IOWA WILD ASSIGNS KYLE MASTERS, REASSIGNS PAVEL NOVAK TO HEARTLANDERS
Dec 6, 2023DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa Wild General Manager Mike Murray today announced the American Hockey League (AHL) club has assigned defemseman Kyle Masters and reassigned forward Pavel Novak to the Iowa Heartlanders of the ECHL.
Masters, 20 (4/9/03), has recorded two points (0-2=2), a plus-3 rating and six penalty minutes (PIM) in 10 games this season. Prior to his professional debut, the 6-foot, 190-pound defenseman totaled 92 points (26-76=92) through 175 games in the WHL across four seasons with the Red Deer Rebels and Kamloops Blazers. The Edmonton, Alberta native led Kamloops defensemen in points (11-54=65) and ranked second on the team in assists during the 2022-23 season.
Minnesota selected Masters in the fourth round (#118 overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft.
Novak, 21 (4/16/02), owns three points (2-1=3), a minus-1 rating and six PIM through 12 games with the Wild. He has also posted three points (2-1=3), a plus-3 rating and two PIM in two games with the Heartlanders this season. He collected 72 points (29-43=72), a plus-26 rating and 14 PIM in 62 games with the Kelowna Rockets in the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 2021-22. Novak ranked T-1st on the team in goals, second in scoring, assists and plus/minus rating, third in power play goals (8) and shots on goal (208) and recorded 20 multi-point games. Novak was named to the WHL B.C. Division Second All-Star Team and recorded two hat tricks during 2021-22 (3/26 vs. Kamloops and 10/30 vs. Victoria). The 5-foot-10, 183-pound forward is a native of Tabor, Czech Republic.
Novak tallied two points (1-1=2) in two games for Czechia at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship and collected three points (1-2=3) in five games at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship. He skated in 15 games with Ceske Budejovice HC in the Czech Republic League in 2020-21. Novak tallied 58 points (25-33=58) in 55 games with Kelowna in 2019-20. He led the team in scoring and ranked T-2nd among WHL rookies in assists, third in scoring and fourth in goals.
The Wild selected Novak in the fifth round (146th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft.
For more information on Iowa Wild hockey, please visit www.iowawild.com. Fans can purchase single-game tickets through the team’s website at www.iowawild.com. Group tickets (10 or more), suites, Wild 365 memberships or premium tickets can be purchased by contacting the Iowa Wild Ticket Department at 515-564-8700 or tickets@iowawild.com. Season tickets for 2023-24 are on sale now. Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming season at https://www.iowawild.com/wild-365.
Visit http://www.iowawild.com/pressbox for the latest news and information from the team including press releases, game notes, multimedia content, and daily statistics.