Wisconsin Wilderness

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Wisconsin Wilderness

City	Spooner, Wisconsin, United States
League	Superior International Junior Hockey League
Founded	2013
Home arena	Spooner Ice House
Colors	Green, Black, and White
General manager	Lars Geary
Head coach	John McCreary

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.

History

In the summer of 2012, Donnie Roberts sold the original Wisconsin Wilderness, 2-time SIJHL Bill Salonen Cup champions, to parties who moved the team to Cloquet, Minnesota. Built from the success of the original Minnesota Wilderness would win their third straight title and the Dudley Hewitt Cup as Central Canada Junior A champions. They would become the second team in SIJHL history to play for the Royal Bank Cup and the first American team in Canadian Junior A history to make the final round of the national playdowns. During this time, the Wilderness dropped a bombshell, that the team was leaving the SIJHL and joining the North American Hockey League. The Wilderness would lose their chance at the 2013 Royal Bank Cup in the semi-final, in overtime.

On July 11, 2013, USA Hockey granted Lars Geary a new team in the SIJHL. Geary would choose to go back to the previous franchise's name, the "Wisconsin Wilderness".^[1]

On September 21, 2013, the Wilderness played their first ever franchise game. The Wilderness traveled to Dryden, Ontario to play the Dryden Ice Dogs and lost the game 4-1. Zach Kraft scored the first ever goal in Wilderness history 11:36 into the first period. Luke Thompson made 37 saves in the effort for the Wilderness.^[2] The next night was the second game of a weekend doubleheader with the Ice Dogs, as the Wilderness avenged their previous loss and picked up their first franchise win with a 6-3 triumph. Sawyer Jacobson picked up the eventual game winning goal 5:19 into the third period, while Luke Thompson made 35 saves to pick up the historic victory.^[3]

Season-by-Season Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
2003-14	Season begins in September.

Playoffs

2014 To be decided

References

External links

v t e Superior International Junior Hockey League

Current Teams	Dryden Ice Dogs English River Miners Fort Frances Lakers Minnesota Iron Rangers Thunder Bay North Stars Wisconsin Wilderness

Former Teams	Duluth Clydesdales Fort Frances Borderland Thunder Marathon Renegades Minnesota Wilderness Schreiber Diesels Sioux Lookout Flyers Thunder Bay Bearcats Thunder Bay Bulldogs Thunder Bay Wolverines

History	Iron Range Yellow Jackets MSU-Bottineau Lumberjacks Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League Thunder Bay Flyers Thunder Bay Hornets Northwestern Ontario Junior Hockey League Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League

Seasons	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

CJHL: Dudley Hewitt Cup Royal Bank Cup

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