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  • Above is a list of player lists that are either feature lists or lists I have put in time updating. Below is a list of player list that have statistics on them that require updates to form and stats to bring them in line with the above lists.

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Chicago Wolves[edit]

The Chicago Wolves are a professional hockey team playing in the American Hockey League. They are the top affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL. The Wolves play home games at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. The Wolves are owned by Don Levin and Buddy Meyers, who are Chicago business owners.

Originally a member of the International Hockey League, the Wolves joined the AHL after the IHL folded in 2001. They also share the same metropolitan area with the Chicago Blackhawks although that team is not their NHL affiliate. The Wolves' mascot is a gray wolf named Skates. The mascot wears number 94, noting the year (1994) the Wolves began play in the IHL.

The team has never had a losing season during its history, including four league playoff championships. The Wolves won the Turner Cup twice (1998, 2000) in the IHL and the Calder Cup twice (2002, 2008). The Wolves qualified for all except three postseasons (2005–06, 2008–09 and 2010–11 seasons), appearing in six league championship finals (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008) in their 17-year history.

The team's great star was forward Steve Maltais, who until his retirement after the 2004–2005 season had played every season of the franchise and holds most of its scoring records. Other notable players include goaltender Wendell Young, ex-Pittsburgh star Rob Brown, long time Chicago Blackhawks stars Troy Murray, Chris Chelios, Al Secord, and defenseman Bob Nardella. The Wolves had their best season start in their 14 year history, during the 2007–08 season, winning 13 of the first 14 games, with an overtime loss. The Wolves finished the season with 111 points, and first in the Western Conference.

The Wolves were the AHL affiliate of the Atlanta Thrashers from 2001 to 2011. The Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg in June 2011 and added the St. John's IceCaps (formerly the Manitoba Moose) as their new AHL affiliate, leaving the Wolves and the NHL's Vancouver Canucks to find new affiliates. On June 27, 2011, the Wolves and Canucks agreed to two–year affiliation agreement.[1]

History[edit]

A banner commemorating the Wolves' inaugural season in the Allstate Arena

International Hockey League[edit]

The Wolves were founded as an International Hockey League (IHL) expansion team in 1994 at a cost of $10 million.[2][3] Playing in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois the Wolves are in the same market as the National Hockey League's (NHL) Chicago Blackhawks. In order to attract more fans the Wolves philosophy was to offer cheaper ticket prices as well as in arena entertainment such as pyrotechnics.[3] Gene Ubriaco was hired as the teams first head coach, while the team featured a roster with eight former NHL players including former Blackhawk Al Secord.[4] In their first season the Wolves qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round.[5] Aided by the 1994–95 NHL lockout the Wolves averaged 11,512 fans per game, a franchise record that still stands.[3][6][7] The attendance average was the fourth highest total in the league during the season.[8]

In their second season the Wolves were hovering around the .500 mark in late February when team president and general manager Grant Mulvey fired Ubriaco and took over as head coach.[9] With Mulvey behind the bench Chicago improved their overall record to 40–34–8, finishing second in the Midwest Division and qualifying for the playoffs.[10] Both Rob Brown and Steve Maltais scored over 50 goals for the Wolves, Maltais' 56 tied him for second in the league while Brown's 52 ranked fourth.[11] Brown led the league in both assists and points, winning his second Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy.[12][13] His 143 points were the third highest total in league history.[14] In the playoffs the Wolves defeated the San Francisco Spiders in the first round. Marking the first playoff series win in franchise history.[5][15] In the second round Chicago lost to the Las Vegas Thunder four games to one.[15]

During the 1996–97 season Brown continued his scoring success registering a point in 32 consecutive games and set a franchise record with eight points in a game.[16][17] He finished the year winning his second consecutive Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy registering 117 points.[18] Maltais matched Brown's success leading the league in goals with 60.[19] Despite the pairs scoring prowess the Wolves were a .500 team 65 games into the season.[20] Mulvey was fired as head coach and general manager, Ubriaco, who previously remained with the team as assistant GM, replaced his as GM and coached two games before Alpo Suhonen took over for the remainder of the season.[21] Suhonen finished the season with 9–5–1 record helping the Wolves finish third in their division, though they would again lose in the first round of the playoffs.[20][22] In the off-season the Wolves public relations department was voted as the best in the Western Conference, while Tim Breslin was named IHL Man of the Year.[23][24]

The Wolves logo at center ice of the Allstate Arena

During the summer it was announced that Suhonen would remain Wolves head coach for the 1997–98 season, but a week before training camp he was replaced by John Anderson. Ubriaco returned to his assistant GM role and Kevin Cheveldayoff was brought in as the teams new general manager.[25] With Anderson at the Helm the Wolves registered 113 points and won their division.[5][26]

Television[edit]

The Wolves are the only AHL team with a full television package. All 76 regular-season games, plus playoffs, are broadcast on Comcast cable. As the Chicago Blackhawks' late owner Bill Wirtz had refused to allow Blackhawks home games to be televised locally, the Wolves were viewed and embraced as an alternative. After Judd Sirott served as the team's play-by-play announcer for its first 12 seasons, starting in the 2006–07 season broadcast announcers were long-time Blackhawks commentators Pat Foley and Bill Gardner; Foley ultimately returned to the Blackhawks for the 2008–09 season.[27] Currently Jason Shaver handles play by play for the Wolves, along with Gardner still at color commentator. The Games are televised on Comcast Channel 100 and occasionally on local Chicago station and MyNetworkTV O&O WPWR-TV and the NBC Chicago Nonstop subchannel of NBC O&O WMAQ-TV (Comcast cable channel 341).

References[edit]

  • Chaimovitch, Jason, ed. (2012). "American Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2012–13" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  • Anderson [28]
  1. ^ "Canucks enter new AHL affiliation agreement with Chicago". The Sports Network. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Chicago Wolves". Chicago Sun-Times  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . 1994-01-29. Retrieved 2012-07-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ a b c Smith, William (1995-10-06). "Upstart Wolves Skate a Fine Line as Second Season Starts". Chicago Sun-Times  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . Retrieved 2012-07-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Ziehm, Len (1994-09-29). "Ubriaco, Wolves An Ice Fit // Starting a Team His Specialty". Chicago Sun-Times  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . Retrieved 2012-07-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ a b c "Chicago Wolves History (IHL)". Internet Hockey Databse. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  6. ^ "Yearly attendance for the Chicago Wolves of the IHL". Internet Hockey Databse. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  7. ^ "Yearly attendance for the Chicago Wolves of the AHL". Internet Hockey Databse. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  8. ^ "Attendance for the International Hockey League for the 1994-95 season". Internet Hockey Databse. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  9. ^ Miles, Bruce (1996-10-05). "Mulvey decides to stay behind Wolves' bench". Daily Herald  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . Retrieved 2012-07-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "1995-96 International Hockey League Standings". Internet Hockey Databse. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  11. ^ "IHL 1995-96 League Leaders". Internet Hockey Databse. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  12. ^ "Wolves' Brown continues torrid IHL scoring pace". Daily Herald  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . 1996-11-16. Retrieved 2012-07-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "Leo Lamoureux Memorial Trophy (IHL)". Internet Hockey Databse. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  14. ^ Miles, Bruce (1996-10-04). "Mulvey Mulling over pick as Wolves' captain". Daily Herald  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . Retrieved 2012-07-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ a b "1995-96 IHL Playoff Results". Internet Hockey Databse. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  16. ^ "Brown's scoring streak ends as Dragons shut out Wolves". Daily Herald  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . 1997-01-01. Retrieved 2012-07-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ "This Week In Wolves History". Chicago Wolves. 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  18. ^ "1996-97 IHL League Leaders". Internet Hockey Databse. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  19. ^ Miles, Bruce (1997-08-27). "Wolves re-sign Maltais". Daily Herald  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . Retrieved 2012-08-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  20. ^ a b "1996-97 Chicago Wolves roster and statistics". Internet Hockey Databse. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  21. ^ Ziehm, Len (1997-03-09). "Ubriaco's return sparks Wolves". Chicago Sun-Times  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . Retrieved 2012-08-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  22. ^ "1996-97 International Hockey League Standings". Internet Hockey Databse. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  23. ^ "Chicago Wolves Win League Award". Aurora Beacon News  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . 1997-06-19. Retrieved 2012-08-07. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  24. ^ Miles, Bruce (1997-05-30). "Wolves' Breslin to receive IHL honor". Daily Herald  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . Retrieved 2012-08-07. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  25. ^ Miles, Bruce (1997-08-05). "Wolves go a new direction with Anderson, Cheveldayoff". Daily Herald  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . Retrieved 2012-08-07. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  26. ^ "1997-98 International Hockey League Standings". Internet Hockey Databse. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  27. ^ "Pat Foley returns to Hawks". Chicago Sun-Times. June 16, 2008. Retrieved on June 16, 2008.
  28. ^ Miles, Bruce (1997-09-05). "Wolves go a new direction with Anderson, Cheveldayoff". Daily Herald  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . Retrieved 2012-07-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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