Chicago Wolves

Craig MacTavish enters his first season with the Chicago Wolves after having been named head coach on August 1, 2011.

The 52-year-old previously spent eight seasons as the head coach of the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers, where he compiled a 301-252-47-56 record and .537 winning percentage in 656 games from 2000 to 2009. He also led that club to an appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals in 2006.

MacTavish became the 36th coach in NHL history to win 300 or more games during the 2008-09 season and ranked 36th all-time in NHL history in wins and 41st in games coached at the conclusion of his tenure with the Oilers in 2009.

The London, Ontario, native also served as an assistant coach with the Oilers (1999-00) and New York Rangers (1997-99) before taking over head coaching duties in Edmonton.

A veteran of 1,093 NHL contests as a player with the Boston Bruins (1979-1984), Edmonton Oilers (1985-94), New York Rangers (1994), Philadelphia Flyers (1994-96), and St. Louis Blues (1996-97), MacTavish registered 213 goals, 267 assists and 480 points in 17 seasons. He won the Stanley Cup on four occasions during his playing career: three times with the Oilers (1987, 1988, 1990) and once with the Rangers (1994).

After departing the Oilers organization following the 2008-09 season, MacTavish earned a master's degree in business from Queen's University and spent two years as an analyst for the NHL on TSN.

MacTavish and his wife, Debbie, have two sons, Nathan and Sean, and a daughter, Brianna, and are in the process of relocating to Chicago.

Karl Taylor enters his first season with the Wolves, after being named assistant coach on August 11, 2011.

Taylor most recently served as head coach and director of hockey operations for the ECHL’s Ontario Reign, where he amassed a 96-99-9-13 record from 2008 to 2011. He took the helm of the Reign in the franchise’s inaugural season and led the club to the Pacific Division championship that year.

Prior to joining the Reign, Taylor spent three seasons behind the bench of the ECHL’s Reading Royals, where he compiled a 112-82-7-8-7 record in his professional head coaching debut.

Kevin Kacer, A.T.C., became the Wolves head athletic trainer in 1995 after being an assistant athletic trainer with the Detroit Pistons from 1993 to 1995.  Before that, he served as the head athletic trainer for the Continental Basketball Association's Fort Wayne Fury (1991 to 1993); the International Hockey League's Fort Wayne Komets (1990-91); and the National Professional Soccer League's Fort Wayne Flames (1988 to 1990).

Kacer earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of Indianapolis, where he served as the head student trainer from 1983 to 1987.  He gained experience as a volunteer trainer at Carroll High School in Fort Wayne from 1983 to 1987 and at the 1986 Pan American Games in Indianapolis.

The 46-year-old is a member of the Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society, National Athletic Trainers' Association and American College of Sports Medicine.

Kacer and his wife Jill have a daughter, Madison, and two sons, Cameron and Nolan, and reside in the Western suburb.

Craig Kogut returns for his 18th season with the Wolves and his 17th as the team's head equipment manager.  The 49-year-old was the Wolves assistant equipment manager during the team's inaugural 1994-95 season.

A member of the Society of Professional Hockey Equipment Managers, Kogut served as assistant equipment manager with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1984-85 season.

The Maywood native, who graduated from Proviso East in 1980, also worked as a store manager for K & K Sports from 1989 - 1994.

Kogut and his wife Anna have a daughter Lisa Marie and a son D.J. and reside in the Western suburbs.

Kenny McCudden enters his 13th season as skating and skills coach for the Wolves.

The Chicago native worked with the Wolves from 1994 to 1997 and began a second stint with the team prior to the 2002-03 season.  McCudden also served as the team's radio and television analyst from 1995 to 1997.

McCudden has worked with players from the Colorado Avalanche and New York Rangers, in addition to training the Atlanta Thrashers' top prospects for the past nine seasons.  He began working with the Chicago Blackhawks in 1979 as a 17-year-old stick boy and, by the time he left the organization six years later, had become the team's assistant equipment manager.

The operator and owner of Ice Company Hockey Schools, he has worked with thousands of Chicago-area children since 1990.

McCudden, who resides in the Northwest suburbs, is one of a handful of skating coaches who work with children learning to skate to the National Hockey League professionals.

Stan Dubicki enters his third season as the Wolves goaltending coach.  Prior to joining the Wolves, he spent five years working at Wendell Young’s Goaltending Academy.

Dubicki also serves as a hockey coach at Robert Morris University and has been the director of the youth and adult hockey programs at the Park District of Franklin Park.

The 47-year-old played junior hockey in Canada and also received his bachelor’s degree in health science from Brockport State College in New York.

Stan has a daughter, Nicole, and resides in the northwest suburbs.

Rob Rosmis enters his third season as the Wolves strength and conditioning coach.

He also serves as the Director of Player Development for True Performance Hockey in Rolling Meadows, where he works with youth, junior, collegiate and professional hockey players. The Chicago native also has worked with the NHL's Vancouver Canucks and now defunct Atlanta Thrashers' prospects and main training camps.

Additionally, Rosmis has experience working within local physical therapy institutions assisting orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists and athletic trainers in rehabilitation practices & protocols. He also is a certified Specialist in Strength & Conditioning (SSC) through the International Sports Science Association.

The 31-year-old former police officer played junior hockey in the United States and Canada from 1998-2000 and graduated from Mississippi State University in 2001.

Rob resides in the northern suburbs.