No, pal, it won't catch on. First, hockey is very expensive to play. Second, it has major concussion and facial damage risk and many parents won't let their kids play (not a problem in places where the gene puddle is thin, like Minnesota). Third, in normal years it doesn't get cold enough in Iowa for ponds and small lakes to steadily freeze over so the only place to skate is in a facility and there will never be a significant number of facilities in a place like Iowa because they are expensive and don't make much money. You see, back when I was in HS about 20 years back, the U had two kids on the Bucs (one of whom is still kicking around the NHL - probably the only Iowan to last in the NHL for nearly a decade) and peeps were liek "Oh man, hockey will totes catch on in Iowa" but when I just checked their roster, the Bucs still had just two kids from Iowa. It ain't gonna happen, dude.
