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The Iowa Wild are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, that began play for the 2013–14 season. The team plays at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, as the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Minnesota Wild.

The team was formerly the Houston Aeros, in Houston, Texas, before being relocated to Des Moines, beginning with the 2013–14 AHL season as the Iowa Wild.[1][2] The Wild is the second AHL team based in Des Moines following the Iowa Stars, which had been the Dallas Stars' AHL affiliate from 2005 until 2008 (in the team's final season (2008–09), they were known as the Iowa Chops and were affiliated with the Anaheim Ducks).

The affiliation between the two Wild franchises is the first of two between Twin Cities area franchises and Iowa minor league franchises, as the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association and the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League also share an affiliation.

History

The Iowa Wild franchise began as the Houston Aeros, a 1994 expansion team in the International Hockey League (IHL) that played out of the Compaq Center. The Aeros were one of six IHL teams to join the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2001 when the IHL folded. Upon joining the AHL, the Aeros affiliated with the National Hockey League's one-year-old expansion team, the Minnesota Wild. The AHL version of the Aeros won the 2003 Calder Cup and also reached the 2011 Calder Cup finals, but lost to the Binghamton Senators. In 2003, the majority ownership of the franchise was sold to Minnesota Sports and Entertainment, the ownership group of the Wild, while former owner Chuck Watson retained a 10% minority share along with Houston native Nick Sheppard holding a 4% share. The team then moved home games to the new Toyota Center.[3]

On April 18, 2013, the Minnesota Wild announced that Minnesota Sports and Entertainment were unable to reach a lease agreement with the Toyota Center, and the Aeros would be relocated to Des Moines, Iowa, beginning with the 2013–14 season with home games at Wells Fargo Arena.[4] The Iowa Wild inaugural season was opened on October 12 with a 1–0 win over the Oklahoma City Barons. The opening night attendance was 10,200.[5] The team failed to make the playoffs for its first five seasons.

On February 22, 2018, the Minnesota Wild extended their contract through 2023.[6] In 2019, the team reached the playoffs for the first time since relocating from Houston, reaching the division finals and losing to the Chicago Wolves in six games. The following 2019–20 season was then curtailed by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic with the Wild holding second place in the division and no playoffs were held. The 2020–21 season was then delayed due to the pandemic, with a shortened season held and no Calder Cup playoffs.

Season-by-season results

Regular season Playoffs Average
attendance[7]
Season Games Won Lost OTL SOL Points PCT Goals
for
Goals
against
Standing Year Prelims 1st
round
2nd
round
3rd
round
Finals
2013–14 76 27 36 7 6 67 .441 169 235 5th, Midwest 2014 Did not qualify 5,883
2014–15 76 23 49 2 2 50 .329 172 245 5th, Midwest 2015 Did not qualify 5,659
2015–16 76 24 41 5 6 59 .388 169 225 8th, Central 2016 Did not qualify 5,846
2016–17 76 36 31 7 2 81 .533 182 196 6th, Central 2017 Did not qualify 6,019
2017–18 76 33 27 10 6 82 .539 232 246 5th, Central 2018 Did not qualify 6,153
2018–19 76 37 26 8 5 87 .572 242 230 3rd, Central 2019 W, 3–2, MIL L, 2–4, CHI 6,409
2019–20 63 37 18 4 4 82 .651 194 171 2nd, Central 2020 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 6,351
2020–21 34 17 13 4 0 38 .559 107 113 4th, Central 2021 No playoffs were held 3,273Шаблон:Refn
2021–22 72 32 31 4 5 73 .507 202 209 6th, Central 2022 Did not qualify 5,435
2022–23 72 34 27 6 5 79 .549 211 211 4th, Central 2023 L, 0–2 RFD 6,296

Players

Current roster

Updated March 22, 2024.[8]
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Team captains

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Franchise records and leaders

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers for the Iowa Wild in the AHL. Figures are updated after each completed season.[9]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; Шаблон:Color box = current Iowa player

Points
Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G
Kyle Rau C 244 88 111 199 .81
Sam Anas C 259 72 125 197 .76
Gerald Mayhew RW 228 97 81 178 .78
Zack Mitchell RW 250 66 66 132 .53
Cal O'Reilly C 142 31 100 131 .92
Brennan Menell D 199 15 101 116 .58
Mason Shaw C 188 39 75 114 .61
Marco Rossi C 116 34 70 104 .90
Colton Beck LW 319 41 63 104 .33
Tyler Graovac C 202 49 53 102 .51

References

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External links

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