Chicago Wolves Game Notes CHICAGO at ROCKFORD FEBRUARY 2, 2019 7 P.M
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2018-19 Chicago Wolves Game Notes CHICAGO AT ROCKFORD FEBRUARY 2, 2019 7 p.m. THE U TOO 2018-19 BECAUSE IT’S THE (ILLINOIS LOTTERY) CUP TALE OF THE TAPE Coming out of the All-Star break, the Chicago Wolves are third in the Central Division with 54 points, five behind first-place Grand Rapids and one back from the Iowa Wild. However, the Griffins have REGULAR-SEASON SERIES played three more games than the Wolves and the Wild has played one more. 4-3-1-0 Rockford | 4-2-2-0 Chicago While the Wolves have spent a lot of time this season near the top of the league’s scoring list, Rockford has struggled and ranks last in the league with 105 goals. The Wolves are outscoring teams by a 27- goal margin (156-129), the third-best mark in the league, while Rockford is being outscored by 25 goals (130-105) this season, tied for the third-worst. 19-19-3-5 24-14-5-1 Despite these differences, the Wolves and the IceHogs each own four victories in this year’s Illinois Lottery Cup standings. The Wolves need to win two of the four remaining games in order to retain the LEADING SCORERS IN SERIES Cup for the third year in a row. ROCKFORD CHICAGO Skater G A Pts Skater G A Pts THE TRANSACTION WIRE Raddysh 3 4 7 McKenzie 4 4 8 The Wolves and Vegas Golden Knights each will have a bit of a different look coming out of the All-Star Schroeder 1 6 7 x Pirri 4 4 8 Break. On Wednesday evening, defenseman Jake Bischoff and goaltender Max Lagace were recalled Louis 1 5 6 Whitecloud 1 7 8 from loan by Vegas while Oscar Dansk was returned on loan to the Wolves. This morning, the Wolves Carlsson 3 2 5 Carr 1 7 8 announced that defenseman Kevin Lough was recalled from loan to Adirondack (ECHL) and forward J.C. Campagna has signed a PTO with the Wolves. SERIES GAME-BY-GAME Date Location Result SF-SA PP PK Both netminders have spent time with Vegas this season as well as playing for the Golden Knights Nov. 10 Allstate Arena L, 3-4 40-23 1-6 5-7 during last season’s playoff run. Dansk has been with Vegas since a recall on Jan. 23 but the Golden Nov. 23 Rockford MetroCentre W, 7-2 38-35 1-6 3-4 Knights did not play a game during his time with the club. He has a 14-6-3 record in 23 appearances Nov. 25 Allstate Arena L, 2-3 31-22 0-4 4-5 with Chicago this season. Lagace spent two weeks with Vegas in January but did not appear in any Dec. 8 Rockford MetroCentre W, 4-0 39-32 1-4 1-1 games. He has played in 19 contests for the Wolves, collecting a 9-6-3 record to go with his 2.79 goals- Dec. 21 Allstate Arena OTL, 4-5 36-25 0-2 1-2 against average and .899 save percentage. Dec. 28 Rockford MetroCentre W, 4-2 37-23 2-6 4-4 Dec. 29 Allstate Arena W (OT), 2-1 43-21 1-6 3-4 Bischoff made an appearance on the Knights’ active roster in October of this season, but the 24-year- Jan. 19 Allstate Arena OTL, 2-3 38-28 2-3 2-2 old has yet to make his NHL debut. Since joining the Wolves full-time on Oct. 25, he has appeared in Feb. 1 Rockford MetroCentre 7 p.m. Feb. 26 Allstate Arena 7 p.m. 39 games and contributed two goals and nine assists. March 20 Rockford MetroCentre 7 p.m. March 31 Rockford MetroCentre 4 p.m. Lough has appeared in 35 games for the Adirondack Thunder since Nov. 1, recording a pair of goals and 14 assists. Lough split last season between Adirondack and Chicago, playing in 45 games with the THROWING IT BACK TO 2010 Wolves. Campagna, a Dallas, Texas native, has skated in 34 games for the ECHL’s Fort Wayne Komets Nine years ago, Wolves goaltender Peter Mannino this season. He leads the team and shares third in the ECHL with 21 goals while adding six assists. was named the AHL’s Goaltender of the Month for January after picking up six wins in seven starts and BACK IN OHIO allowing only nine goals on 212 shots. With his help, SATURDAY, JAN. 26 (at) CLEVELAND 4, CHICAGO 3 (OT) Chicago went 11-2-0-1 in January. What else was happening in the world on the first day of February? • The Wolves pulled off a three-goal rally in the third period to force overtime and earn a point, but • At the 52nd Grammy Awards, rock band AC/DC won fell to the Monsters in the extra session at Quicken Loans Arena. their first Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance • Defensemen Erik Brännström and Jake Bischoff and forward Tomas Hyka all scored goals for for “War Machine.” Chicago and the Wolves penalty kill went 2-for-2 on the night. • Sports Illustrated featured a cover image of Drew • Goaltender Max Lagace made 39 saves. Brees, who days later would lead the New Orleans Saints to a win in their first Super Bowl appearance, 31-17, over the favored Indianapolis Colts. THURSDAY, JAN. 24 CHICAGO 5, (at) CLEVELAND 1 • Some of the annual holidays celebrated were Nation- • The Wolves scored five unanswered goals, included a short-handed tally from forwardStefan al Baked Alaska Day and National Wear Red Day. Matteau, to topple the Monsters in a mid-week contest. • Defenseman Dylan Coghlan and forwards Brooks Macek, Keegan Kolesar and Daniel Carr also ALL-TIME RECORD BREAKDOWN scored in the win. Seasons Home Road Overall • Goaltender Zach Fucale saved 28 of 29 shots to earn his first win with the Wolves. 2007-2018 42-18-4-3 24-32-5-4 66-50-9-7 2018-19 Chicago Wolves Game Notes 2018-19 HOME-ROAD CONTRASTS BY THE NUMBERS Regular Season Home Away Difference The Wolves had two representatives -- forward Daniel Carr and rookie defenseman Erik Goals For 3.03 3.81 0.78 Brännström -- participate in the 2019 AHL All-Star Classic. Both first-time all-star picks, Goals Against 3.22 2.62 0.60 2 Carr and Brännström helped the Western Conference win the Skills Challenge, 17-14. The following night in the round-robin style All-Star Challenge, Carr scored two goals and an assist while RECORD BY DIVISION Brännström dished out four assists for the Central Division. Record Win % The Wolves boast three players who have appeared in all 44 games this season: Forwards Central 17-13-4-1 .557 North 2-0-1-0 .833 Keegan Kolesar, Brooks Macek and Curtis McKenzie. That’s roughly average in the Cen- Pacific 5-1-0-0 .833 3 tral Division. Milwaukee leads all divisional teams with six players who have played in all 45 of the Admirals’ contests. Grand Rapids and Texas have 3, Iowa and Rockford 2, San Antonio 1 and Manitoba -- Saturday’s opponent at Allstate Arena -- hasn’t had anybody play in all 43 of its games. RECORD BY MONTH Record Win % The Wolves’ prowess during even-strength play shows up in the top four spots of the October 6-2-0-1 .722 November 4-5-2-0 .455 league’s plus/minus ratings. Veteran forward Daniel Carr holds the top spot in the AHL December 10-3-1-0 .750 4 with his +25 rating while rookie defenseman Zach Whitecloud is in second with a +24. January 4-4-2-0 .500 Forward Gage Quinney sits third with a +22 and rookie rearguard Nic Hague is in a three-way tie for February 0-0-0-0 .000 fourth with his +20 rating. March 0-0-0-0 .000 April 0-0-0-0 .000 Center T.J. Tynan has scored at least one point in each of the Wolves’ last nine road game- sin which he has played, posting three goals and nine assists in the span. His road point IN OVERTIME (4-5) 9 streak is the longest current streak in the AHL and has him just two points shy of his 100th point with the Wolves. Tynan currently sits third in the league with his 30 assists this season. Goaltender Saves-Shots SV% Oscar Dansk (2-2) 7-9 .778 The Wolves’ power play ranks seventh in the league with a 21.4 conversion rate, Max Lagace (2-3) 5-8 .625 scoring 40 goals on 187 opportunities. The Wolves will be tested against Rock- 21.4 ford’s penalty kill, which stands eighth in the AHL with an 82.8 percent success rate. The Wolves kill penalties at an 81.2 percent rate, a clip that may improve against the IceHogs IN THE SHOOTOUT (0-1) seeing as Rockford only converts on 15.1 percent of their power plays, which ranks 30th in the AHL. Shooter Goals-Chances SH% T.J. Tynan 1-1 1.000 AHL All-Star left wing Daniel Carr enters the second half of the season as the Erik Brännström 0-1 .000 league’s leading scorer with 53 points (21G, 32A). He owns a five-point edge over Daniel Carr 0-1 .000 Syracuse’s Carter Verhaeghe. Carr also paces the AHL in assists and plus-minus Reid Duke 0-1 .000 53 Brooks Macek 0-1 .000 rating (+25) and shares fourth in power-play goals (9).