2017-18 !!!!!CHICAGO!WOLVES ! GAME!LINEUPS ROCKFORD vs. CHICAGO DECEMBER 30, 2017 7 p.m. CW50 ROCKFORD CHICAGO 18-12-1-1 13-12-5-2 Game No. 33 Home Record 12-7-1-0 Game No. 33 Home Record 8-6-1-0 Road Game No. 13 Away Record 6-5-0-1 Home Game No. 16 Away Record 5-6-4-2 # P PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM # P PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM 4 D Luc Snuggerud 18 3 4 7 1 8 3 LW Teemu Pulkkinen 32 9 16 25 1 20 5 D Robin Press 6 0 0 0 -1 0 4 D Petteri Lindbohm 23 1 2 3 2 21 6 D Erik Gustafsson 20 3 10 13 -1 12 5 D Dmitri Osipov 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 D Viktor Svedberg 32 2 5 7 8 42 6 D Griffin Reinhart 18 1 5 6 8 18 9 LW Matthew Highmore 32 14 8 22 3 12 8 RW Tyler Wong 24 2 3 5 -3 10 10 C Tanner Kero 8 1 1 2 -4 4 9 C Conner Bleackley 7 0 1 1 4 2 11 LW Matheson Iacopelli 24 6 6 12 5 6 10 D Jason Garrison 23 4 10 14 -3 14 13 LW Tomas Jurco 31 10 12 22 8 34 13 D Kevin Lough 9 0 4 4 4 2 16 LW William Pelletier 31 3 4 7 5 16 14 RW Beau Bennett 22 4 15 19 -2 16 17 D Brandon Anselmini 4 0 0 0 -1 2 15 LW Mackenzie MacEachern 29 2 2 4 0 17 18 C Laurent Dauphin 28 4 8 12 -6 21 17 RW Paul Thompson 32 10 10 20 2 35 21 D Robin Norell 26 1 5 6 10 23 18 C T.J. Tynan 32 6 14 20 4 6 22 RW Jordin Tootoo 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 RW Keegan Kolesar 18 0 1 1 -2 15 24 D Darren Raddysh 27 4 4 8 8 10 21 F Scooter Vaughan 11 1 3 4 4 17 25 RW Radovan Bondra 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 C Wade Megan 27 4 8 12 -1 29 26 LW Alexandre Fortin 29 3 10 13 2 14 23 C Stefan Matteau 23 4 1 5 -5 19 27 LW Andreas Martinsen 28 6 7 13 3 36 25 RW Tobias Lindberg 28 5 4 9 7 12 28 LW Tyler Sikura 30 5 4 9 11 6 26 F Bryce Gervais 10 0 0 0 0 8 29 D Ville Pokka 30 3 12 15 0 10 27 C Brandon Pirri 26 11 14 25 3 14 32 D Carl Dahlstrom 31 2 15 17 15 14 28 D Jake Bischoff 32 0 7 7 -2 14 37 C Luke Johnson 32 6 8 14 1 31 29 LW Brett Sterling 17 8 1 9 5 16 45 C Anthony Louis 27 5 13 18 1 4 36 D Chris Casto 26 0 5 5 -4 11 49 LW Graham Knott 29 1 4 5 4 8 37 D Jake Walman 31 2 9 11 -1 14 38 RW Tomas Hyka 20 7 9 16 -4 0 # GOALTENDER GP RECORD GAA SV% # GOALTENDER GP RECORD GAA SV% 1 Collin Delia 3 1-2-0 3.76 .825 31 Kasimir Kaskisuo 14 5-8-1 2.64 .905 31 Matt Tomkins 0 0-0-0 0.00 .000 33 Max Lagace 11 7-2-2 2.68 .910 35 Jean-Francois Berube 13 7-6-0 2.43 .918 Senior Director, Minor League Affiliations: Mark Barnard General Manager: Wendell Young Head Coach: Jeremy Colliton Sr. Advisor/Director of Hockey Operations: Gene Ubriaco Assistant Coaches: Derek King Assistant General Manager: Bill Bentley Sheldon Brookbank Head Coach: Rocky Thompson Developmental Goaltending Coach: Peter Aubry Assistant Coaches: Chris Dennis Skating and Skills Development Coach: Kevin Delaney Bob Nardella Video Coach: Adam Gill Head Athletic Trainer: Kevin Kacer, ATC Head Athletic Trainer: D.J. Jones, ATC Equipment Manager: Craig Kogut Head Equipment Manager: Russ Holden Assistant Equipment Manager: Ryan Shoufer Assistant Equipment Manager: Brady Lake Goaltending Coach: Stan Dubicki Strength and Conditioning Coach: Shane Lawson Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jeff Conkle NHL Affiliation: Chicago Blackhawks NHL Affiliation: Vegas Golden Knights OFFICIALS Referees: Chris Pontes (78) and Tim Mayer (19) AHL Game No. Linesmen: Libor Suchanek (60) and Jameson Gronert (95) 470 2017-18 !!!!!CHICAGO!WOLVES ! GAME!NOTES ROCKFORD at CHICAGO DECEMBER 30, 2017 7 p.m. CW50 2017-18 ILLINOIS!LOTTERY!CUP In its seventh edition, the Illinois Lottery Cup is already looking to come down to the wire for a victor. With three TALE!OF!THE!TAPE victories – all in overtime – the Rockford IceHogs own a one-win advantage for what could be their fourth Lottery 2017-18 REGULAR-SEASON SERIES Cup since the competition’s inception in 2011. 3-2-0-0 Rockford | 2-0-2-1 Chicago The IceHogs also own a slight advantage in the all-time series with the Wolves since the inaugural Lottery Cup LAST MEETING six years ago. Rockford has one more win than Chicago with 39 but Chicago holds the goal-scoring advantage, Dec. 22, 2017 225-212. Last season, the Wolves clinched the Lottery Cup — the team’s second — with a thrilling overtime victory in Rockford on Feb. 7. Defenseman Petteri Lindbohm was the hero after zero when he crashed the net and scored just 1:19 into the extra frame for the 2-1 Wolves win. Additionally, the Chicago-Rockford series has been close since the teams began competing in 2007-08. At the 18-12-1-1 13-12-5-2 beginning of the 2017-18 campaign, the teams were deadlocked with 56 wins each. Now, the Wolves have a 58-46- 6-7 record while the IceHogs have a 59-46-8-4 record. SIGNIFICANT!SEVEN SERIES LEADERBOARD As noted in the last two game broadcasts (Dec. 27 & 29), seven individuals have been with the Chicago Wolves ROCKFORD CHICAGO organization since the team’s inception in 1994: Owner, chairman of the board and governor Dov Levin; vice chairman Buddy Meyers; senior executive vice president — and noted national anthem singer — Wayne Skater G A Pts Skater G A Pts Messmer; senior advisor and director of hockey operations Gene Ubriaco; general manager Wendell Young; Jurco 2 3 5 Pirri 3 2 5 assistant general manager Bill Bentley and head equipment manager Craig Kogut. Pokka 2 2 4 Thompson 2 3 5 Dahlstrom 0 4 4 Pulkkinen 1 3 4 On Jan. 25, 1994, Levin, Meyers and Grand Mulvey were granted franchise rights to operate a team in Chicago Fortin 1 2 3 Sterling 2 0 2 named the Chicago Wolves. Messmer was selected as senior vice president. The franchise was officially Louis 1 2 3 Nine more at 2 announced three days later on Jan. 28. Ubriaco began his career with the Wolves as the team’s first head coach. Behind the bench, he guided the expansion team to a 34-33-14 record and a berth in the 1995 Turner Cup Playoffs. Ubriaco compiled a 61-61- 2017-18 GAME-BY-GAME 20 record with Chicago during a three-year span, which included a two-game interim stint during the 1996-97 season. Date Location Result SF-SA PP PK Nov. 19 BMO Harris Bank Center SOL, 3-4 37-40 0-3 4-4 Young has been a member of the Wolves organization in virtually every capacity — including player, coach and Nov. 25 Allstate Arena W, 4-3 38-33 0-2 5-6 executive — since the team’s inaugural campaign in 1994. He served as assistant coach and executive director of Dec. 1 BMO Harris Bank Center OTL, 3-4 35-32 1-3 3-3 team relations for six seasons before transitioning into the general general in August 2009. Under Young’s GM Dec. 12 BMO Harris Bank Center W, 2-1 32-35 0-3 3-3 tenure (as of the 2016-17 season), the Wolves have earned a .593 win percentage and captured four division titles Dec. 22 BMO Harris Bank Center OTL, 2-3 25-31 0-4 3-3 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2017). Dec. 30 Allstate Arena - - - - Feb. 3 Allstate Arena - - - - Bentley has worked in several capacities for the Wolves but has nine season under his belt as assistant general March 11 Allstare Arena - - - - manager. He has been instrumental to the hockey operations department for more than 20 years, which includes March 17 Allstate Arena - - - - all four seasons that ended with championships (1998, 2000, 2002, 2008). March 24 BMO Harris Bank Center - - - - Kogut has been the head equipment manager for 23 of Chicago’s 24 seasons and has worked more than 1,800 April 13 BMO Harris Bank Center - - - - games for the Wolves. He served as assistant equipment manager in the inaugural 1994-95 season. April 15 Allstate Arena - - - - GAME!REWIND FRIDAY, DEC. 29 (at) MILWAUKEE 3, CHICAGO 2 (SO) ALL-TIME RECORD BREAKDOWN • The Wolves fell in a shootout to Milwaukee but earned their 16th point in nine games. Season Home Road Season Home Road • Center Brandon Pirri tallied in regulation and the shootout while Tobias Lindberg scored in the first period 2007-08 5-0-0-0 1-3-0-1 2013-14 5-1-0-0 2-3-0-1 for the Wolves. 2008-09 3-1-0-1 1-4-0-0 2014-15 2-3-0-1 2-3-1-0 • Two Admirals skaters scored in the shootout but only Pirri could solve Anders Lindback.