Dec 4, 2025
DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Wild and Cal Petersen, in partnership with SCHEELS, immediately launched Goalies Give Again, a group program elevating funds to assist affordability and develop the sport of hockey in central Iowa.
Petersen, with an identical contribution from SCHEELS, will donate $1 per save to the Des Moines Youth Hockey Affiliation (DMYHA) in the course of the 2025-26 season. Funds raised might be used to buy new goalie gear and cut back the price of ice time for native youth hockey gamers.
“My hockey journey began proper right here in Iowa, and it’s important for me to provide again in a method that helps younger Iowans benefit from the recreation,” stated Petersen. “I would like extra children to have the chance to pursue the goaltender place, however the price of outfitting a younger goalie can deter gamers and their mother and father. With assist from SCHEELS, I hope to encourage native children to attempt on pads and proceed to get on the ice.”
“SCHEELS is proud to associate with the Iowa Wild and Cal Petersen on the Goalies Give Again initiative, supporting the expansion of central Iowa hockey by guaranteeing that value is not a barrier for aspiring younger goalies within the Des Moines Youth Hockey Affiliation,” stated Eric McEntee, Occasions and Group Relations Coordinator at SCHEELS.
Petersen’s Goalies Give Again initiative contains further occasions and volunteer hours centered on affordability and rising the sport of hockey.
Petersen and DMYHA will host an gear drive at MidAmerican Vitality Firm RecPlex in West Des Moines from Dec. 13-19, the place households can drop off new and gently used hockey gear. Collected gear might be redistributed by DMYHA to native gamers for gratis.
“The Des Moines Youth Hockey Affiliation is extremely grateful to the Iowa Wild, Cal Petersen, and SCHEELS for his or her beneficiant assist and dedication to rising the sport of hockey in our group,” stated Scott Lengthy, Des Moines Youth Hockey Affiliation Director of Operations. “Their contributions to goalie improvement will present alternatives for younger athletes to study, compete, and fall in love with the game. Partnerships like this make a long-lasting affect on the way forward for hockey in Iowa.”
On Wednesdays, Petersen and teammates will volunteer at DMYHA’s night goalie clinic. Petersen and teammates may also distribute ground hockey gear to native faculties and after-school applications all through the season.
The Goalies Give Again initiative will have fun native youth goaltenders with an occasion on Monday, Mar. 30 at Casey’s Middle. DMYHA goalies might be invited to take the ice with Petersen for a clinic and all-goalie recreation.
For extra details about the Goalies Give Again initiative, go to iowawild.com/goalies-give-back.
ABOUT DES MOINES YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
The Des Moines Youth Hockey Affiliation (DMYHA) gives leisure (Home) and aggressive (Journey) youth hockey gamers the chance to develop elementary abilities and workforce ideas in a constructive, enjoyable, and enthusiastic setting. With DMYHA youngsters study nice attributes that they will carry over with them for years to return, together with sportsmanship, teamwork, and management. To not point out, additionally they get to take part within the “coolest recreation on earth!”
ABOUT SCHEELS
SCHEELS is an employee-owned retailer redefining the sporting items expertise by way of immersive purchasing, unmatched choice, and superior customer support. Based in 1902 as a small ironmongery shop in Minnesota, SCHEELS has grown into an business main all-sports retailer with 34 places throughout 16 states, and extra on the best way.
Right now, SCHEELS employs greater than 13,000 associates and is guided by the imaginative and prescient: to be one of the best retailer within the USA within the eyes of their prospects, associates, and enterprise companions.
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