This week, the Iowa Wild will spend two games in scenic Rockford, Illinois to take on the IceHogs (Chicago Blackhawks) for their fifth and sixth meetings of a twelve game slate in 2017-18. After Friday’s match-up, they’ll have a month off before meeting again on December 28th in Des Moines.
A big change in the lineup this week, as Zack Mitchell got the call up to St. Paul for a well deserved chance to continue his scoring pace in the Show.
Coming down I-35 are Joel Eriksson Ek and Luke Kunin for monetary reasons with a chance to get some confidence points (both hadn’t found the scoresheet in their last 10 NHL games).