Chicago Wolves

Wendell Young enters his third season at the helm of the Wolves hockey operations department. The team has compiled a .606 winning percentage (88-54-6-12) during his tenure as general manager, which includes capturing the regular-season West Division title in 2009-10.

Young has been a member of the Wolves in numerous capacities, including player, coach and executive, since the team's inaugural campaign in 1994. He served as assistant coach and executive director of team relations for six seasons before transitioning into the general manager role in August 2009.

The 47-year-old is the Wolves' all-time leader among goaltenders in games played (322), wins (169), saves (8,467), minutes (17,912) and shutouts (16), and was a member of Chicago's 1998 and 2000 Turner Cup championship squads.  His jersey number "1" was the first number ever retired by the Wolves on Dec. 1, 2001.

The Halifax, Nova Scotia, native, who was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in 2007, is the only man in hockey history to have won all four North American championships: the Stanley Cup, Turner Cup, Calder Cup and Memorial Cup.  He captured the Stanley Cup in 1991 and 1992 as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the 1988 Calder Cup with the Hershey Bears, the 1982 Memorial Cup with the Kitchener Rangers and the 1998 and 2000 Turner Cups with the Wolves.  He also was behind the bench as a coach for the Wolves 2008 Calder Cup victory.

Young played 18 seasons of professional hockey, including 10 in the National Hockey League.  He compiled a 59-86-12 record in 187 games with the Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Penguins.  He  also served as goaltending coach for the Calgary Flames from 2001-2003.

Young and his wife, Paula, reside in the Northwest suburbs and have a daughter, Gabrielle, and sons Matt and Jack.

WJBentley@chicagowolves.com

Bill Bentley enters his third season as assistant general manager and 18^th season with the Wolves organization.

One of only a handful of people to have been with the organization since the team’s inception in 1994, Bentley has been instrumental in the hockey operations department for more than 15 years, which includes all four championship campaigns.

The Chicago native originally joined the organization as a statistician in 1994 and was promoted to team services manager a year later. The 42-year-old spent 12 seasons as the director of hockey administration, handling team travel, immigration and accounting for the hockey operations department, before assuming the assistant general manager role in August 2009.

A graduate of Quincy College, Bentley served as the Director of Media Relations for the Chicago Cheetahs of the now defunct Roller Hockey International during the 1993-94 season.

Bentley and his wife, Jennifer, reside in the southwest suburbs.

Gene Ubriaco returns for his 15th term as the Wolves director of hockey operations and third as senior advisor, following a 10-year professional playing career and 26 seasons as a professional coach,

Ubriaco has been with the Wolves since the 1994-95 inaugural season when he was the team's first head coach.  That year, he guided the Wolves to a 34-33-14 record and a berth in the Turner Cup Playoffs.  He compiled a 61-61-20 head coaching record with the Wolves during a three-year span, including a two-game interim stint during the 1996-97 season.

Ubriaco began his coaching career at Lake Superior State University in 1972-73.  Four years later, he led the Milwaukee Admirals to the Turner Cup Playoffs, becoming the first International Hockey League coach to lead an expansion team into the postseason

In 1988-89, Ubriaco moved on to the National Hockey League to coach the Pittsburgh Penguins.  Under his tutelage, the Penguins shattered several team records that season and advanced to the Stanley Cup Playoffs after a seven-year absence.  He later gained international coaching experience by heading up the Italian Olympic Team during the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France.

Ubriaco has been honored as Coach of the Year in the United States Hockey League (1973-74); Eastern Hockey League (1979-80); Central Hockey League (1982-83); and American Hockey League (1983-84).

The Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, native recorded 162 goals, 258 assists and 420 points in 456 AHL games spanning nine seasons, which includes a career-high 42 goals and 86 points during the 1965-66 season with the Hershey Bears.  Ubriaco spent his final three years as a player in the NHL with the Penguins (1967-68), the Oakland Seals (1968-69) and the Chicago Blackhawks (1969-70).

Away from the ice, he has dedicated himself to numerous charitable causes, including the American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association, which he has been involved with since 1974.  Ubriaco and his wife Nella, who have a daughter Francine and a son Gene, reside in the Western suburbs.

NAGillner@chicagowolves.com

Norine Gillner enters her 17th season with the Wolves. 

The 37-year-old joined the club in September of 1995 as the hockey operations assistant, is based out of the Hoffman Estates practice facility, and assists with all aspects of the hockey operations department.

Gillner resides in Chicago with her two daughters, Michaela and Meaghan, and son, Carl.

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