Photos: Kalamazoo Wings at Iowa Heartlanders

Nick Rohlman

Dec. 14, 2022 12:52 pm, Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 2:01 pm

Iowa’s Carson Denomie (13) fights for the puck with Kalamazoo’s Chad Nychuk (5) during a game between the Iowa Heartlanders and the Kalamazoo Wings at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Nolan Orzeck (9) skates with the puck during a game between the Iowa Heartlanders and the Kalamazoo Wings at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Yuki Miura holds off a defender during a game between the Iowa Heartlanders and the Kalamazoo Wings at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Students greet the Heartlanders’ mascot during a game between the Iowa Heartlanders and the Kalamazoo Wings at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. The game was attended by more than a thousand students from local schools for “Field Trip Day.”(Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Carson Denomie skates with the puck during a game between the Iowa Heartlanders and the Kalamazoo Wings at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Jake Durflinger (43) plays the puck behind the net during a game between the Iowa Heartlanders and the Kalamazoo Wings at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Tony Parrottino (6) skates with the puck during a game between the Iowa Heartlanders and the Kalamazoo Wings at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s James Sanchez (61) surveys the defense during a game between the Iowa Heartlanders and the Kalamazoo Wings at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s James Sanchez (61) and Kalamazoo’s Marc Gatcomb (89) collide during a game between the Iowa Heartlanders and the Kalamazoo Wings at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Logan Nelson (8) lifts the puck over Kalamazoo’s Evan Cormier (34) to score his first goal of the season during a game between the Iowa Heartlanders and the Kalamazoo Wings at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)