Indepedence, MO – The Iowa Heartlanders (8-16-2-0, 18 pts.) look for a win in the first game after the ECHL holiday break on New Year’s Eve at the Kansas City Mavericks (17-7-1-1, 36 pts.) Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. The Heartlanders are starting a stretch of six straight on the road. Iowa’s next home game is Wed., Jan. 14 vs. Kalamazoo. 

Today’s game will be broadcasted on 1630 AM KCJJ and available on the KCJJ mobile app and on 1630kcjj.com. 

Following Wednesday’s game, the Heartlanders stay on the road for back-to-back road games against Tulsa this Friday and Saturday. Saturday’s game will be broadcasted on FloHockey and on 1630 AM KCJJ as well. 

The Heartlanders are 1-1-0-0 against Kansas City this season. Both games happened earlier this month; the Mavericks won, 4-2, on Dec. 3 and the Heartlanders responded with a 5-4 overtime win on Dec. 10. Both teams have overcome deficits to win. 

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Broadcast Information

Audio Broadcast: Mixlr.com/GoHeartlanders

FloHockey Video Broadcast (Subscription Service): https://flosports.link/3AZr3GZ

Affiliates: Iowa Heartlanders (Minnesota Wild/Iowa Wild) | Kansas City Mavericks (Seattle Kraken/Coachella Valley Firebirds)

Need To Know:
- Brandon Schultz and Elliot Desnoyers scored for Iowa in the Heartlanders’ last game vs. Toledo. The tallied three goals in the first and never looked back for an 8-2 win.

- Iowa’s Dante Giannuzzi has played in two straight games.

- The Heartlanders out shot Toledo in back-to-back games Dec. 19-20, Iowa’s last two contests.

Post-holiday facts

The Heartlanders are looking for their win out of the holiday break in team history Friday and Iowa has gotten to overtime twice in the four games. Iowa’s most-exciting game out of the holidays came in the team’s inaugural season, a 6-5 overtime loss to the Kansas City Mavericks. In that game, both teams led but Darik Angeli won it for the Mavericks 2:43 into overtime. Ben Sokay tied the game, 5-5, with 1:27 to go and the net empty. 

Last season, Toledo bested Iowa in the shootout, 4-3, in Iowa’s first game out of the holiday break.

Heartlanders swing trade for defensemen Firriolo and Robilotti

The Heartlanders acquired defensemen Anthony Firriolo and Jack Robilotti from Atlanta Monday in exchange for forward Jack O’Brien and defenseman Nolan Orzeck. Additionally, the Heartlanders agreed to an ECHL contract with defenseman Noah Massie. 

Firriolo is in his third ECHL season and this is his second stint with the Heartlanders. In his rookie season, he posted ten points in 21 games with the Heartlanders. This season with Atlanta, the Army graduate has nine points (3g) in 17 games. Last season, the left-handed shot tallied a career best 19 points in 51 games.

Robilotti, a New York City native, stands 6-foot-3, weighs 194 pounds and is a right-handed shot. This is his rookie season in the ECHL and played in 13 games with Atlanta (6 PIM). Last season, he provided two goals and six points at UMass-Lowell, then tallied an assist in his first eight pro games with Bloomington. Robilotti spent the first four seasons of his NCAA career at Holy Cross. 

Massie is with his second ECHL team of the season (started season with Trois-Rivieres, 3 GP). Since late October, he has skated with Quad City in the SPHL, scoring four goals and nine points in 18 games. Massie played at Lakehead University from 2020-25. 

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