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A LOCKPORT PIZZERIA REVEALS TERRY BROADHURST’S LOVE OF FAMILY AND HOCKEY – AND THE VALUES THEY’VE INSTILLED

EXCLUSIVE: BEHIND THE SCENES WITH TERRY BROADHURST //

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03 LEAGUE WELCOME

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06 WOLVES HISTORY

17 MEET THE WOLVES

34 COLIN FRASER

09 OWNERSHIP

29 RECORD BREAKERS

37 GAME TIME

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HOCKEY OPERATIONS

30 HOCKEY 101

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BEHIND THE BENCH

FRONT OFFICE Seth Gold Irwin Jann Mike Gordon Wayne Messmer Dana Wildman

TV Director Director President Senior Executive Vice President Executive Assistant

Senior Vice President of Operations Creative Services Manager Game Operations Manager Community Relations Coordinator Community Relations Assistant Merchandise Intern

CREATIVE SERVICES Imran Javed Troy Mueller Josh Sasman Ross Dettman

Digital Content Manager Senior Graphic Designer Creative Services Intern Team Photographer

COMMUNICATIONS Lindsey Willhite Elise Butler Mitch Terrell

Ron Storto Sarah Draheim Cameron Gibson

Executive TV Producer TV Production Manager TV Associate Producer

TV BROADCAST Jason Shaver Bill Gardner

OPERATIONS Courtney Mahoney Dan Harris John Sherlock Camille Colletti Kira Hoskey Brian Robak

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Play-by-Play Announcer Color Analyst

HOCKEY OPERATIONS Norine Gillner Mike Nardella

Hockey Operations Assistant Hockey Operations

PARTNERSHIPS Jon Sata Greg Sprott Mark Iralson Clint Taylor Jake Schuster Amy Bernstein Kayle Gray

Vice President of Partnerships Manager of Partnerships Partnerships Sales Executive Partnerships Sales Executive Parternships Junior Sales Executive Partnerships Client Services Coord.

Partnerships Client Services Coord.

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DAVID A. ANDREWS

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

American Hockey League One Monarch Place – Springfield, MA 01144 Phone: (413) 781-2030 Fax: (413) 733-4767

Dear Fans, It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 2014-15 American Hockey League season, our 79th year of play. We are proud to be entering what is sure to be another exciting season, continuing our tradition of excellence and bringing an entertaining, physical and highly skilled level of professional hockey to more than 6 million fans in arenas across North America.

The 2014-15 season will once again feature 30 teams who will be competing for the AHL’s historic Calder Cup championship, and 30 National Hockey League clubs who will be developing their top prospects and future stars in our cities. Last season alone, more than 240 first- and second-round NHL draft picks competed in the American Hockey League, and 347 players took the ice in both the AHL and the NHL. We take great pride in our tradition of developing the best hockey talent in the world, with over 88 percent of today’s NHL players, coaches and officials having honed their skills in the American Hockey League. Through the years, our loyal and passionate fans have enjoyed cheering for more than 100 future Hockey Hall of Famers, and have witnessed the triumphs of more than 100 Calder Cup champions who would go on to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup as well.

We’re pleased to continue to deliver professional hockey to the great fans of Glens Falls, N.Y., and we welcome Allentown, Pa., to the league as the Adirondack Flames and Lehigh Valley Phantoms hit the ice this season. The AHL’s two newest entries will join the rest of the league in looking to dethrone the defending Calder Cup champion Texas Stars in the chase for the AHL’s 2015 title.

On behalf of all of our teams, players and staff, thank you again for your continuing support of the AHL. I wish you the utmost enjoyment of all the excitement that our 2014-15 season has in store.

Sincerely,

David A. Andrews President & Chief Executive Officer American Hockey League

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WOLVES HISTORY

FOUR-TIME CHAMPIONS THE CHICAGO WOLVES FRANCHISE HAS A TASTE FOR WINNING. An organization that has been defined by excellence in its first 20 seasons, the Wolves reached the league final six times and came away champions four times duing an 11-year span from 1997-2008. Twice capturing the International Hockey League’s Turner Cup (1998 and 2000) and twice the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup (2002 and 2008), the team has shown that it can compete regardless of which league it plays in. Two decades after its inception and without ever finishing the regular season with a losing record, the Wolves look to carry that tradition into 2014-15. Here we look at the four days in Wolves history where the team walked away with the biggest prize of all - a championship.

1998 TURNER CUP

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2OO2 CALDER CUP

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J UNE 5, 2000

JUNE 3, 2002

JUNE 10, 2008

Backed by 16,701 fans, the secondlargest crowd in Turner Cup Final history, the Wolves shut out the Detroit Vipers 3-0 in Game 7 to capture their first Turner Cup championship at Allstate Arena (then the Rosemont Horizon). It was the first seven-game series for the IHL Championship in 13 years, while the shutout set a thenfranchise 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 3-2 series deficit in the final. Wolves center Alexander Semak skated away with the N.R. “Bud” Poile Trophy as the postseason’s most valuable player.

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 kicked off their inaugural season in the American Hockey League with their third championship in five years. Center Yuri Butsayev scored 2:05 into Game 5’s second overtime to defeat the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 4-3 at Allstate Arena and capture the Calder Cup championship. The Wolves, who played a league-high 105 games, including an AHL-record 25 postseason games, became the sixth team in league history to win a championship in their inaugural season. Goaltender Pasi Nurminen was awarded the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs, posting a league-leading 15 wins.

Right wing Rob Brown, who notched three assists in the Game 5 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 in Game 6 over the WilkesBarre/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 most valuable player of the 2008 Calder Cup playoffs. He matched franchise marks with 12 goals and 26 assists in the postseason and established a club record with 38 points. Rookie goaltender Ondrej Pavelec collected his 16th postseason win, the most in team history.

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DONALD R. LEVIN (luh-VIN) founded DRL Enterprises, Inc., in 1969. The Chicagobased 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 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 1,146 dogs in its first 13 seasons. In 2003, Levin purchased and donated the Animobile -- a mobile adoption unit and a modern clinic staffed by veterinarians and adoption specialists.

DON LEVIN CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD / GOVERNOR

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 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 they live in the northern suburbs.

Buddy Meyers, a principal owner of the Wolves who founded 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 a 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.

BUDDY MEYERS

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.

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MANAGEMENT & HOCKEY OPS Wendell Young is in his sixth season at the helm of the Wolves hockey operations department. During his first five seasons as general manager, the team compiled a .603 winning percentage (212-132-20-24) and captured the regular-season West Division title in 2009-10 and the Midwest Division title in 2011-12 and 2013-14.

Young has been a member of the Wolves in numerous capacities — 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 51-year-old Young 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.

WENDELL YOUNG GENERAL MANAGER

The Halifax, Nova Scotia, native 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. 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 Pittsburgh Penguins. He also served as goaltending coach for the Calgary Flames from 2001-03.

Young and his wife, Paula, live in the northwest suburbs and have one daughter, Gabrielle, and two sons, Matt and Jack.

Bill Bentley is in his sixth season as assistant general manager and 21st 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 16 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 45-year-old Bentley 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.

BILL BENTLEY

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.

ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER

Bentley and his wife, Jennifer, live in Chicago.

Gene Ubriaco, who has been with the Wolves since the franchise’s inception in 1994, embarks on his 18th season as the team’s director of hockey operations and sixth as senior advisor.

Ubriaco was hired as the Wolves’ first head coach and guided the expansion team to a 34-33-14 record and a berth in the Turner Cup playoffs. He compiled a 61-61-20 record with the Wolves during a three-year span, which included a two-game interim stint during the 1996-97 season.

The 76-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 postseason after a seven-year absence.

GENE UBRIACO DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS

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The Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, native spent three years as a player in the NHL and posted 39 goals and 35 assists in 177 regular-season games spread among the Penguins, Oakland Seals, and Chicago Blackhawks.

He dedicates himself to numerous charitable causes, including the American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association (AHIHA) with which he has been involved since 1974.

Ubriaco and his wife, Nella, have a daughter, Francine, and a son, Gene, and live in the western suburbs.

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BEHIND THE BENCH John Anderson enters his 13th season as Wolves head coach after being re-hired to the position July 16, 2013.

Anderson returned with four years of National Hockey League experience, including two as head coach of Atlanta (2008-10) and two as assistant coach with Arizona (2011-13).

The 57-year-old has guided the Wolves to four championships: two Calder Cups (2002 and 2008) and two Turner Cups (1998 and 2000). He leads the franchise in regularseason wins (551) and postseason victories (108).

Anderson’s squads have set several Wolves single-season records, including 55 wins (1997-98), 114 points (1999-2000), 29 home wins (1997-98, 1998-99), 27 road wins (1999-2000, 2006-07), and 331 goals (2006-07).

JOHN ANDERSON HEAD COACH

Toronto’s first pick (11th overall) in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft, Anderson played 12 seasons with the Maple Leafs (1977-85), Quebec (1985-86), and Hartford (198689). The Toronto native registered five 30-goal campaigns, including four straight from 1981-85.

Anderson ranks 14th in Maple Leafs history with 189 goals and 20th with 393 points.

He amassed 282 goals and 631 points in 814 NHL regular-season games and added nine goals and 27 points in 37 career Stanley Cup Playoff contests.

Mark Hardy enters his first season with the Wolves after being named an assistant coach August 26. A 15-year veteran of the National Hockey League, he brings 19 seasons of bench experience to Chicago.

Hardy joins the team after spending the last three seasons with the ECHL’s Ontario Reign, which finished in second place in the Western Conference each season he was on staff.

The 55-year-old boasts 11 years of NHL coaching experience, having served on the staffs for Los Angeles (1999-2006, 2008-10) and Chicago (2006-08). Hardy served as an assistant coach and defensive specialist, overseeing the third-best penaltykilling unit in Kings history in 2001-02.

The Samedan, Switzerland native began his coaching career as a player/coach and then assistant in the International Hockey League with Detroit (1994-95) and Long Beach (1995-99).

MARK HARDY ASSISTANT COACH

Drafted by Los Angeles in the second round (30th overall) of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft, Hardy collected 368 points (62G, 306A) in 915 career regular-season games as a defenseman for Los Angeles, Minnesota, and New York. He finished his playing career with 70 points (18G, 52A) in 199 IHL games with Phoenix, Detroit, and Los Angeles.

Brad Tapper enters his first season with the Wolves after being named an assistant coach August 26. A member of the 2002 Calder Cup squad, he contributed 58 points in 98 regular-season games and 11 points in 28 postseason tilts with Chicago from 2001-04.

Tapper joins the American Hockey League after five seasons in coaching. He ran the bench for North York for one year in the CCHL and served as an assistant the past four with Florida and Orlando in the ECHL. The 36-year-old won the Kelly Cup with Florida in 2012 and his teams have never failed to make the postseason, posting a 158-102-9-19 record while his forward corps placed in the top 10 in league scoring each season.

The Scarborough, Ontario, native skated in 71 NHL contests with Atlanta from 2000-03, accruing 25 points (14G, 11A) in 71 games. He also suited up for Binghamton (AHL), Philadelphia (AHL), Orlando (IHL), Nürnberg (DEL), Hannover (DEL), Iserlohn (DEL), and RPI (NCAA).

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MAP THE LEAGUE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

MIDWEST DIVISION

ATLANTIC DIVISION

Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Louis

Manchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Los Angeles

Grand Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detroit

Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phoenix

Lake Erie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colorado

Providence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boston

Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nashville

St. John’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winnipeg

Rockford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago

Worcester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Jose

NORTH DIVISION

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Adirondack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calgary

Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Jersey

Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montreal

Bridgeport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY Islanders

Rochester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buffalo

Hartford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NY Rangers

Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toronto

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Columbus

Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vancouver

Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tampa Bay

WEST DIVISION

EAST DIVISION

Charlotte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolina

Binghamton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ottawa

Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minnesota

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A SLICE OF HOME A LOCKPORT PIZZERIA REVEALS TERRY BROADHURST’S LOVE OF FAMILY AND HOCKEY – AND THE VALUES THEY’VE INSTILLED

BY LINDSEY WILLHITE | PHOTOS BY ROSS DETTMAN

hen Chicago Wolves left wing Terry Broadhurst was in middle school, his family moved from Evergreen Park to Lockport. Maps insist these south suburban communities are just 25 miles apart.

But going from a community right next to Chicago to a town a few miles north of Joliet? That might as well have been relocating from Alaska to Hawaii, especially for Terry’s father, Terry Jr., who counts himself as a fourthgeneration South Sider.

“I grew up in Blue Island,” said 47-year-old Terry Jr. “When I was growing up, there were several places that had great pizza, pasta and sandwiches. I’d eat there three or four times a week. You’d walk in and they’d know your family, your parents, your grandparents. But sometimes that wasn’t a good thing, right?”

Terry Jr. chuckles at memories of the entire neighborhood knowing when he’d gotten into mischief, but it was no laughing matter when the Broadhursts (including Terry Jr.’s wife, Valerie, and their younger son, Alex) scoured Lockport in vain for the Italian food they love. Especially the pizza.

“We gave everybody the benefit of the doubt,” he said. “Tried everybody more than once.”

Finally, Terry Jr. decided he couldn’t do without the food any longer. Every morning when he drove Terry and Alex to St. Dennis School, they’d pass a pizza slice-shaped building at the five-corner intersection in the old part of Lockport that couldn’t seem to lure a successful business.

“I told them, ‘If that building goes up for rent one more time, I’m going to open a pizza place,’ ” Terry Jr. said. “If nothing else, it’s for our family to eat pizza once a week.”

Pizzeria At The Point was born – and all of the Broadhursts got involved. When Terry and Alex weren’t hitting the books or playing youth hockey, they were helping out at the restaurant.

MAKING PIZZA THE BROADHURST WAY When Terry Broadhurst gets to decide which ingredients are going on his pizza, he chooses sausage, onion and green peppers on a thin crust.

But a great pizza isn’t defined by ingredients alone. There’s an art to making it as delicious as possible and the Chicago Wolves left wing shared some valuable tips.

“First, you’ve got to roll the dough,” he said. “That’s the foundation. If you don’t get the dough right – if it’s too thick or too thin – it can ruin everything.”

Pizzeria At The Point uses a machine to roll the dough, but the process doesn’t end there. Terry likes to fling the dough in the air and admits it’s partially to look cool for the customer, but it’s more than just for show.

“Here’s why,” he said. “You lay the dough on a pizza board and you take a circle – extra large, large, whatever size pizza you’re making – and you cut the dough. But as soon as you cut it, the dough will shrink.

So you have to cut about a half-inch outside the pizza circle. By throwing the dough in the air, it elongates the dough and it’ll shrink right to the size you want.”

The rest of his preparation is equal parts personal preference and Broadhurst Family quality control.

“I like to have a little bit more sauce, so you grab a spoon and put on however much you want,” Terry said. “You want to be able to taste the sauce. After that, you put the ingredients on. Our motto there is you want to be able to taste the ingredients in every bite. You don’t want to have a sausage pizza and, every three bites, you’re getting sausage. You’re getting your money’s worth that way.

“From there, we put cheese on it. It’s traditional Chicago style. We don’t load it heavy with cheese. It’s not a deep-dish pizza. Then you throw it in the oven and we like to cook it well-done. The cheese should be golden-brown on top and the crust nice and crispy.”

Pizzeria At The Point 631 N. State Street, Lockport, IL 60441

“When I started, I was only allowed to wash dishes, so I woke up a lot of mornings with my hands smelling like bleach,” said Terry, who remembered eating pizza every night for three months straight while the family figured out the proper recipe. “Eventually I got into the pizza-making role. Once I got my driver’s license, I delivered pizzas. I learned how to do everything in high school. I was kind of managing the place.

“What we think has always separated it from other places is the freshness. It’s authentic South Side Italian pizza. That’s what we go for. The dough is made fresh in the store every day. Sausage delivered fresh every day. Vegetables are cut fresh every day. We have traditional thin crust pizza, we have stuffed pizza, we have deep-dish pizza. We have beef sandwiches. Chicago-style hot dogs.

The list goes on and on.”

Pizzeria At The Point lasted for several years in its original slice-shaped building, but it was primarily a carryout place with few seats. In 2011, the Broadhursts moved to a two-acre spread off Route 171 that allowed them to transform their restaurant into something even bigger to share with the community.

If you want pizza without any social interaction, then Pizzeria At The Point might not be your spot. The new place has a sand volleyball court, a fire pit, and ample space for the frequent Friday night car shows when the weather’s warm.

During the winter, Terry Jr. floods half of the parking lot and turns it into a rink fit for hockey players and skaters. Inside, there’s plenty of room for families to sit down and eat…when they’re not playing foosball or bubble hockey or pool.

“I’m able to share it with my friends to this day,” Terry said. “For my dad, it’s not his main source of income, so he kind of looks at it as his country club. It’s been a lot of hard work, but it’s been fun.”

“I say, ‘Some people join a country club. I built mine,’ ” Terry Jr. said. “I guess I’m oldfashioned. It’s our 14th year and I still enjoy picking up the phone and recognizing the voice on the other end. We want to know our customers’ names. We engage the community.

This is our passion. We eat and breathe the pizza place.”

Some people join a country club. I built mine.

It’s fair to say Terry Jr. hasn’t just tried to bring Chicago-style pizza to Lockport, he has tried to provide the link between family and food he has enjoyed his entire life. Either he or Valerie (or both) works at the restaurant seven days a week – unless they’re at Allstate Arena to watch 26-year-old Terry play for the Wolves or at the MetroCentre to see 22-year-old Alex play for the Rockford IceHogs.

It’s a work ethic he inherited from his own father – the original Terry Broadhurst – an electrician who also handled maintenance for several properties. Terry Jr. became a union carpenter right out of high school before developing his own construction business. They’ve passed that blue-collar work ethic and sensibility down to Terry and Alex.

“It was my dream as a kid to be just like my dad,” Terry Jr. said. “My brothers would go out and play and I’d go to work with my dad. Terry (III), when he was a little kid, he had his flannel shirt, his hard hat, his toolbox, his key chain on his belt. He wanted to look just like me and my dad.”

When Terry and Alex were teenagers, their dad wouldn’t let them run around with their friends on the weekend until they did some chores or helped him with a job. If he was building a house, he’d have the boys at the job site moving piles of wood or bags of concrete.

“My brother and I were laborers,” Terry said. “We hated every minute of it, but he’d always say, ‘Hey, this is your workout for the day. You’re getting stronger.’

We were taught to have a good work ethic, to always be grateful for what you have, and to always understand that you have to earn what you get.”

Terry Broadhurst III shows off the perfect pizza with his father Terry Jr. (left), mother Valerie, girlfriend Olivia Harvey, grandmother Barbara, and grandfather “Papa” Terry.

... both of us have always had that idea of giving back instilled in us by our parents.

That’s the spirit that led to Terry and Alex developing the Keep The Dream Alive Foundation three years ago when they turned pro. While it’s a relatively low-key operation, the Broadhurst brothers (usually in conjunction with Pizzeria At The Point) run golf outings, Toys for Tots drives and other fundraisers designed to help out local children in their pursuit of Academics, Art and Athletics.

“We’re a blue-collar family from the South Side of Chicago,” Terry said. “It took not just our parents, but a lot of people, to help us achieve what we’ve achieved. Granted, we’re still working to get toward our goal of playing in the NHL, but we have come a long way. I think both of us have always had that idea of giving back instilled in us by our parents. When we made it to pro hockey, we thought, ‘Why not do it?’ It’s a great way to bring our friends and family together.

“Our idea always has been that we may be starting it, but we want it to be something that everybody can get involved in.”

THE ULTRA-COMPETITIVE BROADHURST BROTHERS As one might expect from a pair of brothers who are professional athletes, Terry and Alex Broadhurst hate to lose to each other.

getting good, so I was like, ‘I’ve got to start back up. I can’t let him be better.’ ”

“Oh, my god,” said Terry Broadhurst, Jr., their father. “On the golf course. Playing wiffleball in the back yard. Anything.

They probably get it from watching me and my three brothers. We play table hockey like it’s the Stanley Cup, but they might have taken it to the next level.”

“I feel like I was the first one to pick up the guitar,” Alex said. “We’re definitely really competitive. You name it and it becomes a competition. It could be throwing a stick at a wall. Doesn’t matter.”

We play table hockey like it’s the Stanley Cup Probably so. Terry and Alex are so competitive, they don’t confine their battles to sports. Terry admits that his brother’s presence motivates him to improve as a musician.

“I’ve taught myself to play the guitar the last few years,” Terry said. “It’s kind of funny because I started and stopped and then my brother picked it up. He was

Alex doesn’t exactly agree with Terry’s anecdote.

There’s another aspect to their brotherhood. Because Terry is 3-1/2 years older than Alex, Terry long treated Alex as if he was his third parent. But when Alex turned pro prior to the 2013-14 season and it became clear he and Terry would play together for the Rockford IceHogs – their first chance to be teammates – they had to revamp their relationship.

“Growing up, I was always the older brother taking care of him,” Terry said.

“Getting him ready for school, walking to school together, riding our bikes to school together.

“Going into the season, I remember my dad saying, ‘Listen, you can’t necessarily

be his brother. You have to be his teammate. You can’t treat him like a younger brother.’ That stuck with me.

There were times where I wanted to go up to him, grab him by the mask and say, ‘Hey, wake up!’ But I let him be and figure it out on his own. I think it helped our relationship on the ice and off the ice.”

Though they didn’t live together – “No!” Terry said. “I think we probably would have killed each other” — Alex, a center, worked with Terry, a left wing, on the same line most of the season. At the end of the year, Alex had 16 goals and 29 assists while Terry owned 16 goals and 28 assists. Their greatest tag-team effort came on Feb. 9, 2014, against Utica Comets when Terry set up Alex for a second-period goal and another in overtime for a 5-4 victory.

“Our games complement each other,” Alex said. “He plays at such a fast tempo and I like to slow the game down to make plays. We just kind of click together.

“He tries to be a father type to me sometimes and he kind of goes overboard a little bit, but he lets me make my mistakes. I think we’re best friends.”

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MEET MARK HARDY MARK HARDY HAS BIG PLANS FOR THE CHICAGO WOLVES. Named as one of the assistants under head coach John Anderson this summer, Hardy knows the level of excellence that is expected when you don the burgundy and gold.

“I was ecstatic to get the call,” he said.

“Coming to a great organization like the Wolves where they’ve won four championships, all under John Anderson, it’s just an honor to be here and I can hardly wait to get working with Don (Levin), Wendell (Young) and John. This team needs to work on another championship.”

The 55-year-old defensive and penalty kill specialist joins a Wolves team coming off a historic season on the back end that saw them post the fewest goals allowed (191) and third-best penalty kill (85.6 percent) in franchise history.

With a handful of players returning from last season’s group of blueliners, Hardy has high expectations and looks forward to working with and developing the group of skaters.

“I yell when I have to and I talk when I have to,” Hardy said of his coaching style. “I think you have to work with different players in different ways, and when you get to know them and build relationships you figure out how to handle each and every player.”

Not unfamiliar with success himself, Hardy brings a long list of accolades to the team, including an 18-year playing career – 15 of those in the National Hockey League – and another decade of NHL coaching experience.

The Samedan, Switzerland, native got his start behind the bench in the now-defunct International Hockey League with the Wolves’ former foes the Detroit Vipers and Long Beach Ice Dogs. Hardy then served two stretches with the Los Angeles Kings coaching staff (1999-2006 and 2008-10) and two seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks (2006-08) before his most recent gig as an assistant with the ECHL’s Ontario Reign.

Despite enjoying his time with Ontario, which included helping the team to three consecutive division titles, Hardy looks forward to returning to Chicago and facing a new challenge with the Wolves.

“We love the city,” he said. “The people are fantastic sports fans and when they get behind their team I know how passionate the fans are here. And it’s a great place to live...

It’s going to be a great time getting back to the city again.”

“I THINK YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT PLAYERS IN DIFFERENT WAYS,” - MARK HARDY

Although he has not yet been behind the bench for an American Hockey League team, Hardy sees the transition as a smooth one.

“I think coaching is coaching,” he said. “I think at every level if you make sure the coaches and players are accountable, good things are going to happen. So all the little things hopefully that we can teach the young players make them successful and hopefully get them to the next level and, before they get to the next level, win a championship here in Chicago with the Wolves.”

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ONE FOR THE BOOKS THE 2013-14 CHICAGO WOLVES

ALL-TIME POINTS LEADERS 1. STEVE MALTAIS 2. ROB BROWN 3. DARREN HAYDAR 4. JASON KROG 5. BRETT STERLING 6. BOB NARDELLA 7. STEVE LAROUCHE 8. CHRIS MARINUCCI 9. STEVE MARTINS 10. DEREK MACKENZIE

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ALL-TIME WINS LEADERS (GOALTENDERS)

17 191 85.6 6 28.72

Consecutive games at Allstate Arena in which the Wolves collected at least one point (a franchise record) spanning Dec. 8, 2013, to March 2, 2014.

Goals the Wolves allowed last season, the fewest in the team’s 20-season history.

Success rate of the Wolves’ regular-season penalty-killing unit (292 for 341), the third-highest percentage the team has posted.

Shorthanded goals allowed by the Wolves, tied for second-fewest in a regular season (1998-99, 2007-08).

Average shots per game allowed by the Wolves last season, the second-lowest number in team history.

SI N GL E-S EASON FRANC HI SE RECORDS GOALS • 60 STEVE MALTAIS (1996-97)

PENALTY MINUTES • 336 KEVIN MACDONALD (1994-95)

ASSISTS • 91 ROB BROWN (1995-96)

PLUS/MINUS • +47 ARTURS KULDA (2009-10)

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WINS • 38 KARI LEHTONEN (2004-05)

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Called for hitting opponent with both hands on the stick and no part of the stick on the ice.

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COLIN FRASER

FAMILY MAN

BY LINDSEY WILLHITE

Colin Fraser has enjoyed a lot of great days in hockey, which is easy to understand considering the 30-year-old Chicago Wolves center has earned three Stanley Cup rings in the last five years.

But some of his greatest days recently haven’t been about him.

Fraser missed four weeks of action after the All-Star break with a broken finger.

He still showed up for practice to ride the bike, hit the weights and maintain his conditioning, but being off the ice meant he could bring his 4-year-old son, Calder, to the rink on occasion.

On one particular morning, while Fraser was in another room working out, Calder had center stage in the Wolves dressing room. Strength and conditioning coach Evan Levy used two laundry bins to set up a makeshift goal and Calder, his lips pursed and his eyes blazing just like his dad, sized up a ball and smacked it toward Levy again and again with his cut-down hockey stick.

As Wolves players trooped into the dressing room after practice and sat at their cubicles, they enjoyed Calder’s show and flipped their sweaty jerseys near him on the floor because he loved dunking them into the bins.

Their fun could have gone on forever, but

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Fraser eventually returned and gently suggested he and Calder leave the room so the guys could continue with their day.

Then Fraser asked Calder if he wanted to go on the Allstate Arena ice to skate around a bit.

“I wish my dad had played hockey, right?

And I could have been going to the rink,” Fraser said. “It would have been awesome. Calder doesn’t know it yet, but one day he’ll recognize how lucky he is.

“I wanted him to start asking to come with me to the rink – versus me dragging him. Since he turned 4, it’s a daily question now if he can go to the rink with Dad. He’s kind of a shy guy, but he’s really come out of his shell. I think it’s good coming here. All the guys interact with him. The more I bring him, the more comfortable he gets.”

Welcome to Colin Fraser 2.0. Hockey’s still really important to him, but being a dad has added new dimensions to his life.

Colin and Carli’s 2-year-old daughter, Brielle, also asks occasionally if she can go to the rink with Dad. Her time will come when she gets a pair of skates.

For now, Brielle and Colin get their Daddy/Daughter time at Saturday dance class (hockey schedule permitting) along with the daily routine at their home in the northwest suburbs. They play floor

The Frasers (Carli, Brielle, Calder, and Colin) celebrate the Los Angeles Kings’ 2014 Stanley Cup championship during the family’s day with the Cup at their summer home in Sylvan Lake, Alberta.

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hockey and mini-hockey and do puzzles and all that stuff.

“Before I had kids, I knew I wanted kids and knew I’d love being a dad. Have I changed? I’ve gotten a lot softer, that’s for sure. I think everyone would say that in general. It’s inexplicable until you have your own kids.”

Fraser claims he has mellowed on the ice as well – he served as the ultimate fourth-line irritant for the 2010 Blackhawks and the 2012 and 2014 Los Angeles Kings – but tell that to Lake Erie goaltender Reto Berra.

On Jan. 16 at Allstate Arena, when Berra became the 11th goalie in AHL history to score a goal, Fraser didn’t appreciate the way Berra celebrated and checked him when he reached center ice. Just as Colin Fraser 1.0 would have done.

“That was a good goal, you know?”

Fraser said. “I liked that goal. If Jordan Binnington or Matt Climie had done that, I’d be really ecstatic. But he was in our zone a little bit too much for my liking. It was the heat of the moment.

“I’ve calmed down a little bit. I used to be a lot crazier, I guess. What that being said, it’s still in there. I still have that little bit of annoyingness to me.”

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