Indepedence, MO – The Iowa Heartlanders (12-25-2-2, 28 pts.) are 2-2-0-0 in the season series against the Kansas City Mavericks (31-8-1-1, 64 pts.) and visit Cable Dahmer Arena for the final time this season Wednesday at 7:05 p.m.

The Heartlanders have points in four of the last five games (2-1-0-2), while the league-leading Mavericks are 16-1-0-0 in the last 17 games, with their lone loss to Iowa last Friday at Xtream Arena. 

Iowa is 0-2-0-0 at Cable Dahmer Arena this season, but 2-0-0-0 at Xtream Arena. 

Kansas City has won back-to-back games against regional foe Wichita; last weekend the Mavericks went 2-1-0-0 and bested the Thunder 5-3 on Saturday and 3-1 on Sunday. 

Iowa is starting its longest “mileage” remaining road trip this regular season, a 1,400-mile swing through the great plains and Indiana. Iowa takes on Fort Wayne Friday at 6:35 p.m. and Indy Saturday at 6:00 p.m.

Tickets start at $10 for all Iowa Heartlanders home games. Iowa is next at home against Kalamazoo for three straight games starting on Wed., Feb. 11 at 7:00 p.m. 

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Affiliates: Iowa Heartlanders (Minnesota Wild/Iowa Wild) | Kansas City Mavericks (Seattle Kraken/Coachella Valley Firebirds)

Need To Know:
- Cameron Butler and William Rousseau were called up to the Iowa Wild Monday.
- The Heartlanders have played four one-goal games this season. 

- Iowa takes on Kansas City Wednesday and then finishes up the season series Wed., Mar. 18 at Xtream Arena. 

Sop starts to come alive

Iowa’s Matt Sop has points in five of his last six games and scored Sunday in Iowa’s 3-2 loss to Indy. The second-year professional from Kitchener, ON has tallied in back-to-back games and leads Iowa with 12 goals and 24 points in 34 games this season. Over the last six games, Sop has three goals and two assists. 

Last season, Sop finished fifth on the team with 13 goals and 32 points despite only playing half the season with the Heartlanders (other half was recalled to AHL Iowa). 

Sop is signed to an AHL contract with the Wild. In 2023-24, Sop was named the OHL Overage Player of the Year with Kitchener, scoring 43 goals and 90 points (5^th OHL goals, 11^th OHL points).

Besides the goal scoring production, the 23-year-old is a +3 over the last six games. 

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