Iowa Heartlanders

ECHL: Heartlanders Fall in 23-24 Season Opener

Coralville, Iowa- It was a festive night at Xtream Arena to welcome the return of Heartlanders hockey. While Coach Damon has called for stronger openings to the season following struggles from last year, but this was not what was in the cards for today as Iowa fell 4-2 to the Rapid City Rush. Hunter Jones’ […]

Heartlanders Make Opening Weekend Schedule Modifications

Coralville, Iowa- The Heartlanders have just announced that their first game of the 2023-24 regular season will now be played a day earlier than originally anticipated, with Saturday, October 21st’s game now being set to drop the puck on Thursday, October 19 at 6:35 pm CT. All tickets that were purchased for the game originally […]

ECHL: Interview With Adirondack Thunder Defenceman Ryan Wheeler

The Adirondack Thunder are adding a few new faces to their blueline ahead of the 2023-24 season, and one of the names they are bringing in is Ryan Wheeler, who signed with the team on August 10th after spending last season with the Iowa Heartlanders and Cincinnati Cyclones. Wheeler got into the game of hockey […]

Rapid City Rush Bring Back Brett Gravelle for the 2023-24 ECHL Season

The Rapid City Rush have announced that Brett Gravelle will be returning in the 2023-24 season for his third season with the Rush. Gravelle started the 2022-23 season with the Rush on injured reserve, but came back and played 50 games for the Rush. He had 13 goals and 19 assists for 32 points. He […]

ECHL: Heartlanders re-sign Durflinger, Welcome Minnesotan Duo

The Iowa Heartlanders have re-signed Forward Jake Durflinger and welcomed in defensemen Robbie Stucker and Ben Brinkman to Coralville.

ECHL BOG Approves Transfer of Controlling Intrest of Iowa Heartlanders

The ECHL has announced that they have approved the transfer of controlling interest of the Iowa Heartlanders from Decon Sports and Entertainment to Heartlanders Hockey LLC, an entity controlled by Michael Devlin. Devlin is the current lead owner of the USHL’s Des Moines Buccaneers. He graduated from Boston College, where he played Rugby. Throughout the […]

Savannah Ghost Pirates Re-sign Cole Stallard

The Savannah Ghost Pirates have announced that they will be bringing back forward Cole Stallard for the 2023-24 season. The Ghost Pirates acquired Stallard in a trade with the Iowa Heartlanders in February 2023. After being acquired, Stallard played 13 games with the Ghost Pirates, where he registered two goals. He had four penalty minutes […]

ECHL: Rapid City Rush 2023-24 Schedule Preview

The Rapid City Rush 2023-24 season schedule has officially been announced. In the upcoming season, there will be a lot of familiar faces back in the Black Hills, but there are a few new(er) faces that the Rush will see this upcoming season. October The Rapid City Rush will start their season on the road […]

Iowa Heartlanders hockey player, Brendan Robbins is waxing his hockey stick that is leaning on the boards of the home bench.

ECHL: Iowa Heartlanders Weekend Preview

Only eight games left for the Iowa Heartlanders (17-33-13) before they close out their season. Without an opportunity to play for the Kelley Cup in the post-season, the Heartlanders have been using their recent games to test out a few new team members and look forward to the franchise’s third season. The season begins to […]

ECHL: Debuts in the Heartland

As we near the end of the 2022-23 regular season, many teams are gearing up to make their final playoff pushes and runs. Though the Iowa Heartlanders will not appear in the playoffs, they are gearing up in another way. In case you are struggling to keep track of all the new faces hitting the […]