At the conclusion of the season, then-head coach Brett McClean accepted a job with the Vancouver Canucks as an assistant. Cronin’s record as a coach in the AHL, the league the Wild play in, is impressive. “For me, we want to create a fairly predictable growth set, a growth trajectory, so that the collaboration between the Minnesota Wild and the Iowa Wild coaching, management and development staffs. Riley Heidt, who played in the Western Hockey League last season, scored 31 goals and provided 59 assists. “They’re raw, you know, we’ve got to work with them,” Cronin said.