Chicago Wolves vs. San Antonio: Tale of the Tape

1. Team Record: 0-0-0-0
Last Game: 1-3 L vs. Grand Rapids (April 21)
Season Series: 0-0-0
Last Meeting: 6-3 Road Win (April 2)
Team Record: 0-0-0-0
Last Game: 2-5 L vs. Houston (April 20)
Season Series: 0-0-0
Last Meeting: 3-6 Home Loss (April 2)
Storylines:
• Tonight marks the start of Chicago’s 20th season overall and 13th
campaign in the American Hockey League.
• Tonight’s tilt marks the 14th time in the Wolves 20-year history, and
eighth time in the last 10 years, the team has opened the season on
the road.
• The Wolves have posted an 9-5-2-3 record in regular-season
openers, which includes a 5-4-1-3 mark on enemy ice.
• Including tonight, Chicago will have opened three of its last four
seasons in San Antonio; the club dropped the previous two tilts in
2010 (L) and 2011 (SOL).
• Head Coach JOHN ANDERSON returns to the Wolves bench tonight
after five years away from the organization; the 56-year-old was
rehired as the team’s bench boss on July 16 after spending two
years as head coach in Atlanta from 2008-10 and most recently
serving as an assistant in Phoenix from 2011-13.
• Chicago has posted just five wins in its last 14 regular-season trips
to AT&T Center over the past five years (5-8-0-1).
By The Numbers:
6 - Number of the 31 players on the Wolves opening-night roster
that spent time with the team last year (Climie, Davies, Kattelus,
Longpre, Miller, Regner).
209 - Number of points rookie forwards TY RATTIE and DMITRIJ
JASKIN combined for in the CHL last year; the pair of 20-year-old
forwards are expected to make their AHL debuts tonight.
7 - Number of countries represented on the Wolves opening night
roster (USA, CAN, FIN, NOR, CZE, SWE, RUS).
Follow The Action:
Tonight’s game faces off at 7:30 p.m. and can be seen on
The U-Too (WCIU-DT 26.2). U-Too also can be found on
XFinity’s Chs. 248 and 360, RCN’s Ch. 35 and WOW’s Ch.
170. The game can also be streamed on www.ahllive.com.
Those away from a TV or computer can follow
@Chicago_Wolves on Twitter for live in-game play-by-play.
PLAYER SPOTLIGHT
#29 KEITH AUCOIN
Center
Keith Aucoin is expected to
make his Wolves debut tonight.
The 34-year-old enters the
2013-14 season ranked 10th
all-time on the AHL scoring
list with 814 points (223G, 591A)
in 707 career games.
The Waltham, Mass., native split
last season between the NHL’s
New York Islanders and AHL’s
Toronto Marlies.
CHICAGO WOLVES TALE OF THE TAPE
Friday, Oct. 4
7:30 p.m.
#27 GREG RALLO
Right Wing
Gurnee native and Rampage
captain Greg Rallo enters
his third season in the Florida
Panthers organization, having
played 138 games with San
Antonio the past two years.
The 32-year-old paced the
Rampage with 23 goals and held
second with 40 points in 66 tilts
last season.
During Rallo’s seven-year AHL
career, he has bagged 10 goals
and 19 points in 26 games
against his hometown team.