Iowa Wild
| Iowa Wild | |
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 2016–17 AHL season
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| City | Des Moines, Iowa |
| League | American Hockey League |
| Conference | Western |
| Division | Central |
| Founded | 1994 (In the IHL) |
| Operated | 2013–present |
| Home arena | Wells Fargo Arena |
| Colors |
Forest Green, Iron Range Red, Harvest Gold, Minnesota Wheat, White |
| Owner(s) | Minnesota Sports and Entertainment |
| General manager | Brent Flahr |
| Head coach | Derek Lalonde |
| Media |
Fox Sports North KXNO |
| Affiliates |
Minnesota Wild (NHL) Quad City Mallards (ECHL) |
| Franchise history | |
| 1994–2013 | Houston Aeros |
| 2013–present | Iowa Wild |
Forest Green, Iron Range Red, Harvest Gold, Minnesota Wheat, White
The Iowa Wild is an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, that began play from 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. On November 10, after a 2-10 start to the season, head coach Kurt Kleinendorst was fired and replaced by John Torchetti.
The team used to be known as the Houston Aeros, calling Houston, Texas, home and most recently playing at the Toyota Center. On April 18, 2013, it was announced that the Aeros would move to Des Moines, beginning with the 2013-14 AHL season and be known as the Iowa Wild.
The Wild is the second AHL team to call Des Moines home. The city was home to 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 Houston Aeros were an expansion team in the International Hockey League in 1994. The team's name is a homage to the Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association in the 1970s, one of the teams Gordie Howe played for in the WHA. The Aeros were the second IHL team to be named after a WHA franchise, the first being the Phoenix Roadrunners; unlike the Roadrunners, who used the same logo as their WHA predecessor, the IHL Aeros used a new logo, a bomber flying over the team name based on the Boeing B-17 or B-25 Mitchell. The Aeros would defeat the Orlando Solar Bears to win the 1999 Turner Cup, following an impressive 54-win season.
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