Dakota Mermis and Sammy Walker on the Iowa Wild Hitting their Stride in 2023!

On today's episode of Locked on Wild, Dakota Mermis, Sammy Walker and Ben Gislason join to tell us how Iowa has found their stride in 2023! We start by asking Ben Gislason about the biggest keys for Iowa going 8-0-3 over their last 11 games. We talk about Jesper Wallstedt starting to string dominant starts together and why even with his current performance he shouldn't be rushed to the NHL level. We look at Marco Rossi's strong resurgence on one of the best top lines in the AHL. We also look at how the Iowa Wild have come together as a team and used their strong defensive core to keep teams off the scoreboard. We talk to Dakota Mermis about what it meant for him to be named team captain for 2022-23. We also look at his career high in goals and what it means for Mermis to be one of the more veteran players on a young Iowa roster. We turn to Sammy Walker and ask him about his time in Minnesota, and how it has motivated him to keep pushing back down in Iowa. We look at how he has been able to complete a lifelong dream by coming full circle after playing with the Gophers and now being in the Minnesota farm system.

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