2020-21
Chicago Wolves
Game Notes
- GRAND RAPIDS AT CHICAGO
- FEB. 11, 2021
- 2 P.M.
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DON’T SLEEP ON PITLICK
During the Chicago Wolves’ fast start, a lot of attention has been paid to the team’s teenagers — which makes sense because there are several of them and they’ve been plenty good through the first three games. But it’s not like the rest of the roster belongs to AARP.
TALE OF THE TAPE
REGULAR-SEASON SERIES
0-1-0-0 Grand Rapids | 1-0-0-0 Chicago
LAST MEETING
Feb. 5, 2021
Take center Rem Pitlick, for example. He made his NHL debut with the Nashville Predators on March 25, 2019 — shortly before his 22nd birthday. The Ottawa native then scored 20 goals in 63 games last year for the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals during his first year as a pro.
Nashville’s 2016 third-round pick has served as head coach Ryan Warsofsky’s first-line center for all three games and has been terrific at both ends of the ice. Pitlick shares the American Hockey League lead with three goals and has earned the game-winning goal in each of the last two games — both of them breakaway goals that looked remarkably similar. His game-winner Tuesday against Rockford came on shorthanded when he pounced on a loose puck at the Wolves’ blue line.
- 0-1-0-0
- 3-0-0-0
LEADING SCORERS
- GRAND RAPIDS
- CHICAGO
Skater
Criscuolo Barber Rasmussen
G
100
A
01
- Pts Skater
- G
2332
A
3101
Pts
5433
111
Tomasino Jarvis Pitlick
“So ‘Pitter,’ he’s got some really good tools as I’m just learning myself,” said Warsofsky, who did not see Pitlick play last year while serving as the Charlotte Checkers’ head coach. “He can fly. His speed is a factor. And as we saw (Tuesday), we’ve got him on the PK, which I think can be another little tool in his toolbox. It’s something that he can do. I think he’s a smart player. He can drive offense. He can delay. He can play with some pace. I’ve really liked his game, especially in Rockford (Saturday) and again (Tuesday), I thought he was really good. He’s dangerous all over the ice.”
0
Fitzgerald
SERIES GAME-BY-GAME
- Date Location
- Result SF-SA PP PK
Feb. 5 Triphahn Center Feb. 11 Triphahn Center Feb. 26 Van Andel Arena Feb. 28 Triphahn Center March19 Van Andel Arena March23 Van Andel Arena April 1 Triphahn Center May 7 Van Andel Arena May 9 Triphahn Center May 12 Van Andel Arena
W, 3-1 29-23 1-4 4-5
FAST STARTS IN WOLVES HISTORY
The Chicago Wolves are one of just two teams in the American Hockey League off to a 3-0-0-0 start — the Pacific Division’s San Diego Gulls being the other. To be fair, only five teams have played three games, but it’s nice to stack wins whenever they happen. This marks the Wolves’ sixth 3-0-0-0 start in the team’s 27-year history. And when Chicago has started well, it has tended to finish well.
SEASON
1997-98 2001-02 2007-08 2012-13
START
3-0-0 3-0-0-0 6-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 4-0-0-0
FINISH
Turner Cup champions Calder Cup champions Calder Cup champions
Did not qualify for playoffs Reached Calder Cup Finals
ALL-TIME RECORD BREAKDOWN
Seasons
1996-2020
- Home
- Road
- Overall
2018-19
39-37-0-6-2 35-31-2-9-2 74-66-2-15-4
WE ARE THE WOLVES
LAST TWO GAMES
The Wolves have reached good play up and down the lineup during the first week of the season, but they could be even deeper if not for multiple recalls from loan.
- TUESDAY, FEB. 9
- (AT) CHICAGO 5, ROCKFORD 2
• Nineteen-year-old forward Phil Tomasino scored his first two goals as a professional and added an assist as the Wolves never trailed in a Tuesday afternoon clash at Triphahn Center.
• Center Rem Pitlick added two goals — including the game-winner on a shorthanded breakaway —
while Seth Jarvis scored and Joey Keane and Tanner Jeannot posted two assists apiece.
• Goaltender Jeremy Helvig posted 23 saves to best Rockford for the second time in four days.
Center Sean Malone posted three points in the Wolves’ exhibition win over Rockford, but he has yet to make his regular-season debut because he has been with the Nashville Predators. He scored his first NHL point Tuesday night when he assisted on Rocco Grimaldi’s goal vs. Tampa Bay. Center Michael McCar- ron also played in that game.
- SATURDAY, FEB. 6
- CHICAGO 5, (AT) ROCKFORD 4
• Center Rem Pitlick scored on a breakaway late in the second period and his goal held up as the game-winner as the Wolves rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win their road opener.
• Forward Jamieson Rees delivered his first professional goal while forwards Seth Jarvis and
Tanner Jeannot and defenseman Cavan Fitzgerald also scored goals.
On Wednesday, Nashville also recalled defenseman Alex Carrier, who has been a steady force on the blue line in all three wins.
• Goaltender Jeremy Helvig stopped 28 shots to pick up the win in his Wolves debut.
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Chicago Wolves
Game Notes
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BY THE NUMBERS
HOME-ROAD CONTRASTS
Regular Season
Goals For
Home
4.00 1.50
Away
5.00 4.00
Difference
1.00
Defenseman Max Lajoie will miss today’s game after being issued a one-game suspension Wednesday by the American Hockey League. Lajoie was cited for a second-period incident during Tuesday’s win over Rockford that ended with him being assesse a five-minute major
- Goals Against
- 2.50
1
for kneeing, a five-minute major for fighting and a game misconduct.
RECORD BY OPPONENT
- Record
- Win %
.000 1.000 .000
1.000
Nineteen-year-old rookie Phil Tomasino scored his first two goals as a professional during Tuesday’s 5-2 home win over Rockford. Tomasino also added an assist as he pulled into a
2 share of the AHL’s points lead with San Diego’s Trevor Zegras (2G, 3A). Tomasino should be
playing for the Ontario Hockey League’s Oshawa Generals right now, but he and three other 19-year-
olds (Seth Jarvis, Jamieson Rees and Ryan Suzuki) are playing in the AHL while Canadian junior
leagues are suspended to the COVID-19 pandemic. “My goal was to play in the NHL,” Tomasino said. “I’ve always wanted to work towards that. Obviously that didn’t happen, but obviously the AHL is a phenomenal league. It’s great competition. I definitely feel comfortable, but I definitely feel like I’ve got a lot more to go. My overall game — I still think I can be quicker on pucks and I can make more plays off the rush and with the puck on my stick.”
Cleveland
0-0-0-0
Grand Rapids Iowa
1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
- 2-0-0-0
- Rockford
RECORD BY MONTH
Record
3-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Win %
1.000 .000 .000 .000
February March April May
Center Seth Jarvis has scored one goal in each of his first three professional games. Second-
IN OVERTIME (0-0)
year center Rem Pitlick produced three goals in the last two games against Rockford. Jarvis and Pitlick share the AHL goal-scoring lead with Iowa’s Gabriel Dumont.
3
- Goaltender
- Saves-Shots (0-0)
- SV%
.000 .000
Antoine Bibeau (0-0) Jeremy Helvig (0-0)
0-0 0-0
Second-year defenseman Joey Keane, who wears No. 4 for the Wolves, already has established himself as big-time blue-liner in the AHL. Keane, who was born in Chicago and
4raised in far south suburban Homer Glen, earned AHL All-Rookie Team honors last year after
posting 9 goals and 28 assists in 57 games split between Hartford and Charlotte. He’s off to a fast start this year with three assists in three games. “I think the way he plays really suits the style we want to play,” said Wolves head coach Ryan Warsofsky. “We want to play fast; uptempo. Get up in the rush with our defensemen. He’s an offensive d-man who can break out pucks. He’s had a really good year-and-a-half of pro experience. The ceiling is really high for this young man.”
IN THE SHOOTOUT (0-0)
Shooter
N/A
- Goals-Chances (0-0)
- SH%
- .000
- 0-0
Goaltender
N/A (0-0)
- Saves-Shots (0-0)
- SV%
- .000
- 0-0
In Tuesday’s win over Rockford, forward David Cotton became the fifth player to make his professional debut with the Wolves this season — joining forwards Seth Jarvis, Jamieson
5 Rees, Cole Smith, Ryan Suzuki and Phil Tomasino. They are among the 13 rookies on the
Wolves’ 29-man roster. There are three rookies who are still waiting to make their professional debut:
forward Jason Cotton (David’s older brother), defenseman D.J. King and goaltender Beck Warm.
RECORD BREAKDOWN
- When the Wolves...
- Record
2-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 score four or more goals allow two or fewer goals outshoot their opponent
Since the Wolves started playing on Oct. 1, 1994, a total of 672 players have donned score first
score a power-play goal
the Burgundy and Gold. When defenseman Max Lajoie made his Chicago debut
386Saturday at Rockford, he became the 386th player in Wolves history who also has
appeared in the NHL. The 23-year-old Lajoie spent most of the 2018-19 campaign with the Ottawa Senators — posting seven goals and eight assists in 56 games — before seeing just six games with Ottawa last season. The Carolina Hurricanes acquired him Jan. 12 in a trade for forward Clark Bishop.
allow a power-play goal score a short-handed goal allow a short-handed goal lead after one period trail after one period lead after two periods trail after two periods are in a one-goal game play at home
UPCOMING GAMES
- Date
- Opponent
- Venue
- Time
6 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m. 3 p.m.
play on the road
Tuesday, Feb. 16 Saturday, Feb. 20 Sunday, Feb. 21 Friday, Feb. 26 Sunday, Feb. 28
- at Rockford
- Rockford MetroCentre
Triphahn Center Triphahn Center Van Andel Arena Triphahn Center vs. Iowa vs. Iowa at Grand Rapids vs. Grand Rapids
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- INDIVIDUAL
- REGULAR-SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS
- Most Goals Scored in a Game
- 5
- vs. Rockford
- Feb. 9
Feb. 6 Feb. 6 Feb. 6 Feb. 6
GAME-HIGHS
at Rockford
Points 1. Phil Tomasino
2. Rem Pitlick
3 vs. RFD, Feb. 9 2 vs. RFD, Feb. 9 2 vs. RFD, Feb. 9 2 vs. RFD, Feb. 9 2 at RFD, Feb. 6 2 at RFD, Feb. 6 2 at RFD, Feb. 6 2 vs. GR, Feb. 5 2 vs. GR, Feb. 5
Most Goals Allowed in a Game Most Goals Scored in a Period Most Goals Allowed in a Period
432at Rockford 2nd period at Rockford 1st period at Rockford
Tanner Jeannot Joey Keane Seth Jarvis Jamieson Rees Tom Novak Cavan Fitzgerald Phil Tomasino
Most Shots On Goal in a Game Most Shots On Goal Allowed in a Game Most Shots On Goal in a Period
36 42 14
- at Rockford
- Feb. 6
Feb. 6 Feb. 6 Feb. 6 Feb. 6 at Rockford 2nd period at Rockford 1st period at Rockford
- 2nd period at Rockford
- Most Shots On Goal Allowed in a Period
- 14
Goals 1. Rem Pitlick
Phil Tomasino
3. Seth Jarvis Rem Pitlick
2 vs. RFD, Feb. 9 2 vs. RFD, Feb. 9 1 vs. RFD, Feb. 9 1 at RFD, Feb. 6 1 at RFD, Feb. 6 1 at RFD, Feb. 6 1 at RFD, Feb. 6 1 at RFD, Feb. 6 1 vs. GR, Feb. 5 1 vs. GR, Feb. 5 1 vs. GR, Feb. 5
- Fewest Shots On Goal in a Game
- 27
23 6
- vs. Rockford
- Feb. 9
Feb. 5 Feb. 9 Feb. 5
Fewest Shots On Goal Allowed in a Game Fewest Shots On Goal in a Period vs. Grand Rapids 2nd period vs. Rockford 1st period vs. Grand Rapids
Jamieson Rees Tanner Jeannot Cavan Fitzgerald Seth Jarvis Cavan Fitzgerald Seth Jarvis Tom Novak
- Fewest Shots On Goal Allowed in a Period
- 5
- Most PPG in a Game
- 1
11311vs. Rockford at Rockford vs. Grand Rapids at Rockford vs. Rockford (Pitlick) vs. Rockford (Wilkie)
Feb. 9 Feb. 6 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 9 Feb. 9
Most PPG Allowed in a Game Most SHG in a Game Most SHG Against in a Game
Assists 1. Tanner Jeannot
Joey Keane
2 vs. RFD, Feb. 9 2 vs. RFD, Feb. 9 2 at RFD, Feb. 6 2 vs. GR, Feb. 5
Tom Novak Phil Tomasino
- Longest Winning Streak
- 3
21N/A N/A N/A
Feb. 5-present Feb. 5-present Feb. 6-present
Longest Home Winning Streak Longest Road Winning Streak Longest Winless Streak
PIM +/-
1. Max Lajoie 2. Tanner Jeannot 3. Joey Keane Joey Keane
20 vs. RFD, Feb. 9
7 at RFD, Feb. 6 4 at RFD, Feb. 6 4 vs. GR, Feb. 5
Longest Home Winless Streak Longest Road Winless Streak
Most PIM in a Game Most Combined PIM in a Game
34 63 vs. Rockford vs. Rockford
Feb. 9 Feb. 9
1. Jamieson Rees Joey Keane
3. NINE TIED
+3 at RFD, Feb. 6 +3 vs. RFD, Feb. 9
+2
Quickest Wolves Goal from Start of Game Quickest Opponent Goal from Start of Game Shortest Time Between Two Wolves Goals
15:59 4:31
- vs. Rockford (Jarvis)
- Feb. 9
Feb. 6 Feb. 6 Feb. 6 Feb. 6
Shots 1. Seth Jarvis
2. Rem Pitlick
6 at RFD, Feb. 6 4 vs. RFD, Feb. 9 4 vs. RFD, Feb. 9 4 at RFD, Feb. 6 4 at RFD, Feb. 6 4 vs. GR, Feb. 5 4 vs. GR, Feb. 5
at Rockford (Quenneville)
- 1:02
- at Rockford (Jarvis/Fitzgerald)
at Rockford (Quenneville/Yetman) at Rockford (Kalynuk/Jeannot)
Phil Tomasino Jamieson Rees Cavan Fitzgerald Seth Jarvis
Shortest Time Between Two Opponent Goals 3:54
- Shortest Time Between Two Goals
- 0:35
Largest Margin of Victory Largest Margin of Defeat Largest Crowd at Home
3N/A N/A
- vs. Rockford
- Feb. 9
Tom Novak
Saves 1. Jeremy Helvig
2. Jeremy Helvig
28 at RFD, Feb. 6 23 vs. RFD, Feb. 9
22 vs. GR, Feb. 5
Hat Tricks this Year Hat Tricks Against this Year
N/A N/A
3. Antoine Bibeau
Shutouts this Year Shutouts Against this Year
N/A N/A
Penalty Shots this Year Penalty Shots Against this Year
N/A N/A
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GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS
No.
1.
- Date
- Opponent
- Result
- Score
3-1
Record
1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 3-0-0-0
CHI Goaltender
Bibeau
- OPP Goaltender SF-SA
- PP/PK
1-4/4-5 1-5/3-6 1-6/8-9
Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 9 Feb. 11 vs. Grand Rapids at Rockford
WWW
- Nagle
- 29-23
36-32 27-25
- 2.
- 5-4
5-2
Helvig Helvig
Tomkins
- Darling
- 3.
4. vs. Rockford vs. Grand Rapids
SCHEDULE
No.
5.
- Date
- Opponent
at Rockford vs. Iowa
Time
6 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m. 3 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 12 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m.
Feb. 16
- 6.
- Feb. 20
- Feb. 21
- 7.
- vs. Iowa
- 8.
- Feb. 26
Feb. 28 March 5 March 6 March 13 March 14 March 19 March 23 March 27 March 28 April 1 at Grand Rapids vs. Grand Rapids vs. Cleveland vs. Cleveland at Iowa
9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. at Iowa at Grand Rapids at Grand Rapids vs. Rockford at Rockford vs. Grand Rapids vs. Rockford at Rockford at Iowa
18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.
April 3 April 7 April 9 April 10 April 17 April 21 April 23 April 25 April 30 May 1 at Iowa at Rockford vs. Rockford at Cleveland at Cleveland vs. Iowa vs. Iowa
- May 7
- at Grand Rapids
vs. Grand Rapids at Grand Rapids at Rockford vs. Rockford
May 9 May 12 May 14 May 15
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PERSONNEL TRANSACTIONS
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Cavan Fitzgerald (D) signed to SPC by Chicago (AHL) Colin Markison (F) signed to SPC by Chicago (AHL) Brandon Hickey (D) signed to SPC by Chicago (AHL) Beck Warm (G) signed to SPC by Chicago (AHL)
Jeremy Bracco (F) loaned from Carolina (NHL)
David Cotton (F) loaned from Carolina (NHL) Jason Cotton (F) loaned from Carolina (NHL) Seth Jarvis (C) loaned from Carolina (NHL)
Stelio Mattheos (F) loaned from Carolina (NHL) Jamieson Rees (C) loaned from Carolina (NHL) Sheldon Rempal (F) loaned from Carolina (NHL)
Drew Shore (F) loaned from Carolina (NHL)
Spencer Smallman (F) loaned from Carolina (NHL)
Ryan Suzuki (C) loaned from Carolina (NHL) Joey Keane (D) loaned from Carolina (NHL) Max Lajoie (D) loaned from Carolina (NHL)
Antoine Bibeau (G) loaned from Carolina (NHL) Patrick Harper (F) loaned from Nashville (NHL) Tanner Jeannot (F) loaned from Nashville (NHL) Michael McCarron (C) loaned from Nashville (NHL)