Going into tonight’s contest, head coach Derek Lalonde talked about how it was necessary for Iowa be hard to play against tonight. After seeing how the team answered tonight, top to bottom, it was clear that they boys answered the bell. With the win, the Wild jump the Wolves in the standings as well and hold the fourth seed by winning percentage.
Tonight, Derek Lalonde opted to start Niklas Svedberg (7-8-3, 2.75 GAA/.911 SV%) in net, still trying to get some kind of rhythm after missing nearly a month due to a lower-body injury.