Bulls Weekend Preview: 10/17 vs Willmar

Oct 15, 2026

North Iowa Bulls (3-2-1-0) at Willmar WarHawks (3-2-0-0)

Date & Time: Saturday, Oct. 17 – 7:10 p.m.
Venue: Willmar Civic Center Arena, Willmar Minnesota

The North Iowa Bulls continue their first road swing with a single game on Saturday, October 17th with the first meeting of the season against the Willmar WarHawks.

Bulls Notes:

  • The North Iowa Bulls dropped their two-game series against the Granite City Lumberjacks. It was the team’s first two regulation losses of the season. The Bulls look to get back on track in the first single-game weekend of the season. 
  • Bulls Captain & defenseman Grant Harder is off to a blistering scoring start. He’s posted 2 goals and a team high 9 assists for 11 points in the first six games of the season. The McCook Lake, South Dakota, native earned this season’s first two West Division Star of the Week honors.
  • Wakeley Holzer notched a multi-point weekend. The Omaha, NE, native posted a goal and an assist in the Bulls’ series against Granite City. He ran his season totals to 3 goals, 6 assists, and 9 points.
  • Christian Plaga continued his season opening scoring stretch with a goal and an assist in the two games vs the Lumberjacks. The Manhattan Beach, CA, native has a team leading 
  • Cole Murphy stopped 74 of the 80 shots he saw in the Bulls’ two game series against the Lumberjacks. The New Prague, MN, native’s .940 save percentage is 8th in the NA3HL. 

Scouting Willmar:

  • Willmar begins their season 3-2 with a split weekend last weekend, beating the Alexandria Blizzard 4-3 and dropping a 5-2 final to the Minnesota Wilderness. The WarHawks will play on Friday night at home against the Granite City Lumberjacks before the Bulls skate against the WarHawks.
  • Maddux Domagala leads the WarHawks with 6 goals, 3 assists, and 9 points. The Luverne, Minnesota, native has scored in each Willmar game so far this season, and he posted a three-point weekend with two goals and one assist across the WarHawks’ two games last weekend.
  • Former Mason City Toro Lucas Thelen scored the WarHawks’ game winning goal in their Friday game against the Alexandria Blizzard. It was his second goal and second point of the 2026-27 season. 

The game will be aired on NAHLTV.