For many Minnesota Wild prospects, the road to St. Paul makes a pit stop in Des Moines with the Iowa Wild. In this episode of Becoming Wild, presented by Toyota, we check in with our AHL affiliate to see what’s “On the Horizon” in the Minnesota Wild system.
Follow Mikey Milne on his first call up and subsequent NHL debut. Check in with first year pro Hunter Haight, fresh off a Memorial Cup championship. Meet Luke Toporowski- the first Iowa born player to play for the Iowa Wild. Plus, go off the ice to check in with the “Czech-Slovak House” and see how Iowa Wild Alternate Captain Brendan Gaunce and his wife continue to give back to the local four-legged community.
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Love lowa grown
Iowa needs to get it together
Can't wait to see Haight get called up
that bit on Toporowski had me grinning ear to ear. His trade to Des Moines is one of my favorites just because as a kid I saw his dad play in the Quad Cities and seeing Luke play in Des Moines just brings back that nostalgia to me. I just get that feeling that I really did pick the right organization to follow. Not like I really have much of a choice considering the Wild have been a part of Iowa Hockey since 2013 and have been exclusively since then.
Living in iowa, I can tell u Hockey Seems small until u get into it, its insane how big hockey is in terms too our size, all the USHL Teams here, our ECHL and AHL teams its just all so crazy, we have hockey at every level. But it can DEF grow more and having a college I think like UofI or Iowa State or even UNI to have a D1 Hockey Program would help a ton, or at least have a NCAA lower division team. ACHA D2 teams for iowa and iowa state are nice, but not nearly as big