Heartlanders add Hain

Coralville, Iowa –The Iowa Heartlanders, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Minnesota Wild and American Hockey League's Iowa Wild, announced forward Gavin Hain has agreed to terms on a contract for the 2023-24 season.Hain joins Iowa after spending the last five seasons at the University of North Dakota. He scored a career-best 11 goals and 18 points for the Fighting Hawks last season and served as an alternate captain from 2021-23. Hain totaled 55 points (31g-24a) in 144 career collegiate games.A sixtth-round selection (174th overall) of the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, Hain posted 35 points (15g-20a) for the United States National Team Development Program in 2017-18. The year before joining the NTDP, he captained Grand Rapids High School to the 2017 Minnesota Boys State High School Hockey Championship.