CORALVILLE, Iowa — Former Luverne and University of Minnesota hockey player Jaxon Nelson has a new home. Nelson will be playing for the Iowa Heartlanders, a member club of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) affiliated with the National Hockey League’s Minnesota Wild. The ECHL is a developmental league. Earlier this year, Nelson was not tendered a qualifying offer from the NHL’s Boston Bruins. As a result, the former Bruins prospect became an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Nelson, a native of Magnolia in Rock County, eventually signed with the Heartlanders on Aug. 6. During his time with the...

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