K-Wings drop 2-1 decision to Iowa

CORALVILLE, IA – The Kalamazoo Wings (3-5-0-0), proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, rushed out to a 1-0 lead with a 15-1 first period shot advantage but fell 2-1 against the Iowa Heartlanders (2-4-2-0) at Xtream Arena … Continue reading

Heartlanders win first game of season, 3-1

Coralville, Iowa – The Iowa Heartlanders won their first game of the season, 3-1, over the Kalamazoo Wings behind goals from Yuki Miura, Nick Campoli and Jake Durflinger Wednesday at Xtream Arena. Miura’s goal opened the scoring 9:07 into the first … Continue reading

Heartlanders bring back three

Coralville, Iowa – The Iowa Heartlanders, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Minnesota Wild and American Hockey League’s Iowa Wild, announced the team has re-signed defenseman Justin Wells and forwards Austin Eastman and Justin Michaelian to contracts for the 2023-24 season. … Continue reading

Heartlanders add trio of players

Coralville, Iowa – The Iowa Heartlanders agreed to terms on contracts with forward Liam Coughlin, defenseman Jules Boscq and goaltender Drew DeRidder for the 2023-24 season. Coughlin is starting his fourth professional campaign and joins Iowa after spending the last two … Continue reading

Heartlanders add Lellig

Coralville, Iowa – The Iowa Heartlanders announced Waterloo, Iowa native Hunter Lellig has signed a contract for the 2023-24 season, becoming the first Iowan to ever sign with the Heartlanders. The 24-year-old defenseman played five NCAA seasons split between the University … Continue reading

Heartlanders bring back Durflinger, add Stucker and Brinkman

Coralville, Iowa – Head Coach and General Manager Derek Damon announced that the Iowa Heartlanders have agreed to terms with forward Jake Durflinger and defensemen Robbie Stucker and Ben Brinkman on contracts for the 2023-24 season. Durflinger recorded 20 points (10g-10a) … Continue reading