Minnesota Wilderness

Minnesota Wilderness
City	Cloquet, Minnesota, United States
League	North American Hockey League
Division	Midwest
Founded	2003
Home arena	Northwoods Credit Union Arena(Did play at St. Luke's Sports and Events Center to start 2023)
Colors	Gray, Black, and Green
General manager	David Boitz
Head coach	David Boitz[1]
Franchise history
Junior A/Tier III franchise
2000–2004	Northwest Wisconsin Knights
2004–2010	Wisconsin Mustangs
2010–2012	Wisconsin Wilderness
2012–2013	Minnesota Wilderness
Tier II NAHL franchise
2003–2006	Texarkana Bandits
2006–2012	St. Louis Bandits
2013–present	Minnesota Wilderness

The Minnesota Wilderness are a Tier II junior ice hockey team based in Cloquet, Minnesota, and play in the North American Hockey League (NAHL). The organization formerly fielded teams in the Canada-based Junior A Superior International Junior Hockey League for three seasons and in the American-based Tier III Minnesota Junior Hockey League.

Prior to the 2013–14 season, the Wilderness' owners bought the franchise rights to the St. Louis Bandits of the Tier II North American Hockey League, and began play for that season.

In 2024, the Minnesota Loons of the NA3HL were sold and moved from Breezy Point, Minnesota to Eveleth, Minnesota and renamed to the Minnesota Wilderness, putting them under the same umbrella as the NAHL's Minnesota Wilderness. Their logo will be the same. They will play in the West Division in the 3HL, which will allow them to still be one of the 5 Minnesota-Located teams in that Division.