The Chicago Wolves kicked off their Midwest Division schedule with dominant wins over the Lake Erie Monsters on Friday (4-0) and Saturday (7-2), remaining unbeaten in regulation with a 3-0-1-0 record and 7 points, good for second in the league; the only team with more points than Chicago is its Midwest Division rival and next opponent, the Milwaukee Admirals, who have collected a perfect 4-0-0-0 record to start their season.
THIS WEEK:
Fri., Oct. 24*
vs. Milwaukee Admirals#
Allstate Arena
7 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 25**
at Rockford IceHogs$
MetroCentre
7 p.m.
*WCIU Ch. 26
**U-Too
#Amtrak Rivalry Game
$Illinois Lottery Cup Game
GAMES WILL BE TELECAST LIVE ON THE U-TOO OR WCIU
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OFF AND RUNNING
The Chicago Wolves kicked off their Midwest Division schedule with dominant wins over the Lake Erie Monsters on Friday (4-0) and Saturday (7-2), remaining unbeaten in regulation with a 3-0-1-0 record and 7 points, good for second in the league; the only team with more points than Chicago is its Midwest Division rival and next opponent, the Milwaukee Admirals, who have collected a perfect 4-0-0-0 record to start their season.
WOLVES HEADLINERS
— Matt Climie: Went 2-0-0 on the weekend with a 1.00 goals-against average and .950 save percentage while stopping 38 of 40 Lake Erie shots … Earned his first shutout of the season on Friday, his eighth whitewash in a Wolves uniform and good for second place all-time in franchise history, tied with Kari Lehtonen … Enters his fourth season with the team ranked among the franchise’s top four all-time for wins (58), shutouts (8), saves (2,981), games played (111), minutes (6,501) and assists (5) … Posted an 11-10-2 record with a 2.84 goals-against average and .900 save percentage in 23 games last season
— Dmitrij Jaskin: Collected his first points of the season with one goal (PP), three assists, and seven shots in two games against Lake Erie after being held scoreless against Charlotte … Tied his professional career high, set Nov. 29, 2013 against Rockford, with three points (G, 2A) on Saturday … Contributed two points (G, A) in 18 games with St. Louis (NHL) last season … Posted 29 points (15G, 14A) and 28 penalty minutes in 42 games with the Wolves in 2013-14, adding nine points (4G, 5A) in nine Calder Cup Playoff games as a rookie
— Pat Cannone: Tallied four points (2G, 2A) in two games against Lake Erie after a scoreless opening weekend … Tied his AHL career high (set two other times) with three points (G, 2A) against the Monsters on Saturday … Compiled 34 points (16G, 18A) and a team-leading +24 plus/minus rating with the Wolves last season, including his first career hat trick on March 8 at Abbotsford … Handed out two assists in nine Calder Cup Playoff games for Chicago … Accrued 108 points (48G, 60A) in 215 AHL games spanning five seasons with Binghamton (2010-13) and Chicago (2013-present)
— Ty Rattie: Upped his season total to four points (2G, 2A) with two goals, an assist, a +2 plus/minus rating, and eight shots over the weekend … Notched the Wolves’ first power-play tally of the year on Friday … Appeared in two games with St. Louis last season, including his NHL debut April 11 at Dallas, and was held scoreless … Led last season’s team with 48 points, becoming the first Wolves rookie to achieve that feat, and tied for the lead among league rookies with 31 goals … Tallied three points (G, 2A) in nine postseason games with Chicago
— Yannick Veilleux: Notched his first goal in a Wolves uniform and first multiple-point game in the AHL with a goal and an assist in Friday’s matchup … Contributed a power-play tally in the third period Saturday … Dished out one assist in four games with the Wolves last season … Spent the majority of 2013-14 with Kalamazoo (ECHL), compiling 39 points (16G, 23A) and a team-leading +16 plus/minus rating in 62 games, along with three goals in six playoff games
WOLF TRACKS
— With his victory on Saturday, head coach JOHN ANDERSON collected his 354th American Hockey League win with the Wolves and moved into sixth place on the league’s list of all-time coaching wins, passing Robbie Ftorek (353); next on the list is Terry Reardon (362).
— The Wolves have played some of the stingiest defense in franchise history to start the 2014-15 season; five goals against and 71 shots allowed are the team’s lowest four-game totals ever to open a season.
— After a quiet opening weekend, the Wolves’ special teams made an impact against Lake Erie with four power-play goals and a short-handed tally over the two games; Chicago now ranks 10th in the league with the man-advantage (4-for-22, 18.2 percent) and tied for 12th on the penalty kill (15-for-17, 88.2 percent)
— The Wolves have allowed just 15 shots total in the first period this season (while racking up 42 themselves) and are averaging 17.75 shots-against per game, the best in the AHL; Chicago is also tied with Utica for first in the league in goals against, allowing an average of 1.25 per game.
— Defenseman Petteri Lindbohm was returned on loan from St. Louis on Monday morning after posting four shots and a -1 plus/minus rating in his NHL debut Sunday at Anaheim; the blueliner has two points (G, A) and a +3 plus/minus rating in three games with the Wolves.
HOWL-O-WEEN WITH THE WOLVES
Children who wear their Halloween costume to the Wolves-Admirals game at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24, will receive a complimentary Wolves hat.
WOLVES REWIND (2-0-0-0)
Saturday, Oct. 18
(at) Chicago 7, Lake Erie 2
— Special teams dominated as seven players scored for the Wolves in their 7-2 rout of Lake Erie at Allstate Arena
— Forwards Rob Bordson, Pat Cannone, Colin Fraser (SH), Shane Harper (PP), Dmitrij Jaskin (PP), Ty Rattie, and Yannick Veilleux (PP) tallied
— Goaltender Matt Climie kicked out 20 of 22 shots but saw his shutout streak snapped at 123:52
Friday, Oct. 17
(at) Chicago 4, Lake Erie 0
— The Wolves opened scoring 3:45 into the game and added two in the third period in a whitewash of Lake Erie at Allstate Arena
— Chicago forwards Rob Bordson, Pat Cannone, Ty Rattie (PP), and Yannick Veilleux scored
— Goaltender Matt Climie stopped all 18 shots for the team’s first shutout of the season and his first since April 6, 2013
