Houston Eros (AHL)

Houston Eros
founding	1994
resolution	2013
history	Houston Eros 1994 - 2001 ( IHL ) 2001 - 2013 ( AHL ) Iowa Wild since 2013
Stadion	Toyota Center
Location	Houston , Texas
Team colors	Forest green, red, wheat yellow
league	American Hockey League
Conference	Western Conference
division	South Division
Head coach	John Torchetti
Team captain	Drew Bagnall
General manager	Jim Mill
owner	Minnesota Sports & Entertainment Chuck Watson
Cooperations	Minnesota Wild ( NHL ) Orlando Solar Bears ( ECHL )
Calder cups	2002/03
Turner Cups	1998/99

The Houston Eros were a hockey team of the American Hockey League (AHL). As early as the 1970s there was a team that played under the name in the World Hockey Association , but after the league closed, the team was disbanded. The Eros were founded in 1994 and played in the International Hockey League (IHL) up to and including the 2000/01 season . There they won the Turner Cup in 1999 . From the 2001/02 season they played in the AHL, where they won the 2003 Calder Cup . Like all AHL teams, they worked closely with a team from the National Hockey League ; at the Houston Eros it was Minnesota Wild . The Houston Eros farm team, on the other hand, was the Orlando Solar Bears from the ECHL .

After the 2012/13 season , the team was relocated with immediate effect to Des Moines , Iowa , where it will participate in the American Hockey League under the name Iowa Wild at the beginning of the 2013/14 season .

Placements

American Hockey League:

year	GP	W.	L.	OIL	GF	GA	PTS	End place	Playoffs
2012/13	76	40	26th	10	212	199	90	4th South Division	Conference quarterfinals
2011/12	76	35	25th	16	202	206	86	4th West Division	Conference quarterfinals
2010/11	80	46	28	6th	240	212	98	2nd West Division	Final for the Calder Cup
2009/10	80	34	34	12	206	224	80	7th West Division	-
2008/09	80	38	31	11	218	230	87	3rd West Division	Conference finals
2007/08	80	45	29	6th	206	183	96	3rd West Division	Round 1
2006/07	80	27	43	10	205	269	64	7th West Division	-
2005/06	80	50	24	6th	285	242	106	2nd West Division	round 2
2004/05	80	40	28	12	212	195	93	4th West Division	Round 1
2003/04	80	28	34	14th	197	220	74	4th West Division	-
2002/03	80	47	23	7th	266	222	104	1st West Division	Calder Cup
2001/02	80	39	26th	10	234	232	93	2nd West Division	Round 3

International Hockey League:

year	GP	W.	L.	OIL	GF	GA	PTS	End place	Playoffs
2000/01	82	42	32	8th	229	245	92	2. the western	Round 1
1999/00	82	44	29	9	219	197	97	3. the western	Round 3
1998/99	82	54	15th	13	307	209	121	1. Southwest	Turner Cup
1997/98	82	50	22nd	10	268	214	110	2. the Southwest	Round 1
1996/97	82	44	30th	8th	247	228	96	2. the Southwest	Round 3
1995/96	82	29	45	8th	262	328	66	Last of the Central	-
1994/95	81	38	35	8th	272	283	84	2. the Central	Round 1

Web links

• Houston Eros (AHL) at hockeydb.com (English)
• Houston Eros (IHL) at hockeydb.com (English)