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Minor Leagues: Annual Teddy Bear Toss Underway | 2024-2025

The 2024-25 Teddy Bear Toss season is in full swing, with a lot of hockey fans eagerly participating in this heartwarming tradition across various AHL, ECHL, and SPHL teams. The Hershey Bears (AHL), known for their record-breaking tosses, are set to host their annual event on January 5, 2025. Last season, they collected an impressive […]

PHOTOS: Iowa Wild vs. Grand Rapids Griffins – 11/22/2024

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich – The Iowa Wild made their way to Van Andel Arena on Friday night looking to end the Grand Rapids Griffins five game-win streak in front of their fans. The two teams traded blows in the first two periods each scoring once per period, however, the Wild managed to run away in […]

PHOTOS: Iowa Wild vs. Rockford IceHogs – 11/09/2024

ROCKFORD, Ill. – Saturday night at the BMO Center, the Rockford IceHogs faced off against the Iowa Wild. The IceHogs fell to the Wild 6-3 in the first matchup between the two teams this season. Check out this photo gallery for Inside The Rink’s Donald Carlson for highlights from the game.

PHOTOS: Iowa Wild vs. Texas Stars – 10/26/2024

CEDAR PARK, Texas – Saturday night, the Texas Stars defeated the visiting Iowa Wild 3-2 thanks to an overtime goal from defenseman Christian Kyrou and a 39-save performance from goaltender Magnus Hellberg. The Stars hosted the first Fallout night. The night’s theme comes from a popular post-apocalyptic role-playing video game by Bethesda Game Studios and a TV series on Amazon Prime. The […]

PHOTOS: Iowa Wild vs. Texas Stars – 10/25/2024

CEDAR PARK, Texas – Friday night, the Texas Stars defeated the visiting Iowa Wild 6-2 thanks to five straight goals and a 36-save performance from Magnus Hellburg. The Stars scored first at 10:01 in the first period when, just 18 seconds into the power play Cameron Hughes tapped in a backdoor pass from Matej Blümel. Iowa tied the […]

Iowa Heartlanders Publish 2024-25 Promotional Calendar

As September comes and goes, hockey season is just around the corner. Rookie camps are starting and preseason NHL games are next. As teams fill their rosters out and the temperature drops, teams are thinking of fun, interesting, new, and/or classic ways to fill the stands. With that being said, the Iowa Heartlanders have announced […]

ECHL: Heartlanders Give Qualifying Offers to Goaltending Duo, Six More

Coralville, Iowa- On July 7, ECHL teams had to make their eight qualifying offers. This allows teams to re-sign choice players and further protect the rights of players on ECHL contracts from the previous season. Iowa has tendered the following offers: Goaltender (2): Drew DeRidder, Peyton Jones Defensemen (3): Ben Brinkman, Louka Henault, Hunter Lellig […]

AHL: Hunter Jones, Five More Head North to Laval

Laval, Quebec- On July 2, the Laval Rocket of the AHL announced the signing of 2019 NHL Draft Second Round Pick Hunter Jones to a two-way contract. Laval also signed one-way contracts with forwards Laurent Dauphin and Vincent Arseneau and defensemen Vincent Sevigny, Joshua Jacobs, and Tyler Wotherspoon. Jones, a native of Brampton, Ontario, will […]

Winnipeg Signs Goalie Kaapo Kahkonen to One-Year Contract

The Winnipeg Jets have signed goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen to a one-year contract worth $1 million total. Kaapo Kahkonen will likely serve as the backup goaltender to Connor Hellebuyck and create some more cushion on the teams’ depth charts. The 27-year-old was drafted 109th overall in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild. Kahkonen […]

ECHL: Iowa Heartlanders Hire Key Assistant, Announce Season-Ending Roster

Coralville, Iowa- On June 18th, Derek Damon made his first new hiring since having his coaching staff poached. His associate, Joe Exter, was poached by a junior hockey club, and training staff got promoted to the AHL’s Iowa Wild. Kevin Schmidt will complete the coaching staff, joining Damon and Video Coach Eric Michaud as the […]