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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.
1998
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.
2000
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
2002
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.
2008
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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WOLVES OPERATIONS
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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SCOOTER’S SUMMER: MADRID, PRAGUE, RIO AND THE STANLEY CUP BY LINDSEY WILLHITE | PHOTO COURTESY SCOOTER VAUGHAN
Let it never be said Wolves defenseman Scooter Vaughan doesn’t make the most of his time. During the offseason, Vaughan embarked on one vacation to Spain and the Czech Republic and another to Rio de Janeiro. He visited his parents in Atlanta and his friends in California. He lived in a house with NHL players in Michigan, which led to a weekend spent with the Stanley Cup. All the while, he never stopped working out and never stopped playing his guitar. “I have the guitar in my hands three hours a day,” he said. Now he’s back with the Wolves and ready to make the most of his second season with the organization. “I’m really excited to come back,” Vaughan said. “It’s a year for us to bounce back and show the league what we can do.” The 27-year-old Vaughan, perhaps the team’s most versatile player, delivered 3 goals and 11 assists in 68 games last year while splitting time between defense and right wing. “There are very few players in the league who can play forward and defense as effectively as Scooter can,” said Wolves general manager Wendell Young. “He’s like having two players in your lineup. He brings something to the table on both ends of the ice.”
Two days after last season ended, Vaughan and teammate Jeremy Welsh hopped a plane to Spain. They packed light – Vaughan poked fun at Welsh for bringing two backpacks compared to his one — and toured Madrid, Barcelona and Montepío over the course of three weeks before heading to Prague for three days.
Wings center Luke Glendening since they played together at the University of Michigan, so he moved into his house. His roommates included the Red Wings’ Dylan Larkin and Riley Sheahan.
“Everything was amazing,” Vaughan said. “We spent some of the time on the beach lounging and relaxing, but I don’t ever stop working out. I find a gym wherever I go. Me and ‘Welshie’ would run and we bought exercise bands to take to the beach.”
During his Michigan stay, Vaughan spent a weekend with the Stanley Cup as part of his workout crew enjoyed the fruits of their labor with the champion Pittsburgh Penguins.
Vaughan’s next bit of globetrotting came over Memorial Day weekend when he purchased a round-trip ticket to Rio for $58. How’d he get such a great deal? During last season, he’d put all of the team’s outings and events on his credit card. He wound up with 100,000 points, which led to that ridiculous price. “Rio was one of the coolest places I’ve ever been,” Vaughan said. “It’s an absolutely stunning place. I want to go back as soon as I can.” After hanging for three weeks in California with friends – and nearly executing a deal to join HC Slovan Bratislava in the Kontinental Hockey League – Vaughan headed to Michigan to start training in earnest for the season. He has been buddies with Detroit Red
“We’d have 25 AHL and NHL players skating and working out together,” Vaughan said.
IT’S A YEAR FOR US TO BOUNCE BACK AND SHOW THE LEAGUE WHAT WE CAN DO.” Vaughan became as close as brothers with Matt Rust while they played at Michigan and Matt’s brother, Bryan, brought the Cup to suburban Detroit on Aug. 13. The next day, Michigan alum Kevin Porter — one of Vaughan’s workout partners for the last eight years — had his turn with the Cup in Plymouth, Mich. Vaughan’s key takeaway from his weekend spent with hockey’s holy grail? “It makes you want to strive for the championship.”
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MEET THE WOLVES
FORWARDS KENNY AGOSTINO
ANDREW AGOZZINO
IVAN BARBASHEV
SAMUEL BLAIS
H: 6-0 W: 202 April 30, 1992 Morristown, N.J. 2015-16 Calgary (NHL) Stockton (AHL)
H: 5-9 W: 185 Jan. 3, 1991 Kleinburg, Ontario 2015-16 Colorado (NHL) San Antonio (AHL)
H: 6-0 W: 178 Dec. 14, 1995 Moscow, Russia 2015-16 Chicago (AHL)
H: 5-10 W: 164 June 17, 1996 Montmagny, Quebec 2015-16 Charlottetown (QMJHL) Victoriaville (QMJHL)
CONNER BLEACKLEY H: 6-0 W: 192 Feb. 7, 1996 High River, Alberta 2015-16 Red Deer (WHL)
RIGHT WING
JORDAN SCHMALTZ
This slick forward paced the Wolves in goals (25) and ranked second in points (48) last season as he set professionalbests in both categories. The 26-yearold Eden Prairie, Minnesota, native was especially devastating when games needed longer than 60 minutes to decide. Kristo led the entire American Hockey League with 4 overtime gamewinning goals – all of them breaking an opponent’s heart on its home ice.
DEFENSEMAN Schmaltz enjoyed a banner start to his professional career. After opting to forego his final year at the University of North Dakota, the 23-year-old Verona, Wisconsin, native stepped right into the Wolves lineup and led all team defensemen with 36 points. The 2012 NHL first-round pick became just the fifth Wolves rookie to achieve that feat.
DANNY KRISTO
JORDAN CARON
EMERSON CLARK
JACOB DOTY
LANDON FERRARO
ALEX FRIESEN
H: 6-3 W: 204 Nov. 2, 1990 Sayabec, Quebec 2015-16 Chicago (AHL)
H: 5-10 W: 180 Dec. 17, 1992 Whitby, Ontario 2015-16 Chicago (AHL) Greenville (ECHL) Tulsa (ECHL)
H: 6-2 W: 212 June 19, 1993 Billings, Mont. 2015-16 Chicago (AHL)
H: 6-0 W: 186 Aug. 8, 1991 Trail, British Columbia 2015-16 Boston (NHL) Detroit (NHL)
H: 5-9 W: 186 Jan. 30, 1991 St. Catharines, Ontario 2015-16 Utica (AHL)
BRYCE GERVAIS
DANNY KRISTO
WADE MEGAN
ZACH POCHIRO
H: 5-10 W: 175 Feb. 26, 1992 Battleford, Saskatchewan 2015-16 Chicago (AHL) Michigan State Univ. (NCAA)
6-0 W: 188 June 18, 1990 Eden Prairie, Minn. 2015-16 Chicago (AHL)
MACKENZIE MACEACHERN
6-1 W: 190 July 22, 1990 Canton, N.Y. 2015-16 Portland (AHL)
6-1 W: 178 March 6, 1994 St. Louis, Mo. 2015-16 Chicago (AHL) Quad City (ECHL)
SAM
JUSTIN SELMAN
BRETT STERLING
POVOROZNIOUK H: 5-10 W: 194 Feb. 11, 1995 Northbrook, Ill. 2015-16 Saint John (QMJHL)
H: 6-0 W: 198 Oct. 2, 1993 Upper Saddle River, N.J. 2015-16 Chicago (AHL) 2015-16 Univ. of Michigan (NCAA)
H: 5-7 W: 175 April 24, 1984 Los Angeles, Calif. 2015-16 EC Salzburg (EBEL)
CHRIS BUTLER
VINCE DUNN
MORGAN ELLIS
BRAD HUNT
JORDAN SCHMALTZ
H: 6-1 W: 205 Oct. 27, 1986 St. Louis, Mo. 2015-16 Chicago (AHL)
H: 6-0 W: 187 Oct. 29, 1996 Lindsay, Ontario 2015-16 Niagara (OHL)
H: 6-1 W: 211 April 30, 1992 Summerside, Prince Edward Island 2015-16 Montreal (NHL) St. John’s (AHL)
H: 5-9 W: 187 Aug. 24, 1988 Maple Ridge, British Columbia 2015-16 Edmonton (NHL) Bakersfield (AHL)
H: 6-2 W: 192 Oct. 8, 1993 Verona, Wis. 2015-16 Chicago (AHL)
6-2 W: 190 March 9, 1994 Bloomfield Hills, Mich. 2015-16 Michigan State Univ. (NCAA)
DEFENSEMEN
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TOMMY VANNELLI
SCOOTER VAUGHAN
GUS YOUNG
H: 6-3 W: 200 March 26, 1996 Chelyabinski, Russia 2015-16 Kitchener (OHL)
H: 6-2 W: 181 Jan. 26, 1995 Minnetonka, Minn. 2015-16 Chicago (AHL)
H: 6-0 W: 195 April 8, 1989 Placentia, Calif. 2015-16 Chicago (AHL)
H: 6-2 W: 190 July 10, 1991 Dedham, Mass. 2015-16 San Jose (AHL)
BRETT STERLING
LEFT WING
RIGHT WING
One of the franchise’s all-time greats returns to Chicago after playing the last three seasons (and winning two championships) in Europe. Sterling enters this season as the No. 2 goal-scorer (167) and No. 5 point-producer (308) in Wolves history. As a rookie in 200607, he led the American Hockey League with 55 goals and earned the Willie Marshall Award for his efforts.
Caron gave maximum effort on both ends of the ice throughout the 201516 season and was rewarded with professional-best for goals (17) and assists (19). The 2009 NHL Entry Draft first-round pick from Sayabec, Quebec, scored goals in five consecutive games from Dec. 15 to Jan. 3 and four consecutive games from Dec. 2-8. JORDAN CARON
GOALTENDERS JORDAN BINNINGTON
PHEONIX COPLEY
VILLE HUSSO
H: 6-2 W: 173 July 11, 1993 Richmond Hill, Ontario 2015-16 Chicago (AHL)
H: 6-4 W: 196 Jan. 18, 1992 North Pole, Alaska 2015-16 Chicago (AHL)
H: 6-3 W: 205 Feb. 5, 1995 Helsinki, Finland 2015-16 HIFK (Liiga)
HOCKEY OPERATIONS
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AFTER THREE YEARS IN EUROPE, BRETT STERLING RETURNS TO THE TEAM AND THE TOWN HE LOVES
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rett Sterling grew up in Pasadena, California, 11 miles from downtown Los Angeles, and SoCal to his core. He learned how to drive a stick shift in the Rose Bowl’s parking lot. He played youth soccer in the adjacent park. He loved the Los Angeles Dodgers. Perhaps most important, he started playing ice hockey at age 4. That set him on the path to the place he loves to call home and the place he loves to play: Chicago. Over the course of his 10 years as a professional, the 32-yearold left wing with the thick beard and the genius for goalscoring has followed a route that has taken him far from his SoCal roots – but keeps bringing him back to the Windy City. After launching his career with the Wolves in 2006 –he led the American Hockey League with 55 goals as a rookie – he proceeded to move from Chicago to Atlanta to Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton to Pittsburgh to Peoria to St. Louis to Portland (Maine) to Chicago to Sweden to Austria.
Clearly Sterling and his wife, Lizzy, have proven they can live anywhere. But Chicago is the place they choose to call home. Specifically, the Lincoln Park condo they’ve owned for six years. There are so many reasons the Windy City appeals to them – and they all were reinforced during the recent summer months after spending the last three seasons in Europe. “We had a good summer,” Sterling said. “We went to the Pearl Jam concert (at Wrigley Field). We saw Bob Dylan at Ravinia. We saw Firebird up in Ravinia as well, which is classical music. We’ll get our subscription to Lookingglass Theatre. We saw ‘Newsies” with a friend of ours at Cadillac Palace Theatre. “And how can you not love the restaurants in this city? We love to go out and experience new restaurants, though we’re still in the phase of hitting the ones that we really loved and missed while we were abroad.” “I love it because I grew up in the suburbs, so it’s being home
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for me,” Lizzy said. “But I love Chicago because it feels like a perfect mix. This neighborhood can be quiet when you want it to be, but you can still walk to restaurants, walk to do things, get a cab to go downtown easily.” But easy proximity to family might rank No. 1 for Brett and Lizzy. On a recent picture-perfect Friday afternoon, Lizzy’s mother, Sharyn, and her sister, Becca, dropped in on the Sterling abode unannounced with a delicious lunch in tow. Why did they come over? Because they could. When Brett and Lizzy were in Europe, they made good friends and had occasional visits from family. Brett even won a pair of Austrian League championships with EC Red Bull Salzburg while playing his usual high-scoring role. But it wasn’t Chicago.
continues to compete and score goals, as proven by his work in Austria. He goes to the net and puts the puck in the net.” In 46 regular-season games for EC Red Bull Salzburg last year, Sterling produced a team-high 33 goals. He added 8 more tallies during 17 postseason games. That boosted his 10-year professional totals to 298 goals in 613 regularseason games and 35 goals in 82 postseason appearances. That’s a remarkable goals-per-game average regardless of competition level. Sterling enters this season ranked No. 2 on the Wolves’ alltime list for goals (167) and No. 5 in points (308) in 302 career games. He’s a four-time AHL All-Star and one of the greatest players in franchise history.
They made the decision to return home this year regardless of where Brett’s hockey fortunes might take him. Then, in July, came the news everyone longed to happen: Sterling and the Wolves agreed to a contract that brought him back to his original franchise for a third tour.
But he’s not returning to the Wolves to wave to the adoring crowds and rest on his laurels. Sterling put in too much sweat equity over the summer with personal trainer Simon Hyun to do anything less than strive for his established standards of excellence.
“I feel confident that I still have a lot to give,” Sterling said. “I had a great year last year. So it was, ‘Where now? What’s the next option?’ If you’re going to be in the American League, I don’t think you can beat being in Chicago and the Wolves organization. I’ve been several other places and they were good and all, but they’re not Chicago.”
“He isn’t 22 anymore, he’s 32,” said the trainer, who runs Simon Hyun Fitness in Lincoln Park. “When we started, I wanted to see him through fresh eyes. I didn’t have any preconceived notions about his history, performance, anything. The center of our conversations was longevity. How much longer does he want to play? How much longer CAN he play? How can he get stronger, faster and quicker?”
“The Wolves are extremely pleased to bring Brett back into the fold,” said Wolves general manager Wendell Young. “He
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two or three days each week – as well as homework on the days when they didn’t meet — it became clear how motivated Sterling happens to be.
deadlift workouts (lifting a barbell from the ground to his hips multiple times per set), Hyun estimates Sterling could max out his deadlift at 500 pounds.
“His physical and athletic capacity and work ethic are beyond anybody I’ve ever worked with,” Hyun said. “He put on 7-8 pounds of muscle. He said he hasn’t put in this much work or been this strong since college.”
“Even after adding 7-8 pounds of muscle, he was able to go on longer distance runs and do more sprints without losing a step,” Hyun said. “In fact, he was even getting faster. That’s a huge marker for me. And his recovery time has actually improved. I can’t wait to see him play. I can’t want to see how his work pays off.”
HIS PHYSICAL AND ATHLETIC CAPACITY AND WORK ETHIC ARE BEYOND ANYBODY I’VE EVER WORKED WITH.” While strength isn’t the be-all and end-all for a hockey player – Hyun and Sterling focused extensively on speed work and mobility – there’s no question it will be extra-tough to dislodge Sterling from the slot this season. Based on some of his
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Sterling leaves no doubt about how he wants the work to pay off. Remember, he teamed up with Jason Krog and Darren Haydar on a high-scoring line that helped the Wolves hoist the Calder Cup in 2008. “The goal? To win a championship,” Sterling said. “It’s one thing that I hope to help with. If you win a championship, everybody does better. The organization. The coaches. Management. Staff. Players. Everybody wants a winner. And if you look at our team from 2008, guys went on and had great opportunities after that because of it.” V
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New Chicago Wolves head coach Craig Berube belongs to a club of just 26 men. It’s an elite group that counts Wayne Gretzky, Patrick Roy, Denis Savard and Eddie Olczyk among its members. What do they have in common? They’re among the select few who have played at least 1,000 National Hockey League regular-season games and served as an NHL head coach for at least one full season. That’s the type of invaluable experience the Wolves wanted in their new leader. The 50-year-old Berube was hired as the ninth head coach in team history on June 29. “The fans will love him,” said Wolves general manager Wendell Young. “If they look up his background, they’ll know how hard he worked as a player and how much he has put into the game. And he has a great personality to go along with it.” Berube spent 17 years as an NHL player and posted 61 goals and 98 assists in 1,054 regular-season games for Philadelphia, Toronto, Calgary, Washington and the New York Islanders. He also appeared in 89 Stanley Cup Playoff games. The biggest number on his career stat line is the 3,149 penalty minutes, which ranks seventh on the NHL’s all-time list. Berube segued immediately from his playing career to a spot behind the bench with the AHL’s Philadelphia Phantoms. He spent 11 years as a coach
in Philadelphia’s organization, which included an assistant’s role when the Phantoms topped the Wolves in the 2005 Calder Cup Final.
five seasons as an assistant for the NHL’s Minnesota Wild. Tkaczuk joins the Wolves from the Ontario Hockey League’s Kitchener Rangers.
He capped his run in Philadelphia with two years as the Flyers’ head coach – ascending to the job three games into the 2013-14 season and guiding Philly to third place in the Metropolitan Division. That led to a seven-game series in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He also directed the Flyers during 201415 and posted a 75-58-28 record (.553) during his tenure.
“I know Darryl from being a player,” Berube said. “He’s a seasoned veteran as a coach and very good on the defensive side. Daniel I didn’t know real well when he was hired, but I had several people say a lot of good things about him.”
After being without a team last season for the first time since he picked up a stick in his native Alberta, Canada, Berube is fired up and ready to go. “Getting back into coaching excites me,” Berube said. “And coming to a team like the Wolves. Their expectations are high. They’ve been a really good organization for a long time. I like coaching and being around the players. And it’s in a great city.” Everyone who knows Berube knows his teams are never short on work ethic. “First of all, we’ll be a hard-working team,” Berube said. “I want to play a fast style of hockey. But hard work and discipline are important to me.” His ideas will be carried out as well by new Wolves assistants Darryl Sydor and Daniel Tkaczuk. Sydor, a two-time Stanley Cup champion, spent the last
Upon his hire with the Wolves, Berube moved into select company among that 26-man club. He and Anaheim Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle are the only
I WANT TO PLAY A FAST STYLE OF HOCKEY. BUT HARD WORK AND DISCIPLINE ARE IMPORTANT TO ME. members serving as head coaches in the NHL or AHL. Berube plans to employ some of the lessons he took away from his time with the Flyers. “You’re always trying to learn as a coach,” he said. “Really, it’s all about managing your players – keeping tabs on them, being close with them. Players want that. You’ve got to be there for them. That’s the biggest thing: Communicating with young players.”
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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.
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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
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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
LES CUNNINGHAM AWARD (AHL Regular-Season MVP) DARREN HAYDAR . . . . . . . . . . . . (2006-07) JASON KROG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2007-08) WILLIE MARSHALL AWARD (AHL’S Leading Goal-Scorer) BRETT STERLING . . . . . . . . . . . . (2006-07) JASON KROG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2007-08) LEO LAMOUREUX MEMORIAL TROPHY (IHL Regular-Season Scoring Champion) ROB BROWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1995-96) ROB BROWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1996-97) STEVE MALTAIS. . . . . . . . . . . . (1999-2000) STEVE LAROUCHE . . . (2000-01) (Shared) JOHN B. SOLLENBERGER TROPHY (AHL’S Leading Regular-Season Scorer) STEVE MALTAIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2002-03) DARREN HAYDAR . . . . . . . . . . . . (2006-07) JASON KROG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2007-08) IHL MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD (Outstanding Community Service) TIM BRESLIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1996-97) CHRIS MARINUCCI . . . . . . . . . . . . (1998-99) WENDELL YOUNG . . . . . . . . . . . . (2000-01) YANICK DUPRE MEMORIAL AWARD (AHL Man of the Year) KURTIS FOSTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . (2003-04)
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WHAT'S THE DIFF?
Can you find the 10 differences in the two photos below?
your way from BATS to MOON by changing just one letter on each step to make a new word! SPOOKY WHAT'S WORD THE LADDER DIFF? Make There are five steps in this word ladder!
BATS Flying mammals
B
T
Little pieces
B
S
Short for biographies
B
S
Plural: Ghost Speech
O O
Plural: Cow Speech
MOON
Earths’s satellite
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GAME TIME
Search for all the Pokemon below by looking in the grid forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally. When you find one, circle it and cross it off the list!
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W I G E N G A R S M
A E E N I N A C R A
Alakazam Arcanine Blastoise Blaziken Charizard
A T M A E Y A R S E
G N U E Q I P G A C
Y E E U H C A K I P
A L A K A Z A M T T
Dragonite Entei Gengar Gyarados Lucario
WHAT'SPOKE-MAZE THE DIFF?
R Z E I I T D O Y Y
A I G U L Z R R I P
D R A Z I R A H C H
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O N D G B N G L H L
S A S C I Z O R B O
L A A T H W N O R S
B L A S T O I S E I
U R E W E R T O H O
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