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TOGETHER AGAIN Five years after leaving the Wolves den, head coach John Anderson has come home, and relishes another shot at glory with his old friends.
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WOLVES HISTORY
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FOUR-TIME CHAMPIONS THE CHICAGO WOLVES FRANCHISE IS DEFINED BY EXCELLENCE. During an 11-year span from 1997-2008, the Wolves reached the league Finals six times and came away with the championship trophy four times. In 1998 and 2000, the Wolves skated away with the International Hockey League’s Turner Cup. In 2002 and 2008, the team hoisted the American Hockey League’s big prize, the Calder Cup. Regardless of which league they’ve played, the Wolves organization has become synonymous with winning. It’s a tradition they carry into their 20th season of competition. Here, we look back at the four most momentous days in Wolves history, all of which have added to the franchise’s illustrious fabric.
JUNE 15, 1998 Backed by 16,701 fans, the second-largest crowd in Turner Cup Finals history, the Wolves shut out the Detroit Vipers 3-0 to capture their first Turner Cup Championship, 4-games-to-3. It was the first sevengame series for the IHL Championship in 13 years, while the shutout set a then-franchise record with two in one postseason. Chicago won the last two games of the series to become only the sixth team in the IHL’s 53-year history to rebound from a 3-games-to-2 deficit in the Finals. Wolves center Alexander Semak walked away with the N.R. ”Bud“ Poile Trophy as the postseason’s most valuable player.
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After a scoreless first period, center Derek Plante notched two goals just 26 seconds apart in the second period to eliminate the Grand Rapids Griffins at Van Andel Arena and capture the Wolves’ second Turner Cup Championship in three years. With the victory, Chicago became the 16th team in league history to capture multiple IHL championships (1998 and 2000). Wolves goaltender Andrei Trefilov was awarded the N.R. ”Bud“ Poile Trophy as the Turner Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player, having led the league during the postseason in both goals-against average (1.35) and save percentage (.950).
The Wolves clinched their third championship in five years when center Yuri Butsayev scored 2:05 into the second overtime to defeat the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 4-3 and capture the Calder Cup Championship, 4-games-to-1, at the Allstate Arena. The Wolves, who played a league-high 105 games, including an all-time American Hockey Leaguehigh 25 playoff games, became the sixth team in AHL history to win the championship in their inaugural season. Goaltender Pasi Nurminen was awarded the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the playoff MVP, posting a league-leading and then franchise-high 15 wins. Right wing Rob Brown, who notched three assists in the victory, led the league during the postseason with a then-franchise record 33 points and tied an AHL and team record with 26 assists.
The Wolves clinched their fourth league title in 11 years and second Calder Cup Championship with a 5-2 victory and a 4-games-to-2 series win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Allstate Arena. Center Jason Krog capped a four-point night with a hat trick and an assist, which earned him the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the MVP of the 2008 Calder Cup Playoffs. He matched franchise marks with 12 goals and 26 assists in the postseason and established a new club record with 38 points. Rookie goaltender Ondrej Pavelec collected his 16th postseason win, the most in club history.
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BEHIND THE LENS FOR 19 SEASONS, CHICAGO WOLVES PHOTOGRAPHER ROSS DETTMAN has been dedicated to chronicling the team’s improbable goals, wild celebrations and memorable fights. Just like a favorite player, certain photos and events stand out among the rest. Here, he shares the images that stick with him season after season.
KEVIN DOELL BLEEDING EYE (2004-05) A stick came up and hit Doell in the face and he dropped down to one knee right in front of me and he was bleeding from his eye. I saw the blood accumulating on his eye and I thought, “Please don’t move.” I see this all playing out photographically. It became clear the cut was superficial, but it was a really cool visual frame.
AL SECORD FLYING DOWN THE ICE (1994-95) At the time, Secord was a Chicago hockey legend. He was an extremely popular player on the back end of his career who came to the Wolves to play for Grant Mulvey. I love his face in the photo. There’s no mouth guard, his mouth is wide-open, the puck is dancing on the edge of his stick
CONNAUTON BREAKAWAY SPREAD (2011-12)
and the other guy is trying to poke check it away. Al just has this great
Some pictures feel forced and sometimes shoots don’t come together. We
expression on his face. His expression
don’t always let the player get comfortable. Kevin was one where it really
is just, “You’re not taking this puck
came together. I’ve always been a big fan of showing the other side of guys;
away from me.” That’s Al. Great
they’re not just one-dimensional hockey guys. He’s a clothes hound and he
player, but a chippy player.
feels how he presents himself going to the rink is part of his professionalism. Guys he looked up to in the league would come to the office polished and dressed and that was important to him. At the time it was very different visually from anything else we had done.
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DONALD R. LEVIN (luh-VIN) founded DRL Enterprises, Inc., in 1969. The
DON LEVIN CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD / GOVERNOR
Chicago-based company has holdings in many industries including tobacco processing, aircraft and medical equipment leasing, licensed sports product manufacturing and distribution, and motion picture production and distribution. Levin’s film company has made nearly 20 motion pictures distributed in the U.S. and overseas. His films have featured such stars as Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Sharon Stone, Rodney Dangerfield, and Chuck Norris. Levin founded the Chicago Wolves with William Buddy Meyers and Grant Mulvey in January 1994 and has served as the team’s chairman of the board throughout. Levin donates his time and serves on the board of directors for several charitable organizations. Levin also supports Chicago’s Department of Animal Care and Control (ACC). The Wolves host the ACC’s Adopt-a-Dog program at several home games each season and encourage fans to bring home an adopted dog after the game. The Adopt-A-Dog program has found homes for 1,080 dogs in its first 13 seasons. Ten years ago, Levin purchased and donated the Animobile -- a mobile adoption unit and a modern clinic staffed by veterinarians and adoption specialists. The Chicago native was recognized at the Boy Scouts of America’s Northwest Suburban Council’s Distinguished Citizens Banquet as its 2005 Honoree. Under Levin’s direction, the Wolves organization has held a scout night for the Northwest Suburban Council at a home game for the last 16 seasons. Levin was inducted into the Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame on Jan. 27, 2013. He was honored as the International Hockey League’s Executive of the Year for the 19992000 season, which concluded with the franchise’s second of four championships. Before beginning his business career, Levin served in the United States Marine Corps, from which he was honorably ”I THINK IT WAS WHEN I WAS LIVING discharged. WITH BUDDY (IN THE LATE ’70S/EARLY ’80S). Levin and his wife, Kathleen Ann, I LIKED HOCKEY, BUT WHEN BUDDY WAS MY have a son, Robert, and they live in ROOMMATE, HE WAS AN AGENT FOR SEVERAL the northern suburbs. PLAYERS. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE PLAYERS AND AT THE BLACKHAWKS GAMES.
WE ASKED
WHAT TRIGGERED YOUR PASSION FOR HOCKEY? HOW OLD WERE YOU?
I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE GAME.”
WILLIAM BUDDY MEYERS, a principal owner of the Wolves who founded
WILLIAM BUDDY MEYERS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD B R E A K A W AY M A G A Z I N E
the team with Don Levin and Grant Mulvey in January 1994, has been involved in the world of hockey for more than 35 years. He is a former certified agent of the National Hockey League Players’ Association and is past attorney for the Soviet Red Army Hockey Team (CSKA). He is a practicing attorney and the principal in the law firm of William Buddy Meyers, Ltd. His concentration is in the areas of worker’s compensation and personal injury litigation. Additionally, he is a member of the Illinois Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and Illinois Workers Compensation Lawyers Association; a former director of the Better Boys Foundation and River North Association; and a recipient of the Shomrim Society of Illinois’ Man of the Year Award in 2006. He also supports numerous charitable and environmental organizations. Meyers is a graduate of the University of “THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO A Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and holds a juris HOCKEY GAME WAS FOR A COLLEGE doctor degree from the Illinois Institute of FRATERNITY RUSH FUNCTION. IT Technology/Chicago Kent. He and Jill live in WAS AT THE CHICAGO STADIUM WITH the River North area of Chicago and have five THE BLACKHAWKS AGAINST THE children between them: Justin, Lindsey, Zak, MONTREAL CANADIENS. I HAVE BEEN Brad, and Leslie. SMITTEN EVER SINCE.”
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WENDELL YOUNG enters his fifth season at the helm of the Wolves hockey operations department. The team has compiled a .590 winning percentage (167-111-15-19) during his tenure as general manager, which includes capturing the regular-season West Division title in 2009-10 and the regular-season Midwest Division title in 2011-12. The 50-year-old is the Wolves’ all-time leader among goaltenders in games played (322), wins (169), saves (8,467), minutes (17,912) and shutouts (16), and was a member of Chicago’s 1998 and 2000 Turner Cup championship squads. His jersey number “1” was the first number retired by the Wolves on Dec. 1, 2001. The Halifax, Nova Scotia, native, who was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in 2007, is the only man in hockey history to have won all four North American championships: the Stanley Cup, Turner Cup, Calder Cup and Memorial Cup. He captured the Stanley Cup in 1991 and 1992 as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the 1988 Calder Cup with the Hershey Bears, the 1982 Memorial Cup with the Kitchener Rangers and the 1998 and 2000 Turner Cups with the Wolves. He also was behind the bench as a coach for the Wolves 2008 Calder Cup victory. Young played 18 seasons of professional hockey, including 10 in the National Hockey League. He compiled a 59-86-12 record in 187 games with the Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Penguins. He also served as goaltending coach for the Calgary Flames from 2001-2003.
BILL BENTLEY enters his fifth season as assistant general manager and 20th season with the Wolves organization. One of a handful of people who has been with the organization since the team’s inception in 1994, Bentley has been instrumental in the hockey operations department for more than 17 years, which includes all four championship campaigns. The Chicago native joined the organization as a statistician in 1994 and was promoted to team services manager a year later. The 43-year-old spent 12 seasons as the director of hockey administration, handling team travel, immigration and accounting for the hockey operations department, before assuming the assistant general manager role in August 2009. A graduate of Quincy College, Bentley served as the Director of Media Relations for the Chicago Cheetahs of the now defunct Roller Hockey International during the 1993-94 season.
BILL BENTLEY ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
GENE UBRIACO DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS
GENE UBRIACO returns for his 17th term as the Wolves director of hockey operations and fifth as senior advisor following a 10-year professional playing career and 26 seasons as a professional coach. Ubriaco has been with the Wolves since the 1994-95 inaugural season when he was the team’s first head coach. That year, he guided the Wolves to a 34-33-14 record and a berth in the Turner Cup Playoffs. He compiled a 61-61-20 head coaching record with the Wolves during a three-year span, including a two-game interim stint during the 1996-97 season. Ubriaco began his coaching career at Lake Superior State University in 1972-73. Four years later, he led the Milwaukee Admirals to the Turner Cup Playoffs, becoming the first International Hockey League coach to lead an expansion team into the postseason. In 1988-89, Ubriaco moved on to the National Hockey League to coach the Pittsburgh Penguins. Under his tutelage, the Penguins shattered several team records that season and advanced to the Stanley Cup Playoffs after a seven-year absence. The Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, native recorded 162 goals, 258 assists and 420 points in 456 AHL games spanning nine seasons, which includes a career-high 42 goals and 86 points during the 1965-66 season with the Hershey Bears. Ubriaco spent his final three years as a player in the NHL with the Penguins (1967-68), the Oakland Seals (1968-69) and the Chicago Blackhawks (1969-70).
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JOHN ANDERSON enters his 12th season as Wolves head coach after being re-hired to the position on July 16, 2013. Anderson returns to the Wolves with four years of National Hockey League experience, which includes two years as head coach of the Atlanta Thrashers from 2008-10. He served most recently as an assistant coach with the Phoenix Coyotes from 2011-13. The 56-year-old Anderson guided the Wolves to four championships during his first tenure with the Wolves: the Calder Cup in 2002 and 2008 and the Turner Cup in 1998 and 2000. He is the team’s all-time leader in wins (506) and postseason victories (105). Prior to joining the Wolves, Anderson captured the Colonial Cup as head coach of the Quad City Mallards of the Colonial Hockey League. He began his coaching career with the Winston-Salem Mammoths in 1995-96, leading them to the Southern Hockey League Finals and a 30-23-1 regular-season record. Toronto’s first pick (11th overall) in the 1977 amateur draft, Anderson played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Maple Leafs (1977-85), Quebec Nordiques (1985-86), and Hartford Whalers (1986-89). The Toronto native registered five 30-goal campaigns in the NHL, including four straight from 1981-85. Anderson’s most productive offensive season came in 1982-83, when he paced Toronto with 80 points (31G, 49A) in 80 games. Anderson ranks 14th in Maple Leafs history with 189 goals and 20th with 393 points. Overall, he amassed 282 goals and 631 points in 814 career NHL games, along with 9 goals and 27 points in 37 career Stanley Cup Playoff contests. DAVE ALLISON enters his first season with the Wolves after being named assistant coach on July 16, 2013. He brings 18 years of professional coaching experience to Chicago. Allison served most recently as head coach of the American Hockey League’s Peoria Rivermen, where he led the team to a 33-35-5-3 record in 2012-13. Prior to joining the Rivermen, the 54-year-old Allison spent time as a scout with the Pittsburgh Penguins and worked as a part of the player development team with the Colorado Avalanche. Allison has accumulated a 232-214-25-28 mark during his seven seasons and 499 games as an AHL head coach with Peoria (2012-13), Iowa (2005-08), Milwaukee (200102), and Prince Edward Island (1994-96). The Fort Francis, Ontario, native also had a 25-game stint as the interim head coach of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators during the 1995-96 season. Allison enjoyed a 10-year professional career as a defenseman in the AHL, IHL, and NHL. He amassed 119 assists, 144 points, and 1,473 penalty minutes in 452 career AHL games with Nova Scotia, Sherbrooke, Newmarket, and Halifax spanning eight seasons from 1979 to 1985 and 1987-89. He skated in three NHL games with Montreal during the 1983-84 campaign.
SCOTT ALLEN enters his first season with the Wolves after being named assistant coach on July 16, 2013. He brings 17 years of professional coaching experience to Chicago. Allen served most recently as Dave Allison’s assistant with the Peoria Rivermen during the 2012-13 campaign. Prior to joining Peoria, he spent three seasons in the National Hockey League as an assistant coach with the New York Islanders. The 47-year-old Allen entered the coaching ranks as an assistant coach with the ECHL’s Johnstown Chiefs in 1996 and was promoted to head coach of the franchise halfway through the 1997-98 season. He would serve as the Chiefs head coach for four more years before moving to the American Hockey League in 2002. Allen spent two seasons with the San Antonio Rampage (2002-04), where he split time as an assistant coach and then a head coach. He then served as an assistant coach in Lowell, Omaha, and Quad City from 2004-09. The New Bedford, Mass., native spent 10 years as a player in professional hockey as the former center competed in the All American Hockey League, Atlantic Coast Hockey League, Colonial Hockey League, Central Hockey League and the ECHL.
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MIDWEST DIVISION Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Louis Grand Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detroit Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minnesota Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nashville Rockford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago
ATLANTIC DIVISION Manchester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Los Angeles Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phoenix Providence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boston St. John’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winnipeg Worcester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Jose
NORTH DIVISION Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montreal Lake Erie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colorado Rochester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buffalo Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toronto Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vancouver
NORTHEAST DIVISION Adirondack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philadelphia Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Jersey Bridgeport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY Islanders Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY Rangers Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Columbus
WEST DIVISION Abbotsford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calgary Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolina Oklahoma City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edmonton San Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florida Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dallas
EAST DIVISION Binghamton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ottawa Hershey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington Norfolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anaheim Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tampa Bay W-B/Scranton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pittsburgh
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AGAIN FIVE YEARS AFTER LEAVING THE WOLVES DEN, HEAD COACH JOHN ANDERSON HAS COME HOME, AND RELISHES ANOTHER SHOT AT GLORY WITH HIS OLD FRIENDS
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URNS OUT, YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN. And, if you’re really lucky, it’ll look even better than it did when you left. Just ask returning Chicago Wolves head coach, John Anderson. “It feels like I never left. All the people here are the same and they’re still great,” he said. “The rooms are painted a lot nicer. But other than that, it’s the same. It’s exciting to be back.” For a guy who won four championships with the Wolves during his first coaching stint, from 1997-2008, excitement is all relative. Hailing from Toronto and drafted 11th overall by the National Hockey League’s Toronto Maple Leafs in 1977, Anderson switched over to coaching after a 20-year playing career and was the Wolves bench boss when they were the International Hockey League’s Turner Cup champions in 1998 and 2000 and the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup champs in 2002 and 2008. After leading the organization to its last title, Anderson took over as head coach with the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers, who were the Wolves’ affiliate from 2001-2011. He spent two years in the NHL before the Thrashers cut him loose and he got on as an assistant with the Phoenix Coyotes.
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The whole experience taught Anderson a lot about what it takes to succeed in this business – and how the Wolves dynamic helped propel them to so much success. “In Atlanta, I found you can’t win without the horses,” he said. “You think you can fix everything, especially when you come off a championship season. But you find out there are a lot of other roadblocks out there that inhibit you from doing what you want to do. Unless your whole management is on the same page as you, you’re tugging against each other all the time. With the Wolves, we had our disagreements but we were all on the same page. We all knew we wanted to win first and foremost. That’s the way it needs to be.” Now that Anderson is back in the fold, he’s once again pondering the horses, namely the ones he met for the first time this season. The Wolves parted ways with the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks in April and entered into a partnership with the St. Louis Blues, meaning Anderson isn’t the only one getting his feet underneath him early on.
remain the same. “Nothing has changed between us. He’s the same old Johnny and I’m the same old Wendell,” Young said. “We’re a little more in-depth in our conversations and we talk a lot more about the players, but the biggest thing about our organization is we’re all in it together and that’s something that we have always prided ourselves on.” When Chevaldayoff was in Young’s seat, he and Anderson together faced down the Wolves’ shift from an IHL to an AHL franchise in 2001. Working with a new affiliate and balancing their needs with another team’s required a certain learning curve, so Anderson was prepared for what he and Young were stepping into now. “It’s a different dynamic than it was before. We’re with a different team now,” Anderson said. “With Atlanta, they weren’t difficult to work with, but their expectations of the players they drafted weren’t realistic. For Chevy and I to try to convey that without hurting their feelings, that was the biggest problem. With Wendell we’ve known each other for
for me, a no-brainer.” He may have left Chicago behind for a time, but the winningest coach in the Wolves’ history (506 victories in 808 regular season games, plus 105 postseason wins) always kept one eye trained on his former club and kept track of its progress, although their level of success has paled in comparison to when he was in charge. “The Wolves had good players in the last few years, but I think they were lacking a depth of good players,” Anderson said. “During the championship years we had three lines you were afraid to be out against and that’s kind of the thought process we took this year. We want to have more depth on the team. We want our young guys to know what it’s like to play for a championship team and to know they can be really successful.” Beyond just keeping tabs on the Wolves for professional reasons, the bonds Anderson built over the years with Levin, Young, senior advisor Gene Ubriaco and vice chairman Buddy Meyers remained a priority on both sides.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED BETWEEN US. HE'S THE SAME OLD JOHNNY AND I'M THE SAME OLD WENDELL. “There was a little apprehension for me because I didn’t know all of the players, so it’s taking some time to get used to,” he said. “We’re doing some things a lot of these players have never seen before and even our coaches are going to be doing different stuff and it’s going to take some time to get going. I’m a little concerned about that.” Fortunately for Anderson, he has a familiar crew in his corner to help in the transition. Once a player (from 1998-2001) and coach (from 200408) under Anderson, general manager Wendell Young is now in the position Kevin Chevaldayoff held all the years Anderson was previously manning the Wolves bench. Although the situation is a little different, the personalities
years. I know his thought process and he knows the thought process I have and he’s committed to it the same way.” After two seasons of being an assistant himself in Phoenix, getting back into a role where he could call the shots is a big part of what brought Anderson back to Chicago. Not to mention the fact he never really cut ties with the area. “I wanted to be a head coach again and there are only 30 jobs in the NHL to do that,” he said. “If I was going to be a head coach in the American League or the Kontinental Hockey League, this is where it should be. It just so happens that I still have a house here and my kids just bought houses here. When Don (Levin) asked me if I was interested I told him, ‘Absolutely.’ It was an easy decision
“I stayed abreast with how the Wolves were doing because my friends were running the show and I wanted them to do well,” he said. “I talked to them at least once a month wherever I was. Gene and I talked at least once a week. So we’ve stayed close and stayed in touch. When you spend 11 years with people, you’re going to maintain those relationships.” While some might say the group’s history of success is a good indicator of what’s to come over the next couple years, Anderson doesn’t choose to dwell on what was. “I think expectations change over time. When we first got going as a team, no one was really known. No one knew us,” he said. “There was a
lot of apprehension and when I started, I was more focused on bringing a new thought to the team and it took a long time to see it all pan out. During the first championship season it took us until about January to really start clicking. Regardless, I feel pressure everywhere. I take that upon myself. Mediocrity kills everybody. We don’t want to be mediocre. We want to win championships.” Which is exactly why Young and Levin came to the conclusion early on of whom they wanted to fill their vacant head-coaching job. Their confidence in what Anderson is capable of doing for the Wolves was unmatched. “The main factor in our decision was, first and foremost, we had 11 successful years when Johnny was our coach and he’s
the only person who has won championships here,” Young said. “We wanted him and just him. There truly was no coaching search, there was just a mutual agreement that he should come back because he knows what we want to do and he can get it done.” Those four Cups the team won remain Anderson’s best memories of being in Chicago, but he says the fans provided other memorable moments. He remains fueled by a desire to bring players and fans together. “We’ve had a lot of fun over the years at the Booster Club dinners and events like that. I performed a couple times and did some other stupid things. I sang one year,” he said. “Again, we want to create that togetherness, not just with our team but with the fans. And that all comes with winning. You don’t get to stay around and have a lot of accolades if you don’t win.” To help the Wolves get back on track, Anderson is going to play to his strengths. His reputation is as an offensive-minded coach, but he’s quick to point out it’s for good reason – and doesn’t detract from the other elements of the game that support it. “I am offense-focused because I know the one who scores the most goals wins,” he said. “My thought is, ‘When you have the puck, go forward with it.’ And not just with three forwards, but with all five guys on the ice. Time in the zone is really important and it wears other teams down and doesn’t give the other team’s offense time to get going. Plus I know it’s really hard for other teams to score when the puck is in their zone. People don’t think I’m a defensive coach but when we don’t have the puck, everyone has assignments. It’s not like I go, ‘Never mind.’ But with that, our goaltending has to be solid. If we get really good goaltending, we have a shot.” That’s what the Wolves are looking for most, after failing to make the playoffs three of the last five seasons without Anderson. As the new old head coach gets ready to try and bring the good ol’ days back to Wolves hockey, he’s reminded of the time 16 years ago he first imagined what it would be like winning a championship with this team, and how it has defined his philosophy now.
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“I remember when I was first (interviewing for the) job, assistant general manager Bill Bentley was showing me around the arena – the Rosemont Horizon back then – and it didn’t look as big as it is and I thought, ‘I wonder what it would be like to coach here when it’s packed and it really means something,’ and I hadn’t even gotten the job yet. But I got to see what that was like and it was awesome. You’re allowed to win every game. You’re allowed to win every championship. It’s in the rulebook. People who say, ‘That’s not possible,’ you have to say to them, ‘Yes, it is,’ and then show them how you’re going to go about it. You have to keep that in the back of your mind and make that your mentality all the time.”
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AFTER MORE THAN 17 YEARS OF HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE, DAVE ALLISON MAY BE NEW TO THE ASSISTANT GAME, BUT HE KNOWS THE VALUE OF TEAMWORK. BY KRISTEN SHILTON | PHOTO BY ROSS DETTMAN
DAVE ALLISON had a feeling last winter something was brewing between the St. Louis Blues and Vancouver Canucks. Then working as head coach of the American Hockey League’s Peoria Rivermen, Allison learned in early spring his team was being sold to the Canucks and moving to Utica, New York. The Blues, he found out, were going to become partners with one of the Rivermen’s biggest rivals – and thus a new path lay ahead for Allison and his assistant, Scott Allen. “With that situation, it is what it is. We’re solution-based people, and this is a fluid business,” Allison said. “I think we all had an inkling about what was going to happen and we didn’t know it was necessarily going to be Vancouver but it didn’t distract us from what needed to be done. This isn’t a job like working at the mill, where you go for 30 years and then you get a pension. We know that going in.” Allison has grown accustomed to the nomadic life of a hockey coach. Since retiring as a player in 1989, Allison has been a head coach for four AHL franchises and did a 25-game stint as head coach of the National Hockey
League’s Ottawa Senators during the 1995-96 season. But three months after the Blues and Wolves came to a new partnership agreement, Chicago announced John Anderson would be returning as head coach. That meant Allison would be an assistant for the first time since his days as a player/assistant in the International Hockey League. Not that he’s complaining, of course. “Johnny’s a winner,” Allison said. “I’ve always admired him because he’s passionate about the game. He had a great NHL career, with multiple 30-goal seasons, and yet he still wanted to stay in the game. He moved into coaching, starting as an assistant and then as a head coach at the lowest level, same as I did, and worked his way up. But he has always won. I have great respect for the path he’s taken and for his ability to win along the way. I’ve coached against him for years and there is a very sincere and strong sense of respect for what he’s done, and how he’s done it.” Indeed, the Fort Frances, Ontario native spent time drawing up plays with the Milwaukee Admirals, Iowa Stars and Grand Rapids Griffins before joining the Rivermen, four teams who have been alltoo-familiar to the Wolves. While he has enjoyed the rivalry years, Allison is 2000 2010 embracing the new challenge presented to him by the Blues. “I have a long relationship with (Blues General Manager) Doug Armstrong, more PRO PLAYING EXPERIENCE than eight years long, and we’ve been good at HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE developing players,”
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he said. “We can look back at players we developed who are in the NHL now and it’s a good list. An AHL affiliate should be helping players reach their potential and we have done that together. Now, we’re going to take a different step (with Chicago), but the agenda is still the same. Our goal with the Wolves is to keep our eye on the prize.” Working together to take much-needed steps forward is a point of emphasis for Allison. He’s determined to keep the focus during this transition on the ice, where it should be. “I have always been associated with teams that were in last place or in turnaround or were considered startups,” he said. “I think the excitement right now is that the St. Louis Blues are poised to take a leap ahead in their development and we are going to be such a big part of that at this level. Both sides are really dedicated to winning hockey games and it‘s a really exciting marriage at this moment.” While his surroundings may have changed, there’s a familiar face Allison will be standing next to throughout the season. While he was technically Allen’s boss last year, Allison is not at all concerned about how they – and everyone else - will segue into their new roles. “Scott and I have a very transparent relationship. It’s very open,” he said. “We share. The biggest thing is this is what Doug Armstrong and the St. Louis Blues need. Johnny, Wendell (Young) and Don (Levin) have made us feel so welcome. “At the first meeting we had together I asked Johnny how he felt about things, and he pointed out we’ve got about 60 years of experience in the game between him, myself and Scott. We should be able to make this thing work and we are going to make it work. There’s so much excitement.”
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THE BIG SHOW FOR SCOTT ALLEN, STARTING A NEW CHAPTER WITH THE CHICAGO WOLVES IS AN EXCITING TURN OF EVENTS AFTER YEARS OF FACING OFF AGAINST THEM BY KRISTEN SHILTON | PHOTO BY ROSS DETTMAN
AS AN 18-YEAR COACHING VETERAN, Scott Allen has spent much of his professional life engaged in battle with American Hockey League foes. But he makes a serious correlation between only one former nemesis and a particularly infamous sports franchise. “I know the term probably gets overused, but I truly look at the Chicago Wolves as the New York Yankees of the American Hockey League,” he said. “For someone who has seen it for a long time, you know the Chicago Wolves are the cream of the crop of the league. I’ve spent many years in the AHL’s Western Conference and coached many games against Chicago and there’s always been a little jealousy of the organization and seeing how they did things.” Pulling back the curtain on the Wolves, and a new challenge, is an enticing prospect for the 47-year old Allen, who began his AHL coaching career with the San Antonio Rampage in 2002 after spending six seasons with the East Coast Hockey League’s Johnstown Chiefs. Prior to getting on with the Chiefs, the New Bedford, Mass., native enjoyed a 10-year playing career mainly in the ECHL. But when it was time to hang up his skates, Allen was sure he wasn’t ready to leave the game behind. “I knew I wanted to coach, going back to when I was in high school,” he said. “I knew I wanted to play hockey for a living and I knew I wanted to coach when I was done. I was fortunate to play 10 years in the minors and then I basically got a call about an opportunity to start coaching with Johnstown. Originally I turned it down, but the general manager at the time was a man named Toby O’Brien and he talked me into taking the job. It’s probably the smartest listening I did as a player, to make a transition into coaching.” While Allen admits to missing the on-ice action of his playing days, he carried a few specific goals with him into his coaching chapter. One he achieved after nine years assisting in the AHL, while the other has always been just out of reach. “Being a career minor-leaguer as a player, and as many years as I’ve coached here, making it to the National Hockey League was for sure a big aspiration and was pretty exciting,” he said of the three seasons (2010-12) he spent as an assistant with the New York Islanders. “I was fortunate enough to win two championships as a player (with the ECHL’s Carolina Thunderbirds); I have not yet won one as a coach. If I had, that would be my best memory, but my philosophy has been a little different as I’ve moved around. For me, it’s about the individual success I’ve seen players have and then some of the team success we’ve had too. They go hand-in-hand.” B R E A K A W AY M A G A Z I N E
Fortunately, Allen is now coaching alongside John Anderson, who has plenty of experience winning championships with the Wolves. Coming off last season’s stint with the AHL’s Peoria Rivermen, Allen will once again be sharing a bench – and now an assistant title - with Dave Allison, who was head coach in Peoria until the team was sold in May. “Dave and I have a really good relationship,” Allen said. “It’s funny because my relationship with him developed in, hopefully, the same way my relationship with John will develop. The relationship I have with Dave came from when he was coaching in Des Moines and I was in Quad City. We played each other 12 times a year, in exhibition, in playoff series.’ You develop a respect for each other and that respect grew into a friendship and a solid work relationship, which I’m sure we will have this year in Chicago as well.” Beyond just meshing with his fellow coaches, Allen hopes to bond quickly with his players as well. Over the years he’s developed a strong sense of what works and what doesn’t, part of which is recognizing what a guy needs to succeed and following through on it. “I’m honest and upfront with the players,” he said. “That’s my style. Work ethic is always second-to-none. You have to have that. You can develop the rest. You have to put players in the right situation and teach them what they have to know and help them find success. You only get a chance at the next level if you’re giving forth 101 percent every step of the way. Our league is tough, but in Chicago we’re concerned with winning championships and winning games and helping guys do well.” While Allen has his eye firmly on the prize heading into the new season, he still takes a moment now and then to reflect on where he’s been and how, with the right amount of fortune, he’s still hanging out in the arena he loves. “Once in a while, when I run into someone I played with, they’ll bring something up and they say how happy they are for what you’ve accomplished and there’s always a sense of pride,” he said. “But for the most part, I try to live in the moment and try to capture the essence of the day and hopefully do enough today to look forward to tomorrow. “I still have a lot of juice for the game and I try to bring that out every day – at practice, at games, even on off-days. I put a lot into the job and I have a ton of respect for the job. I consider myself lucky.”
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RECORD BREAKERS
SINGLE-SEASON FRANCHISE RECORDS GOALS ASSISTS POINTS PENALTY MIN. PLUS/MINUS WINS SHUTOUTS
Steve Maltais
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ALL-TIME POINTS LEADERS 1996-97
PLAYER Steve Maltais
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
839
454
497
951
1,061
Rob Brown
91
1995-96
Rob Brown
369
157
326
483
483
Rob Brown
143
1995-96
Darren Haydar
342
128
240
368
257
Kevin MacDonald 336
1994-95
Jason Krog
282
98
244
342
106
Brett Sterling
302
167
141
308
384
Arturs Kulda
+47
2009-10
Kari Lehtonen
38
2004-05
Wendell Young Matt Climie
6 6
1999-2000 2012-13
PACK FACTS
Bob Nardella
476
59
239
298
331
Steve Larouche
203
84
144
228
168
Chris Marinucci
240
99
121
220
77
Steve Martins
262
64
129
193
307
Derek MacKenzie
377
83
101
184
441
ALL-TIME WINNING RECORD The Wolves have delivered a winning record in each of the franchise’s first 19 seasons. They have qualified for the playoffs 15 times, appeared in six league finals and captured four championships.
Rob Brown, who donned a Wolves jersey for five seasons between 1994 and 2003, set the franchise’s single-season record for points (143) in 1995-96.
Goaltender Matt Climie set two franchise records during the 2012-13 season: Most road shutouts (5) in a single season and longest scoreless streak (173 minutes, 57 seconds).
During John Anderson’s first stint as Wolves head coach (19972008), his teams set singleSeven-time all-star Steve Maltais holds the Wolves career records for games (839), goals (454), assists (497), points (951) and penalty minutes (1,061). He played with
season franchise records for wins (55 in 1997-98), points (114 in 1999-2000), goals (331 in 200607) and power-play goals (112 in 2006-07).
the team from 1994-2005.
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BOARDING
CHARGING
CROSS-CHECKING
DELAYED PENALTY
ELBOWING
HIGH-STICKING
HOLDING
Called for any action which causes opponent to be thrown violently into the boards.
Called for taking three or more strides before checking opponent.
Called for hitting opponent with both hands on the stick and no part of the stick on the ice.
Call is made when the penalized team gains control of the puck or upon a stop in play.
Called when using the elbow to impede an opponent.
Called for making contact with an opponent when carrying the stick above the shoulder.
Called for using the hands, arms or legs to hold an opponent.
HOOKING
ICING
INTERFERENCE
MISCONDUCT
ROUGHING
SLASHING
Called for using stick or blade to hook opponent.
Called when a player on his team’s side of the red center line shoots the puck down the ice, it crosses the red goal line at any point (other than the goal) and is touched first by an opposing player other than the goalie.*
Called for having contact with an opponent not in possession of the puck.
Called for an infraction that warrants a more serious penalty than a standard minor or major penalty.
Called for engaging in fisticuffs or shoving of a level that is not worthy of a major penalty.
Called for swinging the stick at an opponent.
SPEARING
TRIPPING
Called for using the stick like a spear.
Called for using the stick, arm or leg to cause an opponent to trip or fall.
UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT Called for the abuse of an official or other such misconduct.
*Under hybrid icing rules, it’s called when an opposing player (other than the goalie) is the first to reach the face-off dot closest to the goal line.
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HOCKEY 101
HOCKEY RULES
WOLVES FACTS
ICING THE PUCK
AVERAGES & RATINGS (2012-13)
Icing is when a player on his team’s side of the red center line shoots the puck all the way down the ice and it crosses the red goal line at any point (other than the goal). Icing is not permitted when teams are at equal strength or on the power play. When this occurs, play is stopped and the puck is returned to the other end of the ice for a faceoff in the offending team’s zone. Icing the puck is not called: > If the goalie leaves the crease to play the puck, even if he does not touch the puck. > If an official rules an opposing player could have played the puck before it crossed the red goal line. > An official may wave off the icing call if he deems it was an attempted pass.
SHOT ON GOAL
A shot on goal is a shot that would enter the goal if it is not stopped by the goaltender. A shot on goal must result in either a goal or a save.
PENALTIES
Penalties are classified into three categories: minor, major and misconduct. For a minor penalty, players are required to serve two minutes in the penalty box while their team plays short-handed. A minor penalty will expire if the opposing team scores while on the power play. Major penalties require a player to serve five minutes in the penalty box and only expire at the end of that time. Misconduct penalties vary in length.
POWER PLAYS / PENALTY KILL
A team is on the power play when one team has more players on the ice than the other team because a player is serving a penalty. Conversely, the team with fewer players is on the penalty kill.
2.68
AVG. GOALS AGAINST PER GAME
2.72
POWER PLAY GOALS SCORED
51
POWER PLAY RATING
OFFSIDES
A team is offside when any member of the attacking team precedes the puck over the defending team’s blueline. The position of the player’s skate — and not that of his stick — is the determining factor. If both skates are over the blueline before the puck, the player is offside. If he has only one skate over the blueline and one on it, he is onside.
17.1%
PENALTY KILL RATING
80.3%
OVERTIME GAMES PLAYED
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LEADING AFTER THE SECOND PERIOD Last season, the Wolves won 80 percent of games in which they were leading after two periods.
PENALTY KILL
OVERTIME
Any regular-season game that ends regulation play with a tie score will go into a five-minute sudden-death overtime period. If at the end of that overtime period the game remains tied, the game will then go into a shootout. During the playoffs, there will not be a shootout and overtime periods will be 20 minutes in length.
SHOOTOUT
AVG. GOALS PER GAME
Last season, the Wolves won 61 percent of games in which they did not allow the opposing team to score a powerplay goal.
POWER PLAY Last season, the Wolves won 48 percent of games in which they scored at least one power-play goal and 40 percent of games when they scored two or more.
SCORING FIRST
Any regular-season game that ends overtime play with a tie score will go into a shootout. A shootout is a series of penalty shots in which each team is allowed five attempts to score in alternating fashion. If after five attempts the teams remain tied, the shootout will continue to alternate shots until one team fails to match the attempt of the other. The winner of the shootout will be awarded one goal.
Last season, the Wolves won 62 percent of games in which they scored the first goal.
SHOTS ON GOAL Last season, the Wolves outshot their opponents in 32 of their 76 regularseason games, and won 16 of those games (16-11-4-1).
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BY SARAH DRAHEIM
TWENTY YEARS AGO, THE CHICAGO WOLVES FRANCHISE WAS IN ITS INFANCY, STILL A WHELP WITH ITS EYES CLOSED. AND LIKE ALL THINGS NEW TO THIS WORLD, IT SPENT ITS FIRST DAYS BLINDLY SEEKING IDENTITY. THAT’S WHY – FOR JUST A MOMENT IN TIME – IT HAD WHEELS.
WAYNE MESSMER: It started as a professional roller hockey team. I was brought on to put that together, to write up the organizational structure and the business and marketing plans. Then I had to help find people to run the thing. One of the first major decisions we made as a business was to get rid of the original concept.
DON LEVIN: We had done everything for roller hockey. Then Grant Mulvey (the first general manager for the Wolves) was reading an article that said the International Hockey League was putting a franchise in Indiana. So he called the league and asked, “Was it true?” They said no. He said, “Well, would you put one in Chicago?” So, we bought a franchise. BUDDY MEYERS: That’s when we talked about taking the wheels out of the wolf. Levin and Meyers, two former roommates, had to find a place for their new pack to dwell – and they did – but at least initially, the accommodations were far from five-star.
LEVIN: We rented an office space in Des Plaines. We decided we probably needed enough space for 12 people. That was what we needed for a hockey team, for everything. Little did I know – and many millions of dollars and several buildings later – that you need a lot of space and a lot of people. I had no clue.
MEYERS: The difference is that Don was running this like a business. A lot of International League teams – and American League teams – never did, and honestly, although I don’t like to admit it: Don knows how to run a business. While the newly minted ownership duo found sufficient space for their operation, Messmer was charged with overseeing one of the most important parts of building a brand – the logo.
MESSMER: We had a graphic artist and he was charged with coming up with something clever and smart, something that would pass the Don Levin litmus test. You know, a wolf lends itself to certain cartoonish types of images. Then, of
course, at first it was still roller hockey. So he did a version of that. The complete logo with the stick and the giant puck behind the Wolves head? That came later. The discussion kept going back to, “We want green eyes.” Don was adamant about that. Everything was coming together off the ice, but the final and most important component was yet to be built as the franchise neared its inaugural season. They needed to put a product on the ice. For that, they leaned heavily on a man whose hockey career spans thousands of miles, many decades and more than a few countries.
GENE UBRIACO: Don and Buddy came to a game I was coaching in Atlanta to interview me. Then I came to Chicago and saw everything and I thought, “We can’t miss here.” I was the first coach and general manager. After having been in Pittsburgh with the Penguins, and getting canned, I realized I needed to reinvent myself. I said, “Baloney. I’m gonna go somewhere and be there.” After that first contract, it’s just been a handshake. Here we are 20 years later. Together with Mulvey and Ubriaco, Levin and Meyers began to build their first Chicago Wolves roster. One of the first guys to sign on the dotted line was already a very famous face in the Second City.
AL SECORD: I was playing roller hockey with the Chicago Cheetahs and Grant came to a couple of my games and asked me if I would play for the Wolves. I said I was retired from hockey (Secord spent eight seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, retiring in 1990). We talked for several weeks, and I finally agreed to come to training camp. I said, “If I don’t embarrass myself I will play, but if it looks like I can’t compete and keep up with these young guys, then I’m not gonna play.” But if Secord thought his playing days were over when he retired from the team across town, he was wrong.
Serendipity had other plans.
SECORD: I didn’t want to see another puck or rink or hockey stick. But then I started to put on weight after I retired. So I decided to play roller hockey and playing in hot rinks across the city helped me get into pretty good shape again. So it just worked out when Grant asked me to come and play for the Wolves. I don’t think people who came saw the same Al Secord as when I was in my 20s, but I still went out there and gave 100 percent. UBRIACO: Al is such a well-conditioned person that he was able to come back, play and gave us instant credibility and respect. He was tough. I remember thinking, “Well, if you can’t win every game, you should try and win every tough spot you’re in.” That’s why we got Al Secord. WENDELL YOUNG: He scared a lot of guys on our team and he scared a lot of guys on the other team. If you went around him in practice, you were going to get chopped.
LEVIN: He had such a presence on the ice. It wasn’t just his ability as a player. His presence was bigger than he was. He earned everything he ever had.
BILLY GARDNER: Signing him showed that this wasn’t just going to be some country club coming in to play hockey. This was going to be watching him, a superstar, and the way he played the game every day. It gave the Wolves an opportunity to really mold the team. Sure enough, there were more names and faces to follow, and that first Chicago Wolves squad began to come together. Now all they had to do was come home and play. SEE THE NEXT EDITION OF BREAKWAY FOR MORE ON THE 20-YEAR HISTORY
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