Chicago Wolves

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Chicago Wolves
City:	Rosemont, Illinois
League:	American Hockey League
Conference:	Western Conference
Division:	West Division
Founded:	1994 (As a member of the IHL)
Home Arena:	Allstate Arena
Colors:	maroon, gold and white
Owner(s):	Don Levin & Buddy Meyers
General Manager:	Kevin Cheveldayoff
Head Coach:	John Anderson
Media:	Comcast cable
Affiliates:	Atlanta Thrashers (NHL) Gwinnett Gladiators (ECHL)
Franchise history
1994 to 2001 (IHL):	Chicago Wolves
2001 to present (AHL):	Chicago Wolves
Championships
Regular Season Titles:	1 IHL 1999-00 0 AHL
Division Championships:	4 IHL 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01 2 AHL 2004-05, 2006-07
Conference Championships:	3 IHL 1997-98, 1999-00, 2000-01 2 AHL 2001-02, 2004-05
Turner Cups:	2 1997-98, 1999-00
Calder Cups:	1 2001-02

The Chicago Wolves are a professional hockey team playing in the American Hockey League. 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 a pair of Chicago business owners.

Originally a member of the International Hockey League, the Wolves joined the AHL after the IHL folded in 2001. They are currently the AHL affiliate of the Atlanta Thrashers. 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.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Television 2 Season-by-season results 2.1 Regular season 2.2 Playoffs 3 Team records 3.1 Single Season 3.2 Career 4 Players 4.1 Team captains 4.2 Retired numbers 4.3 Current roster 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

The team never had a losing season during its tenure in the IHL. The Wolves won the IHL's Turner Cup in 1998 and 2000 and the AHL's Calder Cup in 2002. The Wolves qualified for every postseason except for the 2005-06 season. Chicago has also appeared in five league championship finals.

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 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.

[edit] Television

The Wolves are the only AHL team with a full television package. All 80 regular-season games, plus playoffs, are broadcast on Comcast cable. As Chicago Blackhawks former owner Bill Wirtz had refused to allow Blackhawks home games to be locally televised, the Wolves were viewed and embraced as an alternative. Broadcast announcers are long-time Blackhawks commentator Pat Foley and Bill Gardner.

[edit] Season-by-season results

• 1994-2001 (International Hockey League)
• 2001-Present (American Hockey League)

[edit] Regular season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
1994-95	81	34	33	--	14	--	82	261	306	3rd, Northern
1995-96	82	40	34	--	8	--	88	288	310	2nd, Midwest
1996-97	82	40	36	--	6	--	86	276	290	3rd, Midwest
1997-98	82	55	24	--	3	--	113	301	258	1st, Midwest
1998-99	82	49	21	--	12	--	110	285	246	1st, Midwest
1999-00	82	53	21	--	8	--	114	270	228	1st, Western
2000-01	82	43	32	--	7	--	93	267	249	1st, Western
2001-02	80	37	31	7	5	--	86	250	236	4th, West
2002-03	80	43	25	8	4	--	98	276	237	2nd, West
2003-04	80	42	26	9	3	--	96	246	208	3rd, West
2004-05	80	49	24	--	2	5	105	245	211	1st, West
2005-06	80	36	32	--	4	8	84	278	275	5th, West
2006-07	80	46	25	--	3	6	101	331	252	2nd, West
2007-08	See 2007-08 AHL season for up-to-date standings.

[edit] Playoffs

Season	Prelim	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
1994-95	--	L, 0-3, KAL	--	--	--
1995-96	--	W, 3-1 SF	L, 1-4, LV	--	--
1996-97	--	L, 1-3, SA	--	--	--
1997-98	--	W, 3-0, MTB	W, 4-2, MIL	W, 4-2, LB	W, 4-3, DET
1998-99	--	bye	W, 3-0, MTB	L, 3-4, HOU	--
1999-00	--	bye	W, 4-0, LB	W, 4-2, HOU	W, 4-2, GR
2000-01	--	W, 4-1, MIL	W, 4-2, MTB	--	L, 1-4, ORL
2001-02	W, 2-1, CIN	W, 3-2, GR	W, 4-3, SYR	W, 4-1, HOU	W, 4-1, BRI
2002-03	--	W, 3-2, HER	L, 0-4, GR	--	--
2003-04	--	W, 4-0, GR	L, 2-4 MIL	--	--
2004-05	--	W, 4-1, HOU	W, 4-1, CIN	W, 4-0, MTB	L, 0-4, PHIL
2005-06	Out of playoffs.
2006-07	--	W, 4-0, MIL	W, 4-2, IOWA	L, 1-4, HAM	--
2007-08	Regular season in progress.

[edit] Team records

[edit] Single Season

Goals: 60 Steve Maltais (1996-97)

Assists: 91 Rob Brown (1995-96)

Points: 143, Brown (1995-96)

Penalty Minutes: 390 Kevin MacDonald (1994-95)

GAA: 1.89 Richard Shulmistra (2000-01)

SV%: .937, Shulmistra (2000-01)

[edit] Career

Career Goals: 454, Maltais

Career Assists: 496, Maltais

Career Points: 950, Maltais

Career Penalty Minutes: 1053, Maltais

Career Goaltending Wins: 169 Wendell Young

Career Shutouts: 16, Young

Career Games: 843, Maltais

[edit] Players

[edit] Team captains

• Steve Maltais (1994-1996)
• Troy Murray (1996-97)
• Kevin Dahl (2000-01)
• Steve Maltais(2001-2005)
• Derek MacKenzie (2005-06)
• Darren Haydar (2006-07)

[edit] Retired numbers

• 1 Wendell Young, G, 1994-2001
• 11 Steve Maltais, 1994-2005

[edit] Current roster

As of October 17, 2007 ^[1]

Goaltenders
#		Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
31		Ondrej Pavelec	R	2007	Kladno, Czech Republic
40		Fred Brathwaite	R	2007	Nepean, Ontario

<center>Defensemen
#		Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2		Brian Fahey	R	2007	Naperville, Illinois
3		Chad Denny	L	2007	Sydney, Nova Scotia
4		Boris Valabik	L	2007	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
5		Brian Sipotz	R	2007	South Bend, Indiana
6		Karel Pilar	R	2007	Prague, Czechoslovakia
7		Scott Lehman	L	2007	Windsor, Ontario
8		Joel Kwiatkowski-A	L	2007	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
22		Nathan Oystrick	L	2006	Regina, Saskatchewan
38		Grant Lewis	R	2007	Upper Saint Clair, Pennsylvania

<center>Forwards
#		Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
9		Jesse Schultz	RW	R	2007	Strasbourg, Saskatchewan
10		Jason Krog - A	C	R	2007	Fernie, British Columbia
12		Guillaume Desbiens	RW	L	2006	Alma, Quebec
13		Andre Deveaux	RW	R	2006	Welland, Ontario
14		Jordan Lavallee-A	LW	R	2002	Corvallis, Oregon
15		Joey Crabb	RW	R	2002	Anchorage, Alaska
17		Matt Anderson	C	R	2007	West Islip, New York
18		Alexandre Giroux	C	L	2007	Quebec City, Quebec
21		Kevin Doell	C	R	2004	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
23		Colin Stuart	LW	L	2001	Oak Park, Illinois
25		Tomas Pospisil	RW	R	2007	Sumperk, Czechoslovakia
26		Steve Martins	C	L	2007	Gatineau, Quebec
29		Brett Sterling	LW	L	2007	Los Angeles, California
32		Colin Fretter	LW	R	2007	Harrow, Ontario

[edit] References