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2017-18 !!!!!CHICAGO!WOLVES ! GAME!NOTES CHICAGO at TEXAS OCTOBER 6, 2017 7:30 p.m. THE U TOO 2016-17 PERFECT!PACIFIC TALE!OF!THE!TAPE Last season, the Chicago Wolves were nearly perfect against the Pacific Division and boasted a 7-0-1-0 REGULAR-SEASON SERIES record. The club’s only blemish, a 4-3 overtime loss, came against the Texas Stars on Feb. 17. However, 1-2-0-1 Texas | 3-0-1-0 Chicago the Wolves quickly recovered and collected a 4-1 victory the next night for the squad’s 30th win of the year. LAST MEETING March 15, 2017 GOALTENDERS!DUEL In the 2016-17 head-to-head series finale, goaltenders Jordan Binnington and Justin Peters were save-for-save through 65 minutes of play to keep the Wolves and Stars scoreless heading into the shootout. In the shootout, it was Texas’ Peters who faltered as both Kenny Agostino and Ty Rattie 34-37-1-4 44-19-8-5 were able to tally for the 1-0 Wolves win. SERIES LEADERBOARD TEXAS CHICAGO CHANGING!TIDES Skater G A Pts Skater G A Pts The Stars usually burn bright against the Chicago Wolves. However, the Wolves finished with a .812 win Dickinson 1 3 4 Blais 2 1 3 percentage against the Stars last season and marked the first time the club wrapped the season series Ebert 1 1 2 Sterling 2 1 3 with a positive win percentage since the 2012-13 campaign. Through 38 regular-season games in the Stransky 1 1 2 Agostino 1 2 3 all-time head-to-head series, the Wolves trail 13-21-3-1 -- which translates to a .395 win percentage. Bodnarchuk 0 2 2 Agozzino 1 2 3 Several at 1 Three at 1 1 2 FAMILIAR!FACESA!! GAME-BY-GAME DIFFERENT!PLACES Date Location Result SF-SA PP PK The Wolves roster looks significantly different this season and includes some former foes. Maxime Nov. 30 Allstate Arena W, 4-3 24-24 2-5 3-3 Feb. 17 HEB Center OTL, 3-4 21-29 0-3 4-5 Lagace, Teemu Pulkkinen, Alex Tuch and T.J. Tynan all faced Chicago in 2016-17 wearing rival colors. Feb. 18 HEB Center W, 4-1 24-28 1-6 4-4 Skating with Cleveland during the 2016-17 campaign, Tynan was productive against the Wolves and March 15 Allstate Arena W, 1-0 26-30 0-1 4-4 registered seven points (4G, 3A) through 10 games. Iowa Wild-turned-Wolves teammates Pulkkinen (2A) and Tuch (3G, 2A) combined for seven points through a 12-game series last season. Lagace was NOTABLES between the pipes with the Texas Stars for one of four games against Chicago. He allowed four goals through 59 minutes of play, and the Wolves skated away with a 4-3 victory on Nov. 30. • The 2016-17 campaign marked the first time the Wolves finished with a win percentage above .500 against the Stars since the 2012-13 season. PRESEASON!REVIEW • Last season, goaltender Maxime Lagace FRIDAY, SEPT. 29 (AT) CHICAGO 4, ROCKFORD 3 backstopped the Stars for one game against the • The Wolves opened preseason play with a win over their in-state rival, the IceHogs. Wolves. Through 59 minutes of action, he allowed • Chicago and Rockford traded goals in the first, but the Wolves pulled ahead 4-2 in the middle four goals and stopped 20 of 24 shots in a 4-3 loss. frame with goals from Travis Ewanyk, Nelson Gadoury and Brett Sterling. • The IceHogs netted a tally at 8:09 of the third to climb back within a goal. • Through four contests last season, Chicago • Goaltender Oscar Dansk turned aside 7 shots through 39:46 of play before being relieved by C.J. outscored Texas 12-8. Motte, who made 15 saves. ALL-TIME RECORD BREAKDOWN SATURDAY, SEPT. 30 CHICAGO 3, (AT) MILWAUKEE 1 Season Home Road Season Home Road • Chicago finished preseason play undefeated with a victory against Milwaukee. 2009-10 1-2-0-1 3-1-0-0 2013-14 0-1-1-0 0-2-0-0 • Veteran Brett Sterling accounted for two of three Wolves goals and newcomer Kenney 2010-11 0-3-0-0 0-2-1-0 2014-15 0-2-0-0 0-2-0-0 Morrison netted the other to open game scoring at 9:44 of the first period. 2011-12 1-1-0-0 1-1-0-0 2015-16 1-1-0-0 0-2-0-0 • The Wolves jumped out to a 2-0 in the first and the Admirals pulled within a goal at 7:45 of the 2012-13 1-1-0-0 2-0-0-0 2016-17 2-0-0-0 1-0-1-0 third before Sterling notched the insurance marker. OVERALL HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD • Goaltender Maxime Lagace stopped 30 of 31 shots he faced to earn the victory. 13-21-3-1 2017-18 !!!!!CHICAGO!WOLVES ! GAME!NOTES !!!!BY!THE!NUMBERS 2017-18 The Chicago Wolves 2017-18 Opening Night roster includes seven rookies, two fewer than last HOME-ROAD CONTRASTS season. Jake Bischoff, Oscar Dansk, Keegan Kolesar, Curtis Leonard, Dmitry Osipov, Home Away Difference Jake Walman and Tyler Wong are all considered first-year skaters in the AHL. With just Goals For 0.00 0.00 0.00 F Goals Against 0.00 0.00 -0.00 seven regular-season games under his belt, Walman returns to the Wolves and retains his rookie status. Kolesar, Osipov and Wong all hail from the Western Hockey League and will skate with the Wolves for the first time. The 20-year-olds, Kolesar and Osipov, both make their professional hockey RECORD BY DIVISION debuts tonight while Wong will skate in his fourth AHL contest. He made his pro debut with the Record Win % Toronto Marlies during the 2015-16 season and appeared in three games. Bischoff skated in six games Central 0.00 .000 last season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers following the conclusion of his senior season at the Pacific 0.00 .000 University of Minnesota. After a strong training camp that earned him a contract, Leonard will skate in his second AHL game. The 25-year-old appeared in one game for the Rochester Americans during the 2014-15 campaign. Dansk spent the 2014-15 campaign with the AHL’s Springfield Falcons and RECORD BY MONTH backstopped the team for 21 games. Record Win % October 0.00 .000 November 0.00 .000 Chicago’s 2017-18 roster includes eight returning players: Jordan Binnington, Conner December 0.00 .000 Bleackley, Bryce Gervais, Petteri Lindbohm, Mackenzie MacEachern, Brett Sterling, January 0.00 .000 E Scooter Vaughan and Jake Walman. At the AHL level, defenseman Lindbohm has played February 0.00 .000 exclusively for the Wolves since making his debut in 2014-15. Bleackley, Gervais and MacEachern shed March 0.00 .000 their rookie monikers while Walman rejoins the Wolves still below the 25-game rookie threshold. The April 0.00 .000 33-year-old Sterling returns to Chicago for his seventh season with the club. Sterling has his name all over the Wolves franchise record book and was part of the 2008 Calder Cup champion squad. IN OVERTIME (0-0-0) Binnington was in net for Chicago 32 times last season and registered back-to-back shutouts that Goaltender Saves-Shots SV% included a 30-save performance against the Stars on March 15. Oscar Dansk 0-0 .000 Maxime Lagace 0-0 .000 The 2017-18 National Hockey League regular season opened on Wednesday, and 29 former Wolves were announced on NHL Opening Night rosters. Vince Dunn and Tage IN THE SHOOTOUT (0-0) GH Thompson, who made their NHL debuts on Wednesday, both skated with Chicago last season. Dunn was the American Hockey League’s top-scoring rookie defenseman and the Wolves Shooter Goals-Chances SH% ‘leading rookie scorer with 13 goals and 32 assists for 45 points in 72 games. Thompson joined the 0-0 .000 Wolves on an amateur tryout contract following the conclusion of his sophomore season at the 0-0 .000 University of Connecticut. Ivan Barbashev (St. Louis), Brad Hunt (Vegas), Wade Megan (St. Louis) 0-0 .000 Magnus Paajarvi (St. Louis) and Zach Sanford (St. Louis) all donned Wolves uniforms last season. Goaltender Saves-Shots SV% Twelve of the 29 alumni skated for the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday. Arizona, Boston, Buffalo, Calgary, Oscar Dansk 0-0 .000 Colorado, Dallas, Edmonton, Florida, N.Y. Rangers, Tampa Bay, Vancouver, Washington and Winnipeg Maxime Lagace 0-0 .000 each have at least one former Wolves player on their Opening Night roster. The Wolves finished last season with a 44-19-8-5 record for 101 points and marked RECORD BREAKDOWN the franchise’s first 100-point season since 2013-14. It came down to the wire, but the When the Wolves... Record IJI Wolves were able to edge the Grand Rapids Griffins by one point to take the Central score four or more goals 0-0-0-0 Division title. The club has earned six division titles since joining the American Hockey League in 2001 allow two or fewer goals 0-0-0-0 and eight since being founded in 1994. outshoot their opponent 0-0-0-0 score first 0-0-0-0 score a power-play goal 0-0-0-0 UPCOMING!GAMES allow a power-play goal 0-0-0-0 Date Opponent Venue Time score a short-handed goal 0-0-0-0 Saturday, Oct.