Minnesota Wild Recall Ben Jones and Matt Kiersted From Iowa Wild

The Minnesota Wild announced on Feb. 24, 2026 that they had recalled forward Ben Jones and defenseman Matt Kiersted from the American Hockey League’s Iowa Wild, a roster move that will directly affect Iowa’s forward and defensive corps. The NHL club made the transaction public in a formal press release that listed the two players as recalled from the AHL affiliate.

Ben Jones, listed as a forward with the Iowa Wild prior to the recall, was summoned to the Minnesota Wild on Feb. 24, 2026. Jones’ departure takes a forward off Iowa’s active roster and removes a player who had been skating in the AHL this season, creating an immediate vacancy in Iowa’s forward group.

Matt Kiersted, a defenseman with the Iowa Wild before the transaction, was also recalled by Minnesota in the same Feb. 24 announcement. Kiersted’s elevation to the NHL roster subtracts a defenseman from Iowa’s lineup and alters the team’s defensive pairings that were in place prior to the recall.

The two recalls were issued together in Minnesota’s press release, signaling simultaneous roster adjustments for both clubs on Feb. 24, 2026. With Jones and Kiersted moving to the NHL club, the Iowa Wild will be down one forward and one defenseman on their game-day roster until the organization registers replacements or makes corresponding AHL transactions.

Minnesota’s use of formal recall procedures to pull Jones and Kiersted from Iowa underscores the organizational link between the NHL and AHL clubs. The Feb. 24 press release served as the official notification of the moves for both the Minnesota Wild and the Iowa Wild, and those transactions are now reflected in the respective team rosters as of Feb. 25, 2026.

Minnesota Wild and Iowa Wild officials have put the recalls on record with the Feb. 24 announcement; further roster activity related to these moves may follow as both clubs update their line combinations and transaction logs in the days after the recalls.