Wisconsin Wilderness

Wisconsin Wilderness
City Spooner, Wisconsin, United States
League Superior International Junior Hockey League
Founded 2000
Home arena Northwest Sports Complex
Colors Green, Black, and White
              
General manager Donnie Roberts
Head coach Rod Aldoff
Franchise history
2000-2004 Northwest Wisconsin Knights
2004-2010 Wisconsin Mustangs
2010-Present Wisconsin Wilderness

The Wisconsin Wilderness are an American Junior ice hockey team based in Spooner, Wisconsin. The Wilderness play in the Canadian-based Superior International Junior Hockey League. The Wilderness originated in the Minnesota Junior Hockey League as the Northwest Wisconsin Knights and Wisconsin Mustangs.

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History

Founded in 2000 as the Northwest Wisconsin Knights as a Junior B team. In 2004, the Knights changed their name to the Wisconsin Mustangs. In 2006, their league was promoted to Tier III Junior A status by USA Hockey.

From 2001 until 2003, the Knights had an interleague relationship with the Canadian Superior International Junior Hockey League. The 2009-10 season saw them back in an interlock with the SIJHL.

On May 17, 2010, the Mustangs announced they were officially leaving the MNJHL, their players were released to a dispersal draft.[1] Soon after they applied for entry into the SIJHL. After a couple months, they were allowed entry. The team dropped the Mustangs logo, colors, and name as the organization entered the new league and chose to go with the "Wilderness" moniker.

On September 17, 2010, the Wilderness played their first ever game as a full member of the SIJHL, on the road, against the Sioux Lookout Flyers. The Wilderness took the game 3-2. To record their first ever win as a full member of the league. On September 24, 2010, the Wilderness became the first American-based full membership SIJHL team to host a regular season game in the United States. The Wilderness defeated the Fort Frances Lakers 4-3. In 2011, the Wilderness won the league championship.

Season-by-Season Results

Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs
2003-04 40 14 25 1 3 - - 32 5th MinJHL
2004-05 48 11 34 1 2 151 267 25 6th MinJHL
2005-06 48 21 23 3 1 180 196 46 4th MinJHL
2006-07 40 25 12 3 0 176 130 53 3rd MinJHL Lost Semi-final
2007-08 48 38 5 - 5 268 122 81 2nd MinJHL Lost Quarter-final
2008-09 48 29 17 - 2 219 172 60 4th MinJHL Lost Semi-final
2009-10 50 28 18 - 4 189 148 60 4th MinJHL Lost Semi-final
2010-11 56 45 6 - 5 264 122 95 1st SIJHL Won League

Playoffs

Wisconsin Wilderness defeated Fort Frances Lakers 1 two-game aggregate to 1, 2-1 SO tie breaker
Wisconsin Wilderness defeated Thunder Bay North Stars 4-games-to-none
Wisconsin Wilderness defeated Dryden Ice Dogs 4-games-to-none SIJHL CHAMPIONS
Fourth and eliminated in Dudley Hewitt Cup round robin (0-2-1)

Interleague Results

Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P League
2001-02 24 6 14 4 0 77 118 16 SIJHL
2002-03 20 6 14 0 0 76 113 12 SIJHL
2009-10 20 4 15 - 1 56 90 9 SIJHL

References

  1. ^ http://www.mnjhl.com/news_article/show/51290?referrer_id=110239

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Seasons
2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12