11-13 Iowa Tale of the Tape

1. CHICAGO WOLVES TALE OF THE TAPE
Wednesday, Nov. 13
7 p.m.
Wells Fargo
Team Record: 6-6-0-1
Team
Arena Last Game: 5-2Record: 6-5-0-0 (Nov. 9)
Last Game: 2-1 W at Charlotte (Nov. 9)
W at Rockford
Season Series: 0-0-0-1
Last Meeting: 4-5 Road Shootout Loss (Oct. 24)
Season Series: 1-0-0-0
Last Meeting: 5-4 Home Shootout Win (Oct. 24)
Storylines
• Tonight’s tilt marks the second all-time meeting between the Wolves
and the Iowa Wild; the teams will battle 10 times during the 2013-14
campaign.
• The first time the Wolves and Wild met, both teams dented the net
twice in the first and second periods before Iowa skated away with
a 5-4 shootout win on Oct. 24.
• Chicago enters tonight’s tilt winners of two straight games for the
first time this season.
• The team has earned a 3-1-0-0 mark to start the month of November
after collecting three wins in nine games during October; the club
has posted a 6-6-0-1 record through 13 games this season.
• The club’s past two victories marked the first and second time this
season it has been victorious when surrendering the opening goal;
the team had been 0-6-0-1 prior to Nov. 7 in games when allowing
the first goal.
• The Wolves have posted an 11-4-1-3 regular-season record in 19
games at Wells Fargo Arena when they battled the Iowa Stars (200508), Iowa Chops (2008-09), and Iowa Wild (2013-14).
By The Numbers
5 - Number of points (3G, 2A) right wing TY RATTIE has scored in his
last four tilts after scoring a goal in his first nine games this season.
90.2 - Penalty kill percentage of the Wolves on the road this
8 - Number shots left wing DMITRIJ JASKIN fired in his two games
season, which ranks second in the AHL (37 of 41); Chicago ranks
third in the league with a 87.9 penalty kill rate this year (58 of 66).
he has played in since missing eight games due to injury; the
20-year-old rookie has tallied 2 points (G, A) in five tilts this year.
Follow The Action
Tonight’s game begins at 7 p.m. and can be seen on The
U-Too (WCIU-DT 26.2). U-Too also can be found on
XFinity’s Chs. 248 and 360, RCN’s Ch. 35 and WOW’s Ch.
170. The game can also be streamed on www.ahllive.com.
Those away from a TV or computer can follow
@Chicago_Wolves on Twitter for live in-game play-by-play.
PLAYER SPOTLIGHT
#35 JAKE ALLEN
#16 JASON ZUCKER
Jake Allen backstopped the
Wolves to a pair of 2-1 victories
over Charlotte last week,
stopping 58 of 60 shots in the
two tilts.
Jason Zucker enters tonight’s
tilt on a three-game point streak,
having scored 2 goals and 3
points during that span.
Goaltender
Left wing
The 23-year-old netminder has
registered a 6-3-1 mark, 2.29
goals-against average and .928
save percentage in 10 games
this season.
The 21-year-old forward leads
Iowa with 4 goals and shares
second with 8 points in nine
games this season. He has
tallied a point in eight of his nine
tilts this year.
The Fredericton, N.B., native has
stopped 180 of 185 shots in his
six wins this year (0.83 gaa,
.973 sv%).
The Newport Beach, Calif,
native also has skated in one
NHL game with Minnesota this
season.