The Michigan Wild are a USA Hockey-sanctioned ice hockey team from Farmington Hills, Michigan based out of the Farmington Hills Ice Arena. The team was founded in 1995 as the Royal Oak Royals at the Tier III Junior B level. In 1998, the organization joined the Central States Hockey League as the Wayne Wheels. In 2003, they changed names again to the Michigan Ice Dogs. In 2008, the organization dropped back to Junior B in the Great Lakes Junior Hockey League. The team was dropped from the United States Premier 3 Hockey League in mid-September of 2016.