MARK YOUR CALENDARS for the following events at the HOUSTON WILD!  Print out the above calendar for a complete list of ice times!

The Houston Wild Hockey Club is pleased to announce the following Coaches for the upcoming season. 

The Houston Wild Hockey Club is proud to announce its acceptance and participation as a Charter Member of the new youth travel hockey league, the Dallas Stars Travel Hockey League (DSTHL).   Please see Press Release below.

During the fall of 2011, a group of hockey-loving boys and girls gathered in Houston from around the world.   Players from Dubai, Canada, and home-grown talent joined together under Head Coach Darcy Strain to form a cohesive unit that had an amazing and enjoyable season.

A disappointing Labor Day seeding tournament resulted in being placed in the B group.  Several weeks into the regular season, the team was recognized as being one of the top teams in its division.  As the season continued, the team cemented its position as one of the top four teams and received a first-round bye in the finals.  During the semi-final round, the team lost to the OK City Oil Kings. Wins against the Fort Worth Jr Brahmas, the regular season champions, and the Dallas Oilers set up a final winner-take-all game against the Texas Jr. Stars of Austin.  A nail-biting game followed with the Wild up 2-1 nearing the end of the 3rd period.  The Jr. Stars scored with 1.9 seconds remaining tying the game at 2 setting up overtime and finally a shootout with the Wild victorious.  Finals weekend arrived with the team facing their old nemesis, the OK City Oil Kings.  Unfortunately, the team lost in hard-fought games leaving them the 2nd place team in the NTXHL PWB division.

Along the way the team won the Nashville Music City Cup tournament during the Martin Luther King Day weekend.  They faced teams from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Illinois triumphing in the final 3-0 over the Carolina Jr. Hurricanes.  The kids developed lasting friendships and developed as both hockey players and people.

None of this would have been possible without Coach Strain and his able group of assistants: Kirk Diskey, Sebastian Gerletti, Sandro Hendry, and when available Sebastian Laplante.  Special thanks to Coach Strain and his family for the years they have dedicated to the Wild organization and player development.  He will be sorely missed next season as his work has him moving away from the Houston area.

After a successful NTXHL regular season where the Houston Wild Minor 96 team was edged out of the regular season division title by the Lafayette Junior Ice Gators on a tie breaker, the team started their playoff quest by sweeping the semi-finals held in Houston over the March 3rd weekend. The semi-final sweep included two tightly contested one-goal victories over the Odessa Jackalopes and the Dallas Stars Selects to go along with a 7-2 victory over the Junior Ice Gators.

The 96’s completed a clean sweep of the NTXHL playoffs when they swept the best-of-three Championship series in Dallas, defeating the Odessa Jackalopes 4-2 and 6-3.

Congratulations to the Houston Wild Minor 96 Head Coach, Bill Gallagher, and Assistant Coaches, Jimmy Miller and Will Groten, and players: Isaac Babcock, Grayson Cox, Alejandro Duarte, Jack Gallagher, Tim Groten, Olivier Judge, Evan Lonidier, Nick Manning, Robert McKissick, Taylor Mullen, Brendan Murphy, Kenneth Ros, Brian Spengler, Harry Suhre, Jakob Tilden, John Williams, and Levi Wurtz.

After an NTXHL season that started with the McKinney PWAA team being touted as the team to beat in 2012...the battle was on!

The Houston Wild PWAA team co-coached by Bruce Robinson and Amerino Gatti with Chris Hausler as their assistant coach had their work cut out for them. The Labor Day seeding tournament resulted in a second place finish for the Wild team while the McKinney team took the Gold medal.

In regular season, the two teams faced off 4 times. The Wild was victorious in 3 out of the 4 events but by no more than a 1- or 2-goal differential.

During semi-final play, our weary boys played a victorious early morning game only to face a well-rested Mckinney team later that morning. A hard fought battle was lost by 1 goal. The McKinney team took first place going into Finals weekend.

The first day of the Championship weekend pits the two teams together for 2 games. Each team comes out of Saturday with 1 victory and 1 loss forcing a third and decisive game the next day.

As they walked in to a very quiet rink at 9:30am Sunday morning, spirits were high but nerves were obvious. It was eerily quiet as all other divisions playing in that rink had completed their stand offs in 2 games. The 16 Houston Wild PWAA boys took the ice with their dark green jerseys on. Away jerseys were good luck for them on Saturday :). The first 2 periods were expertly played by both teams and resulted in a 0-0 score. The puck was dropped to start the 3rd period, and the Wild scored 12 seconds later!! The flood gates opened as the Wild gained more momentum and the McKinney team smelled defeat. A 5-0 shutout for the Wild and their second NTXHL Championship banner is solidified!

A heartfelt congratulations goes out to the Houston Wild PWAA players and coaches!

The Houston Wild wishes to extend CONGRATULATIONS to the Houston Wild PWAA team who competed in Dallas February 10-12, 2012, against three other Texas opponents in the TAHA U12 Tier II State Championship.

The Wild PWAA team co-lead by Bruce Robinson and Amerino Gatti and assisted by Chris Hausler put forth a superb effort going 3-0 in the round robin series with a 10-1 victory against the Aces, an 8-0 victory against the Ice Jets and a nail-biter win against McKinney with a 3-2 final score.  The Championship game vs the Ice Jets resulted in the Wild PWAA's claiming the State Championship title with a decisive 6-2 victory. In all, the Wild PWAA team accumulated 27GF and just 5 GA and outshot its opponents 117 to 62.

The Wild PWAA team advances to participate in USA Hockey U12 Tier II National Championships March 28-April 1, 2012, in Reston, Virginia.