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46-810: Originally a member of the International Hockey League , the Wolves joined the AHL after the IHL folded in 2001. The Wolves won the Turner Cup twice (1998, 2000) in the IHL and the Calder Cup thrice (2002, 2008, and 2022). The Wolves qualified for all but five postseasons (2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, and 2015–16 seasons), appearing in eight league championship finals (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2019 and 2022) in their 22-year history. The team's most notable player

92-469: A Canadian team again until 1996. Bill Beagan served as commissioner of the IHL from 1969 to 1978. The Canadian Press cited him for turning around the league's financial situation and making it a top-tier development system for future NHL talent. Starting in the late 1960s, the IHL's quality of play significantly improved. By the mid-1970s it was on par with the American Hockey League (AHL),

138-528: A minor professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1945 to 2001. The IHL served as the National Hockey League 's alternate farm system to the American Hockey League (AHL). After 56 years of operation, financial instability led to the league's demise. Six of the surviving seven teams merged into the AHL in 2001. The IHL was formed on December 5, 1945, in

184-524: A strain on relationships between the leagues. There was some speculation that the IHL was intending to compete directly with the NHL, especially when a lockout in 1994–95 threatened to wipe out the NHL season. However, in the 1995–96 season, the IHL's "soft" salary cap was just $ 1.5 million, while the lowest NHL team payroll that season was $ 11.4 million. A Fall 1994 article in Sports Illustrated praising

230-475: A team from Toledo, Ohio , joined the league, and the following year the IHL expanded significantly, with teams in four additional U.S. cities. The expansion did not take hold, and for 1949–50, the league was back down to teams in Detroit and Windsor as well as two nearby Canadian cities, Sarnia, Ontario , and Chatham, Ontario . Windsor dropped out in 1950, and expansion into the U.S. began again, with Toledo rejoining

276-736: A three-hour meeting at the Norton Palmer Hotel in Windsor, Ontario . In attendance were Jack Adams (coach of the Detroit Red Wings), Fred Huber (Red Wings public relations), Frank Gallagher (amateur hockey organizer in Detroit and Windsor), Lloyd Pollock (Windsor hockey pioneer), Gerald McHugh (Windsor lawyer), Len Hebert, Len Loree and Bill Beckman. The league began operations in the 1945–46 IHL season with four teams in Windsor and Detroit , and operated as semi-professional league. In 1947,

322-707: Is a village in Cook County, Illinois , United States. It is a suburb of Chicago . Per the 2020 census , the population was 52,530. The village now serves as the headquarters for Sears and one of the American headquarters for Mori Seiki . Now Arena , home of the Windy City Bulls of the NBA G League is part of the village. Between 2006 and 2009, the village hosted the Heartland International Tattoo , one of

368-400: Is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Wolves. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Chicago Wolves seasons Updated November 27, 2024. The following players have played both 100 games for the Wolves and 100 games in the National Hockey League : International Hockey League (1945%E2%80%932001) The International Hockey League ( IHL ) was

414-667: The 2007–08 season , winning 13 of the first 14 games, with an overtime loss. The Wolves finished the season with 111 points, and first in the Western Conference. The Wolves were the AHL affiliate of the Atlanta Thrashers from 2001 to 2011. The Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg in June 2011 and added the St. John's IceCaps (formerly the Manitoba Moose ) as their new AHL affiliate, leaving

460-487: The 2008–09 season after Bill Wirtz died and his son Rocky took over the team, reversing many of his father's policies, one of which allowed the Blackhawks' games to be aired locally on TV. Since 2008, Jason Shaver has handled the play-by-play duties for the Wolves, along with Gardner. Today, select regular-season home games are broadcast on WPWR-TV (My50), and WMEU-CD (The U), and all games are streamed on AHLTV. This

506-617: The Barack Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park , Chicago, and is not open to the public. In January 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the second U.S. case of COVID-19 in a Hoffman Estates resident. The patient, a woman in her 60s returning from Wuhan , China, was treated at St. Alexius Medical Center . Her husband was later infected in the first case of human-to-human transmission of

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552-759: The Nashville Predators for the 2020–21 season as the Predators' affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals , opted out of the COVID-19 pandemic -shortened season. For the 2020–21 season, the teams' home games were at their training facility at the Triphahn Center in Hoffman Estates due to arena restrictions for fans during the pandemic. During the 2023–24 season , the Wolves played as independent AHL team, becoming

598-539: The SARS-CoV-2 virus in the United States. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Hoffman Estates has a total area of 21.25 square miles (55.04 km ), of which 21.07 square miles (54.57 km ) (or 99.15%) is land and 0.18 square miles (0.47 km ) (or 0.85%) is water. As of the 2020 census there were 52,530 people, 18,110 households, and 14,048 families residing in the village. The population density

644-607: The 1962–63 season, the IHL played an interlocking schedule with the NHL-owned Eastern Professional Hockey League , which itself folded after its 1962–63 season. After 11 seasons as a strictly U.S.-based league, the IHL admitted two Canadian teams in 1963, with the Windsor Bulldogs and the return of the Chatham Maroons. Both teams dropped out after one season, however, and the league would not have

690-595: The 1990s, the Prairie Stone Business Park began development. This 750-acre (3.0 km ) planned multi-purpose business park is bounded by Illinois Route 59 on the east, Interstate 90 on the south, Illinois Route 72 on the north, and Beverly Road on the west. The business park came to fruition in 1993 when Sears, Roebuck and Company relocated from the Sears Tower in Chicago to a sprawling headquarters in

736-492: The 2000s include the 11,000-seat Now Arena ; office buildings for Serta , WT Engineering, I-CAR, and Mary Kay ; a Cabela's outdoor outfitters store; a 295-room Marriott hotel; and the 400,000-square-foot (37,000 m ) Poplar Creek Crossing Retail Center, which is anchored by Target and numerous other big-box retailers. Future development will include further office buildings and retail development, Sun Island Hotel and Water Park, an amphitheater, and restaurants. In 2011,

782-687: The AHL as expansion teams for the 2001–02 season. Between them, they have played for the AHL Calder Cup seven times, winning four—including three in a row after their arrival. As well, the Cincinnati Cyclones was readmitted to the East Coast Hockey League , which hosted the team from 1990 to 1992 before it moved to the IHL. The Orlando Solar Bears (the final IHL playoff champions) and the Kansas City Blades were not admitted into

828-669: The AHL because their owner, Rich DeVos , who also owned the Griffins, was allowed to own only one AHL franchise. The league's other two teams, the Cleveland Lumberjacks and Detroit Vipers , ceased operations along with the league. Two former IHL teams that moved to the AHL have since relocated: the Utah Grizzlies moved to Cleveland, Ohio , to become the Lake Erie Monsters (rebranded as Cleveland Monsters in 2016) in 2007 and

874-676: The Blues creating the Utica Comets . In November 2016, it was first reported the Blues would not renew their affiliation with the Wolves and were planning to move their affiliation to Kansas City for 2017. However, this was unconfirmed and then denied by the announced potential owner in Kansas City, Lamar Hunt Jr. , in a press release from his ECHL team in the area, the Missouri Mavericks , and further denied by AHL commissioner, David Andrews, after

920-739: The ECHL when they moved, and the Orlando Solar Bears restarted as an ECHL expansion team. The Peoria Rivermen have had three more franchises with an expansion team in the East Coast Hockey League from 1996 to 2005, a relocated Worcester IceCats in the American Hockey League from 2005 to 2013 , and a fourth incarnation of the Peoria Rivermen subsequently launched in the Southern Professional Hockey League in 2013. Hoffman Estates, Illinois Hoffman Estates

966-567: The Houston Aeros moved to Des Moines, Iowa , to become the Iowa Wild in 2013. A third team, the Manitoba Moose, temporarily relocated to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador to become the St. John's IceCaps from 2011 to 2015. Three former franchises have been relaunched in lower-tier leagues since the IHL's demise. The Utah Grizzlies name was revived by the former Lexington Men O' War of

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1012-573: The IHL and mocking the NHL only fueled the fire. In said article, IHL officials detailed plans to continue expanding the league to large markets in North America, as well as, "a six-team European league with franchises in England, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Sweden and France." In response, many NHL clubs shifted their affiliations to the AHL , and by 1997–98, only four of 18 IHL teams had NHL affiliations. With

1058-512: The January 2017 Board of Governors meeting. After the 2016–17 season, the Wolves became the first affiliate of the NHL's expansion team, the Vegas Golden Knights . The Blues did not re-sign with the Wolves to be their primary NHL affiliate for the 2017–18 season . However, Blues' general manager Doug Armstrong confirmed they would still send prospects to the Wolves for that season. During

1104-605: The Village of Hoffman Estates took over ownership of the Now Arena. On June 23, 2020, the Village of Hoffman Estates approved an $ 11.5 million deal to rename the Sears Centre Arena to the "NOW Arena". In the fall of 2016, papers and artifacts from President Barack Obama 's administration began to arrive in town, where they are being stored in a building on Golf Road. The site is their temporary home while construction takes place on

1150-461: The Wolves and the NHL's Vancouver Canucks to find new affiliates. On June 27, 2011, the Wolves and Canucks agreed to a two–year affiliation agreement. On April 23, 2013, the Wolves and St. Louis Blues reached a three-year affiliation agreement. The deal was struck after the Canucks and Wolves decided not to renew their existing affiliation agreement and purchased the Peoria Rivermen franchise from

1196-411: The Wolves took advantage of this, going so far as to promote themselves with the slogan "We Play Hockey The Old-Fashioned Way: We Actually Win ". After Judd Sirott served as the team's play-by-play announcer for its first 12 seasons, starting in the 2006–07 season broadcast announcers were long-time Blackhawks commentators Pat Foley and Bill Gardner ; Foley ultimately returned to the Blackhawks for

1242-406: The defunct World Hockey Association or abandoned by the NHL. The IHL also entered markets that had existing NHL teams, such as Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles . In 1996, the IHL moved its Atlanta and Minneapolis–Saint Paul franchises to Quebec City and Winnipeg , respectively, restoring the league's Canadian presence and filling the void left by the departure of the NHL's Quebec Nordiques and

1288-516: The development of the region which now bears their name. As residents moved in, they voted to incorporate the area, and the Village of Hoffman Estates was incorporated on September 23, 1959. In 1973, six former town officials, including mayors Edward F. Pinger (1959−1965) and Roy L. Jenkins (1965−1969) were indicted on bribery and tax charges. Once the Northwest Tollway opened, Schaumburg Township became more attractive to Chicago commuters. In

1334-509: The early 1960s, land annexations north of the tollway and in other neighboring regions more than doubled Hoffman Estates' land area. The opening of the Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg to the east in 1971 made the area a major business center. An attempt to change the name of the village to East Barrington, among other names, was made in the early 1980s but failed upon a residential vote. In

1380-565: The first independent AHL team since the 1994–95 season . On May 2, 2024, the team renewed its affiliation with the Carolina Hurricanes for a three-year term beginning with the 2024–25 season. The Wolves once were the only AHL team with a full television package. As the Chicago Blackhawks ' late owner Bill Wirtz had refused to allow Blackhawks home games to be televised locally, the Wolves were viewed and embraced as an alternative;

1426-582: The first season of their affiliation with Vegas, the Wolves set a pair of franchise records in earning points in 14 straight games from December 9 to January 6 and 13 consecutive home wins from December 6 to February 15. In the 2018–19 season , the Wolves made the Calder Cup Finals, in which they lost to the Charlotte Checkers in five games. During the 2019–20 season , the Golden Knights stated it

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1472-598: The largest employers in Hoffman Estates as of 2023 are: The village is served by several public school districts. The majority of residents who live in Schaumburg Township attend: North Hoffman Estates (north of I-90 ) residents are served by: Residents west of Barrington Road primarily attend Unit School District , Elgin Area U46 . Schools located in the Hoffman Estates village limits: Other high schools in

1518-495: The largest music and dance festivals of its kind in the Midwest . Prior to the 1940s, German settlers moved into the area west of Roselle Road and north of Golf Road, then known as Wildcat Grove. The area was sparsely populated until farmers purchased land in the area in the 1940s. In 1954, Sam and Jack Hoffman, owners of a father-son owned construction company, bought 160 acres of land in the area. The pair constructed homes and began

1564-400: The late 1980s and continuing into the mid-90s, the IHL expanded or re-located existing franchises into major U.S. markets such as Atlanta , Cincinnati , Cleveland , Denver , Houston , Indianapolis , Kansas City , Las Vegas , Minneapolis–Saint Paul , Orlando , Phoenix , Salt Lake City , San Antonio , San Diego , and San Francisco . Many of these markets had been previously served by

1610-538: The league and new teams in Grand Rapids, Michigan (1950), Troy, Ohio , (1951), Cincinnati (1952), Fort Wayne, Indiana (1952), and Milwaukee (1952). At the same time, the last Canadian team left the league in 1952, when the Chatham Maroons pulled out. Three new U.S. cities were added in 1953. The league would expand and shrink between five and nine teams through the 1950s, with another major expansion in 1959. In

1656-485: The longtime top feeder league for the National Hockey League . Many IHL teams became the top farm teams of NHL teams. In 1984, the league swallowed up a few surviving members of the Central Hockey League , which had ceased operations. In 1985, the league adopted the shootout to determine tie games in place of traditional overtime. The NHL would begin using the shootout to avoid tie games in 2005. Beginning in

1702-526: The loss of subsidized salaries, high expansion fees (by the end the league was charging as much as $ 8 million US for new teams), exploding travel costs and the NHL itself moving back into some of its markets, the league's rapid expansion proved a critical strain, and it folded after the 2000–01 season. Six IHL franchises (the Chicago Wolves , Grand Rapids Griffins , Houston Aeros , Utah Grizzlies , Milwaukee Admirals and Manitoba Moose ) were admitted into

1748-410: The northwest part of Prairie Stone. That was followed in by Indramat and Quest International , which in 1995 also opened facilities in the park. Throughout the 1990s, a health and wellness center and child care facility were developed, as well as other smaller office buildings, and a branch of Northern Illinois University . Development of the business park is still ongoing, and recent additions in

1794-410: The original Winnipeg Jets . The minimum requirements for an IHL expansion team in 1995 were "a 10,000-seat arena, a population base of one million, and a $ 6 million franchise fee." As the league expanded into larger markets, many of the smaller-market teams (such as Fort Wayne, Peoria, Muskegon, Kalamazoo and Flint) left the IHL and joined lower-level leagues. The IHL's expansion into NHL markets put

1840-399: The population. There were 18,110 households, out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.71% were married couples living together, 11.97% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.43% were non-families. 18.07% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.43% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1886-523: The same township high school district: Most of the village is served by Harper College Community College District 512. The Xilin Northwest Chinese School ( simplified Chinese : 希林西北中文学校 ; traditional Chinese : 希林西北中文學校 ; pinyin : Xīlín Xīběi Zhōngwén Xuéxiào ) holds its classes at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates. It serves grades preschool through 12. The school predominately serves mainland Chinese families. In 2003

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1932-439: The village was $ 92,423, and the median income for a family was $ 103,641. Males had a median income of $ 56,210 versus $ 42,288 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 40,016. About 3.3% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 3.5% of those age 65 or over. Many Japanese companies have their U.S. headquarters in Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg but

1978-404: Was 2,472.58 inhabitants per square mile (954.67/km ). There were 19,160 housing units at an average density of 901.86 per square mile (348.21/km ). The racial makeup of the village was 52.08% White , 26.26% Asian , 4.87% African American , 0.60% Native American , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 7.51% from other races , and 8.68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.14% of

2024-404: Was 3.16 and the average family size was 2.77. The village's age distribution consisted of 23.1% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males. The median income for a household in

2070-413: Was forward Steve Maltais , who until his retirement after the 2004–05 season had played every season of the franchise and holds most of its scoring records. Other notable players include goaltender Wendell Young , ex- Pittsburgh star Rob Brown and long time Chicago Blackhawks stars Troy Murray , Chris Chelios and Al Secord . The Wolves had their best season start in their 14-year history, during

2116-607: Was looking to own and operate its own AHL team in the Las Vegas region in 2020–21, but it would not be the Wolves. The Golden Knights agreed to purchase the San Antonio Rampage franchise and move it to the Las Vegas area as the Henderson Silver Knights . On September 10, 2020, the Wolves announced an affiliation agreement with the Carolina Hurricanes . In addition, the Wolves added a temporary secondary NHL affiliate in

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