of-486 face-offs taken (57.5%)…Tallied season-best 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 29 21 37 58 25 60 Ranks T-2nd in QMJHL in assists, fifth in scoring and T-11th in plus/minus rating…Owns 18 multi-point games…On a 10-game point streak (5-16=21)…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)…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…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 30 22 29 51 11 14 Leads team in scoring, goals, assists, plus/minus rating, GWG (3) and shots (126)…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…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 42 16 24 40 - 23 Leads team in scoring, assists, GWG (5) and PPP (20), ranks T-1st in goals and PPG (7)…Leads BCHL rookies in GWG, ranks third in scoring and T-4th in goals and assists…Committed to play at Boston College in 2020-21…Minnesota’s sixth-round selection in 2019 NHL Entry Draft.