Chicago Wolves

2002-2003


Thank you for the great season, everyone--
to the players, for giving of themselves for the game, and to the fans for supporting the organization.

Best of wishes to Rob Brown, who has announced his retirement after 16 years of professional hockey.

See you all next season!


Anthony Aquino Zdenek Blatny Rob Brown Yuri Butsayev
 
Frederic Cassivi Joe DiPenta Dallas Eakins Garnet Exelby
 
Jeff Farkas Andy Fermoyle Paul Flache Kurtis Foster
 
Simon Gamache Michael Garnett Mark Hartigan Chris Herperger
 
Milan Hnilicka David Kaczowka Tomi Kallio Andreas Karlsson
 
Francis Lessard Pauli Levokari Derek MacKenzie Steve Maltais
 
Norm Maracle Judd Medak Dylan Mills Brian Maloney
 
Bob Nardella Chris Nielsen Evan Nielsen Kamil Piros
 
Jeremy Rebek Kirill Safronov Luke Sellars Ben Simon
 
Dan Snyder Per Svartvadet Brad Tapper Ryan Tobler
 
Libor Ustrnul J.P. Vigier Mike Weaver Skates


 

Additional Training Camp Attendees:
Forwards: Kevin Granato, Gable Gross, Oak Hewer, Lee Jacobson, Tony Lawrence, Preston Mizzi, Adam Nittel, Mike Possin, Shawn Roed, Jonathan Roy, Josh Tataryn, Krzysztof Wieckowski
Defensemen: Jayme Filipowicz, Tyler Fleck, Mark Gouett
Goaltenders: Tom Lawson

 

Full Season Transactions.

 

 

Team Photos:
The Champs
Wolves score a goal on Opening Night against Cincinnati (one of 7!).
Opening Night win against Cincinnati. Final Score: 7-4.
Wolves win 7-3 vs. Utah on Nov 27.
Bench Shot from College Jersey night.

 


 

FINAL STANDINGS BY CONFERENCE

                                                                HOME         ROAD       LAST TEN     STREAK    
                 GP   W   L   T  OTL  PTS  PCT  GF  GA  PIM  W- L- T-OTL  W- L- T-OTL  W- L- T-OTL  W- L- T-OTL
EASTERN CONFERENCE                                                                                             
Y-Hamilton       80  49  19   8   4  110  .688 279 191 1319 26- 7- 4- 3  23-12- 4- 1   2- 6- 2- 0   0- 1- 0- 0 
Y-Providence     80  44  20  11   5  104  .650 268 227 1720 26- 9- 4- 1  18-11- 7- 4   3- 3- 3- 1   0- 2- 1- 0 
Y-Binghamton     80  43  26   9   2   97  .606 239 207 1789 23-11- 4- 2  20-15- 5- 0   7- 1- 1- 1   3- 0- 1- 0 
X-Manchester     80  40  23  11   6   97  .606 254 209 1563 23-11- 6- 0  17-12- 5- 6   5- 2- 2- 1   1- 0- 1- 0 
X-Bridgeport     80  40  26  11   3   94  .588 219 198 1350 24-10- 4- 2  16-16- 7- 1   5- 4- 1- 0   4- 0- 0- 0 
X-Worcester      80  35  27  15   3   88  .550 235 220 1523 18-11-10- 1  17-16- 5- 2   6- 2- 2- 0   0- 1- 1- 0 
X-Hartford       80  33  27  12   8   86  .538 255 236 2164 18-14- 6- 2  15-13- 6- 6   4- 3- 0- 3   0- 1- 0- 1 
X-Portland       80  33  28  13   6   85  .531 221 195 1808 19-12- 6- 3  14-16- 7- 3   2- 3- 4- 1   0- 1- 1- 0 
X-Manitoba       80  37  33   8   2   84  .525 229 228 1405 22-14- 4- 0  15-19- 4- 2   4- 3- 1- 2   0- 1- 0- 0 
X-Springfield    80  34  38   7   1   76  .475 202 243 1555 22-13- 4- 1  12-25- 3- 0   6- 3- 1- 0   1- 0- 0- 0 
St. John's       80  32  40   6   2   72  .450 236 285 1683 19-17- 3- 1  13-23- 3- 1   6- 2- 1- 1   0- 0- 0- 1 
Saint John       80  32  41   6   1   71  .444 203 223 1704 16-20- 3- 1  16-21- 3- 0   4- 5- 1- 0   3- 0- 0- 0 
Albany           80  25  37  11   7   68  .425 197 235 1529 15-17- 4- 4  10-20- 7- 3   0- 6- 3- 1   0- 6- 3- 1 
Lowell           80  19  51   7   3   48  .300 175 275 1376 11-22- 6- 1   8-29- 1- 2   2- 7- 1- 0   0- 4- 0- 0 

WESTERN CONFERENCE                                                                                             
Y-Grand Rapids   80  48  22   8   2  106  .663 240 177 1287 22-13- 5- 0  26- 9- 3- 2   6- 4- 0- 0   0- 2- 0- 0 
Y-Houston        80  47  23   7   3  104  .650 266 222 1716 25-10- 4- 1  22-13- 3- 2   6- 4- 0- 0   1- 0- 0- 0 
X-Chicago        80  43  25   8   4   98  .613 276 237 1905 28- 8- 2- 2  15-17- 6- 2   8- 1- 1- 0   0- 1- 0- 0 
Y-Norfolk        80  37  26  12   5   91  .569 201 187 1603 18-12- 6- 4  19-14- 6- 1   5- 3- 1- 1   0- 2- 1- 0 
X-Hershey        80  36  27  14   3   89  .556 217 209 1313 20-13- 6- 1  16-14- 8- 2   5- 3- 1- 1   2- 0- 0- 0 
X-San Antonio    80  36  29  11   4   87  .544 235 226 1707 22- 9- 7- 2  14-20- 4- 2   3- 5- 1- 1   1- 0- 0- 0 
X-Milwaukee      80  32  27  14   7   85  .531 247 251 1747 19- 9- 8- 4  13-18- 6- 3   6- 1- 1- 2   0- 0- 0- 1 
X-Wilkes-Barre   80  36  32   7   5   84  .525 245 248 1552 21-15- 2- 2  15-17- 5- 3   6- 2- 2- 0   4- 0- 2- 0 
X-Utah           80  37  34   4   5   83  .519 227 243 2122 21-14- 1- 4  16-20- 3- 1   4- 5- 0- 1   1- 0- 0- 0 
X-Rochester      80  31  30  14   5   81  .506 219 221 1967 16-14- 9- 1  15-16- 5- 4   7- 2- 0- 1   1- 0- 0- 0 
Philadelphia     80  33  33   6   8   80  .500 198 212 1991 17-14- 4- 5  16-19- 2- 3   4- 4- 0- 2   0- 1- 0- 1 
Cincinnati       80  26  35  13   6   71  .444 202 242 1568 16-16- 4- 4  10-19- 9- 2   3- 5- 1- 1   1- 0- 1- 0 
Syracuse         80  27  41   8   4   66  .413 201 256 1677 11-21- 5- 3  16-20- 3- 1   5- 4- 1- 0   1- 0- 0- 0 
Cleveland        80  22  48   5   5   54  .338 203 286 1595 12-22- 2- 4  10-26- 3- 1   0- 8- 1- 1   0-11- 1- 1 
TOTAL          1120 987 868 266 119 2359      6389    46238                                                    

X-Clinched playoff berth
Y-Clinched Division Title

CHICAGO REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATISTICS

No. PLAYER              POS  GP   G   A  PTS  +/-  PIM  PP  SH  GW  GT  FG  OT  UG SHOTS  PCT
11  Maltais, Steve       LW  79  30  56   86    2   86  14   0   5   0   5   1   1  238  12.6
 9  Gamache, Simon       LW  76  35  42   77   15   37  16   0   5   1   7   1   0  198  17.7
44  Brown, Rob           RW  59  15  48   63   -6   83   7   0   2   1   2   0   0  147  10.2
16  Vigier, J.P.         RW  63  29  27   56   13   54  11   2   4   2   4   2   5  185  15.7
 3  Hartigan, Mark       C   55  15  31   46    6   43   5   0   2   0   0   1   1  169   8.9
10  Farkas, Jeff         C   24   5  12   17    9   14   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   41  12.2
       (TOTALS)          C   63  16  26   42    5   42   8   0   2   0   2   0   0  154  10.4
 4  Foster, Kurtis       D   75  15  27   42  -15  159   9   0   4   0   1   2   2  184   8.2
17  Tobler, Ryan         LW  58  13  18   31    5  143   5   0   4   0   3   0   1   97  13.4
       (TOTALS)          LW  69  13  20   33    0  187   5   0   4   0   3   0   1  110  11.8
   XSimon, Ben           C   69  15  17   32   18   78   0   7   3   0   4   1   5  112  13.4
24  MacKenzie, Derek     C   80  14  18   32   14   97   0   4   2   0   0   0   3  136  10.3
28  Karlsson, Andreas    C   41  12  20   32   -7   16   6   0   2   0   2   1   1   68  17.6
   XSnyder, Dan          C   35  11  12   23    0   39   3   5   3   1   0   0   2   77  14.3
14  Tapper, Brad         RW  28   9  14   23   13   42   5   0   1   0   1   1   0   52  17.3
15  Blatny, Zdenek       LW  72  12   9   21    7   62   3   0   2   0   3   0   2  107  11.2
   XPiros, Kamil         C   51  10   9   19   -8   16   3   0   0   0   1   0   0   87  11.5
   XSafronov, Kirill     D   44   4  15   19    8   29   2   0   0   0   1   0   1   76   5.3
   XDiPenta, Joe         D   76   2  17   19   22  107   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  110   1.8
32  Sellars, Luke        D   42   4  11   15    2  117   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   67   6.0
 6  Eakins, Dallas       D   72   4  11   15   22   84   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   91   4.4
   XNardella, Bob        D   15   1   9   10   -1   18   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   35   2.9
   XButsayev, Yuri       LW   7   6   3    9   -2    0   3   0   0   0   2   0   1   33  18.2
   XExelby, Garnet       D   53   3   6    9   11  140   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   47   6.4
   XNielsen, Chris       C   18   3   4    7    2    4   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   22  13.6
   XLessard, Francis     D   50   2   5    7    3  194   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   47   4.3
   XMedak, Judd          RW   9   2   2    4    5    6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    8  25.0
23  Weaver, Mike         D   33   2   2    4    2   32   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   33   6.1
34  Maracle, Norm        G   49   0   3    3    0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0.0
   XRebek, Jeremy        D    2   0   0    0    1    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    5   0.0
       (TOTALS)          D    4   1   1    2    0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    7  14.3
   XHerperger, Chris     C    7   1   1    2   -2   14   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   13   7.7
25  Ustrnul, Libor       D   40   1   1    2    9   94   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   22   4.5
27  Nielsen, Evan        D    5   1   0    1    2    4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    5  20.0
19  Maloney, Brian       F    4   0   1    1   -2   11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    4   0.0
   XLevokari, Pauli      D    6   0   1    1   -2   12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    5   0.0
   XFermoyle, Andy       D    1   0   0    0   -1    2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    2   0.0
   XGarnett, Michael     G    2   0   0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0.0
   XMills, Dylan         D    2   0   0    0   -1    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0.0
   XSvartvadet, Per      LW   3   0   0    0    0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    2   0.0
 7  Aquino, Anthony      RW   5   0   0    0   -1    4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    4   0.0
   XHnilicka, Milan      G   15   0   0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    2   0.0
35  Cassivi, Frederic    G   21   0   0    0    0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0.0
    BENCH                    80                     56                                       
    TOTALS                   80 276 452  728      1905  98  19  43   5  40  11  25 2531  10.9
    OPPONENT TOTALS          80 237 411  648      2020  93  12  29   3  40   4   8 2446   9.7

No.                      GPI   MIN        AVG   W    L    T   EN  SO   GA  SAVES    SPCT
   XHnilicka, Milan       15   838:10    2.36  11    2    1    1   1   33   390    0.922
34  Maracle, Norm         49  2794:40    2.88  22   18    6    3   2  134  1292    0.906
35  Cassivi, Frederic     21  1170:53    3.18  10    8    1    1   0   62   513    0.892
   XGarnett, Michael       2    33:00    3.64   0    1    0    1   0    2    14    0.875
    TEAM TOTALS           80  4870:08    2.92  43   29    8    6   3  237  2209    0.903
    OPPONENT TOTALS       80  4870:08    3.40  29   43    8   10   3  276  2255    0.891

X - No longer on Team

 


 

CHICAGO TEAM FINAL PLAYOFF STATISTICS

No. PLAYER              POS  GP   G   A  PTS  +/-  PIM  PP  SH  GW  FG  OT  UG SHOTS  PCT
 9  Gamache, Simon       LW   9   7   2    9    2    4   2   0   1   2   0   0   34  20.6
11  Maltais, Steve       LW   9   3   5    8    2   12   0   0   1   0   1   0   33   9.1
44  Brown, Rob           RW   9   1   6    7   -1    6   0   0   0   0   0   0   16   6.3
16  Vigier, J.P.         RW   9   3   1    4   -4    4   1   0   0   0   0   0   35   8.6
 4  Foster, Kurtis       D    9   1   3    4    2   14   1   0   0   0   0   0    9  11.1
14  Tapper, Brad         RW   9   1   3    4    0   10   0   0   1   0   0   1   13   7.7
28  Karlsson, Andreas    C    9   1   3    4   -2    4   0   0   0   0   0   0   16   6.3
 3  Hartigan, Mark       C    9   1   2    3    2   10   0   0   0   0   0   0   16   6.3
29  Safronov, Kirill     D    9   1   2    3   -1    4   1   0   0   0   0   0   17   5.9
23  Weaver, Mike         D    9   0   3    3    2    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    4   0.0
15  Blatny, Zdenek       LW   9   0   2    2    0   20   0   0   0   0   0   0   10   0.0
 6  Eakins, Dallas       D    9   1   0    1    4   31   0   0   0   0   0   0    9  11.1
18  Piros, Kamil         C    9   1   0    1    0    4   1   0   0   0   0   0   10  10.0
 2  Exelby, Garnet       D    9   0   1    1   -1   27   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   0.0
 5  DiPenta, Joe         D    9   0   1    1    2    7   0   0   0   0   0   0    9   0.0
22  Lessard, Francis     D    1   0   0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0.0
17  Tobler, Ryan         LW   2   0   0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    4   0.0
35  Cassivi, Frederic    G    2   0   0    0    0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0.0
25  Ustrnul, Libor       D    6   0   0    0   -3    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    2   0.0
34  Maracle, Norm        G    8   0   0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0.0
 8  Simon, Ben           C    9   0   0    0   -2    6   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   0.0
24  MacKenzie, Derek     C    9   0   0    0    0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0   18   0.0
    BENCH                     9                      4                                   
    TOTALS                    9  21  34   55       177   6   0   3   2   1   1  277   7.6
    OPPONENT TOTALS           9  23  40   63       131   9   1   6   7   1   2  244   9.4

No.                      GPI   MIN        AVG   W    L   EN  SO   GA  SAVES    SPCT
35  Cassivi, Frederic      2    90:08    2.00   0    2    1   0    3    37    0.925
34  Maracle, Norm          8   462:20    2.21   3    4    2   1   17   184    0.915
    TEAM TOTALS            9   558:19    2.47   3    6    3   1   23   221    0.906
    OPPONENT TOTALS        9   558:19    2.26   6    3    0   1   21   256    0.924

X - No longer on Team

 


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