DES MOINES, Iowa – The American Hockey League (AHL) general manager, announced today that the team has recalled forward Brett Budgell from the ECHL’s Iowa Heartlanders.
Budgell, who turns 22 on June 1, 2001, has participated in 11 Iowa Wild games so far this season. Budgell has recorded 24 points (11-13=24) and 12 penalty minutes (PIM) in 33 games with the Heartlanders. In 72 games with the Newfoundland Growlers in the ECHL in 2022–23, he scored 52 points (16–36=52). Between 2017 and 2023, the 6-foot, 187-pound product of St. John’s, Newfoundland scored 241 points (107-134=241) in 270 games with the Charlottetown Islanders of the QMJHL. Budgell captained Charlottetown in both the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons, and he led the QMJHL in assists (43). Budgell dons
DES MOINES, Iowa – The American Hockey League (AHL) Iowa Wild general manager, Mike Murray, announced today that the team has recalled forward Brett Budgell from the ECHL’s Iowa Heartlanders.
Budgell, who turns 22 on June 1, 2001, has participated in 11 Iowa Wild games so far this season. Budgell has recorded 24 points (11-13=24) and 12 penalty minutes (PIM) in 33 games with the Heartlanders. In 72 games with the Newfoundland Growlers in the ECHL in 2022–23, he scored 52 points (16–36=52). Between 2017 and 2023, the 6-foot, 187-pound product of St. John’s, Newfoundland scored 241 points (107-134=241) in 270 games with the Charlottetown Islanders of the QMJHL. Budgell captained Charlottetown in both the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons, and he led the QMJHL in assists (43). Budgell dons
DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa Wild General Manager Mike Murray today announced the American Hockey League (AHL) club has recalled forward Brett Budgell from the Iowa Heartlanders of the ECHL.
Budgell, 22 (6/1/2001), has skated in 11 games with the Iowa Wild this season. Through 33 games with the Heartlanders, Budgell has posted 24 points (11-13=24) and 12 penalty minutes (PIM). He collected 52 points (16-36=52) in 72 games with the Newfoundland Growlers in the ECHL in 2022-23. The 6-foot, 187-pound native of St. John’s, N.L totaled 241 points (107-134=241) across 270 games with the Charlottetown Islanders in the QMJHL from 2017-2023. Budgell led the QMJHL in assists (43) in 2020-21 and served as the captain of Charlottetown during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons. Budgell wears sweater No. 14 with the Iowa Wild.
