Iowa Wild

Iowa Wild
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	Matt Hendricks[1]
Head coach	Brett McLean
Captain	Dakota Mermis
Media	Bally Sports North KXNO AHL.TV (Internet)
Affiliates	Minnesota Wild (NHL) Iowa Heartlanders (ECHL)
Franchise history
1994–2013	Houston Aeros
2013–present	Iowa Wild
Current season

The Iowa Wild are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) based in Des Moines, Iowa. Beginning play for the 2013–14 season as the AHL affiliate of the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL), the team's home games are held at Wells Fargo Arena.

The team was formerly the Houston Aeros, in Houston, Texas, before being relocated to Des Moines, beginning with the 2013–14 AHL season as the Iowa Wild.^[2][3] The Wild is the second AHL team based in Des Moines following 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 affiliation between the two Wild franchises is the first of two between Twin Cities area franchises and Iowa minor league franchises, as the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association and the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League also share an affiliation.