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WOLVES HISTORY
THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS The Chicago Wolves are the proud owners of four league championships: The International Hockey League’s Turner Cup in 1998 and 2000 and the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup in 2002 and 2008. It takes a team full of strong performers – superb playmakers, stalwart goaltenders and stay-at-home defensemen — in order to hoist a Cup and raise a banner to the rafters. But every championship team has a player who can’t be equaled by the opponent. That man earns an extra measure of immortality by earning the award that goes to the Most Valuable Player in the postseason. Here’s how the Wolves won their four titles and the four men who earned the MVP honors once the job was done.
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CHICAGO 4, DETROIT 3 In just their fourth year of existence, the Wolves earned their first trip to a Final and found themselves locked in a hard-fought battle with the defending champion Detroit Vipers. After the teams split the first six games, tensions were so high for Game 7 at Allstate Arena that the teams engaged in a brawl at the end of warmups. Once play began, the sellout crowd of 16,701 was treated to a taut thriller that was scoreless through two periods. Then Chris Marinucci and Alexander Semak delivered goals 24 seconds apart early in the third and the Wolves claimed their first title with a 3-0 victory.
MVP: ALEXANDER SEMAK When the Ufa, Russia, native joined the Wolves prior to the 1997-98 season, the 31-year-old center was coming off six seasons in the National Hockey League. Semak shared fourth on the Wolves with 61 points during 1997-98, but he cranked up his production during the Turner Cup Playoffs and led the Wolves with 27 points (10 goals, 17 assists) in 22 games. WHERE HE IS NOW: Semak is the general manager for Salavat Yuleav, the KHL club for which he grew up playing. He also serves as a Deputy for the Bashkortostan State Assembly in his hometown of Ufa.
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CHICAGO 4, GRAND RAPIDS 2 After posting the IHL’s best regular-season record and blasting through the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Wolves met the Eastern Division champion Grand Rapids Griffins in the Final. The Wolves missed a chance to close out the series in Game 5 at home, but Chicago rallied to claim the Turner Cup with a 3-1 Game 6 triumph at Grand Rapids. Center Derek Plante, who rejoined the team just three weeks earlier, scored a pair of goals 26 seconds apart in the second period to kickstart the Wolves’ celebration.
MVP: ANDREI TREFILOV Similar to Alexander Semak, goaltender Andrei Trefilov made his mark in Russia before coming to North America to test his skills. Trefilov arrived after winning an Olympic gold medal playing for the Unified Team in 1992. He logged time with the Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres and Chicago Blackhawks – posting a 12-25-4 record with a 3.45 goalsagainst average – before joining the Wolves for the 19992000 season. The 30-year-old Trefilov and Wendell Young split the 16 Turner Cup Playoff games right down the middle, but Trefilov posted an absurd 7-1 record, 1.35 GAA, and .950 save percentage to earn the Poile Trophy. WHERE HE IS NOW: Works as a sports agent.
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WOLVES HISTORY
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CHICAGO 4, BRIDGEPORT 1 The Wolves’ first season in the American Hockey League was a struggle. After finishing the regular season just 6 games above the .500 mark, the team had to win a best-of-three qualifying series just to reach the quarterfinals. But as the playoffs progressed, the Wolves gained steam and captured 12 of their last 14 games to win the Calder Cup. The capper was a Game 5 thriller at Allstate Arena that needed two overtimes to decide. Center Yuri Butsayev scored 2:05 into the second OT to earn a 4-3 win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
MVP: PASI NURMINEN After playing for several years in his native Finland, including one season where he was named the top goalie in the Finnish Elite League, Pasi Nurminen was selected in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers. Given that he already was 25, Nurminen came straight to America and split his regular season between the Wolves and the Thrashers. Nurminen had the highest goals-against average among the three Wolves goalies during the regular season, but he transformed into a stopper during the Calder Cup Playoffs. Nurminen appeared in 21 of the team’s 25 postseason games and produced a 15-5 record with 2 shutouts and a 1.94 GAA. He was in net when the Wolves captured the Calder Cup on June 3, 2002, and subsequently received the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as Playoff MVP. WHERE HE IS NOW: Nurminen served as Atlanta’s primary goaltender from 2002-04 before returning to Europe. He became the Finnish National Team’s goaltender coach for a time and now works as an assistant coach for the Pelicans in the Finnish Elite League.
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CHICAGO 4, WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 2 This Wolves squad was one for the ages. John Anderson’s team won 13 of its first 14 games and rolled to 111 points during the regular season. Chicago faced the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins in the Calder Cup Final and took the first three games by a combined 15-7 score. After the Penguins rallied to win twice at home, the Wolves returned to Allstate Arena and captured the Game 6 clincher 5-2. Center Jason Krog assisted Nathan Oystrick on Game 6’s first goal, then scored the Wolves’ next three goals to thrill the Allstate Arena crowd.
MVP: JASON KROG During the magical 2007-08 season, Jason Krog teamed up on a line with Darren Haydar and Brett Sterling and led the American Hockey League in goals (39), assists (73) and points (112) on his way to the regular-season MVP award. Not that anyone considered it a fluke, but Krog repeated his feat during the Calder Cup Playoffs. The 32-year-old center piled up 12 goals (tied with Haydar), 26 assists and 38 points in 24 games to pace the Wolves to a fourth championship in 11 seasons. He became the first player to win the Les Cunningham Award (for the regular-season MVP) and the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy (for playoff MVP). WHERE HE IS NOW: After his fourth and final season with the Wolves in 2010-11, Krog has spent the last five years playing in Europe. The 40-year-old helped France’s Rouen Dragons win the 2016 IIHF Continental Cup, then signed a contract to play in Norway for Lorenskog.
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WOLVES OWNERSHIP
DON LEVIN CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD / GOVERNOR Donald R. Levin (luh-VIN) founded DRL Enterprises, Inc., in 1969. The Glenview-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 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 devotes a good portion of his support to Chicago’s Department of Animal Care and Control (CACC). In cooperation with CACC, the Wolves host Adopt-a-Dog Night one Saturday night each month during the season and encourage fans to provide the dogs a forever home. The Adopt-A-Dog program found homes for 1,281 dogs in its first 16 seasons. In 2003, Levin purchased and donated the Animobile — a mobile adoption unit and a modern clinic staffed by CACC veterinarians and adoption specialists. In 2014, he pledged a $2 million donation to CACC to spur an $8.2 million renovation. 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 18 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 1999-2000 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 discharged. Levin and his wife, Kathleen Ann, have a son, Robert, and live in the northern suburbs.
BUDDY MEYERS VICE CHAIRMAN Buddy Meyers, a principal owner of the Wolves who founded the franchise with Don Levin and Grant Mulvey in January 1994, has been involved in the world of hockey for 45 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, who was inducted into the Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame on Jan. 26, 2014, is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and holds a juris doctor degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago Kent. He and Jill live in the River North area of Chicago and have five children between them: Justin, Lindsey, Zak, Brad and Leslie. They also have four grandchildren: Emmie, Macartny, Sienna and Elle.
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WENDELL YOUNG GENERAL MANAGER During Wendell Young’s first seven seasons as the Chicago Wolves general manager, the team has compiled a .582 winning percentage and captured three division titles: the 2010 West, 2012 Midwest and 2014 Midwest. Young has been a member of the Wolves organization in virtually every capacity — including player, coach, and executive — since the team’s inaugural campaign in 1994. He served as assistant coach and executive director of team relations for six seasons before transitioning into the general manager role in August 2009. The 53-year-old stands as the Wolves’ all-time leader among goaltenders in games (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 retired on Dec. 1, 2001 — becoming the first Wolves player to receive the honor. 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.
BILL BENTLEY ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER Bill Bentley is in his seventh season as Wolves assistant general manager and stands as 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 15 years, which includes all four seasons that ended with a championship. The Chicago native joined the organization as a statistician in 1994 and was promoted to team services manager a year later. The 47-year-old spent 12 seasons as the director of hockey administration 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.
GENE UBRIACO DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS Gene Ubriaco, who has been with the Wolves since the franchise’s inception in 1994, returns for his 19th season as the team’s director of hockey operations and seventh as senior advisor. Ubriaco served as the Wolves’ first head coach and guided the expansion team to a 3433-14 record and a berth in the Turner Cup playoffs. The 78-year-old Ubriaco began his coaching career at Lake Superior State University in 1972-73. He became the head coach of the National Hockey League’s Pittsburgh Penguins in 1988. Under his tutelage, the Penguins posted a 50-47-9 record, shattered several team records, and advanced to the Stanley Cup Playoffs after a seven-year absence. The Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, native posted 39 goals and 35 assists in 177 NHL regular-season games while playing with the Penguins (1967-68), the Oakland Seals (1968-69) and the Chicago Blackhawks (1969-70). He dedicates himself to numerous charitable causes, including the American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association.
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REUNITED…AND IT FEELS SO GOOD FORMER JUNIOR LINEMATES HOPE TO SPARK ON-ICE SUCCESS FOR WOLVES BY LINDSEY WILLHITE | PHOTO BY ROSS DETTMAN
This season, left wing Andrew Agozzino and center Alex Friesen have reunited as members of the Chicago Wolves. Unbeknownst to one another, on July, 2, 2016, the friends and former junior teammates each signed a two-way National Hockey League contract with the St. Louis Blues. “I found out through a mutual friend,” Agozzino said. “Our buddy texted me the day we both signed to tell me that [Alex] signed with St. Louis and ask me if I had. I thought he was joking, but then I texted Alex and he really had.” The news came as a pleasant surprise for the 25-year-olds. “It’s pretty cool,” Friesen said. “We played – for the most part – on the same line for five years, so when we found out we were both coming here we got pretty excited.” Prior to playing together for the Wolves, Friesen and Agozzino spent five seasons together with the Ontario Hockey League’s Niagara IceDogs. The duo are the only two players in Niagara franchise history to skate for the IceDogs during the team’s first five seasons – the duration of both Agozzino’s and Friesen’s junior careers – based in St. Catharines, Ontario. Prior to the start of the 2007-08 season, the club moved from Mississauga – located along the northern coast of Lake Ontario – to St. Catharines nestled along
the lake’s southern coast, not far from Niagara Falls. “St. Catharines is such a strong hockey community,” Agozzino said. And that sentiment rang true throughout his five years in the city. The community fully supported the IceDogs, selling out games almost every weekend and sporting the team colors – red, white and black – all season long. In that time, squad set numerous team records. Most of them came during the Agozzino’s and Friesen’s final campaign – 2011-12 – when Niagara set season benchmarks for points (97), wins (47) and goals against (169). During the 2009-10 season, the club scored a franchiserecord 191 goals. The 2011-12 season is widely regarded as the IceDogs’ most successful. Aside from the franchise team records, Niagara made their first appearance in the OHL playoff final – competing for the J. Ross Robertson Cup – against the London Knights. Unfortunately the storybook ending was not to happen as Niagara fell to London in five games. However, that season is still a fond memory for then-team captain Agozzino – still the longest tenured (2009-12) captain in franchise history – and thenalternate captain Friesen. And, of course, the city. “We were the talk of the town,” Agozzino recalled. “When we were in the middle of the playoffs, the city
buses had ‘Go, Dogs, Go!’ across the sides, and everywhere we went people were buzzing about the team.” Part of what made that season so great was the chemistry between Agozzino and Friesen – the duo played on the same line three seasons. That chemistry helped both players cement their places in the Niagara record book. Agozzino is the team’s all-time leading scorer with 159 goals and 147 assists for 306 points through a franchise-record 318 games. Friesen is second on the all-time games played list (292) and is the franchise leader with 152 assists. “We played so long together in Niagara that we really got to know each other’s tendencies on the ice,” Friesen said. “There would be certain plays that I would know exactly what he was going to do.” Though the tandem has not played together consistently in Chicago, they do hope for that chance. Right now, they usually share the ice on special teams or after a partial line change. Both players also recognize finding the chemistry that allowed Niagara success will take time to rekindle. “You go out here and you think those plays are happening, but you may be just a little off in timing,” Agozzino said. “Hopefully, if we get some extended time together we can find that success we had.”
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#3 JARED NIGHTINGALE
#4 MORGAN ELLIS
#5 REID MCNEILL
#6 VINCE DUNN
D / H: 6-3 W: 205 October 3, 1982 Jackson, Michigan
D / H: 6-1 W: 208 April 30, 1992 Summerside, Prince Edward Island
D / H: 6-4 W: 215 April 29, 1992 London, Ontario
D / H: 6-0 W: 192 October 29, 1996 Lindsay, Ontario
#8 ALEX FRIESEN
#9 ANDREW AGOZZINO
#10 CONNER BLEACKLEY
#12 WADE MEGAN
C / H: 5-10 W: 184 January 30, 1991 St. Catharines, Ontario
LW / H: 5-9 W: 185 January 3, 1991 Kleinburg, Ontario
C / H: 6-0 W: 201 February 7, 1996 High River, Alberta
C / H: 6-1 W: 194 July 22, 1990 Canton, New York
#13 LANDON FERRARO
#14 PETTERI LINDBOHM
#15 MACKENZIE
#17 SAMUEL BLAIS
C / H: 6-0 W: 183 August 8, 1991 Trail, British Columbia
D / H: 6-3 W: 212 September 23, 1993 Helsinki, Finland
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LW / H: 6-1 W: 193 June 17, 1996 Montmagny, Quebec
#18 KENNY AGOSTINO
#21 SCOOTER VAUGHAN
#22 IVAN BARBASHEV
#23 MAGNUS PAAJARVI
LW / H: 6-0 W: 205 April 30, 1992 Morristown, New Jersey
D / H: 6-1 W: 202 April 8, 1989 Placentia, California
C / H: 6-0 W: 195 December 14, 1995 Moscow, Russia
LW / H: 6-2 W: 205 April 12, 1991 Norrkoping, Sweden
LW / H: 6-2 W: 209 March 9, 1994 Troy, Michigan
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#24 JORDAN SCHMALTZ
#25 CHRIS BUTLER
#26 BRYCE GERVAIS
#27 JORDAN CARON
D / H: 6-2 W: 200 October 8, 1993 Verona, Wisconsin
D / H: 6-1 W: 200 October 27, 1986 St. Louis, Missouri
RW / H: 5-9 W: 174 February 26, 1992 Battleford, Saskatchewan
RW / H: 6-2 W: 206 November 2, 1990 Sayabec, Quebec
#29 BRETT STERLING
#30 VILLE HUSSO
#31 PHEONIX COPLEY
#35 JORDAN BINNINGTON
LW / H: 5-7 W: 174 April 24, 1984 Los Angeles, California
G / H: 6-2 W: 205 February 6, 1995 Helsinki, Finland
G / H: 6-3 W: 201 January 18, 1992 North Pole, Alaska
G / H: 6-2 W: 179 July 11, 1993 Richmond Hill, Ontario
#36 JUSTIN SELMAN
#39 BRAD HUNT
F / H: 60 W: 198 October 2, 1993 Upper Saddle River, NJ
D / H: 5-9 W: 185 August 24, 1988 Maple Ridge, British Columbia
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For much of Kenny Agostino’s hockey career, his mother, Anne, has had a deal with her oldest son. When she attends his games, the 24-year-old Chicago Wolves forward is supposed to nod his head or provide some other subtle gesture that acknowledges he can hear her while on the ice. “She’s 5-foot-3, but you can hear her for sure in a 14,000-seat arena,” Kenny said. “Or at least I always can. She’s the classic Italian mom. She’s the best.” Ken Agostino, Kenny’s father and Anne’s loving husband for the last 28 years, isn’t surprised Kenny can hear his mom above the din. After all, Ken and Anne have enjoyed a lot of games together over the years. So anything Kenny hears, Ken hears at a much higher decibel level. “My wife can whistle like a truck driver,” Ken said. “Maybe don’t put me down as the one who said that. It punctures my eardrum. But she just loves hockey.” The whole Agostino family loves hockey, which has made Kenny’s journey that much sweeter for them to enjoy. From Delbarton School in New Jersey to Yale University to the NHL’s Calgary Flames to the Chicago Wolves, Kenny’s hockey life has been amazing. That includes a remarkable start to his Wolves tenure. Through the team’s first 32 games, Agostino paced the entire American Hockey League in points (37) and assists (27). That included a dominant stretch where he handed out 21 assists in 16 games. “He’s strong with the puck,” said Wolves head coach Craig Berube. “He’s making plays and he’s got skill with his hands. He can do some pretty neat things.” “I have been fortunate to be one of those fathers who has gotten to be there to share it every step of the way,” Ken said. Ken and Anne Agostino grew up on Staten Island. Neither went to college nor had interest in hockey. When Ken was 18, he opted to go into the finance industry. He worked a lot of years on Wall Street, but now he works from 3 to 11 p.m. (when the Asian market is open) managing his firm’s foreign currency desk.
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He and Anne built a fine home and a great family in Flanders, N.J., roughly 45 miles west of New York City. First came Amanda, who graduated from University of Connecticut. Last came the twins, Davis and Trevor, who just graduated from Loyola (Md.), where they played club hockey and prepared for their own nascent financial careers. Kenny arrived in 1992. Ken never played hockey – he grew up as a baseball pitcher – but he noticed how much Kenny enjoyed hockey when he gave it a try as a preschooler. When he couldn’t play outside or at a rink, he’d whack roller balls and tennis balls and stickhandle with golf balls in the family’s unfinished basement. “It became THE most important thing in his life,” Ken said. Instead of leaving home to seek his hockey fortunes, Kenny enrolled at Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J. When he suited up for the varsity as a freshman, he stood all of 5-foot-tall and weighed 120 pounds. Ken remembers how tiny his son looked when standing on the ice next to the upperclassmen.
“One of the coaches told me, ‘Listen, your kid’s terrific. But I’m afraid he’s going to get hurt,’ ” Ken said. “I told him, ‘I don’t care.’ ” Kenny grew each year – and his high-level skills with the puck kept growing at a similar rate. When his career at Delbarton School was through, he was the first (and remains the only) person to win New Jersey Player of the Year honors twice. He earned three state championships – the last one with brothers Davis and Trevor joining him on the varsity. Oh, and he also was drafted in the fifth round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Though Kenny describes himself as a light-hearted person who tries not to take anything seriously except hockey, he didn’t jump at the chance to turn pro. Yale has a way of doing that to a young man. “I went to Yale and saw the campus and it sort of blew me away,” Kenny said. “They had just put a lot of money into their locker room, so the facilities and the rink were incredible. I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of it. The “Whale,” they call it. It’s a really cool architecturally structured arena. It was the coaching staff, the campus, just everything, I fell in love with it instantly. So when I got the offer, I think I called them on the drive home and said, ‘I’m in.’ “I was a pretty decent student. I worked hard. Going to a school like Delbarton, they stress academics and athletics. Neither of my parents went to college, so to get an opportunity to get to go to a school like Yale – understanding that there is life after hockey – it was a no-brainer for me and my family.” When Kenny headed to Yale, leaving behind a bedroom
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laden with trophies and medals and New York Rangers posters that remains intact today, he didn’t leave behind his family. Ken and Anne attended every game – home and away. Ken and Kenny, who calls his dad his best friend, talked three times a day. Kenny also developed immediate friendships with all of his hockey teammates, including classmate Gus Young. The defenseman, who started this season with the Wolves, chimed in on his buddy prior to being traded to the San Antonio Rampage on Dec. 17. “He’s hard not to like,” Young said. “He doesn’t take
a lot too seriously. I think hockey is, by far, the thing he takes most seriously. He has a passion for it. He’s a laid-back kid. Easy to get along with. Funny. Goofy. That was definitely my first impression of him – and I would say those are still my impressions of him, to be honest.” Blessed with several future pros such as Agostino and Young on the roster, Yale enjoyed the best run in its hockey history. In 2012-13, Kenny shared the team’s scoring honors when the Elis captured their first NCAA championship. He and his teammates enjoyed an official invitation to visit to the White House, where they met President Obama as well as Secretary of State John Kerry (a Yale alum and big hockey fan). Kenny’s senior season didn’t work out quite as well on the ice – the team fell short of another NCAA tournament bid – but he continued to enjoy all that his university had to offer. Yale is famous for its secret societies such as Skull and Bones. Prior to his senior year, Kenny was one of 15 people invited to join Mace and Chain. Once you’re part of such a society, you’re a member for life – which helps to explain why Kenny prefers not to reveal too many details about it. “It’s one of the originals,” Kenny said. “There are eight original founding societies at Yale. You meet twice a week as a senior. It’s a really cool way to meet people on campus that you’ve never met. It’s not a crazy big campus, but obviously everyone finds their own niche and social circles. It was a great experience. I got to make friendships with people I would have never met at Yale.” Kenny had to cut short his senior year, though, because the Calgary Flames had other plans for him. On March 15, 2014, he played his final game for Yale. Two days after that, the Flames signed him to a contract. Four days after that, he made his NHL debut against Nashville in Calgary. And, yes, his parents made the trip from New Jersey to see hi m play. As Kenny joked with reporters the morning of the game, “My mom will probably be the loudest woman in the arena.” Kenny needed just five NHL games to earn his first professional goal – scoring against Florida’s Roberto Luongo on April 4, 2014. “It was a bit of a whirlwind early on,” Kenny said. “Just a complete transition from college hockey to playing in the NHL, but it was obviously my dream to play in the NHL and a really special experience. I had my parents in the stands and my family in the stands for that first game.” V BREAKAWAY MAGAZINE
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CRAIG BERUBE HEAD COACH Craig Berube was named Chicago Wolves head coach on June 29, 2016. This marks Berube’s 12th season as a coach, which includes two seasons as the head coach for the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers. The 50-year-old Calahoo, Alberta, native spent 11 years as a coach in the Philadelphia organization prior to joining the Wolves. He signed during the 2003-04 season to serve as a player/assistant coach for the AHL’s Philadelphia Phantoms. In 2006, he was promoted to Phantoms head coach, but worked only six games (3-2-1-0) before accepting a job as Flyers assistant. After completing the 2006-07 season with the Flyers, Berube returned to the Phantoms and guided the team to a 46-27-4-3 record (.619) and a berth in the East Division Final. Berube rejoined the Flyers coaching staff for the 2008-09 season and served as an assistant until being elevated to the head-coaching spot 3 games into the 2013-14 season. He directed the Flyers to third place in the Metropolitan Division and a Stanley Cup Playoffs bid. He also handled the 2014-15 season and posted a 75-58-28 record (.553) during his Flyers tenure. Prior to his coaching career, Berube played in the NHL from 1987-2003. During his 17-year career, which featured stops with Philadelphia, Toronto, Calgary, Washington and the New York Islanders, Berube notched 61 goals, 98 assists and 3,149 penalty minutes during 1,054 regular-season games. He stands seventh on the NHL’s all-time list for penalty minutes.
DARRYL SYDOR ASSISTANT COACH Two-time Stanley Cup champion Darryl Sydor joined the Chicago Wolves as an assistant coach on July 25, 2016. Sybor, 44, spent the previous five seasons as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Wild (NHL). The Wild posted a regular-season record of 188-143-45 (.560) during his tenure behind the bench and earned Stanley Cup Playoff berths each of the last four years. He entered the coaching profession with the Houston Aeros (AHL) in 2010-11. Prior to becoming a coach, the Edmonton, Alberta, native enjoyed a 19-year NHL career that included All-Star Game appearances in 1998 and 1999. Selected by the Los Angeles Kings with the seventh overall selection in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, the 6-foot-1, 211-pound defenseman jumped from the Kamloops Blazers (WHL) to the Kings at the age of 19. Sydor stacked up 98 goals and 409 assists in 1,291 regular-season games for the Kings, Dallas Stars, Columbus Blue Jackets, Tampa Bay Lightning, Pittsburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues.
DANIEL TKACZUK ASSISTANT COACH Daniel Tkaczuk joined the Chicago Wolves as an assistant coach on July 25, 2016. Tkaczuk, 37, spent the last four seasons coaching in the Ontario Hockey League. He served as an assistant coach for Kitchener last season and helped the Rangers reach the second round of the OHL playoffs. He spent 2012-15 with the Owen Sound Attack. The Toronto native was the No. 6 overall selection by the Calgary Flames in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Tkaczuk posted 4 goals and 7 assists in 19 NHL games with the Flames in 2000-01. He appeared in 286 regular-season AHL games – suiting up for the Saint John Flames, Worcester IceCats, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Syracuse Crunch, Rochester Americans and Hartford Wolf Pack -- and notched 59 goals and 109 assists. In 2001, he delivered 10 goals and 9 assists to help Saint John capture the Calder Cup.
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WESTWARD HO! The American Hockey League continues to expand its reach in the western half of the country as the Springfield Falcons have moved to Arizona and become the Tucson Roadrunners. In addition, the Portland Pirates moved to Massachusetts to become the Springfield Thunderbirds. The AHL will maintain its twoconference, four-division alignment for the second year in a row, but Tucson’s arrival has led to a change in conference membership. Instead of housing 15 teams apiece, the Western Conference boasts 16 teams split between the Central and Pacific while the Eastern Conference features 14 teams split between the Atlantic and North. In both conferences, the top four teams in each division (ranked by points percentage) will qualify for the 2017 Calder Cup Playoffs.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
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CENTRAL DIVISION
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Chicago Wolves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Louis Blues Charlotte Checkers. . . . . . . . . . . . Carolina Hurricanes Grand Rapids Griffins . . . . . . . . . . . Detroit Red Wings Iowa Wild. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minnesota Wild Cleveland Monsters. . . . . . . . . Columbus Blue Jackets Manitoba Moose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winnipeg Jets Milwaukee Admirals. . . . . . . . . . . . Nashville Predators Rockford IceHogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago Blackhawks
Bridgeport Sound Tigers . . . . . . . New York Islanders Hartford Wolf Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York Rangers Hershey Bears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington Capitals Lehigh Valley Phantoms . . . . . . . . Philadelphia Flyers Providence Bruins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boston Bruins Springfield Thunderbirds . . . . . . . . . . Florida Panthers
PACIFIC DIVISION
NORTH DIVISION
Bakersfield Condors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edmonton Oilers Ontario Reign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Los Angeles Kings San Antonio Rampage. . . . . . . . . . Colorado Avalanche San Diego Gulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anaheim Ducks San Jose Barracuda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Jose Sharks Stockton Heat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calgary Flames Texas Stars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dallas Stars Tucson Roadrunners . . . . . . . . . . . . Arizona Coyotes
Albany Devils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Jersey Devils Binghamton Senators . . . . . . . . . . . . Ottawa Senators Rochester Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buffalo Sabres St. John’s IceCaps. . . . . . . . . . . . . Montreal Canadiens Syracuse Crunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Marlies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toronto Maple Leafs Utica Comets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vancouver Canucks
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins . . . . . . . Pittsburgh Penguins
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HOCKEY 101
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CHICKLETS
EMPTY NET GOAL
An assist is credited to a player who helps set up a goal. Assists are awarded to the last two men to handle the puck immediately preceding the goal.
Area of the net the goalie defends.
Shooting the puck into the net.
A clear scoring opportunity where no defensive player is between the puck carrier and the goaltender.
Teeth.
A goal scored against an opponent that has pulled the goalie for an extra attacker in an attempt to tie the game.
FACE-OFF
HAT TRICK
LIGHT THE LAMP
OFFSIDE
TOP SHELF
TURNOVER
The action of an official dropping the puck between the sticks of two opposing players to start play.
When a player scores three goals (or more) in a game.
What happens when a team scores. The goal judge at the end of the ice flips on the red light.
A team is offside when a player crosses the offensive zone blue line before the puck does.
When a player tries to beat the goaltender with a shot into the upper part of the net. Also known as “top cheese,” “cookie jar” and “water bottle.”
Losing control of the puck to the opposing team.
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Penalty minutes incurred by forward Zach O’Brien in 62 games, which led the AHL and set a franchise record for fewest penalty minutes.
Pat Cannone recorded two hat tricks in a 10-day stretch (Jan. 17 at Grand Rapids and Jan. 26 at Iowa). That’s the second-shortest time span between a pair of hat tricks in franchise annals. Steve Maltais delivered hat tricks on back-to-back nights in October 1995.
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Pat Cannone became the third Wolves player to win the Most Valuable Player award at an All-Star Game. Cannone scored 3 goals and handed out 1 assist to lead the Central Division to the AHL All-Star Classic title.
When the Wolves crushed Manitoba 8-2 on Dec. 2 at Allstate Arena, it marked the 500th home win in franchise history.
(Joining Steve Larouche in 2001 and Brett Sterling in 2007)
SINGLE-SEASON FRANCHISE RECORDS GOALS V 60 STEVE MALTAIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1996-97)
PENALTY MINUTES V 336 KEVIN MACDONALD . . . . . . . . . . . (1994-95)
ASSISTS V 91 ROB BROWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1995-96)
PLUS/MINUS V +47 ARTURS KULDA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2009-10)
GAME-WINNING GOALS V 10 CHRIS MARINUCCI . . . . . . . . . . . . (1998-99) BRETT STERLING . . . . . . . . . . . . (2007-08) MARK MANCARI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2011-12) SHANE HARPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2014-15)
WINS V 38 KARI LEHTONEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2004-05) SHUTOUTS V 7 JAKE ALLEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2013-14)
ALL-TIME FRANCHISE RECORDS GOALS LEADERS 1. STEVE MALTAIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 2. BRETT STERLING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 3. ROB BROWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 4. DARREN HAYDAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 5. CHRIS MARINUCCI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 6. JASON KROG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 7. STEVE LAROUCHE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 8. J.P. VIGIER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 DEREK MACKENZIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 10. SCOTT PEARSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE LEADERS (MINIMUM 25 APPEARANCES)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
RICHARD SHULMISTRA. . . . . . . . . . 1.89 JAKE ALLEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.03 KARI LEHTONEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.33 ANDREI TREFILOV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.36 EDDIE LACK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.46 JORDAN BINNINGTON. . . . . . . . . . 2.59 DREW MacINTYRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.66 ROBERT GHERSON. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.67 FRED BRATHWAITE . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.68 ONDREJ PAVELEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.69
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