Articles Tagged: Iowa Heartlanders

Brett Gravelle arrived from the SPHL, scored two goals and added assist in his first game with the Iowa Heartlanders.

The crowd for the second home game in Heartlanders history was 1,488 as Iowa fell to Wheeling in OT.

The new Iowa City-Coralville pro hockey team had a successful debut on and off the ice Friday.

22-year-old Iowa Heartlanders goalie Hunter Jones spent all season in the AHL, though is in ECHL because of a logjam at the position in Minnesota Wild organization.

Riese Zmolek’s hockey career has gone from Minnesota to Iowa to Minnesota to Iowa.

The Iowa Heartlanders roster was divulged and it includes a former NHL player and a former Cedar Rapids RoughRider.

Defenseman Jake Linhart is the first player to sign with the new Iowa Heartlanders hockey team. He already has two years of ECHL experience.

Gerry Fleming played briefly in NHL and has head coaching experience in AHL, ECHL. He was named inaugural head coach of the new Coralville hockey club.

Coralville ECHL team gets an NHL hookup

“We’re just excited for the opportunity to be able to show off this facility and bring people together to have a great experience,” said Xtream Arena general manager Jack Ligon.

New pro hockey team in Coralville is in same league as Railers, Nailers and Walleye