When was Iowa Heartlanders founded?

Iowa Heartlanders was founded in 2021 in Coralville, IA, USA, USA.

Where is Iowa Heartlanders based?

Iowa Heartlanders is based in Coralville, IA, USA.

Who is the head coach of Iowa Heartlanders?

The head coach of Iowa Heartlanders is Derek Damon.

Who is the captain of Iowa Heartlanders?

The captain of Iowa Heartlanders is Riese Zmolek.

What arena does Iowa Heartlanders play in?

Iowa Heartlanders play their home games at Xtream Arena in Coralville, IA, USA.

What are the team colors of Iowa Heartlanders?

The team colors of Iowa Heartlanders are Black + Gold + Grey + White.

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2022-2023 Season

Iowa Heartlanders were 22-36-14 in the 2022-23 ECHL season with 58 points, 7th in the Western Conference: Central Division and 26th overall.

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2022-2023 Iowa Heartlanders Player Stats

All Positions

#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
ECHL
1.	Zach White (C/RW)	71	20	20	40	108	-1
2.	Tommy Parrottino (F)	66	23	16	39	14	-22
3.	James Sanchez (LW)	52	11	24	35	48	-24
4.	Nolan Orzeck (D)	66	6	28	34	38	-21
5.	Yuki Miura (C/RW)	71	11	19	30	20	4
6.	Tyler Busch (C)	56	14	14	28	73	-15
7.	Michael Pastujov (LW)	37	7	19	26	8	-5
8.	Brendan Robbins (RW)	67	7	19	26	47	-14
9.	Jake Durflinger (RW/C)	50	10	10	20	81	-12
10.	Carson Denomie (RW)	52	5	15	20	23	-13
11.	Alec Broetzman (LW)	39	8	11	19	20	-4
12.	Matt Murphy (D)	13	5	12	17	4	1
13.	Kevin McKernan (D)	40	4	12	16	41	-1
14.	Cole Stallard (F)	31	9	6	15	38	-8
15.	Bo Hanson (D)	32	3	11	14	10	-3
16.	Tanner MacMaster (C)	12	3	8	11	8	-4
17.	Ryan Wheeler (D)	59	1	10	11	41	-17
18.	Clayton Phillips (D)	35	2	8	10	20	-15
19.	Matthew Boucher (LW)	7	5	4	9	2	-9
20.	Justin Wells (D)	59	0	9	9	31	-11
21.	Tommy Parran (D)	27	2	6	8	8	-10
22.	Riese Zmolek (D)	33	1	7	8	28	-9
23.	Jesse Jacques (F)	11	4	3	7	6	4
24.	T.J. Fergus (D)	19	2	5	7	4	-3
25.	Steven Leonard (F)	20	4	1	5	74	-4
26.	Kevin Conley (LW/C)	5	3	2	5	4	-4
27.	Griff Jeszka (F)	21	2	3	5	10	-6
28.	Jake Smith (RW/LW)	5	2	2	4	0	-5
29.	Mitchell Balmas (W/C)	4	0	4	4	2	-6
30.	Brendan Less (D)	22	0	4	4	21	-3
31.	Nick Nardella (RW)	3	3	0	3	0	3
32.	Austin Eastman (LW)	3	3	0	3	2	4
33.	Louis Boudon (C)	3	1	2	3	0	7
34.	Nick Campoli (C)	12	1	2	3	7	-5
35.	Justin Michaelian (RW/LW)	13	0	3	3	4	-2
36.	Jared Kucharek (D)	16	0	3	3	5	-2
37.	Jordan Martin (LW/C)	9	2	0	2	0	-2
38.	Logan Nelson (F)	9	2	0	2	4	1
39.	Chris Lipe (D)	8	0	2	2	2	2
40.	Matt Hanewall (F)	3	1	0	1	0	-1
41.	Nick Cardelli (C/RW)	4	1	0	1	0	1
42.	Marek Korencik (D)	5	1	0	1	0	3
43.	Carter Shinkaruk (F/D)	2	0	1	1	4	-1
44.	Ted McGeen (LW)	9	0	1	1	6	-3
45.	Mason McCarty (RW)	0	0	0	0	0	-
46.	Ben Evanish (RW)	1	0	0	0	0	-1
47.	Trevor Momot (D)	2	0	0	0	0	2
48.	Jared Christy (LW)	2	0	0	0	0	0
49.	Dylan Robinson (D)	2	0	0	0	0	4
50.	Joe Widmar (C/RW)	2	0	0	0	2	-4
51.	Kaden Pickering (RW)	2	0	0	0	2	-1
52.	Dan Winslow (F)	2	0	0	0	4	0
53.	Brandon Puricelli (RW)	2	0	0	0	5	0
54.	Connor Russell (D)	5	0	0	0	6	-2
55.	Kyle Herbster (RW)	6	0	0	0	0	-3
56.	Trey Phillips (D)	8	0	0	0	2	-5

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS
ECHL
1.	Mitch Benson (G)	6	2.67	.919	3	2	1	0	359:01	182
2.	Bailey Brkin (G)	2	3.54	.907	0	2	0	0	118:35	68
3.	Hunter Jones (G)	38	3.07	.905	11	17	9	1	2227:00	1088
4.	Corbin Kaczperski (G)	16	3.29	.897	5	6	2	0	857:48	410
5.	Darion Hanson (G)	8	3.89	.889	2	5	0	0	431:20	225
6.	Trevin Kozlowski (G)	6	3.61	.869	1	3	1	0	282:11	113
7.	Conor O'Brien (G)	1	5.00	.828	0	1	0	0	60:00	24
8.	C.J. Motte (G)	1	17.02	.500	0	0	0	0	14:06	4
9.	Sean Kuhn (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2022-2023 Iowa Heartlanders Staff

GM/Head CoachDerek Damon
Assoc. CoachJoe Exter
Team ManagerEric Michaud
Athletic TrainerMegan Monjeau
Dir. of BroadcastingDavid Fine
Dir. of CommunicationsDavid Fine
Dir. of Game OperationsJarrett Mescher
Equipment ManagerGreg Angus
Franchise OwnerDean MacDonald
Strength & Conditioning CoachBryan Rohrbach
Video CoachEric Michaud

Team Staff History

2022-2023 Iowa Heartlanders Captains

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Riese Zmolek

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2022-2023 Iowa Heartlanders Demographics

Iowa Heartlanders Facts

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Team Colors: Black + Gold + Grey + White
Town: Coralville, IA, USA Map
Founded: 2021

2022-2023 Iowa Heartlanders Roster Facts

Nationalities

40 players
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Experience

Iowa Heartlanders: 1 709 GP
WC: 13 GP
SHL: 1 GP
HockeyAllsvenskan: 53 GP
AHL: 418 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Iowa Wild (AHL)
Minnesota Wild (NHL)

Arena Information

Arena Name: Xtream Arena
Location: Coralville, IA, USA
Capacity: 5 100
Construction Year: 2020

Iowa Heartlanders Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
04/19/2026 12:00 AM UTC	Bloomington Bison	Iowa Heartlanders	5 - 2	ECHL
04/18/2026 12:00 AM UTC	Bloomington Bison	Iowa Heartlanders	3 - 4	ECHL
04/16/2026 12:00 AM UTC	Iowa Heartlanders	Bloomington Bison	3 - 4 (OT 60:24)	ECHL
04/12/2026 08:00 PM UTC	Iowa Heartlanders	Indy Fuel	3 - 4 (SO)	ECHL
04/11/2026 11:00 PM UTC	Iowa Heartlanders	Indy Fuel	4 - 3	ECHL

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Iowa Heartlanders History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	ECHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2025-2026	ECHL	72	24	40	-	-	8	188	252	56	0.78	7	Did not make playoffs
2024-2025	ECHL	72	36	25	-	-	11	201	206	83	1.15	3	Division Semifinal loss
2023-2024	ECHL	72	27	37	-	-	8	186	250	62	0.86	7	Did not make playoffs
2022-2023	ECHL	72	22	36	-	-	14	189	256	58	0.81	7	Did not make playoffs
2021-2022	ECHL	72	29	33	-	-	10	229	263	68	0.94	7	Did not make playoffs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Pavel Novák (F)	2026-2027	HC Tábor	1. liga	5	5	0	5	2
2.	Mitchell Balmas (F)	2026-2027	Sheffield Steelers	-	3	4	0	4	0
3.	Louis Boudon (F)	2026-2027	Jukurit	Liiga	7	3	1	4	0
4.	Marek Korencik (D)	2026-2027	Vlci Zilina	Extraliga	3	0	4	4	2
5.	Mitchell Balmas (F)	2026-2027	Sheffield Steelers	EIHL	1	3	0	3	2
6.	Jules Boscq (D)	2026-2027	Bordeaux	Ligue Magnus	3	1	2	3	4
7.	Bogdans Hodass (D)	2026-2027	Jukurit	Liiga	7	1	2	3	4
8.	Casey Dornbach (F)	2026-2027	Aalborg Pirates	Metal Ligaen	5	2	0	2	0
9.	Adam Capannelli (F)	2026-2027	Ritten/Renon	Alps Hockey League	1	1	1	2	2
10.	Ben Sokay (F)	2026-2027	UTE	Erste Liga	2	1	1	2	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2025-2026	View Roster	6'1"	190 lbs	25.71
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	187 lbs	25.29
2023-2024	View Roster	6'0"	187 lbs	25.31
2022-2023	View Roster	6'0"	187 lbs	25.86
2021-2022	View Roster	6'0"	192 lbs	25.70

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Yuki Miura (F)	317	62	85	147
2.	Zach White (F)	123	38	53	91
3.	Kris Bennett (F)	50	35	38	73
4.	Matthew Sop (F)	84	30	38	68
5.	Ryan Kuffner (F)	41	18	46	64

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Yuki Miura (F)	317	62	85	147
2.	Zach White (F)	123	38	53	91
3.	Kris Bennett (F)	50	35	38	73
4.	Matthew Sop (F)	84	30	38	68
5.	Jonny Sorenson (F)	141	29	33	62

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Yuki Miura (F)	317	62	85	147
2.	Zach White (F)	123	38	53	91
3.	Ryan Kuffner (F)	41	18	46	64
4.	Kris Bennett (F)	50	35	38	73
5.	Matthew Sop (F)	84	30	38	68

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Nico Blachman (F)	58	5	11	290
2.	Jake Durflinger (F)	104	19	47	194
3.	Zach White (F)	123	38	91	148
4.	Nathan Noel (F)	34	2	9	148
5.	Louka Henault (D)	113	2	28	138

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Yuki Miura (F)	317	62	85	147
2.	Jonny Sorenson (F)	141	29	33	62
3.	Chris Lipe (D)	126	6	11	17
4.	Zach White (F)	123	38	53	91
5.	Justin Wells (D)	119	0	12	12

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Brett Gravelle (F)	1	2	3	3.00
2.	Ryan Kuffner (F)	41	18	64	1.56
3.	Kris Bennett (F)	50	35	73	1.46
4.	Matt Murphy (D)	13	5	17	1.31
5.	Matthew Boucher (F)	7	5	9	1.29

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Kris Bennett (F)	2021-2022	50	35	73
2.	Ryan Kuffner (F)	2021-2022	41	18	64
3.	Zach White (F)	2021-2022	52	18	51
4.	Jake Smith (F)	2021-2022	52	25	50
5.	Kaid Oliver (F)	2021-2022	70	15	50

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Kris Bennett (F)	2021-2022	50	35	73
2.	Jake Smith (F)	2021-2022	52	25	50
3.	Tommy Parrottino (F)	2022-2023	66	23	39
4.	Yuki Miura (F)	2024-2025	67	21	41
5.	Zach White (F)	2022-2023	71	20	40

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Ryan Kuffner (F)	2021-2022	41	46	64
2.	Kris Bennett (F)	2021-2022	50	38	73
3.	Kaid Oliver (F)	2021-2022	70	35	50
4.	Zach White (F)	2021-2022	52	33	51
5.	Casey Dornbach (F)	2023-2024	55	29	42

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Nico Blachman (F)	2024-2025	45	10	221
2.	Jake Durflinger (F)	2023-2024	54	27	113
3.	Zach White (F)	2022-2023	71	40	108
4.	Riese Zmolek (D)	2021-2022	45	19	97
5.	Nathan Noel (F)	2024-2025	17	8	97

Player Nationalities Throughout History

Elite Prospects Notes and Trivia

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