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[edit] Season-by-season results

[edit] Team records

[edit] Current Roster

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Single game

[edit] Single season

[edit] Career

[edit] Regular season

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Iowa Chops
Iowa Chops
City	Des Moines, Iowa
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Western Conference
Division	West Division
Founded	2005
Home arena	Wells Fargo Arena
Colors	Black, crimson, grey, white;
Owner(s)	Kirby Schlegel
General manager	David McNab
Head coach	Open
Media	Des Moines Register; Mediacom Cable
Affiliates	Bakersfield Condors (ECHL)
Franchise history
1999 -- 2001	Louisville Panthers
2005 -- 2008	Iowa Stars
2008 -- 2009	Iowa Chops

The Iowa Chops is a professional ice hockey team whose operations are currently involuntarily suspended by the American Hockey League. The club is based in Des Moines, Iowa at the Wells Fargo Arena.

Iowa Stars logo

The Chops were founded by Howard Baldwin, of Hockey Holdings & Management Group, and Dallas businessman Bob Schlegel, who took the dormant Louisville Panthers AHL franchise and resurrected it for the 2005–06 season as the Iowa Stars (the same name as an earlier team in 1969-70 in the Central Hockey League. They had a five year affiliation agreement with the Dallas Stars and a one year agreement with the Edmonton Oilers.

In their inaugural season, the Stars made it to the Calder Cup playoffs first round, where they were defeated by the Milwaukee Admirals. The Stars won their first playoff series the following season, defeating the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights in six games.

In February 2008, the Dallas Stars announced they would be affiliating with the future Texas Stars pending the 2009 completion of the Cedar Park Entertainment Center in Cedar Park, Texas. After the 2007-2008 season the Dallas Stars left the Iowa scene, and the Anaheim Ducks announced an affiliation with the team.

On July 9, 2008, the team unveiled its new name and logo, featuring a "vicious boar’s head in the team colors of crimson, grey and black".^[1]

Portland Pirates' assistant Gord Dineen was named Head Coach of the Iowa Chops on August 19, 2008.

On May 9, 2009, the Anaheim Ducks dropped their affiliation with the Iowa Chops, leaving Iowa to look for their third NHL affiliate in four seasons.^[2]

On July 7, 2009, the Iowa Chops franchise was involuntarily suspended by the AHL's Board of Governors for the 2009-10 AHL season for being "unable to remedy certain violations of the provisions of the league’s Constitution and By-Laws."^[3] While the AHL declined further comment on the reasons for the suspension, the Des Moines Register reported in June, 2009, that the club "had used the franchise as collateral to obtain a loan in March, 2008, from a North Carolina branch of Wachovia Bank," that "records obtained from Polk County had disclosed the loan amounted to $1.99 million and was used to cover operating costs," and that AHL President Dave Andrews had said that "such loans are not permitted under league rules." The franchise began the 2008-09 season as an affiliate of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks which ended its agreement with the club in May, 2009, citing a lack of payment on the affiliation contract.^[4]

Season	Games	Won	Lost	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing
2005–06	80	41	31	1	7	90	238	228	4th, West
2006–07	80	42	34	3	1	88	221	231	4th, West
2007–08	80	35	37	5	3	78	217	255	8th, West
2008–09	80	33	33	4	10	80	209	260	7th, West

Season	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
2005–06	L, 3–4, Milwaukee	—	—	—
2006–07	W, 4–2, Omaha	L, 2–4, Chicago	—	—
2007–08	Did not qualify.
2008–09	Did not qualify.

Goals: 4

Vojtech Polak (2006–07)

Goals: 35

Loui Eriksson (2005–06)

Assists: 47

Toby Petersen (2005–06)

Points: 73

Toby Petersen (2005–06)

Penalty Minutes: 189

Brennan Evans (2008–09)

GAA: 2.5

Mike Smith (2005–06)

SV%: .917

Mike Smith (2005–06)

Career Goals: 49

Toby Petersen (2005–08)

Career Assists: 83

Toby Petersen (2005–08)

Career Points: 132

Toby Petersen (2005–08)

Career Penalty Minutes: 129

Krys Barch (2005–06)

Career Goaltending Wins: 25

Mike Smith (2005–06)

Career Shutouts: 3

Mike Smith (2005–06)

Career Games: 132

Yared Hagos (2005–07)

As of April 23, 2009. Data taken from AHL website.[1]

GOALTENDERS
#		Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
31		David LeNeveu	L	May 23, 1983	Fernie, BC, Canada

DEFENSEMEN
#	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
4	Stu Bickel	R	October 2, 1986	Chanhassen, MN, USA
12	John de Gray	L	March 14, 1988	Richmond Hill, ON, Canada
17	Mike Stuart	R	February 16, 1987	Rome, NY, USA
21	Mark Mitera	L	October 22, 1987	Royal Oak, MI, USA
25	Adrian Veideman	L	April 13, 1983	Sicamous, BC, Canada
29	Eric Regan	R	May 20, 1988	Ajax, ON, Canada
44	Nicolas Deschamps	LW	L	January 6, 1990	Lasalle, QC, Canada
7	MacGregor Sharp	C	L	October 1, 1985	Red Deer, AB, Canada
10	Charlie Kronschnabel	RW	R	February 8, 1983	Mendota Heights, MN, USA
14	Francis Wathier	LW	L	December 7, 1984	St. Isidore, ON, Canada
15	Ryan Dingle	LW	L	April 4, 1984	Steamboat Springs, CO, USA
23	Matt Caruana	C	R	July 6, 1985	Orono, ON, Canada
24	Ryan Donally	LW	L	February 4, 1985	Tecumseh, ON, Canada
32	Ajay Baines	C	L	March 25, 1978	Kamloops, BC, Canada
33	Eric Boguniecki	C	R	May 6, 1975	New Haven, CT, USA

^ "It is Official! AHL Hockey Team is: IOWA CHOPS". IowaChops.com. http://www.iowachops.com/news/index.html?article_id=1. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
^ "Anaheim Ducks end affiliation with Iowa Chops". dmregister.com. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090509/SPORTS1403/905100338. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
^ "Chops franchise in suspension for 2009-10 season" AHL Press Release July 7, 2009
^ "League suspends Iowa Chops from playing in 2009-10 season" The Des Moines Register, July 7, 2009

[0] "It is Official! AHL Hockey Team is: IOWA CHOPS". IowaChops.com. http://www.iowachops.com/news/index.html?article_id=1. Retrieved 2008-07-09.

[1] "Anaheim Ducks end affiliation with Iowa Chops". dmregister.com. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090509/SPORTS1403/905100338. Retrieved 2009-05-10.

[2] "Chops franchise in suspension for 2009-10 season" AHL Press Release July 7, 2009

[3] "League suspends Iowa Chops from playing in 2009-10 season" The Des Moines Register, July 7, 2009

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STAFF MEMBER

Head Coach

Gord Dineen

Assistant Coach

Paul Jerrard

Assistant Coach

Matt Laatsch

Athletic Trainer