Yuki Miura

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 […]

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ECHL: Two Forwards Re-Sign with Iowa

Coralville, Iowa- On July 3, the Iowa Heartlanders announced that they are bringing back forwards Will Calverley and Jonny Sorenson. Calverley, 25, and Sorenson, 24, were both brought in for the 2023-24 season, with Calverley being an offseason acquisition from the Florida Everblades after his Kelly Cup win and Sorenson being signed from the University […]

ECHL: Iowa Heartlanders Re-Sign Fan Favorite Forward

Coralville, Iowa- On June 27, the Iowa Heartlanders announced the re-signing of fan-favorite Yuki Miura. He is Iowa’s first signing of the 2024 offseason. Miura, set to celebrate his 28th birthday in July, has been with the Heartlanders since he got his work permit in early November of 2021, making him one of two players […]

PHOTOS: Iowa Heartlanders vs. Cincinnati Cyclones – 02/24/2024

CINCINNATI, Ohio – The Cincinnati Cyclones fell 3-2 in overtime against the Iowa Heartlanders Saturday night, at Heritage Bank Center. Brandon Puricelli opened the scoreboard for the Cyclones 2:09 into the first period. Less than 2 minutes before the first intermission, Dakota Raabe tied the game up 1-goal a piece. Iowa found the back of […]

ECHL Board of Governors Approves Transfer of Controlling Interest of Iowa Heartlanders

SHREWSBURY, N.J.- On Wednesday, July 19, the ECHL announced the Transfer of Controlling Interest in the Iowa Heartlanders from Deacon Sports and Entertainment to Heartlanders Hockey, LLC. Heartlanders Hockey, LLC, is an entity controlled by Michael Devlin, who may be familiar to Iowans as the owner of the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States […]