Chicago Wolves

American Hockey League team in Rosemont, Illinois

Chicago Wolves

City| Rosemont, Illinois
League| American Hockey League
Conference| Western
Division| Central
Founded| 1994 (IHL)
Home arena| Allstate Arena
Colors| Burgundy, gold, black, white

Owner(s)| Don Levin
General manager| Darren Yorke
Head coach| Cam Abbott
Captain| Josiah Slavin
Media| My50
The U
AHL.TV (Internet)
Affiliate| Carolina Hurricanes (NHL)
Franchise history
1994–present| Chicago Wolves
Championships
Regular season titles| 1 IHL (1999–2000)
1 AHL (2021–22)
Division titles| 4 IHL (1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01)
10 AHL (2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22)
Conference titles| 3 IHL (1997–98,
1999–00, 2000–01)
5 AHL
(2001–02, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2018–19, 2021–22)
Turner Cups| 2 (1997–98, 1999–2000)
Calder Cups| 3 (2001–02, 2007–08, 2021–22)
Current uniform
Current season

The Chicago Wolves are a professional ice hockey team based in Rosemont, Illinois. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wolves play home games at the Allstate Arena.

Originally a member of the International Hockey League, the Wolves joined the AHL after the IHL folded in 2001.

## History

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The Wolves won the Turner Cup twice (1998, 2000) in the IHL and the Calder Cup three times (2002, 2008, and 2022). The Wolves qualified for all but five postseasons (2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, and 2015–16 seasons), appearing in eight league championship finals (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2019 and 2022) in their 22-year history.

The team's most notable player was forward Steve Maltais, who until his retirement after the 2004–05 season had played every season of the franchise and holds most of its scoring records. Other notable players include goaltender Wendell Young, ex-Pittsburgh star Rob Brown and long time Chicago Blackhawks stars Troy Murray, Chris Chelios and Al Secord. The Wolves had their best season start in their 14-year history, during the 2007–08 season, winning 13 of the first 14 games, with an overtime loss. The Wolves finished the season with 111 points, and first in the Western Conference.

2007–08 Wolves with the Calder Cup

The Wolves were the AHL affiliate of the Atlanta Thrashers from 2001 to 2011. The Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg in June 2011 and added the St. John's IceCaps (formerly the Manitoba Moose) as their new AHL affiliate, leaving the Wolves and the NHL's Vancouver Canucks to find new affiliates. On June 27, 2011, the Wolves and Canucks agreed to a two–year affiliation agreement.[1]

On April 23, 2013, the Wolves and St. Louis Blues reached a three-year affiliation agreement. The deal was struck after the Canucks and Wolves decided not to renew their existing affiliation agreement and purchased the Peoria Rivermen franchise from the Blues creating the Utica Comets.[2] In November 2016, it was first reported the Blues would not renew their affiliation with the Wolves and were planning to move their affiliation to Kansas City for 2017.[3] However, this was unconfirmed and then denied by the announced potential owner in Kansas City, Lamar Hunt Jr., in a press release from his ECHL team in the area, the Missouri Mavericks,[4] and further denied by AHL commissioner, David Andrews, after the January 2017 Board of Governors meeting.[5]

After the 2016–17 season, the Wolves became the first affiliate of the NHL's expansion team, the Vegas Golden Knights.[6] The Blues did not re-sign with the Wolves to be their primary NHL affiliate for the 2017–18 season. However, Blues' general manager Doug Armstrong confirmed they would still send prospects to the Wolves for that season.[7]

2021–22 Wolves with the Calder Cup The Wolves playing at the Milwaukee Admirals in 2023

During the first season of their affiliation with Vegas, the Wolves set a pair of franchise records in earning points in 14 straight games from December 9 to January 6[8] and 13 consecutive home wins from December 6 to February 15.[9] In the 2018–19 season, the Wolves made the Calder Cup Finals, in which they lost to the Charlotte Checkers in five games.[10] During the 2019–20 season, the Golden Knights stated it was looking to own and operate its own AHL team in the Las Vegas region in 2020–21, but it would not be the Wolves.[11] The Golden Knights agreed to purchase the San Antonio Rampage franchise and move it to the Las Vegas area as the Henderson Silver Knights.[12] On September 10, 2020, the Wolves announced an affiliation agreement with the Carolina Hurricanes.[13] In addition, the Wolves added a temporary secondary NHL affiliate in the Nashville Predators for the 2020–21 season as the Predators' affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals, opted out of the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened season.[14] For the 2020–21 season, the teams' home games were at their training facility at the Triphahn Center in Hoffman Estates due to arena restrictions for fans during the pandemic.[15]

During the 2023–24 season, the Wolves played as independent AHL team, becoming the first independent AHL team since the 1994–95 season.[16] On May 2, 2024, the team renewed its affiliation with the Carolina Hurricanes for a three-year term beginning with the 2024–25 season.[17]

On May 6, 2025, the Greensboro Gargoyles, an ECHL expansion team in Greensboro, North Carolina, beginning play in October 2025, announced their affiliation with the Carolina Hurricanes, which in turn aligned them with the Wolves, as the AA farm team.[18] Greensboro was the original home of the Carolina Hurricanes for two years after their move from Hartford, Connecticut, before moving to Raleigh, North Carolina, while waiting for their arena to be constructed.

## Television

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The Wolves once were the only AHL team with a full television package. As the Chicago Blackhawks' late owner Bill Wirtz had refused to allow Blackhawks home games to be televised locally, the Wolves were viewed and embraced as an alternative; the Wolves took advantage of this, going so far as to promote themselves with the slogan "We Play Hockey The Old-Fashioned Way: We Actually Win". After Judd Sirott served as the team's play-by-play announcer for its first 12 seasons, starting in the 2006–07 season broadcast announcers were long-time Blackhawks commentators Pat Foley and Bill Gardner; Foley ultimately returned to the Blackhawks for the 2008–09 season after Bill Wirtz died and his son Rocky took over the team, reversing many of his father's policies, one of which allowed the Blackhawks' games to be aired locally on TV.[19] Since 2008, Jason Shaver has handled the play-by-play duties for the Wolves, along with Gardner.

Today, select regular-season home games are broadcast on WPWR-TV (My50), and WMEU-CD (The U), and all games are streamed on AHLTV.

## Season-by-season results

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This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Wolves. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Chicago Wolves seasons

Regular season  | Playoffs

|

Season | Games | Won | Lost | OTL | SOL | Points | PCT | Goals
for | Goals
against | Standing | Year | Div 1st Rd | Div Semi | Div Finals | Conf. Finals | Finals
2020–21 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 45 | .682 | 132 | 94 | 1st, Central | 2021 | No playoffs were held
2021–22 | 76 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 110 | .724 | 261 | 194 | 1st, Central | 2022 | — | W, 3–0, RFD | W, 3–1, MIL | W, 4–2, STO | W, 4–1, SPR
2022–23 | 72 | 35 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 78 | .542 | 227 | 244 | 6th, Central | 2023 | Did not qualify
2023–24 | 72 | 23 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 60 | .417 | 192 | 253 | 7th, Central | 2024 | Did not qualify
2024–25 | 72 | 37 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 78 | .542 | 205 | 223 | 4th, Central | 2025 | L, 0–2, RFD | — | — | — | —

## Players

[edit]

### Current roster

[edit]

Updated July 23, 2025.[20][21]

No. | Nat | Player  | Pos | S/G | Age  | Acquired  | Birthplace  | Contract

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25 |  | Blake Biondi | C | R  | 23  | 2025 | Hermantown, Minnesota | Wolves
–  |  | David Gagnon | LW | L  | 25  | 2025 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Wolves
–  |  | Deni Goure | C | R  | 22  | 2025 | Chatham, Ontario | Wolves
20 |  | Yanick Turcotte | LW | L  | 29  | 2024 | Quebec, Quebec | Wolves
–  |  | Evan Vierling | C | L  | 23  | 2025 | Aurora, Ontario | Wolves
–  |  | Tyler Weiss | LW | L  | 25  | 2025 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Wolves

### Team captains

[edit]

* Steve Maltais; 1994–96, 1997–2000, 2001–05
* Troy Murray; 1996–97
* Kevin Dahl; 2000–01
* Derek MacKenzie; 2005–06
* Darren Haydar; 2007–08, 2012–13
* Jamie Rivers; 2008–09
* Jason Krog; 2009–11
* Nolan Baumgartner; 2011–12
* Taylor Chorney; 2013–14
* Brent Regner; 2014–15
* Pat Cannone; 2015–16
* Chris Butler; 2016–17
* Paul Thompson; 2017–18
* Andrew Poturalski; 2021–22
* Max Lajoie; 2022–23
* Chris Terry; 2023–24
* Josiah Slavin; 2024–present

### Notable alumni

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The following players have played both 100 games for the Wolves and 100 games in the National Hockey League:

* Niklas Andersson
* Ivan Barbashev
* Tim Bergland
* Jordan Binnington
* Rob Brown
* Chris Butler
* Jordan Caron
* Dylan Coghlan
* Kevin Connauton
* Joey Crabb
* Kevin Dahl
* Joe DiPenta
* Dallas Eakins
* Joel Edmundson
* Garnet Exelby
* Glen Featherstone
* Kurtis Foster
* Nicolas Hague
* Jani Hakanpaa
* Greg Hawgood
* Brad Hunt
* Keegan Kolesar
* Jason Krog
* Kari Lehtonen
* Mackenzie MacEachern
* Derek MacKenzie
* Steve Maltais
* Steve Martins
* Kip Miller
* Brian Noonan
* Scott Pearson
* Brandon Pirri
* Dan Plante
* Paul Postma
* Jordan Schroeder
* Al Secord
* Tom Tilley
* J.P. Vigier
* Mike Weaver
* Zach Whitecloud
* Wendell Young

### Retired numbers

[edit]

Wolves retired numbers and honored personnel Chicago Wolves retired numbers  No.  | Player  | Position  | Career  | No. retirement

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1 | Wendell Young | G | 1994–2001 | December 1, 2001[22]
11 | Steve Maltais | LW | 1994–2005 | April 15, 2006[22]

## Team records

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### Single season

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Some of the Wolves banners hanging in the Allstate Arena Type  | Number  | Player  | Season

|
|
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Goals | 60  | Steve Maltais | 1996–97[23]
Assists | 91  | Rob Brown | 1995–96[23]
Points  | 143  | Rob Brown  | 1995–96[23]
Penalty minutes  | 390  | Kevin MacDonald | 1994–95[23]
Hat-tricks | 5  | Steve Maltais  | 1996–97[23]
Power play goals | 27  | Steve Maltais  | 1995–96 & 1996–97[24]
Short-handed goals | 7  | Ben Simon | 2002–03[24]
Plus–minus | +47  | Arturs Kulda | 2009–10[24]
Wins  | 38  | Kari Lehtonen | 2004–05[24]
Shutouts | 7  | Jake Allen | 2013–14[25]

### Career

[edit]

Type  | Number  | Player

|
|

Goals  | 454  | Steve Maltais[23]
Assists  | 497  | Steve Maltais[23]
Points  | 951  | Steve Maltais[23]
Penalty minutes  | 1061  | Steve Maltais[23]
Hat-tricks  | 18  | Steve Maltais[23]
Power play goals  | 195  | Steve Maltais[23]
Short-handed goals  | 21  | Derek MacKenzie[24]
Game winning goals | 67  | Steve Maltais[23]
Games played  | 839  | Steve Maltais[26]
Wins  | 169  | Wendell Young[27]
Shutouts  | 16  | Wendell Young[28]

## See also

[edit]

* List of Chicago Wolves award winners

## References

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6. ^ "WOLVES, GOLDEN KNIGHTS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP". American Hockey League. May 16, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-17. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
7. ^ "Armstrong statement on AHL affiliation". St. Louis Blues. May 16, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
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9. ^ "Special Teams Power Wolves to Franchise-Record 13th Consecutive Home Win". Chicago Wolves. February 15, 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-06-20. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
10. ^ Smith, Michael (June 8, 2018). "Charlotte Checkers win Calder Cup". Carolina Hurricanes. Archived from the original on 2019-06-09. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
11. ^ Schoen, David (January 27, 2020). "Golden Knights looking to buy AHL club and move it to Las Vegas". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on 2020-01-28. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
12. ^ Dietz, John (February 7, 2020). "Golden Knights purchase AHL franchise, Wolves owner confident team will find new NHL partnership". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on 2020-02-07. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
13. ^ "Wolves forge partnership with Carolina Hurricanes". Chicago Wolves. September 10, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
14. ^ "Wolves take on Predators as second affiliate for 2020-21". American Hockey League. January 7, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-01-07. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
15. ^ "GAMEDAY: OUR 27TH OPENER!". Chicago Wolves. February 5, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-05. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
16. ^ "Chicago Wolves To Play As An Independent AHL Team". Pro Hockey Rumors. April 5, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
17. ^ "Together Again: Wolves and Canes Forge New Partnership" (Press release). Chicago Wolves. May 2, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
18. ^ "Greensboro Gargoyles Enter into Affiliation Agreement with the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes" (Press release). Greensboro Gargoyles. May 6, 2025. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
19. ^ "Pat Foley returns to Hawks". Chicago Sun-Times. June 16, 2008. Archived from the original on July 1, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2008.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
20. ^ "Chicago Wolves Roster". Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
21. ^ "Chicago Wolves Roster". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2003-11-15. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
22. ^ a b "All-Time favorite Chicago Wolves moment". Chicago Wolves. February 3, 2016. Archived from the original on 2019-07-04. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
23. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Skelnik 2012, pp. 124
24. ^ a b c d e Skelnik 2012, pp. 125
25. ^ LaTour, Paul (April 19, 2014). "Wolves win AHL's Midwest Division". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2014-04-21. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
26. ^ "Wolves to retire Maltais' No. 11.(Sports)". Daily Herald. January 27, 2006. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
27. ^ Spellman, Mike (November 30, 2001). "Ring master Wolves will honor former goalie Young by retiring his No. 1.(Sports)". Daily Herald.[dead link]
28. ^ Shapiro, Mark (November 7, 2000). "Wolves' Young Blanks Grizzlies". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 22, 2013.

## Bibliography

[edit]

* Skelnik, Justin, ed. (2012). 2012–13 Chicago Wolves Media Guide.

## External links

[edit]

* Official website
* The Internet Hockey Database - Chicago Wolves (AHL)
* The Internet Hockey Database - Chicago Wolves (IHL)

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* Roosevelt Lakers

NCAA
Division III|

* Augustana Vikings
* Aurora Spartans
* Benedictine Eagles
* Blackburn Beavers
* Concordia Cougars
* Chicago Maroons
* Dominican Stars
* Elmhurst Bluejays
* Eureka Red Devils
* Greenville Panthers
* Illinois College Blueboys and Lady Blues
* Illinois Tech Scarlet Hawks
* Illinois Wesleyan Titans
* Knox Prairie Fire
* Lake Forest Foresters
* Monmouth Fighting Scots
* Millikin Big Blue
* North Central Cardinals
* North Park Vikings
* Principia Panthers
* Rockford Regents
* Wheaton Thunder

NAIA|

* Governors State Jaguars
* Judson Eagles
* Lincoln Christian Red Lions
* Olivet Nazarene Tigers
* St. Francis Fighting Saints
* Saint Xavier Cougars
* Trinity Christian Trolls
* Trinity International Trojans

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