The break couldn’t have been kinder to the Iowa Wild, who limped into the Christmas break without a suitable goalie in net and a team that had just spent ten days on the road before their match-up with the Grand Rapids Griffins (Detroit Red Wings) on Dec. 22nd.
Steve Michalek is back from his trip to Minnesota where he had the best seat in the house with Alex Stalock filling in for Devan Dubnyk. Niklas Svedberg is looking to return from his lower-body injury that saw him leave the line-up for Iowa’s last four games where they relied heavily on C.