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This is an archive collection of entries from  my main personal blog, My Mundane Mid-Life.

This collection of entries is from the Category "Hockey".

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Wolves 3 - Marlies 2 - Shootout
posted at 10:00 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Saturday, December 06, 2008

Wolves 6 - IceHogs 1
posted at 09:45 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Wolves 2 - Monarchs 7
posted at 09:50 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Wolves 6 - Bruins 0
posted at 11:59 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Wolves 3 - Rivermen 2
posted at 11:10 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Wolves 1 - Moose 2 (Overtime)

Chicago Wolves Manitoba Moose

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posted at 10:37 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Wolves 3 - Admirals 1

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 10:35 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Saturday, February 02, 2008

Wolves 4 - IceHogs 2

Chicago Wolves Rockford IceHogs

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posted at 10:16 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Wolves 5 - Monarchs 2

Chicago Wolves Manchester Monarchs

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posted at 10:47 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Wolves 5 - Marlies 4

Chicago Wolves Toronto Marlies

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posted at 10:39 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Wolves 2 - Admirals 1 - Overtime - Home Opener

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 10:46 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Friday, September 28, 2007

Wolves 3 - Monsters 6 - PRESEASON

Chicago Wolves Lake Erie Monsters

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posted at 10:04 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Friday, May 04, 2007

Wolves 4 - Stars 5 - West Division Final Game 2

Chicago Wolves Iowa Stars

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posted at 11:04 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Wolves 7 - Stars 0 - West Division Final Game 1

Chicago Wolves Iowa Stars

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posted at 10:18 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Wolves 4 - Admirals 1 - West Division Semifinal Game 2

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 08:46 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Friday, April 20, 2007

Wolves 3 - Admirals 2 - West Division Semifinal Game 1

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 10:44 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Wolves 5 - Moose 2

Chicago Wolves Manitoba Moose

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posted at 10:17 PM | Link | Wolves | Care to comment? | § |

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Wolves 4 - Rivermen 3

Chicago Wolves Peoria Rivermen

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posted at 10:31 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Wolves 4 - Admirals 6

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 10:44 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Saturday, March 03, 2007

Wolves 3 - Bulldogs 6

Chicago Wolves Hamilton Bulldogs

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posted at 10:07 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Wolves 0 - Knights 2

Chicago Wolves Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights

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posted at 10:50 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Wolves 6 - Crunch 2

Chicago Wolves Syracuse Crunch

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posted at 07:50 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Wolves 4 - Marlies 5

Chicago Wolves Toronto Marlies

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posted at 10:44 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Saturday, January 13, 2007

Wolves 3 - Bulldogs 6

Chicago Wolves Hamilton Bulldogs

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posted at 10:37 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Friday, January 12, 2007

Wolves 0 - Pengiuns 1

Chicago Wolves Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

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posted at 10:34 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Wolves 3 - Americans 5

Chicago Wolves Rochester Americans

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posted at 10:44 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Wolves 2 - Admirals 3 (Shoot-out)

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 10:33 PM | Link | Wolves | 1 comment | § |

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Wolves 5 - Stars 2

Chicago Wolves Iowa Stars

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posted at 10:23 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Wolves 5 - Rampage 4

Chicago Wolves San Antonio Rampage

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posted at 10:25 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Wolves 5 - Griffins 3

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins

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posted at 10:47 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Wolves 3 - Phantoms 2

Chicago Wolves Philadelphia Phantoms

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posted at 10:57 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Wolves 4 - Moose 7

Chicago Wolves Manitoba Moose

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posted at 10:23 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Saturday, October 14, 2006

Wolves 1 - Admirals 5

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 10:36 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Wolves 6 - Aeros 5

Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros

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posted at 10:47 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

No Wolves

Was just watching the game on Comcast Cable.

The Wolves have been eliminated from playoff contention by their 5-4 loss in overtime.

I Believe this is the first time in franchise history that the Wolves didn't make the playoffs.

Great. I think I feel a shakeup coming on...

posted at 09:48 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Saturday, April 08, 2006

Wolves 1 - Stars 4

Chicago Wolves Iowa Stars

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posted at 10:16 PM | Link | Wolves | § |

Friday, March 24, 2006

Wolves 4 - Aeros 2

Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros

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posted at 11:08 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, March 11, 2006

Wolves 3 - Rivermen 4 (Shootout)

Chicago Wolves Peoria Rivermen

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posted at 11:12 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, March 04, 2006

Wolves 6 - Americans 4

Chicago Wolves Rochester Americans

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posted at 10:51 PM | Link | Wolves | 1 comment § |

Friday, March 03, 2006

Wolves 5 - Griffins 2

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins

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posted at 11:14 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Wolves 2 - Moose 5

Chicago Wolves Manitoba Moose

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posted at 10:26 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, February 25, 2006

Wolves 8 - Barons 0

Chicago Wolves Cleveland Barons

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posted at 11:11 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, February 11, 2006

Wolves 1 - Phantoms 6

Chicago Wolves Philadelphia Phantoms

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posted at 10:26 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Wolves 1 - Crunch 3

Chicago Wolves Syracuse Crunch

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posted at 09:10 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Wolves 4 - Admirals 6

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 10:21 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Friday, December 30, 2005

Wolves 11 - Rivermen 5

Chicago Wolves Peoria Rivermen

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posted at 10:46 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Friday, December 23, 2005

Wolves 3 - Bears 4 (Overtime)

Chicago Wolves Hershey Bears

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posted at 10:37 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, December 17, 2005

Wolves 3 - Admirals 4

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 10:21 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Friday, November 25, 2005

Wolves Announcement


Went to the Wolves practice facility here in town. I was too curious about this Media Alter from Wednesday night. There was a big tournament going on, so there were a lot of parents and kids there, but no indication of a press conference.

I talked to a few people and the rumor flying around was that Bobby Hull was in the building.

That seems like two different things going on at once.

I was wrong.

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posted at 10:56 AM | Link | Wolves § |

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Wolves 4 - Hamilton 2

Chicago Wolves Hamilton Bulldogs

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posted at 10:32 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, November 19, 2005

Wolves 3 - Admirals 2

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 11:00 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Wolves 1 - Moose 3

Chicago Wolves Manitoba Moose

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posted at 10:53 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Monday, September 26, 2005

Wolves 5 - Rivermen 6 - Preseason

Chicago Wolves Peoria Rivermen

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posted at 09:08 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Monday, June 13, 2005

Well, THAT'S over...

Chicago Wolves
We would have been going to Game 6 of the Calder Cup Finals tonight.

Would have.

The Philadelphia Phantoms swept the Wolves, 4-games-to-0 last Friday, in front of 20,103 fans, the largest crowd in American Hockey League playoff history. Chicago (12-6) was swept for just the third time in its 11-year postseason history. The Wolves, who lost by more than one goal for the first time this postseason, managed just four goals in the four games, the fewest in a four-game playoff series in franchise history.

Sad, very sad. I mean, the Wolves had to be made of something to claw their way to the top of the West Conference, only to be handily swept in the finals. They were significantly outplayed. It was like there was a totally different team out there for the finals.

So, on the plus side, the Wolves have been in the playoffs every single year of their 11 year existence. They've been to the finals in 5 of those 11 (.450!) and have won 3 of them. That, my friends, is not a shabby performance for the franchise.

It was just shabby this series.

*sigh*

posted at 08:27 AM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, June 04, 2005

Wolves 1 - Phantoms 2 - (2OT)- CALDER CUP FINAL Game 2

2005 Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Philadelphia Phantoms

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posted at 10:38 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Thursday, June 02, 2005

Wolves 0 - Phantoms 1 - CALDER CUP FINAL Game 1

2005 Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Philadelphia Phantoms

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posted at 10:27 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Thursday, May 19, 2005

Wolves 4 - Moose 3 - Western Conference Final Game 1

2005 Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Manitoba Moose

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posted at 10:30 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Friday, May 13, 2005

Wolves 4 - Mighty Ducks 1 - West Division Final Game 5

2005 Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

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posted at 10:59 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, May 07, 2005

Wolves 2 - Mighty Ducks 1 - West Division Final Game 2

2005 Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

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posted at 11:10 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Wolves 5 - Mighty Ducks 2 - West Division Final Game 1

2005 Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

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posted at 10:47 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Thursday, April 21, 2005

Wolves 1 - Aeros 2 (Overtime) - West Division Semifinal Game 2

2005 Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros

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posted at 10:14 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Wolves 4 - Aeros 1 - West Division Semifinal Game 1

2005 Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros

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posted at 10:30 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, April 16, 2005

Wolves 5 - Grizzlies 1 - Final Game of the Regular Season

Chicago Wolves Utah Grizzlies

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posted at 10:39 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, March 19, 2005

Wolves 3 - Griffins 4

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins

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posted at 10:42 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Wolves 3 - Roadrunners 2 (Shootout)

Chicago Wolves Edmonton Roadrunners

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posted at 10:40 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, March 12, 2005

Wolves 1 - Moose 0

Chicago Wolves Manitoba Moose

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posted at 10:53 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, February 12, 2005

Wolves 4 - Aeros 5 (Shootout)

Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros

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posted at 11:44 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Friday, February 11, 2005

Wolves 5 - Admirals 4 (Shootout)

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 11:43 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Friday, February 04, 2005

Wolves - Barons

Chicago Wolves Cleveland Barons

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posted at 10:51 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Sunday, January 30, 2005

New Ice

Two half-rink games being played on Rink 1 Open Skate on Rink 2 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony The Wolves Locker Room
The Hoffman Estates Park District Community Center Ice Arenas had their official ribbon cutting ceremony today. Carol and I went over there to check it out. It was important to us because: 1) it's literally just blocks away from our house (but it's not THAT close to walk it), and 2) it is the official practice facility for the Chicago Wolves!

The facility actually opened-up in November, but the Wolves offices, training areas and locker room weren't ready yet.

The place is gorgeous with two full-size rinks. It was packed - there was a time when both rinks were open to open skate and they ran out of rental skates. There were Wolves players available for autographs and out on the ice skating with the guests. The concession stand was in full swing.

I was able to see the actual ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Park District people, the mayor, and the Wolves executives.

posted at 05:14 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Wolves 3 - Hamilton 6

Chicago Wolves Hamilton Bulldogs

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posted at 10:43 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Monday, January 17, 2005

No party

Tonight is the Chicago Wolves Season Ticket Holder Party at Gameworks in Schaumburg. In fact, it's in a few minutes.

Not motivated enough to go - last year was too crowded, didn't get any food until the end of the evening, really difficult to see the players.

Too fatigued. Gonna stay home.

posted at 06:23 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, January 15, 2005

Wolves 4 - Maple Leafs 1

Chicago Wolves St. John’s Maple Leafs

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posted at 10:21 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, December 04, 2004

Wolves 2 - Admirals 3

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 10:08 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, October 30, 2004

Wolves 1 - Mighty Ducks 4

Chicago Wolves Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

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posted at 10:44 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, October 23, 2004

Wolves 3 - Admirals 2 (Overtime)

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 10:16 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Wolves 5 - Aeros 4 (Overtime)

Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros

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posted at 10:11 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, October 16, 2004

Wolves 1 - Griffins 5

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins

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posted at 10:39 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Thursday, October 14, 2004

No hockey? What about simulated hockey?

So G4TECHTV (that crappy Comcast-owned network that took my beloved TechTV a stripped it clean of it's gadgetry and tech coolness) is simulating the entire NHL season and broadcasting the results in a 3-minute highlight show nightly.

I don't know how I feel about this.

posted at 10:11 PM | Link | Hockey § |

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Opening night?

It's Opening Night in the NHL tonight. Or it was supposed to be. No Opening Night. Then again, there hasn't been any training camps or any exhibition games either. The owners have locked-out the players in a labor dispute.

The NHLPA made its first proposal in 15 months to NHL negotiators Sept. 9 in Toronto. it was immediately rejected and there hasn't been any movement since, and there's been rumors of the entire NHL season being lost.

All I know is that it probably means more people going to the Wolves games that we have to deal with. Our opening night is this Saturday!

posted at 08:39 PM | Link | Hockey § |

Thursday, October 07, 2004

Wolves 2 - Griffins 1 - Preseason

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins

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posted at 10:47 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Friday, May 14, 2004

Wolves 3 - Admirals 4 - West Division Final Game 6 (2 OT)

2004 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 11:58 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Monday, May 10, 2004

Wolves 2 - Admirals 5 - West Division Final Game 4

2004 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 10:34 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Friday, April 23, 2004

Wolves 8 - Griffins 2 - West Division Semifinal Game 4

2004 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins

SWEEEEEP!!!!

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posted at 10:38 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Wolves 4 - Griffins 1 - West Division Semifinal Game 3

2004 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins

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posted at 10:10 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, April 10, 2004

Wolves 1 - Admirals 3

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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posted at 10:28 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Wednesday, April 07, 2004

Wolves 4 - Rampage 3

Chicago Wolves San Antonio Rampage

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posted at 10:07 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, April 03, 2004

Wolves 2 - Griffins 1

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins

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posted at 11:08 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, March 20, 2004

Wolves 2 - Grizzlies 5

Chicago Wolves Utah Grizzlies

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posted at 10:29 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

Wolves 5 - Mighty Ducks 1

Chicago Wolves Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

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Saturday, March 13, 2004

Wolves 4 - Barons 2

Chicago Wolves Cleveland Barons

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posted at 10:18 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, March 06, 2004

Wolves 3 - Hamilton 5

Chicago Wolves Hamilton Bulldogs

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Saturday, February 21, 2004

Wolves 6 - Aeros 3

Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros

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posted at 10:30 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Party?

Tonight was the annual Chicago Wolves Season Ticketholder Party, but instead of holding it at the Allstate Arena like the usually do, it was held at Gameworks in Schaumburg (we were happy - Gameworks is much closer to home!). The problem with Gameworks, though, is that it's a much smaller venue. Every machine and game in the house was busy (it was all free while we were there), but it was hard to maneuver around - the lines for the buffet upstairs were huge, not to mention the lines for player autographs were much worse and much slower). We found out there was a second buffet in - of all places - the restaurant and hardly anybody was in there. It was an OK time, but it was quite a bit different and I'm not sure if it was "better" or not. I could tell by our friends John and Carol that it might not appeal to the "older demographic" - crowded, noisy, multiple floors...

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Saturday, January 17, 2004

Wolves 5 - Moose 1

Chicago Wolves Manitoba Moose

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Wednesday, January 14, 2004

Wolves 3 - Maple Leafs 3 (Overtime)

Chicago Wolves St. John’s Maple Leafs

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posted at 10:39 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, January 10, 2004

Wolves 3 - Mighty Ducks 5

Chicago Wolves Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

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Saturday, December 27, 2003

Wolves 4 - Grizzlies 0

Chicago Wolves Utah Grizzlies

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Saturday, November 29, 2003

Wolves 4 - Maple Leafs 1

Chicago Wolves St. John’s Maple Leafs

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Sunday, November 02, 2003

Wolves 3 - Crunch 4

Chicago Wolves Syracuse Crunch

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Saturday, November 01, 2003

Wolves 4 - Griffins 3

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins

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Saturday, October 25, 2003

Wolves 3 - Roadrunners 1

Chicago Wolves Toronto Roadrunners

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Tuesday, October 14, 2003

Chicago Wolves in Hoffman Estates?

Work starts tomorrow on a new practice facility for the Chicago Wolves. Where? About 6-7 blocks from my house! Hoffman Estates approved it last night night - dual NHL-sized ice-skating rinks in a 90,000-square-foot addition to the 35,000-square-foot Blackhawk Community Center. Going to be very cool next September/October when we can walk to a pre-season game!

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Saturday, October 11, 2003

Wolves 2 - Griffins 3 - Overtime

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins

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Monday, October 06, 2003

Dan Snyder

Atlanta Thrashers Chicago Wolves
Dan Snyder playing air hockey Garnet Exelby and Dan Snyder
Damn.

At about 10:30pm last Monday, Atlanta Thrashers Left Wing Dany Heatley (NHL 2002 Rookie of the Year and MVP of the 2003 All-Star game) was driving his 2002 black Ferrari convertible at over 80mph in a 35mph zone on Lenox Road near Alton Place NE in the Buckhead area of Atlanta and lost control on a curve, swerved into the opposite lane, crossed the dividing line and left the pavement before crashing broadside into a brick pillar and iron fence. The impact of the crash broke the automobile in two.

His passenger was Atlanta Thrasher Center and former Chicago Wolves player Dan Snyder (who was on the Wolves 2003 Calder Cup team). Snyder was ejected from the car and thrown 30 feet onto the road. He had suffered a significant depressed fracture toward the back of his head on the right side, and a classic "acceleration/deceleration injury". He was in a coma.

Snyder died yesterday.

Now, Dany Heatley (who had suffered a broken left jaw, a minor concussion, a contusion to his lung, a bruised kidney, complete tears of his anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments and a torn lateral meniscus in his right knee and limited nerve injury to some of the muscles in his left shoulder), will be charged with vehicular homicide (it used to be just "serious injury by vehicle"), as well as reckless driving, driving too fast for conditions, driving on the wrong side of the road and striking a fixed object.

The fans in Chicago will always remember Snyder for his heart and tenacity. What a way to go.

posted at 08:59 AM | Link | Wolves § |

Friday, May 02, 2003

Wolves 0 - Griffins 2 - Western Conference Semifinals - Game 4

2003 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins

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Thursday, May 01, 2003

Wolves 1 - Griffins 2 - Western Conference Semifinals - Game 3

2003 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins

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Tuesday, April 22, 2003

Wolves 3 - Bears 2 (Overtime) - Western Conference Quarterfinals - Game 5

2003 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Hershey Bears

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posted at 10:39 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Wednesday, April 16, 2003

Wolves 3 - Bears 5 - Western Conference Quarterfinals - Game 2

2003 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Hershey Bears

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Sunday, April 13, 2003

Wolves 3 - Bears 2 - Western Conference Quarterfinals - Game 1

2003 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Hershey Bears

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posted at 06:06 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Sunday, April 06, 2003

Wolves 4 - Rampage 6

Chicago Wolves San Antonio Rampage
Holy crap, are we tired...

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Saturday, April 05, 2003

Wolves 4 - Rampage 3

Chicago Wolves San Antonio Rampage

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posted at 10:21 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, March 29, 2003

Wolves 2 - Bears 2

Chicago Wolves Hershey Bears

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Friday, March 21, 2003

Wolves 3 - Americans 2 (Overtime)

Chicago Wolves Rochester Americans

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Saturday, March 15, 2003

Wolves 3 - Phantoms 2

Chicago Wolves Philadelphia Phantoms

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Wednesday, March 12, 2003

Wolves 5 - Mighty Ducks 2

Chicago Wolves Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

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posted at 10:32 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, March 01, 2003

Wolves 5 - Grizzlies 4 (Overtime)

Chicago Wolves Utah Grizzlies

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posted at 10:40 PM | Link | Wolves | 3 comments § |

Saturday, February 22, 2003

Wolves 4 - Aeros 3 (Overtime)

Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros

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Sunday, February 09, 2003

Wolves 3 - Admirals (Norfolk) 3

Chicago Wolves Norfolk Admirals

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posted at 06:36 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Friday, February 07, 2003

Wolves 4 - Aeros 3 (Overtime)

Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros

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posted at 11:13 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Monday, January 27, 2003

Zamboni on eBay

The AHL's Syracuse Crunch is auctioning-off their Zamboni on eBay. It's not the current one (I guess they retired this one last year), but it's fully operational. The last bid I saw was $3,050.00, and it met it's reserve. How cool is it to get a fully functional Zamboni for just over 3 grand? It does need work, however ("The washer tank is rusted, but could be replaced"). Still that's cheaper than the jersey I saw auctioned at a Wolves game a few weeks ago (coincidentally, a game against the Syracuse Crunch). (Auction ends February 4)
Update: It went for the $3,050.00 bid.

posted at 09:35 AM | Link | Hockey | 1 comment § |

Wednesday, January 15, 2003

Wolves 4 - Aeros 5 - Overtime

Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros

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posted at 10:07 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Monday, January 13, 2003

Chicago Wolves Season Ticket Holder Party

Went to the annual Chicago Wolves Season Ticket Holder Party at the Allstate Arena tonight. Same stuff - not any different than last year. Saw all the team. Went in the locker room. Climbed on the Zamboni. Free stadium food. *yawn*

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Sunday, January 12, 2003

Wolves 3 - Crunch 1

Chicago Wolves Syracuse Crunch

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Wednesday, January 08, 2003

Wolves 4 - Moose 2

Chicago Wolves Manitoba Moose

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Friday, January 03, 2003

Wolves 3 - Griffins 4

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins

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Saturday, December 28, 2002

Wolves 5 - Rampage 3

Chicago Wolves San Antonio Rampage

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Saturday, December 21, 2002

Wolves 5 - Admirals 2

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals

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Wednesday, December 11, 2002

Wolves 5 - Ice Cats 4

Chicago Wolves Worcester Ice Cats

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Saturday, November 30, 2002

Wolves 2 - Griffins 1 - Overtime

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins

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Wednesday, November 27, 2002

Wolves 4 - Grizzlies 1

Chicago Wolves Utah Grizzlies

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Saturday, November 23, 2002

Wolves 6 - Aeros 1

Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros

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Saturday, November 02, 2002

Wolves 0 - Wolf Pack 4

Chicago Wolves Hartford Wolf Pack

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Friday, October 18, 2002

Wolves 4 - Mighty Ducks 3

Chicago Wolves Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Tonight's Promotion: Magnetic Schedules Tonight's Promotion: Replica Calder Cup Championship Team Rings All of the new championship banners are hung Hmmm... a new bar opened inside the Allstate Arena A hurried photo of a real Calder Cup Championship ring
So Carol says, "Do you want to go to the hockey game?" Of course, I have to ask "Why?" "So I can get a ring." Oh, jeez. The Wolves are giving out replica Championship Rings to the first 5,000 fans tonight. They're doing it on November 2nd, our next game (we have a 21-game Season Ticket package, and tonight wasn't one of our games), but Carol didn't believe they would give out rings on the 2nd (they are), so we go to the game. (They also are giving out Magnetic Schedules tonight, the same ones we got on opening night). So we get our rings (we have three of them now, one for each championship). They're pretty cool, but they're just not something you'd actually wear out in public. The Wolves play the Ducks again tonight (same as opening night). The teams play a much more disciplined game, but by 10:55 of the second period Frederic Cassivi stopped only 12 of 16 shots and got replaced by Norm Maracle, who stopped all 14 shots that he saw. Steve Maltais had two goals, but the Wolves lose 4-3.

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Saturday, October 12, 2002

Raise the banner, hoist the cup

Chicago Wolves Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Tonight's Promotion: Magnetic Schedules Tonight's Promotion: Calder Cup Championship Team Photo New season - new ice - new logo Screen capture of CLTV Broadcast: Captain Steve Maltais brings out the Calder Cup championship trophy... with dry ice in it The team gathering for the pre-game ceremonies Screen capture of CLTV Broadcast: Captain Steve Maltais gets his<br />
Championship Ring Screen capture of CLTV Broadcast: I'm thinkin' putting dry ice in the Clader Cup is not a good idea... The Chicago Wolves with their Championship Banners Screen capture of CLTV Broadcast: Raising the championship banners Screen capture of CLTV Broadcast: Faceoff of the 2003-2003 Season Screen capture of CLTV Broadcast: Adopt-A-Dog info Two Adopt-a-Dog's check each other out Nice puppy for a nice lady
We returned to the Allstate Arena to watch the season opener of the Chicago Wolves playing the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks. First off - lousy day outside - low 50's and rain. There was a big tailgate party outside with live entertainment, free hotdogs and drinks - that we just couldn't get ourselves to participate in. Walking into the arena, we noticed something missing - the AHL mandated the use of protective nets to be installed above the glass on each end of the ice. No nets. (Found out later that the nets are on backorder, and should be installed sometime next month.) Before the game, the entire team was introduced. Then, the captain, Steve Maltais skated out with the Calder Cup trophy. It was a bit weird though - they had stuck dry ice in it so it was smoking up a storm as Malts skated around the ice. The team was presented with their rings, we all watched a video of the Calder Cup playoffs, then they unveiled the banners and raised them to the ceiling. That's always a great time for a fan of any team - to watch them raise a championship banner. So, faceoff was about 27 minutes late. The game started out weak. We seem to handle the puck well, and skated well, but we were down 3-2 at the end of the second period. I don't know what happened during the second intermission, but the Wolves scored 5 goals in the final period to win 7-4.

The Chicago Wolves continued their association with the City of Chicago Department of Animal Care and Control with their Adopt-a-Dog program. They set up "Dally's Dog Pound" - named after Wolves defenseman Dallas Eakins, who is a team spokesman for the program - in the East Lobby by the Customer Service Booth during 8 games this season (last season 98 dogs were adopted). It's really cool seeing the people interacting with the dogs and making the commitment to bring one home with them.

After the game, we drove home to a pitch black neighborhood. No power! One of my computers at home had paged me that another device (not on a UPS) had stopped responding at 21:52:01. I hate having to fumble with locks in the dark, un-doing the electric garage door opener to get the car inside, and just stumbling through a dark, quiet house. The power came back at 11:20pm - no idea why it was out in the first place.

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Saturday, October 05, 2002

Wolves 3 - Griffins 2 - Preseason

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins The Edge in Bensenville The Chicago Wolves during warmups Odd sign behind the bench Chicago Wolves bench Coach Anderson's view of the game Play-by-Play announcer Judd Sirott (right) Wolves applying pressure in the Griffins zone The team coming off the ice at the end of the Second Period Medics attend to a little boy hit above the eye with a puck The Chicago Wolves win 3-2
A bright, crisp autumn day in Chicago. Carol and I had absolutely nothing planned for today, and somehow we felt like we needed to start to gear-up for hockey season, so we wound up driving to Bensenville to go to the last Chicago Wolves preseason game against the Grand Rapids Griffins. We've never been to The Edge before - what a nice facility! Two rinks, lots of parking, good refreshments, great sight-lines. The game was So much better than last Wednesday. It was refreshing to see the style of play was back to what we've seen in the past - lots of aggression, decent puck control, wonderful shot combinations.

Now, one of the aspects of these preseason games (other than seeing players that you will never see again after the next week), is that these are really community events at discount prices ($5 general admission), and a lot of families come out. The downside? Well, these are people who bring kids to the ring and don't really supervise them. So? Do you remember Brittanie Cecil at the Columbus Blue Jackets game? You go to the game, you MUST pay attention. There was a large group of 5-7 year-olds that were 7 rows up above the tunnel. There were NO adults with them. In the third period, a little boy (5 years old - maybe) got hit over the right eye with a puck. FREAKED OUT EVERYBODY. A linesman saw what happened and got upset about it, streaked across the ice to get a towel, and came back to get it to the people that were now trying to help the kid. When you see these many kids running around, and the parents not understanding what could happen, you just know that something like this would happen. It took quite a while to get some medical attention to the kid. Damn, I hate this. WAKE UP, PEOPLE!

Anyway, Wolves won 3-2.

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Thursday, October 03, 2002

Envelope from RHLP

Went out to get the mail... we received our Season Tickets from the Chicago Wolves, so I guess we're ready for hockey season. I'm still stuck on baseball, even though we went to that preseason game last night. Carol and I were commenting as we were freezing in the bleachers that it was hard shifting gears and watching hockey. The team didn't help - there was no flow to the game, it was just back and forth, lose the puck, screen the goalie, etc. Didn't help that you're looking at a bunch of new guys, and the teams don't have their names on their backs yet. Well, the Wolves got rid of 12 players earlier today, a few of the guys that were dressed from last night. The exciting thing, however, is that the Atlanta Thrashers (the parent team of the Wolves) just sent 5 guys down to the Wolves, all of them great players that were on the team last year. That should help, I guess. We'll see a week from Saturday.

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Wednesday, October 02, 2002

Wolves 1 - Admirals 8 - Preseason

Chicago Wolves Milwaukee Admirals Milwaukee Admirals at Chicago Wolves in Rolling Meadows Chicago Wolves in warmups before the game Michael Garnett in net during warmups (Brad Tapper in the foreground) AHL Preseason Hockey at the West Meadows Ice Arena A nasty fight breaks out at the end of the First Period Final score on the scoreboard
Tonight, Carol and I took a quick drive to Rolling Meadows to go to the West Meadows Ice Arena. Our "Puck Boys", the Chicago Wolves, were having a preseason game there against the Milwaukee Admirals. Hey, the tickets were only $5 - how bad could it be? We always try to go to this game - the Wolves have been doing this for a few years now. Well, this was bad. Yes, it's preseason. Yes, the coaches are still trying to figure out who will make the team. It was still bad. The Wolves lost 8-1. There was no offense (we were outshot 47-26). There was no defense to help out the goaltenders. (Norm Maracle gave up 5 goals in a little over 29 minutes). The team can't handle the puck (as always) and can't control the puck. And there appears to be a little animosity between the two teams - I wonder if it started at the game last week? There was a nasty fight at the end of the First Period, that had everybody involved - except the goaltenders (which was actually surprising). By the end of the game, there were 8 Game Misconducts. Ugh. The season opener is next Saturday. They had better get their act together or this is going to be an ugly season.

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Saturday, June 22, 2002

Kari Lehtonen

Atlanta Thrashers Chicago Wolves Greenville Grrrowl
The NHL 2002 Entry Draft was today and I think I know who we may be seeing in net for the Chicago Wolves sometime next year (or at least passing through to/from the Greenville). The Atlanta Thrashers had the second pick overall in the draft and picked Kari Lehtonen, a 6' 3" 18 year-old From Helsinki. Hes was the youngest goaltender in the top Finnish league (Finnish Division I) this season, helping Jokerit capture the league championship with a 1.78 GAA and a .940 save % in 11 games to capture league MVP honors for the post-season. He's also the highest pick for a European goaltender in the history of the NHL.

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Thursday, June 06, 2002

Whole lotta cups

Atlanta Thrashers 2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves 2002 ECHL Kelly Cup Greenville Grrrowl
This is weird - something happened and I didn't even know about it. Not a big deal, it's just a sports thing. The Chicago Wolves are the AHL affiliate of the NHL Atlanta Thrashers. There is another affiliate of the Wolves, the Greenville Grrrowl of the ECHL. I never paid much attention to them - I just knew that they existed and that if there was a young player that needed more development, the Wolves would send him to the Grrrowl. Well, back on May 10, Greenville won the ECHL 2002 Kelly Cup. So, the Grrrowl won the Kelly Cup, the Wolves won the Calder Cup, and the Thrashers finish the year 19-47-11 in last place in the Eastern Conference, and worst in the NHL. I wonder how the call-ups are going to be next year?

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Monday, June 03, 2002

Chicago Wolves 2002 Calder Cup Champions

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Carol and Joe Laura and Joey Lasers, spotlights, fireworks... must be the opening Bob running through the crowd, dispensing High Fives The guys waiting for the period to start Getting ready for the puck drop Carol and Chelby A young fan with a mock Calder Cup Chelby's Mom Carolyn and Edwin Nicole - on duty making the aisles safe Joe talking to Carol - and apparently ignoring his girlfriend A dejected Bob going into the 3rd Period tied 3-3 15,132 fans creating noise to help boost the team The Chicago Wolves win the 2002 Calder Cup Chris ringing her bell after the win John waving Ricky's sign after the win The Wolves celebrating after the win Part of the Penalty Box Police gang - Erin & Scott (foreground) and Chris, Bob and Brad The team and management posing for a group picture with the Calder Cup
Let me start by saying - I'm glad I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to get back on my blood pressure medication! The crowd was even louder, up from 5,022 Thursday and 9,115 Friday to 15,132, the second largest in the 66-year history of the AHL. Steve Maltais get's two goals in the first period only 2:15 apart. It feels good. In the second period, Malts gets another goal for the hat trick. Ooo, this is feeling good. Then Bridgeport scores a goal. And then another. And then another. Crap - it's the end on two periods and it's all tied 3-3. The officials start letting the players go - the penalties are stopping and the crowd is going nuts. Third period - no penalties, also no scoring. We go into overtime, and then something ugly happens. No one sees it because it happens behind the play, but Dallas Eakins is laying flat on his back with his arms outstretched, not moving at all. AT ALL. And Nobody sees him in the corner. NOBODY. The officials never blow the whistle, no team member comes over, play is at the other end of the ice. Pasi doesn't even go over to him. The crowd goes nuts. THEN the whistle blows, and Bridgeport's trainer is first to Dallas with other Wolves team members. The place goes quiet. the team doctors come up the tunnel. Next thing we know, Dallas is up and going back to the bench! No penalties were called. In fact, again, no penalties that period. No scoring that period either! We go into the second overtime. Then, at 2:05 into the second overtime, Yuri Butsayev scores the winning goal and the Wolves win the Calder Cup during their first year in the league. Well, the place went up for grabs at that point. I've never seen so much hugging and high-fives amongst the fans before. The team is going nuts on the ice. Then, of course, the obligatory handshakes. And then the red carpet gets rolled out, a table setup, and the trophies are walked out. Pasi Nurminen is awarded the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the Calder Cup Playoffs' most valuable player. The Calder Cup is then presented to the team captain, Steve Maltais. Then the streamers and confetti rain down, Queen's "We Are The Champions" starts playing, and the team takes turns, passing the cup around player to player to allow them to skate part of a victory lap around the ice and show the fans.

Yes, I know it's only a minor league team, but in a town like Chicago, you grab what you can. And having a cup is, as Martha would say, a "good thing."
(Boxscore)

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Friday, May 31, 2002

Wolves 4 - Sound Tigers 2

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Bridgeport Sound Tigers Pregame fireworks during the video presentation Player introductions before the game Wayne & Kathy sing the National Anthem The crowd goes nuts to help energize the boys Bob gives high fives to the crowd as it erupts after the final empty net goal
Back for Game 4 at the Allstate Arena. Bridgeport scored first tonight, and it was just a real flat game. A lot of tickey-tackey penalties. It just was going back and forth, pretty evenly - it was 1-1 after the 1st, 2-2 after the second. Then things started getting turned up a bit. The crowd was loud, up from 5,022 Thursday to 9,115 tonight. Rick DiPietro showed that he hasn't been going to his "Wandering Goalies Anonymous" meetings. Somehow, the kid thinks he need to play every puck that comes near him. We just need to remember that - and I think we do - to see how we can capitalize on it. Brad Tapper tipped in a slapshot from the high slot by Dallas Eakins. Andreas Karlsson had an empty netter that he struggled to get working over a Bridgeport defender, and actually got kicked by Ricky, who was sitting on the wall and not on the bench. Pasi Nurminen saved 29 of 31 shots while Ricky only saved 14 of 17 shots. We lead 3-1 in the series and actually have a possibility of winning the Calder Cup at home on Monday! How unlike me - a bit too optimistic, but it'd be pretty cool.
(Boxscore)

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Thursday, May 30, 2002

Wolves 4 - Sound Tigers 0

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Bridgeport Sound Tigers Commemorative Calder Cup puck John and Carol with her signs, and Carol behind them The Bridgeport Sound Tigers during the pre-game shoot-around Looks like they turned-up the propane for the player introductions... Presentation of the Western Conference Champion Robert W. Clarke Trophy before the game
What a game - what a game - what a game! Back again at the Allstate Arena, this time for the third game of the AHL Calder Cup Finals. I'm still in shock that the Wolves are actually playing for the cup. The series is tied 1-1. I was hoping that the team can really take it to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (and what the hell is a Sound Tiger? The logo says Sound Tigers and not Tigers). I really wanted to see the team stick it to "Ricky". Ricky is Rick DiPietro that I talked about last week. As much as I thought Jean-Francois Labbe, the goalie for Syracuse Crunch was nuts, I think Ricky is just a punk kid whose ego is much larger than his current ability. Well, we got to him all right. He was making mistakes all night. Once, he went behind the net and half-nelson'ed one of our players, so he got a penalty for interference. Later, while there was a "fire drill" (Judd Sirott's words) in front of his net, Ricky was swimming and flopping around on the ice. He turned his back to the play to try to get up and yep, we scored on him. Later on in frustration, to clear the puck out of the zone, he threw it up in the air and took a full swing at it to send it down the ice - just a real cocky move. So we stuck it to them - the Wolves won 4-0. How sweet - we had a shutout, and we were able to score 4 times on Ricky. Aw, poor Ricky. Pasi Nurminen stopped all 28 shots (Ricky stopped 19 of 23). The crowd, though not as big I would have wished, was loud, and I know that helped the team (they've made a lot of comments in the press about wanting to play at home and having loud and involved fans. Guess we did our job tonight. I hope we can keep this up. (Boxscore)

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Friday, May 24, 2002

Wolves 5 - Sound Tigers 4

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Bridgeport Sound Tigers
The Wolves won 5-4 against Bridgeport in overtime in Game 1 of the Calder Cup finals. Really tense game. Was all tied 3-3 in the third when the Tigers got a goal with 1:43 left. I thought it was over, when Bob Nardella scored with 2.7 seconds left in the game. Then in overtime, at around the 10:30 mark, the lights went out in the place. I never heard a reason, but they must have been out at least 20 minutes. Anyway, Andreas Karlsson got the game winner. Bridgeport is finally a team that can really take the Wolves to task. It's a good matchup. Should be a fun series.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2002

Calder Cup Finals

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Bridgeport Sound Tigers
The Calder Cup finals have been set - the Wolves will play the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Now, here's there's a couple of weird things about this. This is their first year in existence. Though the Wolves started playing in 1994, it's the first year in this league. Their Goalie - Rick DiPietro - played for the Wolves last year (he was really young - he turns 21 this September - and there were a few times he was shaky with us). I can't wait to see Pasi go against Ricky.

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Sunday, May 19, 2002

Wolves 7 - Aeros 0

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros Wendell Young's banner at the Allstate Arena Wayne and Kathy Messmer sing the National Anthem Handshakes after the game
The Chicago Wolves win the Robert W. Clarke Trophy as the AHL's Western Conference champions for 2001-02! For the third time in Four Years, the Wolves are playing for a championship cup. The Wolves won 7-0 over the Aeros. Pasi Nurminen in unbelievable. I can't stop talking about how much this guy works. And a shutout on top of it. In the third period, the Aeros were trying to score at all costs. When on a power play, they pulled their goalie for a 6-on-4 attack, and came out with nothing. In fact, they played over half the period without a goalie just to get something. The team is playing like a team, considering that during the course of the season there were over 100 transactions sending guys up and down (or out). It's been a heck of a lot of fun to watch.

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Friday, May 17, 2002

Wolves 2 - Aeros 1

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros Enemy fans all around the rink... Another night of 5,000 pairs of ThunderStix...
I really don't know how Pasi Nurminen keeps doing it! The Wolves won 2-1 of the Houston Aeros and now lead the series 3-1. Officiating - crap, as usual for the AHL. Very uneven all season. Tonight, just 1:34 into the first period, Dan Snyder got mauled at center ice behind the play. Referee didn't see it. So Danny goes back, puts his stick between the aggressors' legs, and yanks straight up. Guy hits the ice. Referee didn't see it, but a linesman does. Danny gets a Five Minute Spearing penalty along with a game misconduct, because they think it was with intent to injure. Great, there goes one of out leading scorers, whose scored game winning goals in 4 playoff games. Somehow, we still survive. Pasi stopped 34 shots, and the one he didn't was a weird wrap-around where Pasi was down on the ice on the other side. Just looked weird. Finally had 7,035 people instead of the usual 2,000.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2002

Wolves 4 - Aeros 1

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros Right Wing Dan Plante and daughter Sidney hanging out before the game Aw, crap... first 5,000 people got Thunderstix... where's the Excedrin...
Here we go again... Back again at the Allstate Arena, this time for the third game of the AHL Western Conference Finals. I'll be honest with you, and I think I've alluded to this a few times before, I am very surprised at being here. I didn't think a seventh seed team, that wasn't playing well, would make it this far in the playoffs. This is a best-of-seven series against our old IHL nemesis - the Houston Aeros. How much of a nemesis? In the old IHL, Chicago won the Turner Cup in 1998. Houston won it in 1999. Chicago won again in 2000 (after beating Houston in the Conference Final), and as far as 2001 is concerned - well, we lost the Turner Cup to the Orlando Solar Bears. But, the Solar Bears disbanded and did not make it into the AHL. However, The Solar Bears NHL affiliate was the Atlanta Thrashers - the new affiliate for the Wolves this year, so we have a few players from that Turner Cup team as well (like Turner Cup winning goaltender Norm Maracle, Dan Snyder and J.P. Vigier). The Wolves have met Houston in the Conference Finals three times in four years. Enough of the history. The series is tied at 1-1. The Wolves won tonight 4-1 with some brilliant goaltending by Pasi Nurminen. Man, I love this guy.

After the game, walking to the car, we got a little scare. The Allstate Arena is right under the approach to runway 22R at O'Hare - and I mean right under the approach. If you've ever been there, watching the planes coming in is great. I do it all the time when I'm there. It's something I've actually done all my life - watching airplanes. Plane spotting (as opposed to Train Spotting). When I was in grade school, I would take the O'Hare Express bus from Jefferson Park to the airport just to walk around and watch. (Now, of course, the Blue Line El goes there directly, but not back in those days). Over time, you know traffic flows. You know the airlines that serve ORD, you know their fleets. Just like any other hobby, or a fan of something, over time, you learn and you just know. I was watching traffic coming into ORD on the way to the game, noticing that they were using 22R and 14L. When we came out, I could see the traffic in the dark lined up. But something isn't right. There's and aircraft coming in, amd I can't recognize what it is because it's moving fast and it has only a single landing light. There's no strobes, only blinking red & green marker lights. Then as it flies very low overhead I can see it as light reflects up at it's underbelly... it's a damn F-15 landing at O'Hare... That's weird. And then I look down the approach path again, and I see another aircraft, this time no landing light, just the green/red lights. Another F-15... But this time, right over the Allstate Arena, it breaks right and pulls away... what the hell is going on??? I never found out. A few minutes later, a Continental 737-700 comes over and lands normally. The traffic around the airport looks normal. It was a little scary seeing military now a days.

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Sunday, May 12, 2002

Another reason why AT&T Broadband Cable sucks

OK, picture this. We come home from our fantastic dinner, and start to watch the Wolves game on AT&T Cable (They're playing the Houston Aeros in the second game in the AHL Western Conference Finals). The game is tied at 3-3, and continues into the second overtime period. Then, with about 6 minutes left in the second overtime, they make an announcement saying that you must tune to WCKG (105.9 FM) is you want to follow the game, because at midnight, they're dropping the television broadcast on AT&T!!!! WTF!?!?!? Why is it so damned important to air some crappy public access cable show instead of a hockey game that's made it into the second overtime period (at least)??? At 11:58PM, the Wolves score the game winning goal with exactly six minutes left in the period (Dan Snyder, his fourth game-winning goal of the playoffs), thus saving the fans from losing the TV feed. Still another reason why AT&T Broadband Cable sucks...

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Tuesday, May 07, 2002

Wolves on cable

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Syracuse Crunch Houston Aeros
Watched the Wolves play the Crunch tonight on AT&T Cable (yes, I know... I have DirecTV, why do I still have cable? For backup... and to watch the Wolves, that's why..., well, that and broadband internet connectivity...) for the decisive Game 7 of the AHL Western Conference Semifinals. The Wolves won 6-2 and go on to play the Houston Aeros for the AHL Western Conference Finals (starting Friday in Houston). The Wolves became just the 13th team in AHL history to come back from a 0-2 deficit to win a best-of-seven series, the first team in AHL history to win three winner-take-all games in one AHL postseason (Cincinnati, Grand Rapids, and now Syracuse). How cool is it that two former-IHL teams are in the semifinals, guaranteeing that a former-IHL Turner Cup winning team will play for the AHL Calder Cup in the first year that they're in the league!!!

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Friday, May 03, 2002

Wolves 3 - Crunch 1

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Syracuse Crunch
Back again at the Allstate Arena for the fifth game of the AHL Western Conference Semifinals. It was a whole new series, as the Wolves on Wednesday tied-up the series 2-2 against Syracuse. Their goalie, Jean-Francois Labbe, is a certifiable nut case. If you get under his skin, he looses concentration and goes nuts - even committing penalties like high sticking. We noticed on Wednesday that when he "conditions" his crease area, he stacks the "snow" on either side of the goalposts. OK, not a big deal, but he builds snow castles - huge mounds - and they're outside the posts, so if a puck get's anywhere near the net, it slows down or stops. And he stacks it up higher on his glove side than his stick side. Well, somebody must have noticed he's doing this because Brad Tapper kept going over a knocked his piles around. And this pissed him off. Bad. And then the linesmen would go over and take the snow away. And he'd bitch and complain. And it would get under his skin. And fester. And he'd get a little out of control.

Tonight was no exception. The snow piles didn't stay long. The linesmen were always cleaning them up. Labbe didn't look happy. Apparently, Brad Tapper took some quick French lessons from Guy Larose and was really yakking at Labbe. Labbe took a lot of exception to the taunts. Now, Syracuse scored first, but it took until the second period to do it. Labbe was still nuts. At the end of the period, he waited for Pasi Nurminen to leave the ice and skated up to him and went after him. That was the first of two penalties that Labbe had tonight. He just doesn't like being messed with. Oh, poor wittle Labbe... So, during the third period the Wolves scored three times (including still another empty net goal), and now, all of a sudden, Instead of being down in the series 0-2, we're up in the series 3-2. The Wolves travel to Syracuse for the final two games. I just hope they remember what it took to win here and bring that with them...

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Wednesday, May 01, 2002

Wolves 3 - Crunch 1

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Syracuse Crunch
Back at the Allstate Arena tonight for the fourth game of the AHL Western Conference Semifinals. It's not a good omen when, in front of your own net, your own player who is charging the net to help out on defense winds up actually scoring a goal for the opposing team before he gets buried into the net (thank you Mike Weaver). However, the rest of the game was very good. Very strong play and we finally figured out one thing - to score on Jean-Francois Labbe you have to go top shelf. The Wolves beat Syracuse 3-1. Pasi Nurminen has been very, very, very good in net. Oh, another thing - Syracuse doesn't like to lose. They seem to be a bunch of sore losers, so Friday's game should be interesting.

A note: watching the matrix boards during the game for announcements has been interesting, but two items caught my attention tonight: Happy 30th Birthday Petey. Clearly, if you're 30, I think it's time to stop everyone from calling you Petey. And then you have to wonder what this person is like: Happy 34th Birthday Demonella.

On a totally different note note related to hockey or birthdays, we heard from Barry late this afternoon. He's back home from the hospital. He went through 6 bags of IV antibiotics and he says the swelling has definitely gone down, and that the throbbing pain has also subsided a bit. He's in that "uncomfortable" feeling zone right now. We hope he recovers well.

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Monday, April 29, 2002

Wolves 4 - Crunch 2

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Syracuse Crunch
Back at the Allstate Arena tonight for the third game of the AHL Western Conference Semifinals. The Syracuse Crunch are leading the Wolves 2-0 in a best of seven series. The Wolves looked bad on TV, playing like, well, wimps. No aggression at all. Tonight - even though Andreas Karlsson got the first goal of the game, we're flat again. We're not finishing checks, we're not going after the puck. Next thing you know, we're losing 2-1 in the first period. Second period - same crap and we're taking stupid penalties like Brad Tapper cross-checking a guy in the back of the head. . Third period - something's different. They're finishing their checks. There's pressure in the attacking zone. All of a sudden, we're on a power play and Kamil Piros scores. OK, we're tied. We've got a chance. Then 10 minutes later J.P. Vigier scores. We get to the final minute, Syracuse pulls their goalie for an extra attacker, and Steve Maltais scores an empty netter. Wolves win 4-2, giving Syracuse their first loss in the playoffs. Game 4 Wednesday.

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Sunday, April 21, 2002

White Sox 11 - Tigers 8

Chicago White Sox Detroit Tigers Today's Promotion - White Sox Calendars Seating area next to the Stadium Club bar Sitting at the window at the Stadium Club A cold, windy, rainy Comiskey Park from the warm, dry Stadium Club
Such a cold, windy, rainy day... let's go to a baseball game! 43°. Thank God we made reservations for a window seat up in the Stadium Club bar at Comiskey. It felt good knowing that we could go to the park and not worry about how to dress for the weather. We got there early and got a good seat. Had a great lunch (the food is always good - the facility is handled by Levy Restaurants).

The game was "iffy" again. Oh, sure, we scored 8 runs in the first inning (Jose Valentin had a home run, and Tigers starter Jose Lima only lasted 2/3 of an inning), but that doesn't mean anything anymore when you have a questionable starting pitcher. Today it was Jon Rauch (who is now officially the tallest player to ever play in the majors at 6' 11"). Well, those 8 runs weren't very secure as Rauch gave up 8 runs in 4 innings. I still don't know how a pitcher can feel the ball and control it in weather situations like this. Finally, in the 7th, Ray Durham came up to pinch hit with the bases loaded (he was out of the lineup with a chest cold - yesterday he had an ingrown toenail dug out. Ew.) and hit a single (which was misplayed by Tigers LF Bobby Higginson) that scored 3 runs and gave us the game. Whew. Watching the game from behind the glass sure made the game more enjoyable.

Went to my parents' house for dinner. I jealous again - my sister is going to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival next weekend. She always goes to great destinations for these great little getaways.

Watched the Wolves on cable TV and they won against Grand Rapids and advance to the Calder Cup Western Conference Semifinals! We never thought they would go further in the playoffs! They now play the Syracuse Crunch (the number 1 seed) in a best-of-7, but we don't know when.

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Friday, April 19, 2002

Wolves 0 - Griffins 3

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins
Oh, crap. I just got back from the Wolves game. To say the Wolves came out "flat" is an understatement. there was no scoring until Grand Rapids scored at 5:55 into the third period. It went downhill from there. Referee Ian Walsh didn't call anything and because of it the game play got out of hand. Quickly. There was one 5-on-5 melee that was pretty intense. So, the Griffins wind up on a power play to end the game. What happens? Somehow, the coach pulls Nurminen, just so there can be a 5-on-5 - only the rest of the team didn't know it - the final goal is an empty netter, with 1:20 left in the game. The real fight began when the Griffins' Wade Brookbank sucker punched somebody on the Wolves (it could have been Joe DiPenta), and a 6-on-6 donnybrook ensued - yep, goalie Pasi Nurminen skated all the way across the ice to go after Martin Prusek who was still in his crease. Walsh just stood behind the net with his notepad taking names. DiPenta went into the penalty box during the fight with a huge gash on his head and had to be attended to by the trainer. Somebody on the Griffins had his jersey stripped off and he was in the fight naked from the waist up (except for his shoulder pads). The linesmen were scraping the blood off the ice for a while after the gloves and sticks were picked up. Seven players got penalties, including David Van Drunen of the Griffins who got a game misconduct (you know - he must be the naked guy... I think that if your jersey gets removed, it means that you didn't have your fight strap hooked-up, and I think that's a game misconduct). I blame Walsh for all of this. He let it escalate throughout the game.

The Wolves lost 3-0, and now go back to Michigan tied 2-2 for a deciding fifth game on Sunday. (Boxscore)

Francis Lessard served his third game of a ten game suspension (a result of receiving a game misconduct penalty for physical abuse of officials last Saturday in Grand Rapids). Thank you so much for going postal.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2002

Wolves 2 - Griffins 1

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins
Last week, I remember commenting that the Chicago Wolves wouldn't get far in this year's Calder Cup playoffs. Then the Wolves win a best-of-three series against the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks. On Saturday, the Wolves started a best-of-five series against the Grand Rapids Griffins for the Western Conference Quarterfiinals. The Wolves lost Saturday up in Michigan, but won yesterday. Tonight, they were back home and they won again 2-1. Yuri Butsayev had both goals, and Pasi Nurminen had 31 saves. Wow. This was pretty intense. Could it happen? Is it possible? The next game is Friday and Grand Rapids now finds itself in a must-win situation. Wow. (Boxscore)

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Monday, April 15, 2002

How I remember Tax Day

Here it is tax day. Four years ago today I was released from Brunswick just months shy of 20 years of service. After a few consulting gigs, and one wonderful ride (while it lasted) at Whittman-Hart/marchFIRST, I'm still looking for a job. I hate this. It almost feels like the world is revolving without me, like I'm not plugged-in to the industry anymore. The job market is really bad, but at least a job posting or two pops up every couple of weeks. I can't imagine how many resumes these recruiters get for a single opening. Carol & I need to get me back in the stream of things. I feel like a cast-off.

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Thursday, April 11, 2002

Wolves 3 - Mighty Ducks 2

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Hey! He's Back! The gentleman (on the left) that was hit by a puck yesterday The Wolves celebrate after their win The teams congratulate each other
Wow. It was another 3-2 game, but tonight the Wolves win and advance to the Western Conference Quarterfinals! On Tuesday, I didn't believe we'd make it. The team finally played with a good intensity and held-off the Ducks. Zdenek Blatny had the game-winning goal again, and Frederic Cassivi was great in the net again, stopping 32 shots. Another poor showing by the fans, though - the boxscore said 2,032, the lowest of the three games.

The other good news is that the guy that was hit by the puck yesterday was at the game tonight! Everybody knew what happened and everybody was talking to him to make sure he was OK. In a very odd way, it felt good that he was there...

So now the Wolves are off to Grand Rapids starting Saturday for a Best of 5 series. The Wolves are back in town on Wednesday.

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Wednesday, April 10, 2002

Wolves 3 - Mighty Ducks 2

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Another accident - an elderly gentleman is attended-to after being hit by a puck
Oh my God, this turned into a long night... Back at the Allstate Arena for the second game of this silly AHL Qualifying Series. It took two overtimes, but the Wolves won over Cincinnati 3-2 on a goal by Zdenek Blatny. The boxscore says there were 2,061 people there, which means the attendance was down from yesterday's game. There wasn't any "desperation playing" by either team. The game was relatively penalty-free. Both teams, though, looked pretty tired. It made me comment that the team that wins will win because of a mistake. Blatny's goal was on a slapshot that tipped off the glove of the Duck's rookie goaltender Joey MacDonald (who never played a game in the AHL before tonight). Frederic Cassivi actually looked good (and at times, stellar), stopping 43 shots (Last year, Cassivi led the AHL a 1.49 goals-against average during the playoffs with the Hershey Bears).

Oh, and I spoke too soon yesterday about "Chuck-A-Puck" - someone actually won the $500 tonight by getting their puck in the helmet!

On the downside, someone else was hit with a puck during the game. An elderly gentleman in the section next to us was hit in the side of the head with the puck. He wasn't watching the game - he was looking into a bag of candy that friends of ours offered to him. The security guys (like Rick who sits right behind the official scorers) responded quickly, and so did two paramedics who saw the incident from across the arena. Friends of the gentleman, who left with him, came back for the overtime periods. They told us that he got 4 staples to close the wound. (And to show how awkward this was, it turns out that this man has had 2 brain surgeries in the past). So between the candy, and the fact that the usher at the top of our section invited this guy to come to the game, there were a few people that felt bad about the whole situation.

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Symmetry. Catch it.

How strange of a sports coincidence is this??? Chicago is playing Detroit in Detroit today. So? It's the Chicago White Sox at the Detroit Tigers, the Chicago Blackhawks at the Detroit Red Wings, and the Chicago Bulls at the Detroit Pistons!!! All today!!! Weird, eh? Oh, and on a different sporting note, I heard that the Florida Marlins ran out of hotdogs in the fourth inning of their home opener! How could someone let that happen?

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Tuesday, April 09, 2002

Wolves 2 - Mighty Ducks 3

2002 AHL Calder Cup Chicago Wolves Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 2,119 fans watch the lackluster Wolves 2,119 fans cheer as the Wolves FINALLY score a goal The Wolves Chuck-A-Puck charity event Another way to tell that the Allstate Arena was empty...
The Wolves first journey towards the AHL Calder Cup began tonight... and nobody cared. Not the fans, and surely not the team. First, this round is just weird. The season just ended Sunday, and two days later is a best of three qualifying series of games. The Wolves (the #7 seed in the Western Conference) play the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (the #10 seed). All three games are played here and all on consecutive nights (Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday). Well, there was nobody in the stands. The box score said that the attendance was 2,119, but that was paid. It sure looked empty inside the Allstate Arena. I think it was emptier than some of the severe snow days that we've had. The turnout was just bad. And then they decide to do their old stand-by charity event - "Chuck-A-Puck". This is where you purchase an orange, foam rubber puck for $2 (3 for $5) with a number on it. During one of the intermissions, a member of the Wolf Pack will go out to center ice and place a helmet (open side up) in the middle of the ice. Then all the fans throw their pucks onto the ice, trying to get their puck into the helmet to win $500. To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever accomplished this. It's an easy fund raiser for the night's charity.

And the game? Well, the Wolves never looked like they were there. Pasi Nurminen was still a scratch (I wonder what really happened to him - he was "shaken-up" in a game last Wednesday). And then coach decides to bench Norm Maracle, so Frederic Cassivi was in the net. He tried. As usual, he had no defense to back him up. We had a 6-on-4 for the last minute of the game and we couldn't tie it up. The Wolves lost 3-2. Lackluster. No intensity. Poor passing. Mistakes. The words "they suck" just keep going through my head. They look tired and the look like they're not committed to this. Right now I feel that the Wolves won't make it through this crazy Qualifying Round, and I'm not sure they will win tomorrow. It's hard to root for a team that looks like they don't care.

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Sunday, April 07, 2002

Wolves 3 - Aeros 4

Chicago Wolves Houston Aeros Merchandise clearance sale! Everything must go! The team getting ready for the "Shirts Off Our Backs" promotion Wolves "Shirts Off Our Backs" promotion
Last Wolves game of the regular season. The Wolves lost 4-3 against the Houston Aeros. This is not the way to go into the playoffs. It looked like Norm Maracle didn't see any of the shots coming at him. I mean, Houston only had 17 shots! We need Pasi Nurminen back quickly (he got shook-up in a game last Wednesday). Instead - as our backup goalie, we've got a guy named Michael Garnett who was signed by the team as an Amateur Tryout! Oh, great! We now have the 7th seed in the playoffs. That means we don't get a bye in the first round of the "Western Conference Qualifier" - a best of three series against the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks on Tuesday, Wednesday (and, if necessary, Thursday). Great - a best of three series.

This was also the last day of Fan Appreciation weekend. They were still selling tons of old merchandise in the East lobby. After the loss, the team threw merchandise over the glass to the fans (which is always a cool thing). Then they had the "Shirts Off Our Backs" promotion - during the course of the season at selected games, the Wolves were wearing alternate jerseys (it's a cool black jersey, that looks similar to the Atlanta Thrashers (their Parent Club) alternate jersey). The jerseys were auctioned-off for charity (usually one or two a game). The winners came to this game and were escorted onto the ice after the game, where each Wolves player, one at a time, skated over and literally gave them their "shirts off their backs". Off course, they were a bit smelly and sweaty and may have blood on them, but hey - it's a game worn jersey! The downside to all this is the auction itself. Though it benefits charities, the average price for a jersey is $1,000. There are so many fans that cannot compete with this kind of money. Not only that, the vast majority of the bidders already have other jerseys that they have bid on and won!!!! Give us schmoes a break!

posted at 09:08 PM | Link | Wolves § |
Wolves 2 - Griffins 3

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins Chelby, Carol, Nicole, Damian and Scott - our little "crew" Caution message on the video screens Joey and his Thunder Stix Wayne Messmer with the five finallists for the Porsche Giveaway Victor O'Block wins the Porsche 944 One of the 24 dogs up for adoption
The season is winding down, and the Wolves lost to the Griffins again 3-2. This was just a case of being outplayed. Period. The Griffins were swarming, and just seemed a hell of a lot quicker. Before the game, Steve Maltais and Rob Brown were honored in a pregame ceremony to recognize that each player surpassed 1,000 professional games this season. These guys are getting old - but here's Rob Brown who's second in the entire league in points (83)!

Today and tomorrow are Fan Appreciation games. Today, they gave away a 1986 Classic Porsche 944 (there were entry forms given out at each home game). There was also Scratch-and-Win cards for everybody to get giveaway stuff (today we got a team picture and a CD from The Verve Pipe). The first 10,000 people got a pair of Thunder Stix - basically they're mylar tube balloons that you blow up and seal, and you bang them together. Let's just say they were way more annoying than you would think. Tonight was the last night of the Chicago's Department of Animal Care and Control (ACC) "Adopt-A-Pet" Program - there were 24 dogs up for adoption, and they made an announcement during the game that 16 were adopted. Before today, there have been 77 dogs adopted. Dan Snyder has a web page on the team website for the adoption program.

Oh, I got hit before the game tonight. Not with a puck, but with a tennis ball that was thrown into the crowd. (It's part of a Max & Erma's giveaway - there's Wolves Players' names on the tennis balls - if the first goal is scored by the player whose name is on your tennis ball, you get something). Well, I got hit in the collarbone. I couldn't see what was going on - Brad who sits in front of me was sitting on the back of his seat, totally blocking my view. I never saw the ball. And it hurt like hell - it caught the bone just right. Oh, well. I'm happy it wasn't a puck.

After the game tonight, we went over to the Ramada for a private WolfPack party in a suite. It was a bit too empty, and then we found out why - there was an after-game skate around, so everyone was still back at the Allstate Arena. We didn't stay too long - we were bushed, and with the change in Daylight Savings Time, we thought it'd be a good idea to get home.

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Saturday, March 30, 2002

Lasagna and Wolves

Went to Chelby & Damian's tonight for dinner and, of course, watch the Wolves game on CLTV. Good dinner - lasagna. I love Italian food. Good lasagna. Later, during the game - a root beer float. Oh, yummmmmmmmmmmm... Of course, I had lost a few pounds just before going over there. I got on the scale and realized that I gained it all back. Nuts. Oh, the Wolves lost 5-1 (they're in Utah). They looked terrible and were outplayed.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2002

Wolves 4 - Wolfpack 1

Chicago Wolves Hartford Wolfpack
The Chicago Wolves played the Hartford Wolfpack tonight. It looked dicey early when Hartford scored first on Olympian Pasi Nurminen. They looked pretty strong. But somehow, the Wolves got back into it and wound up winning 4-1! And to top it off, the clinched a playoff birth with their win tonight! Very cool, but I hold no hope that they'll win the Calder Cup this year. Rob Brown tied it up in the first, and is now tied for the league-lead in scoring with 78 points. Guy Larose had two goals tonight. It's nice to see him back from the Augusta Lynx of the ECHL. (Simon Gamache is also back from the Greenville Grrrowl of the ECHL)

Puck accident at tonights Wolves game
In the third, there was a very scary moment. There was someone from Hartford that took a shot on goal. It was a rocket. It went wide and ricocheted high off the tall glass on the end of the rink. The puck came off the glass and somehow cleared the glass on the side of the rink and hit a guy in the second or third row squarely on the bridge of his nose. Well, everybody freaked as this poor guy is streaming in blood and pain, so the Rosemont police guys (who work the Allstate Arena security) ran (pushed) through the crowd to help. It took way the hell too long for the medical teams to get to the guy (5-10 minutes maybe). The guys was in pain and even though Rick (one of the cops that sits by us by the Penalty Box) was the first to get to him and had a towel over his face, there was still blood everywhere. Smalley and Kenny O told us there was blood everywhere in the aisle and they moved some of the fans out of the area. All that we could think of is Brittanie Cecil at the Columbia Blue Jackets game. Hockey is quick, people. Pay attention. (even though, I don't think this guy had a chance - the shot was a rocket). He walked to a wheelchair so that he could get medical attention. Everyone gave him a round of applause.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2002

Brittanie Cecil

You know, if you've read this blog, that Carol & I go to hockey games regularly - we support the Chicago Wolves of the AHL. I have been hit by a puck once - took one on the chin after in bounced off some seats in front of us. It hurt, but did little damage. Now, in what is believed to be the first death of a fan hit by a puck at an NHL game, a 13-year-old girl died after being hit in the head by a puck that was a slapshot by Espen Knutsen from the left circle, shot over the high glass and glanced off another spectator at a Columbus Blue Jackets game against the Calgary Flames. I just saw the tape - she got up, and had a towel or something to her forehead. You have to watch the game and keep on your toes - you have no idea how startling it is to see a puck coming at you. This is really sad...

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Sunday, March 17, 2002

Wolves 3 - Admirals (Norfolk) 4

Chicago Wolves Norfolk Admirals Coach John Anderson Bobblehead Doll Wedding of Abe Bloom and Pamela Shaw during 1st Intermission Irish Dancers during 2nd Intermission Bidders hovering over the Silent Auction bid sheets
Well, 13,116 people saw the Chicago Blackhawks farm team, the Norfolk Admirals beat the Chicago Wolves today 4-3. The Wolves had some absolutely Brilliant play in the second period, but just couldn't catch-up. Norm Maracle actually looked bad, letting at least one of the goals go by him on a simple glove save. He gave up all 4 goals on just 19 shots - Frederic Cassivi replaced him in the second. For about a minute and a half late in the third, we actually had a 6 on 3 power play!!! And came away with nothing. Clean play, though - even with our new guy from Philadelphia Francis Lessard. He had 14 minutes in penalties last night in his first game with us. He set a franchise Record for the Philadelphia Phantoms in penalty minutes back in the 1999-2000 season with 416. The next year he had 330. He already had 251 with Philadelphia this year before we got him. Sigh.

The big crowd today could have been for the Coach John Anderson Bobblehead Doll giveaway. Or it was for the end of the St. Patrick's Day Jersey Auction. I didn't see a single jersey for under $700. There was a wedding during the first intermission. Both the bride and groom skated onto the ice (separately, of course). Too bad the groom couldn't stop well, and fell into a metal arch of balloons and flowers, toppling them and him. A bit embarrassing. Wayne Messmer came up the aisle afterward (he "hosted" the event) and muttered something about "Some people have no shame..."

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Thursday, March 14, 2002

Wolves 2 - Phantoms 1

Chicago Wolves Philadelphia Phantoms Front of Chicago Wolves St. Partick's Day Jersey Back of Chicago Wolves St. Partick's Day Jersey
The Wolves met the Philadelphia Phantoms tonight. A very good game, and I was actually feeling good about the Wolves again. We beat Philly 2-1. The Phantoms had only 5 defensemen available for the game due to injuries and a suspension - a pretty clean game, though. It was weird seeing Jarrod Skalde playing for them (he was traded to them on March 5 for Joe DiPenta, and now Skalde is an Assistant Captain). We're not doing too bad since Atlanta called-up All Star J.P. Vigier on March 13. And Atlanta is not doing bad either - they won 2-0 against the Colorado Avalanche tonight with goals from, yep, J.P. Vigier and Brian Pothier who was recalled on March 9. I even felt good about Norm Maracle - he's been seeing the puck pretty well. Not a big crowd tonight - 4,609 - pretty typical for a weeknight.

The Wolves wore their St. Patrick's Day Jerseys which will be auctioned on Sunday (a silent auction). When the doors opened, somebody put a $1,000 bid on Derek MacKenzie's jersey. In case you haven't been to one of these things, $1,000 is about average to low for a jersey. And the whole team's jerseys are available. The proceeds from this auction go to Easter Seals.

posted at 10:04 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Sunday, March 10, 2002

Wolves 2 - Grizzlies 4

Chicago Wolves Utah Grizzlies
Another crappy showing from the Wolves as the Utah Grizzlies beat them 4-2. They still can't handle a puck. They were just outplayed. A fairly clean game, though. It was a Family Fun Fest day, whatever that meant. All we knew is that there was a bout a dozen 5-8 year-olds sitting next to us. Carol kept referring to them as a "Gopher town" because all she heard was the high-pitched "bee-bee-bee-bee-bee-bee" as they were all taking at once throughout the entire game. Most of the time, they weren't talking but yelling in each others faces. Weird. We think it was a birthday outing. The dad, who was in the row behind us, was just burning through is money. We heard him pay almost $25 for 7 lemonades, and he had done that twice, not to mention cotton candy for everyone and then snow cones, and it looked like he bought pucks for all the kids later. Look, the Wolves are cheap entertainment, but concessions sure aren't.

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Tuesday, March 05, 2002

Radiation Therapy Chauffeur™ duty

The last two days have been interesting driving on the tollway & expressway - there have been a lot of trucks that have been sitting outside collecting snow over the weekend. Now, as they barrel down the road at a high rate of speed, the compacted snow is shooting off the tops of the trucks in sheets, causing havoc for anyone following behind. You don't want to be behind these things. I saw another truck that didn't have compacted snow, just light snow on top. It left a blizzard behind it - you couldn't see the traffic in the middle of this snow-cloud.

On the way to pick-up my parents, I saw a huge fire over in Harwood Heights. I think I heard later on the radio that it was some kind of auto body place. It was kind of startling to see - being on the Kennedy expressway, you're sort of in a wide ditch - below ground level, so you don't see what's going on in the neighborhoods around you. Then, when I got off at Nagle, you could see the black smoke in the sky, not very far ahead. It must not have been burning very long.

Ah... baseball on the radio... Sox playing the Cubs... gotta love it... and the Sox won 20-6! And it was a split squad game for the Sox! Update: Of course, bragging too soon, the Sox split-squad lose against Arizona 16-5 tonight...

Hey, did you know that an ostrich's eye is heavier than it's brain? See, the daytime version of the Weakest Link is educational!

Got an invoice from the Chicago Wolves for Calder Cup playoff tickets. Like they're gonna win the cup this year... We reluctantly spend money that we don't have and send in our ticket request (including a 25% deposit for next season's tickets).

posted at 03:16 PM | Link | Family § |

Saturday, March 02, 2002

Wolves 3 - Americans 3

Chicago Wolves Rochester Americans A very snowy Allstate Arena reserved parking lot Darcy Hordichuk and Christian Matte Mario Larocque and Andrew Peters Sign for the Rochester Penalty Box The neighborhood after the game...
Well, we set off to the hockey game in the snow. The traffic was pretty light - not many people wanted to be out on the street. The traffic moved well, and we were there in no time. I was surprised at how many cars were in the lost an hour before the game. The Wolves played the Rochester Americans for the first time at the Allstate Arena. The referee (Dan O'Rourke) called everything, even Delay of Game. Lots of Misconducts, too. He wanted to be in control of the game, and for the most part he was. He was consistent at least - all you can ask for. The Americans have a guy (Andrew Peters) with over 300 Penalty Minutes. Well, they lit-up our goalie Frederic Cassivi (3 goals on 6 shots) so Coach Anderson replaced him with Norm Maracle, who stopped the rest of the shots. The game ended in a 3-3 tie after overtime. The official stats say the attendance was 13,119 - I find that a bit hard to believe because of the weather, though there really was a good crowd. In a nice gesture, the Wolves are allowing fans the opportunity to redeem last night's used or unused game ticket for admission to any other regular-season game, Sunday through Friday, for the remainder of the season. Aren't minor league franchises great? The ride home wasn't too bad, though the neighborhood wasn't too clean. Now, the temperatures are supposed to drop to zero tomorrow night...

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Saturday, February 23, 2002

Wolves 3 - Grizzlies 0

Chicago Wolves Utah Grizzlies Goaltender Norm Maracle Bobblehead Doll
Went to the Chicago Wolves game tonight against the Utah Grizzlies. Huge crowd - 15,525. Don't really know why. I'm finding it hard to believe that the draw was the Norm Maracle Bobblehead Doll that was tonight's giveaway. We invited Janie & Gary (our White Sox buds) for their first Wolves game. I think they enjoyed it - after all, we won 3-0. Maracle was in net (probably because of the Bobblehead promotion) and he came through with a shutout. But you have to feel for the Grizzlies, though. This is their 16th game of their Road Trip. You see, they've been on the road for 32 days. They got "kicked-out" of their home arena - because it's the E Center and it's been occupied - it's the 2002 Winter Olympic Games Hockey venue! Things were "chippy" again tonight. The road trip has to be getting to them by now. Their first home game is Thursday February 28. (Their last home game was Saturday January 19.)

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Saturday, February 16, 2002

Wolves on TV

Salt Lake 2002
Carol & I went over to Chelby & Damian's tonight for dinner and to watch the Chicago Wolves on CLTV. The Wolves lost to the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins 2-1, with all of the goals coming in the first period. Boy, this one was nasty. We were at the game when the Penguins came to town last month. It was ugly then and it was ugly tonight.

So, in-between periods or when there were breaks, we kept flipping over to Olympic hockey to watch Chicago Wolves goaltender Pasi Nurminen in net for Finland in the game against Belarus. Finland won 8-1. Not a lot of shots on goal - Nurminen stopped 20 of 21. The one goal was on a Belarus power play.

Why does it seem that I've been leaving friend's houses when the Short Track Speed Skating has been on this week? I wanted to see this, especially tonight when I heard the there was a four-person pile-up in the last lap in the Men 1000 m Finals. I'm watching curling now (The Men lost to Denmark 9-7 in an extra end (they're in 7th place now), and the women won against Russia 11-4 and won against Germany 7-6 and are now tied for 4th), and I don't think I can stay up and watch the Men's Hockey tonight...

posted at 10:48 PM | Link | Olympics § |

Thursday, February 14, 2002

AHL All Star Game

American Hockey League All-Star Game American Hockey League
ESPN2 had the AHL All Star Game from the Mile One Stadium in St. John's, Newfoundland. We (the Chicago Wolves) had only one player elected to participate - J.P. Vigier. I hated the commentators, who seemed to mispronounce any of the players from the old IHL teams. Vigier is supposed to be pronounced "vee ZHAY" instead of "vee GAYR" as the commentators said. And I thought that Bubba Berenzweig from the Milwaukee Admirals (and native of Arlington Heights) last name was pronounced "BAIR ens weyg" (long "i") instead of "BAIR ens wig" (short "i").

Anyway, it was Canada against Planet USA - the delineation is that the Canadian team has members who where born in Canada, while Planet USA has players born anywhere else. It was a shootout, with Canada winning 13-10. Canada had 5 unanswered goals in the second half of the third, until USA scored their final goal with .2 seconds left. Canadian Mike Craig of the Cleveland Barons was MVP with a hat trick.

posted at 08:56 PM | Link | Hockey § |

Sunday, February 10, 2002

Wolves 5 - Griffins 2

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins
Time for still another Wolves-Griffins game - the 11th time they met this season. But now, it's like the Wolves are making their move up, while the Griffins are tumbling. The Wolves beat the Griffins 5-2. Got a chance to finally see the new goalie - Frederic Cassivi. Very impressive moves. He's won every game he's started. I wonder how long we'll have him... I wonder if he'll get called-up once Pasi Nurminen comes back from the Olympics...

posted at 07:06 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Sunday, February 03, 2002

Wolves 2 - Griffins 1

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins Wolves warming up for skate around Scott in a promotion during 2nd intermission
Went to the Wolves game today. It was originally scheduled for 4 o'clock, but they finally moved it to 1 o'clock to get it away from the Super Bowl. When we got there, before the skate around, they were playing the Bears Super Bowl Shuffle video on the scoreboard. We got a new goalie, Frederic Cassivi from the Colorado Avalanche. He won the last two games that he started, but he wasn't the first one onto the ice for the warmups (first goalie out is always the starter - today it was Pasi Nurminen).

Well, it was the 10th time these guys have met. Good, fast, clean game. The Wolves beat the
Griffins 2-1. The go ahead goal was shot by Rob Brown off of Steve Maltais' nose! Maltais got the credit!

Throughout the game, I had a drunk that sat right behind me. And when I say drunk, I mean drunk. He spilled beer in the back of my seat (though not too bad.) He spilled a fresh beer on his seat, so he had to sit in the row behind - he slept through the entire second period - even with fireworks going off after we scored two goals!. Then, when he was sitting behind me during the third, he fell asleep again, tipping his fresh beer and pouring it - slowly - into the aisle. The guys with him just said this was "normal" and it occurred "365 days a year". Great.

Our bud Scott who sits in from of us was in a 2nd intermission promotion on the ice. The object - stand at one end of the ice and throw a football into the net at the other end of the ice. There were 3 other people along with Scott trying this. They went through the group - no one got it, though Scott actually came close (the second guy had a GREAT arm). So since no one got it, they tried again. NOBODY GOT IT, so no prizes were awarded!

After the game, Pasi Nurminen was sent up to the Atlanta Thrashers and then off to Salt Lake City as Finland's Olympic Goalie.

posted at 04:48 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Sunday, January 20, 2002

Wolves 0 - Griffins 1

Chicago Wolves Grand Rapids Griffins
I'm getting tired of watching these two teams play each other. This is the 9th time they've played. The Griffins beat the Wolves 1-0 in a game that was marked by not having tons of fights or penalties. But the Wolves just can't handle a puck. I've said that for a long time now, and you could see that tonight.

posted at 09:56 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Monday, January 14, 2002

Chicago Wolves Season Ticket Holder Party

Wolves Season Ticket Holder Party Bryan Adams wins at Dome Hockey Wendell Young in net in Dome Hockey! Garnet Exelby and Dan Snyder Derek MacKenzie & his new stitches Steve Maltais and Dan Plante Norm Maracle and Dallas Eakins J.P. Vigier and Kamil Piros
Went to the Chicago Wolves Season Ticket Holder Party at the Allstate Arena tonight - get together of ticket holders to eat crappy stadium food and meet all of the players, get their autographs, take their pictures, and maybe even play hockey with them - dome hockey or air hockey, that is. It was an OK time - it's never anything stellar, but a nice time.

posted at 09:50 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Sunday, January 13, 2002

Wolves 4 - Moose 5

Chicago Wolves Manitoba Moose Zdenek Blatny wearing special White Patriotic Jersey

Went to another Wolves game tonight against the Manitoba Moose. We lost 5-4. Same officiating crew as last night... and they still suck. More fights. One of our guys (Clark) elbowed a guy and got 5 minutes (he drew blood), but he also got a game misconduct. I hate these guys. They did a real crappy job keeping control of the game both nights. Lots of missed calls and wrong calls.

Today was the end of the patriotic jersey raffle and auction. There was a total of 60 jerseys up for auction (4 of them were up for raffle). I didn't win anything. bummer. They were great jerseys. And, of course, the prices at the auction were at the $1000 level for almost all of the jerseys. I think I heard they made about $71,000.

posted at 07:42 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, January 12, 2002

Wolves 7 - Barons 3

Chicago Wolves Cleveland Barons J.P. Vigier receiving his All-Star Jersey from AHL President and CEO Dave Andrews J.P. Vigier wearing special Dark Blue Patriotic Jersey One of the MANY fights tonight A VERY crowded Cleveland Penalty Box
Went to the Wolves game tonight against the Cleveland Barons. Wolves won 7-3. UGLY game. Four Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalties in the 1st period. It just kept getting worse from there. The 3rd Period was unbelievable. Cleveland had three game misconducts, including one against the assistant coach. We wound up getting one game misconduct, which I thought should have just been a 10 minute misconduct. When was the last time you saw 2 7-minute power plays in one game? (2 minute instigating, 5 minute fighting, usually coupled with 10 minute misconducts and maybe a game misconduct). I think I heard on the post-game show on radio that Cleveland had a total of 144 penalty minutes. Cleveland now leads the league in Minor penalties (373), 10-minute misconducts (24), and game misconducts (12), and tied for gross misconducts (1). All of this in front of the President & CEO of the AHL, who was there to present J.P. Vigier with his All Star Jersey. (Vigier wound up getting a hat trick during the game. Think he was pumped?)

The team also wore special Patriotic theme jerseys that were being auctioned this weekend. Tonight's jersey was dark blue. A very cool jersey. Proceeds from the auction are going to selected September 11 charities.

posted at 10:51 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, January 05, 2002

DirecTV and The Wolves

DirecTV
Spent half the day going to stores to find things related to our DirecTV installation. First stop - cancel the cable and turn-in the cable box! That felt gooooood! Went to Radio Shack for a five-way phone jack for all my stuff in the family room. Had lunch at Sweet Tomato - a salad buffet place. Very good - we'll be going back there. Then to Best Buy to buy that replacement multiswitch. Oh, and buy the DVD of Buckaroo Banzai. Then off to home, replace the equipment, call DirecTV to resend the authorizations and voila everything works. I can't stop talking about how great DirecTV is. Great programming choices, great picture quality (I love the Sony receivers), and above all, great customer service.

Chicago Wolves Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins
Went to the Wolves game tonight against the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins. First time the teams have met. The Penguins have the most penalty minutes in the entire league. (1,267 minutes - the closest teams are Cleveland and Philadelphia both with 1,089. The Wolves have 756. Wonder if that's why they also lead the league in attendance. They're also the worst in the league - they're 7-22-7-3.) Things got pretty bad with fighting, but they calmed down by the third. They wound-up with a 3-3 tie. It was Elvis night at the game - Elvis impersonators performing in the lobby, Elvis costume contest during the first intermission. Strange.

posted at 11:29 PM | Link | Wolves § |

Saturday, December 29, 2001

Wolves 3 - Moose 6

Chicago Wolves Manitoba Moose
I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out... Went to the Chicago Wolves game tonight. The Wolves lost 6-3 to the Manitoba Moose. Lost their last 4 now. They're looking bad. I don't understand what's happening I don't trust any of our goalies. I don't trust our defense. I don't trust our vets - they're old and slow in this fast-paced play of the AHL. The new kids just get called up or sent down, so there's always a constant change in lineups. Not to mention injuries.
The first regulation goaltender fight in Wolves history
There's bad blood between the teams. The Wolves lost to the Moose in Manitoba Thursday night 4-0. Bob Nardella got a Game Misconduct for spearing. It obviously spilled over tonight, where we saw a rarity at 17:34 into the 1st period: both goalies - Norm Maracle & Alfie Michaud - skated to center ice, dropped their gloves and masks and went at it! Hard to understand, though - the both of them were smiling and laughing through the pummeling. Both got 5 for fighting and 2 for leaving the crease (which, somehow, I didn't realize was an actual penalty). At the Allstate Arena they also announced that both goalies got game misconducts - which they rescinded or corrected after the start of the second period.

posted at 10:54 PM | Link | Wolves § |

 

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