MIDWEEK PREVIEW: WOODSMEN at GRIZZLIES, vs. POWER

It’s a rare Saturday-Sunday NA3HL weekend for the Wisconsin Woodsmen, who head to the Rochester Rec Center for a 6 p.m. matchup against the Rochester Grizzlies on Saturday, before returning home to the Tomah Ice Center for a 2 p.m. matiness against the West Bend Power on Sunday afternoon.

WISCONSIN WOODSMEN

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• 2026-27 Record: 7-3-1-0 Overall (T-1st, 15 Pts)

ROCHESTER GRIZZLIES

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• 2026-27 Record: 6-1-1-2 Overall (T-1st, 15 Pts)

WEST BEND POWER

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1. 2026-27 Record: 7-0-0-1 Overall (T-1st, 15 Pts)

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WOODSMEN-GRIZZLIES * LAST MEETING:

• Oct. 16, 2026: Woodsmen 4, Grizzlies 3 (SO)
• Series history: Grizzlies lead series 10-6-1-1

WOODSMEN-POWER * LAST MEETING:

• March 6, 2026: Woodsmen 2, Power 1
• March 7, 2026: Power 6, Woodsmen 2
• Series history: Power lead series 19-5-2-0

WOODSMEN * LAST ACTION:

• Oct. 16, 2026: Woodsmen 4, Grizzlies 3 (SO)

GRIZZLIES * LAST ACTION:

• Oct. 16, 2026: Woodsmen 4, Grizzlies 3 (SO)
• Oct. 17, 2026: Power 5, Grizzlies 1

POWER * LAST ACTION:

• Oct. 17, 2026: Power 5, Grizzlies 1

WOODSMEN SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Woodsmen head into their weekend games against the Rochester Grizzlies and West Bend Power sporting a 7-3-1-0 record, leaving them tied for with both the Grizzlies and Power for first place in the NA3HL Central Division standings with 15 points. … Wisconsin finished with 19-24-2-2 record in 2025-26, good for 42 points and a fifth-place showing in the NA3HL Central Division standings.
• LAST TIME OUT: Wisconsin picked up a victory in its lone game last weekend, scoring the game’s only goal in the three-person shootout to earn a 4-3 victory over the Rochester Grizzlies at the Tomah Ice Center.
• HOME SWEET HOME: The Woodsmen played four of their six games in September on the road, but are in the midst of playing five of their eight October games on their home sheet, where they are 4-2-0-0 — with two victories coming on back-to-back wins over the St. Louis Jr. Blues on Sept. 18-19, and the other wins a 5-0 win over the Fox Cities Forge on Oct. 9 and a 4-3 shootout win over the Rochester Grizzles on Oct. 16. … Wisconsin collected 10 of its 19 wins last season on its home ice, going 10-11-0-2 at the Tomah Ice Center, while owning a 9-13-2-0 mark on the road.
• RIDING THE ROLLERCOASTER: Wisconsin scored the game’s first five goals in its season-opener against the Peoria Mustangs on Sept. 11, only to give up six unanswered tallies — including the game-winner with 1:11 remaining in overtime — in falling 6-5. … Wisconsin surrendered six unanswered goals to start the game in last Saturday’s 8-2 loss to the Wausau Cyclones.
• WHITE-KNUCKLE RIDE: The Woodsmen’s 4-3 shootout win over the Rochester Grizzlies on Oct. 16 marked the 19th time since the start of the 2025-26 season that Wisconsin has been involved in a game decided by one goal. … Wisconsin has now played 38 games over the last three seasons that have been decided by one goal — including 22 that have gone into overtime and seven decided in a shootout. … After dropping both of its shootouts last season — falling to the Minnesota Moose on Nov. 15 and to the St. Louis Jr. Blues on Feb. 7 — Wisconsin is 1-0 in shootouts this season, thanks to their shootout win over the Rochester Grizzlies on Oct.16.
• STREAKING ALONG — The Woodsmen head into their games this weekend against the Rochester Grizzlies and West Bend Power riding a three-game winning streak. … With their 4-3 win over the Grizzlies last Friday, both of Wisconsin’s meetings between the two teams this season have been decided by one goal.
• PUTTING UP GOOSE EGGS: Four of the Woodsmen’s seven wins this season have come via shutout. Wisconsin has blanked The St. Louis Jr. Blues twice — winning 2-0 and 1-0 — and posting back-to-back shutouts in 5-0 and 4-0 wins over the Fox Cities Forge on Oct. 9-10.
• TURNING UP THE HEAT: With their 7-3 win over the Peoria Mustangs on Sept. 12, the Woodsmen have now scored six or more goals in a game 12 times since the start of last season, and have netted 6+ goals in a game 22 times over the last three seasons.
• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Jackson Haupt and Parker Holloway have been the Woodsmen’s goal-scoring leaders, with Haupt netting a team-best eight goals, while Holloway is one back with seven tallies. Cameron Hovden and Ozbej Muzan are tied for third on the team with four goals each, followed by Andrei Khomenko and Ty Paulios with three. … Paulios led the team with 21 goals last season, five more than Holloway.
• LENDING A HELPING HAND: Andrei Khomenko boasts a team-best 11 assists through the season’s first 11 games, two more than both Holoway and Bryce Bechen. Hovden has chipped in seven helpers, followed by Paulios with six and Haupt with five. 
• POINT PRODUCERS: Eleve games into the season, and the Woodsen already boast five players with 10 or more points, led by Holloway with 16 (7 G, 9 A). Khomenko is second on the squad with 14 points (3 G, 11 A), while Haupt (8 G, 5 A, 13 Pts), Hovden (4 G, 7 A, 11 Pts), and Bechen (1 G, 9 A, 10 Pts) have also recorded 10+ points, while Paulios (3 G, 6 A, 9 Pts) is one point shy of joining the double-digit club. … Wisconsin boasted four players who accumulated 30 or more points last season, led by Paulios with 46 (21 G, 25 A).
• BETWEEN THE PIPES: The Woodsmen have used three different goalies through their first 11 games, with Dominic Seligman, Nicholas Roy, and Nicklas Timm all seeing time between the pipes. … Timm — who posted shutouts in each of his first two starts as a Woodsmen — leads the trio with a 1.44 goals-against-average and .939 save percentage in four appearances (249:00). Seligman has appeared in four games (201:00), compiling a 2.09 GAA and .892 save %, while Foy (4 GP, 221:00, 4.34 GAA, .876 save %) has also appeared in four games. … Foy leads the team with 113 saves, followed by Timm with 66 and Seligman with 58.
• RECORD-SETTER: Foy was a part of a pair of franchise records in his first start as a Woodsmen on Sept. 11 against the Peoria Mustangs. The 68 shots he faced were the most in franchise history, while his 62 saves were also the most in Woodsmen history.
• DEBUT TO REMEMBER: Timm made the most of his first start between the pipes for the Woodsmen, stopping all 11 shots he faced in recording the shutout in Wisconsin’s 2-0 win over the St. Louis Jr. Blues on Sept. 18. And then followed that up with shutout No. 2 against the Jr. Blues with a 28-save shutout effort eight days later.
• THROWING UP ZEROS: All three Woodsmen goalies have recorded at least one shutout this season. Timm owns a pair of shutouts, while Seligman and Foy each have one.

GRIZZLIES SCOUTING REPORT

• FOR THE RECORD: The Grizzlies head into their weekend games sporting a 6-1-1-2 overall record, good for 15 points and a share of the Central Division lead with the West Bend Power and Wisconsin Woodsmen.
• LAST TIME OUT: Rochester came up empty in its two games last weekend, falling 4-3 in a shootout to the Wisconsin Woodsmen last Friday in Tomah, Wis., before falling to the West Bend Power 5-1 the following evening in Kettle Moraine, Wis.
• ROAD TRIPPIN’: Friday’s game against the Wausau Cyclones is the fifth straight road game for the Grizzlies, who will finally return home for back-to-back games against the Wisconsin Woodsmen (Saturday) and Wausau Cyclones (Oct. 30), before closing out the month on the road at Fox Cities Forge on Oct. 31. … The Grizzlies are 4-0-1-1 at home this season, while sporting a 2-1-0-1 mark away from the Rochester Rec Center.
• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Konnor Goclan and Jace Jordan head into the weekend sharing the team lead in goals with seven, while Sawyer Zaruba and Liam Doyle are tied for third with three goals each. Dominic Arndt, Trenton Impens, James Korpi, Sam Paczan, and Alexander Wainio have all chipped in a pair of goals.
• LENDING A HELPING HAND: Jordan and Goclan have each dished out a team-best seven assists through 10 games, two more than Arndt, while Zaruba, Conrad Edlund, Camryn Koch and Gianni Brisson each have four helpers.
• POINT PRODUCERS: With their identical six-goal and seven-assist showings through 10 games, Goclan and Jordan share the team lead with 13 points each. The duo are the only Grizzlies to have cracked the 10-point mark this season. Arndt (2 G, 5 A) and Zaruba (3 G, 4 A) are sitting third on the team with seven points, followed by Doyle (3 G, 3 A, 6 Pts).
• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Rochester has had three goalies see playing time this season, with Jared Lang, Christian Hill, and Cameron Patrick all getting time between the pipes. Patrick has made a team-leading five appearances (276:00), compiling a 2.60 goals-against-average and a .906 save percentage. Hill has played in four games (249:00) and owns a 2.41 GAA and .927 save %, with Lang adding a 2.25 GAA and .930 save percentage in two appearances (80:00). … Hill owns a team-high 127 saves, followed by Patrick with 115 and Lang with 40.

POWER SCOUTING REPORT

• FOR THE RECORD: The Power head into the weekend boasting a near-perfect 7-0-0-1 overall record, leaving them with 15 points and a spot among the three-team logjam atop the NA3HL Central Division standings.
• LAST TIME OUT: West Bend picked up a victory in its lone game last weekend, rolling to a 5-1 win over the Rochester Grizzlies at the Kettle Moraine Ice Center.
• ROAD TRIPPIN’: Last Saturday’s game against the Rochester Grizzlies was just the second home game of the season for the Power, who opened the year with five consecutive road games. West Bend plays 10 of its first 13 games away from their Kettle Moraine Ice Center. …. The Power are 2-0-0-0 at home, while sporting a 5-0-0-1 record on the road.
• STREAKING ALONG: After dropping a 3-2 shootout decision to the Rochester Grizzlies to open the season, West Bend has rattled off seven straight wins, outscoring their opponents 43-15 in that seven-game span. 
• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Shaun Paulson owns the team lead in goals with seven, one more than Adam Sexton, while Reece Beckwith, Ivan Schmitz, and Jonah Dickens are all tied for third on the team with four goals each. … West Bend has gotten at least one goal from 20 different players through eight games.
• LENDING A HELPING HAND: Josh Graves has been in a very giving mood for the Power this season, dishing out a team-best 12 assists in the team’s first eight games. Shaun Paulson, Sexton, and Nathan Antti are all tied for second with eight helpers each, while Kohnen and Luca Doremus have chipped in five assists apiece.
• POINT PRODUCERS: West Bend already boasts three players who have reached double figures in points, led by Paulson with 15 (7 G, 8 A). Sexton (6 G, 8 A, 14 Pts) and Graves (0 G, 12 A, 12 Pts) have also recorded 10+ points, while Antti (8 G, 1 A, 9 Pts) is just one point shy of reaching double figures, and Beckwith (8 G, 4 A, 8 Pts) and Kohnen (3 G, 5 A, 8 Pts) are two points short.
• BETWEEN THE PIPES: The Power have used four different goalies through the season’s first eight games, led by Jacob Iallonardo, who have compiled a 1.86 goals-against-average and .931 save percentage in six games (354:00). Robin Sejba has amassed a 2.25 GAA and .870 save % in two games (80:00), while Crew Staudacher (50:00, 1.20 GAA, .947 save %) and Hunter Clark (9:00, 13.33 GAA, .333 save %) have both appeared in one game. … Iallonardo owns a team-leading 148 saves, with Sejba a distant second with 20.