2021 Iowa Wild Offseason Player Tracker

The Iowa Wild kick off their 72-game season on October 16th in Cedar Park, TX against the Texas Stars. As the 2021-22 season nears, the roster will begin to take a different form. A few Central Division foes have signed contracts with Iowa, while some household names have left the organization when they signed with other teams in the league.

Follow along with our player tracker to keep up to date on your favorite AHL team and how their roster is shaping up.

Are you curious how the rosters for the other Central Division teams are shaping up? We have player trackers for those too.

Chicago Wolves
Grand Rapids Griffins
Manitoba Moose
Milwaukee Admirals
Rockford IceHogs
Texas Stars

(List accurate as of May 5th, 2022 at 5:00 pm CDT)

UNDER CONTRACT & RE-SIGNINGS

Forwards

• Adam Beckman  – Three seasons left on entry-level contract
• Will Bitten  – Re-signed on a one-year, two-way NHL contract (August 7)
• Matt Boldy  – Two seasons left on entry-level contract
• Mitchell Chaffee  – Last season of entry-level contract
• Joseph Cramarossa – Re-signed on a two-year, two-way NHL contract (July 17)
• Connor Dewar  – Last season of entry-level contract
• Brandon Duhaime – Signed a two-year, two-way NHL contract (July 29)
• Kevin Fiala  – Signed one-year NHL contract (August 16). Will likely start the 2021-22 season in MInnesota.
• Damien Giroux  – Two seasons left on entry-level contract
• Cody McLeod  – Re-signed one-year AHL contract (July 26)
• Kyle Rau – Re-signed one-year, two-way NHL contract (July 27)
• Mason Shaw  – Signed a two-year, two-way NHL contract (August 18)

Defensemen

• Callen Addison  – Two seasons left on entry-level contract
• Fedor Gordeev  – Last season of entry-level contract
• Daemon Hunt – Three years left on entry-level contract (May have to go back to the OHL if the CBA is not amended)
• Dakota Mermis  – Re-signed two-year, two-way NHL contract (July 27)
• Ryan O’Rourke  – Three years left on entry-level contract (May have to go back to the OHL if the CBA is not amended)
• Turner Ottenbreit – Re-signed one-year AHL contract (June 25)
• Keaton Thompson  – Re-signed one-year AHL contract (July 15)

Goaltenders

• Dereck Baribeau – Last season of entry-level contract
• Andrew Hammond – Re-signed one-year, two-way NHL contract (July 26)
• Hunter Jones  – Two seasons left on entry-level contract
• Trevin Kozlowski – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract (May 16)

NEW ADDITIONS

Forwards

• Kris Bennett – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract (August 11)
• Bryce Gervais  – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract (August 30)
• Ryan Kuffner – Signed one-year, two-way AHL contract (August 10)
• Bryce Misley  – Signed one-year, two-way AHL contract (July 28)
• Nathan Sucese – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract (September 9)
• Dominic Turgeon  – Signed one-year, two-way NHL contract (July 28)

Defensemen

• Kevin Czuczman  – Signed one-year, two-way NHL contract (July 29)
• Joe Hicketts  –  Signed a two-year, two-way NHL contract (July 28)
• Jon Lizotte  – Signed one-year, two-way NHL contract (July 28)
• Doyle Somerby – Signed a one-year AHL contract (August 19)
• Riese Zmolek – Signed one-year, two-way AHL contract (July 27)

DEPARTURES

Forwards

• Louis Belpedio  – Signed one-year, two-way contract with Montreal (July 29)
• Shawn Boudrias – Signed one-year ECHL contract with Fort Wayne (July 29)
• Jarrett Burton  – Signed with Stavanger of Norway (July 7)
• Gabriel Dumont  – Signed one-year, two-way contract with Tampa Bay (July 28)
• Luke Johnson – Signed one-year, two-way contract with Winnipeg (July 28)
• Gerry Mayhew  – Signed one-year, two-way contract with Philadelphia (July 28)
• Mitch McLain  – Signed one-year AHL contract with Milwaukee (July 16)
• Tyler Sheehy  – Signed with Nurnberg of DEL (July 7)
• Dmitry Sokolov  – Was not given qualifying offer; signed try-out with Omskie Krylia of KHL (June 24)

Defensemen

• Josh Atkinson – Signed with Fehérvár AV19 of ICEHL (July 5)
• Matt Bartkowski – Signed a one-year AHL contract with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (October 3); signed a professional try-out with Pittsburgh (September 3)
• Philip Beaulieu – Signed a one-year ECHL contract with Allen (September 17)
• Ian McCoshen – Signed an NHL professional try-out with Vegas (September 22)
• Brennan Menell – Rights traded to Toronto (July 28); signed one-year, two-way contract with Toronto (August 1)
• Matt Register – Signed with Cardiff of EIHL (June 25)
• Nick Seeler  – Signed one-year, two-way contract with Philadelphia (July 28)
• Carson Soucy  – Taken in the Seattle Expansion Draft (July 21)
• Hunter Warner – Retired (August 30)

Goaltenders

• Joel Rumpel – Played three games with the Cabri Bulldogs of the WMHL in 2021-22

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(Special thanks to CapFriendly for all the contract terms and definitions for this offseason player tracker!)