2020-21 Chicago Wolves Game Notes CHICAGO AT ROCKFORD FEB. 16, 2021 6 P.M. AHLTV.COM ALL IN THE FAMILY, PART 1 2020-21 After sweeping four games over the first seven days of the 2021 season, the Chicago Wolves finally TALE OF THE TAPE return to competition after a four-day break. But the Wolves didn’t stop practicing during that REGULAR-SEASON SERIES stretch — and they didn’t stop adding to their roster. On Monday, the Wolves announced the addition 0-2-0-0 Rockford | 2-0-0-0 Chicago of 23-year-old defenseman Frederic Allard and 30-year-old defenseman David Warsofsky. LAST MEETING Allard, selected two picks after Wolves center Rem Pitlick in the third round of the 2016 NHL Entry Feb. 9, 2021 Draft, has spent the 2020-21 season with Villacher SV in Austria’s top professional league and posted 4 goals and 9 assists in 13 games. Allard was loaned to Chicago by Nashville (NHL) and has 14 goals and 60 assists to show for 181 regular-season games with the Milwaukee Admirals. 0-2-1-0 4-0-0-0 Warsofsky, meanwhile, was loaned to the Wolves by Carolina (NHL) after being acquired in a trade with Toronto (NHL) that involved center Alex Galchenyuk. Warsofsky boasts 2 goals and 9 assists in SERIES LEADERS 55 NHL games split between Boston, Pittsburgh, New Jersey and Colorado. He also owns 55 goals and 178 assists in 454 AHL regular-season games. Oh, and he features a set of DNA strikingly similar to ROCKFORD CHICAGO the Wolves head coach: his older brother, Ryan Warsofsky. Skater G A Pts Skater G A Pts Franson 0 3 3 Pitlick 3 0 3 Ryan and David Warsofsky grew up 30 miles south of Boston with older brothers Adam and Jarod — Busdeker 1 1 2 Jarvis 2 1 3 and all four played hockey at the college level or above. Rasmussen 1 1 2 Tomasino 2 1 3 McLaughlin 0 2 2 Jeannot 1 2 3 “Me and my younger brother, David, were really close,” Ryan said. “If it was just him and me after school, we would just play in the driveway. Our garage doors were obviously destroyed. Lots of SERIES GAME-BY-GAME broken windows. When the winter came, we’d play knee hockey in the basement and it would get Date Location Result SF-SA PP PK aggressive at times and physical.” Feb. 6 Rockford MetroCentre W, 5-4 36-32 1-5 3-6 Feb. 9 Wolves Training Facility W, 5-2 27-25 1-6 8-9 According to AHL Vice President of Communications Jason Chaimovitch, the AHL hasn’t had a coach- Feb. 16 Rockford MetroCentre player brother combo since 1993-94 when Marc Crawford coached his younger brother, Lou, with the March 27 Wolves Training Facility St. John’s Maple Leafs. March 28 Rockford MetroCentre April 3 Wolves Training Facility ALL IN THE FAMILY, PART 2 April 7 Rockford MetroCentre Last week, David Cotton and Jason Cotton became the second set of brothers to play in the same April 17 Rockford MetroCentre game for the Wolves. Joe Crowley and Ted Crowley played 16 games together during the Wolves’ April 21 Wolves Training Facility inaugural season (1994-95), but more than 2,000 Wolves games happened before the Cottons joined May 14 Rockford MetroCentre the brothers club during Thursday’s 4-2 win over Grand Rapids. By David’s reckoning, it marked as the May 15 Wolves Training Facility first time these brothers from Parker, Texas, played on the same side in an official game. ALL-TIME RECORD BREAKDOWN “We’re a couple years (apart), so we never played on the same team,” David said. “This was the first time we were able to link up and go through this process together. It’s been very special for me — and Seasons Home Road Overall special for him as well.” 2007-21 46-21-5-3 27-36-5-5 73-56-10-8 LAST TWO GAMES WE ARE THE WOLVES Six years ago, the Chicago Wolves were contacted by THURSDAY, FEB. 11 (AT) CHICAGO 4, GRAND RAPIDS 2 Epic Pictures Group to be an important part of the • Forward David Cotton scored two goals and handed out one assist as the Wolves turned a 2-2 romantic comedy “Who Gets the Dog?” that starred third-period tie into their fourth consecutive win. Ryan Kwanten and Alicia Featherstone. Kwanten • Center Seth Jarvis delivered the team’s first goal for the third time in four games whileTanner played the character Clay Lonnergan, who was a Jeannot provided insurance with a short-handed empty-net tally with 1:55 to go. Wolves goaltender. • Goaltender Beck Warm stopped 26 shots to earn the win in his professional debut. In early 2015, the movie crew filmed scenes at the Wolves Training Facility as well as during intermission TUESDAY, FEB. 9 (AT) CHICAGO 5, ROCKFORD 2 of the Wolves’ 1-0 win over Oklahoma City on Feb. • Nineteen-year-old forward Phil Tomasino scored his first two goals as a professional and added 13, 2015. To make the hockey scenes as realistic as an assist as the Wolves never trailed in a Tuesday afternoon clash. possible, “Who Gets The Dog?” hired several Wolves • Center Rem Pitlick added two goals — including the game-winner on a shorthanded breakaway — players to skate during the practice and the game while Seth Jarvis scored and Joey Keane and Tanner Jeannot posted two assists apiece. scenes. Brent Sopel and Benn Ferriero were among • Goaltender Jeremy Helvig posted 23 saves to best Rockford for the second time in four days. the Wolves who wore their real jerseys during the game scenes. 2020-21 Chicago Wolves Game Notes 2020-21 BY THE NUMBERS HOME-ROAD CONTRASTS Regular Season Home Away Difference Rookie center Seth Jarvis, who has scored one goal in each of his first four professional Goals For 4.00 5.00 1.00 games, shares the American Hockey League lead in goals with Tucson forward Michael Goals Against 1.67 4.00 2.33 1 Bunting. The 19-year-old from Winnipeg also shares the league lead in first goals with 2 — joining Utica’s Kole Lind and Iowa’s Dmitri Sokolov. He has tallied in the first period of the last three RECORD BY OPPONENT Wolves games, which includes both meetings with Rockford. Record Win % Cleveland 0-0-0-0 .000 During the first 26 seasons of Chicago Wolves hockey, players wore 49 different jersey Grand Rapids 2-0-0-0 1.000 numbers: 1 through 42, 44, 45, 49, 55, 77, 84 and 92. Only four games into this season, three Iowa 0-0-0-0 .000 3 new numbers already have been worn: rookie forward Patrick Harper wears No. 43, veteran Rockford 2-0-0-0 1.000 defenseman Alex Carrier has donned No. 47 and rookie forward Phil Tomasino wears No. 50. RECORD BY MONTH The Wolves are enjoying just the fourth 4-0-0 start in the franchise’s 27-season history. This Record Win % year’s crew has matched the early-season exploits of the 2012-13 and 2018-19 teams. The only February 4-0-0-0 1.000 4 team with a longer opening streak was the 2007-08 squad that jetted to records of 6-0-0-0 March 0-0-0-0 .000 April 0-0-0-0 .000 and 13-0-1-0 on its way to the 2008 Calder Cup title. May 0-0-0-0 .000 The Wolves have scored 17 goals through four games this year — and a league-high nine have been delivered by rookies. Center Seth Jarvis leads the way with four tallies while fellow IN OVERTIME (0-0) 9 19-year-old forward Phil Tomasino owns two — both against Rockford on Feb. 9. Forward David Cotton contributed two Thursday against Rockford while 19-year-old Jamieson Rees notched Goaltender Saves-Shots (0-0) SV% Antoine Bibeau (0-0) 0-0 .000 his first pro goal Feb. 6 at Rockford. The Ontario Reign and Syracuse Crunch are next on the rookie Jeremy Helvig (0-0) 0-0 .000 goal-scoring list with six apiece. For a hot minute Monday, it appeared center Alex Galchenyuk and his 135 NHL goals IN THE SHOOTOUT (0-0) might join the Wolves roster. Instead, he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs, so he 14 won’t join the list of Wolves players who have scored at least 100 NHL goals. That 14-man Shooter Goals-Chances (0-0) SH% N/A 0-0 .000 list consists of Rob Brown, Chris Chelios, Doug Crossman, J.P. Dumont, Bryan Little, Kevin Miller, Troy Murray, Brian Noonan, Eddie Olczyk, Steve Reinprecht, Al Secord, Alexander Selivanov, Goaltender Saves-Shots (0-0) SV% Stephen Weiss and Todd White. N/A (0-0) 0-0 .000 Goaltender Beck Warm made his professional debut Thursday against the Grand Rapids RECORD BREAKDOWN Griffins and posted 36 saves while picking up the win. The 21-year-old from Whistler, 36 British Columbia put himself in the same sentence as veteran NHL goaltender Jake When the Wolves... Record score four or more goals 3-0-0-0 Allen with his performance. How so? No goaltender has won his Wolves debut AND notched at least allow two or fewer goals 3-0-0-0 as many saves as Warm in said debut since Allen won his first Wolves appearance when he posted 41 outshoot their opponent 3-0-0-0 saves against the San Antonio Rampage on Oct.