IOWA WILD NAMES CAPTAINS FOR 2026-27 SEASON
Sep 30, 2026DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Wild today announced Mason Shaw as team captain for the 2026-27 season. Dylan Gambrell and Gerry Mayhew will serve as alternate captains during home games while Matt Kiersted and Tyler Pitlick will serve as alternate captains on the road.
Shaw, 27 (11/3/98), tallied 44 points (15-29=44), a plus-7 rating and 162 shots on goal in 71 AHL games with the Manitoba Moose (AHL) last season, leading the team in points and assists while serving as captain. The 5-foot-10, 186-pound native of Wainwright, Alberta, owns 20 points (8-12=20) in 82 career games across parts of three NHL seasons (2021-24), all with Minnesota, recording career-high totals in games played (59), points (7-10=17), goals and assists with the Wild in 2022-23. Shaw has recorded 202 points (75-127=202) and 394 penalty minutes (PIM) in 340 career games across parts of nine AHL seasons with Manitoba (2024-26) and the Iowa Wild (2017-24) and ranks sixth on the all-time Iowa Wild leaderboard with 131 points (43-78=131) and T-7th with 43 goals. He has also recorded three goals in 10 career Calder Cup Playoff games across two postseason appearances in 2019 and 2026. Shaw has represented Canada at multiple international competitions, most recently posting one goal in three games while serving as an alternate captain at the 2025 Spengler Cup. He posted 163 points (47-116=163) in 161 games across three WHL seasons with the Medicine Hat Tigers, ranking fifth in the WHL in assists and T-7th in scoring during the 2016-17 season. Shaw was originally selected by Minnesota in the fourth round (No. 97 overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft.
Gambrell, 30 (8/26/96), collected 36 points (10-26=36), four PIM, 78 shots on goal and five power play goals (PPG) in 35 games with Iowa last season. The 6-foot, 185-pound native of Bonney Lake, Wash., ranked second on Iowa in assists and was T-3rd in points and PPG. Gambrell has tallied 40 points (17-23=40), 79 PIM, two shorthanded goals (SHG) and 202 shots on goal in 233 career NHL games over a span of six seasons with the San Jose Sharks (2017-21) and Ottawa Senators (2022-23). He also owns 155 points (60-95=155), 89 PIM, 14 PPG, five game-winning goals (GWG) and 486 shots on goal in 224 AHL games over six seasons with the San Jose Barracuda (2018-22), Toronto Marlies (2023-24), Cleveland Monsters (2024-25) and Iowa (2025-26). He has appeared in 13 Calder Cup Playoff games, collecting seven points (4-3=7) and two GWG with San Jose (2019), Toronto (2024) and Cleveland (2025). Prior to his professional career, Gambrell skated in 120 games at Denver University over three seasons (2015-18), where he collected 132 points (43-89=132), 55 PIM, 10 power play goals, six GWG and 132 shots on goal. He helped lead Denver to a National Championship in the 2016-17 season, collecting 42 points (13-29=42) in 38 games. He was originally selected by San Jose in the second round (No. 60 overall) of the 2016 NHL Draft.
Mayhew, 33 (12/31/1992), is Iowa’s all-time leader in goals (119), points (220), game-winning goals (18), and shots (690). The 5-foot-9, 161-pound native of Wyandotte, Mich., also ranks second in games played (288) and power-play goals (37), T-2nd in shorthanded goals (4), and T-3rd in assists (101). Mayhew holds Iowa’s single season records for goals (39, 2019-20) and shots (205, 2018-19). During the 2019-20 season, Mayhew was selected for the AHL All-Star Game and won the Les Cunningham Award (AHL Most Valuable Player) and Willie Marshall Award (AHL goals leader).
Mayhew owns 220 points (119-101=220), 210 PIM, and a plus-14 rating across 288 games in an Iowa Wild uniform. He posted 42 points (22-20=42), 32 PIM, and a minus-16 rating in 60 games with Iowa in 2025-26. He has recorded 352 points (185-167=352), 370 PIM, and a minus-4 rating over 505 AHL games with the Iowa Wild (2016-21, 2025-26), Lehigh Valley Phantoms (2021-22), Charlotte Checkers (2022-24), and Rockford IceHogs (2024-25). Mayhew made his NHL debut on Oct. 15, 2019, against Toronto and has posted 15 points (13-2=15), 20 PIM, and a minus-1 rating in 57 career NHL games with the Minnesota Wild (2019-21), Philadelphia Flyers (2021-22), and Anaheim Ducks (2021-22).
Kiersted, 28 (4/14/98), posted 12 points (4-8=12), 38 PIM, and a plus-2 rating in 49 games with Iowa last season. The 6-foot-0, 181-pound native of Elk River, Minn., also registered an assist in six games with Minnesota in 2025-26. For his career, Kiersted has skated in 282 games and notched 97 points (20-77=97), 239 PIM and a plus-59 rating across five seasons with Charlotte (2021-25) and Iowa (2025-26) and posted 12 points (1-11=12) in 30 career Calder Cup Playoff games. He has also tallied eight points (2-6=8) in 45 career games in parts of five NHL seasons with the Florida Panthers (2020-25) and Minnesota (2025-26). Kiersted played four seasons (2017-21) at the University of North Dakota, skating in 127 games and tallying 77 points (20-57=77) and earning All-National Collegiate Hockey Conference First Team honors as a senior in 2020-21.
Pitlick, 34 (11/1/91), recorded 15 points (10-5=15) and a minus-6 rating with Iowa last season. He also registered two goals, 24 PIM, and a minus-4 rating with Minnesota in 32 games in 2025-26. The 6-foot-2, 201-pound native of Minneapolis, Minn., owns 111 points (58-53=111), 126 PIM, and a minus-10 rating in 452 career NHL games over 11 seasons with the Edmonton Oilers (2013-17), Dallas Stars (2017-19), Philadelphia Flyers (2019-20), Arizona Coyotes (2020-21), Calgary Flames (2021-22), Montreal Canadiens (2021-22), St. Louis Blues (2022-23), New York Rangers (2023-24), and Minnesota Wild (2025-26). He owns three points (2-1=3) in 22 career Stanley Cup Playoff games. Pitlick has also recorded 153 points (62-91=153), 96 PIM, 14 PPG, 12 GWG and 615 shots on goal in 297 career AHL games over eight seasons with the Oklahoma City Barons (2011-15), Bakersfield Condors (2015-16), Hartford Wolf Pack (2023-24), Providence Bruins (2024-25) and Iowa Wild (2025-26). Prior to his professional career, Pitlick played two years at Centennial High School (2007-09) and one season at Minnesota State University, Mankato (2009-10). He was originally selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the second round (31st overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft.
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