Official Site of the Wild · Jun 20, 2016
Iowa Wild Names Derek Lalonde Head Coach
DES MOINES, IA – Iowa Wild General Manager Brent Flahr on Monday announced the American Hockey League (AHL) club has named Derek Lalonde (Luh-Loaned) Head Coach.Derek Lalonde, 43 (8/18/72), spent the last two seasons as the head coach of the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye. In two seasons with Lalonde at the helm, the Walleye posted a 97-35-7-5 record (.715) with back-to-back playoff appearances. The Walleye went 47-20-2-3 in 2015-16, finishing with the ECHL’s Eastern Conference regular season title. The team fell in the first round of the Kelly Cup playoffs in seven games to Reading.