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Dziver Collects NAHL Forward of the Month Honors for January

At this rate, Noah Dziver may soon need his own home to contain all the awards he has earned this season from the North American Hockey League. The NAHL today announced the forward from Winnipeg, Manitoba, is the winner of January’s Bauer Hockey Forward of the Month...

Wilderness Return to Lower 48 after 3-Point Weekend in Kenai

The Minnesota Wilderness gained three more points this weekend in its final Alaska series of 2025-26. Against the Kenai River Brown Bears, the Wilderness dropped Friday’s series opener, 3-2, in overtime, and prevailed in game 2 Saturday, 6-2. Minnesota has now gone 13...

5 Players + Coach Stepan Headed to Top Prospects

The North American Hockey League this week announced five Minnesota Wilderness players will participate in the league’s annual Top Prospects Tournament slated for Feb. 16 and 17 in Plymouth, MI. Eight teams will be part of the event – with seven comprised of players...

Alaska Trip Closes with Weekend Pair at Kenai River

After suffering its first loss in 2026 last weekend, the Minnesota Wilderness seek to bounce back in the final weekend of its final Alaska jaunt of the 2025-26 season. Minnesota meets the Kenai River Brown Bears in a 2-game series Jan. 30-31 at the Soldotna Regional...

Alaska Trip Starts Fine; Win Streak Extends to 9

Like a forest full of exploding trees, the Minnesota Wilderness became a winter terror to the Fairbanks Ice Dogs in the 3rd period Thursday night. In the first contest of a 3-game series, the Wilderness scored four times over the game’s final 4:48 to beat the Ice Dogs...