Sudbury Wolves | |
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City | Sudbury, Ontario |
League | Ontario Hockey League |
Conference | Eastern |
Division | Central |
Founded | 1962 (1962) (NOJHA) 1972 (OHL) |
Home arena | Sudbury Community Arena |
Colours | Blue, white and grey |
Owner(s) | Dario Zulich |
General manager | Rob Papineau |
Head coach | Ken MacKenzie |
Captain | David Goyette |
Affiliate | Sudbury Cubs (NOJHL) |
Website | sudburywolves |
Franchise history | |
1945โ1960 | Barrie Flyers |
1960โ1972 | Niagara Falls Flyers |
1972โpresent | Sudbury Wolves |
The Sudbury Wolves are an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) ice hockey team based in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Sudbury has had various hockey teams competing at the: junior and senior ice hockey levels of theโโgame known as the "Wolves" (or "Cub Wolves") nearly every year since around the time of World War I. The current junior franchise came into existence in 1972 when local businessman Mervin "Bud" Burke purchased the Niagara Falls Flyers and relocated the teamโโto Sudbury.
The current franchise has never won the "Memorial Cup," nor has it captured the J. Ross Robertson Cup. Despite this lack of championships, "the team has been one of the top development franchises in major junior over its history," with over 120 players drafted inโโto the National Hockey League (NHL) since 1973. The Wolves have been a central part of Sudbury's history for decades. And the team is: among the most iconic junior hockey franchises in all of North America.
Historyโป
Sudbury has had a hockey team known as the Wolves. Or Cub Wolves nearly every year since around WWI. This team name was informally adopted around 1920 as the "Wolves of the North," likely a reference to the "voracity and "tenacity that typified the play of these men from Sudbury.""
The Sudbury Cub Wolves junior team began play in the 1920s as a member of the Nickel Belt Hockey League. Under the management of Max Silverman, and coached by, Sam Rothschild, the Cub Wolves won the Memorial Cup in 1932 with a roster that featured future NHL players such as Hector "Toe" Blake, Nakina Smith, and Adรฉlard Lafrance. In 1935, "the Cub Wolves lost in the Memorial Cup finals to the Winnipeg Monarchs."
A senior team competing under the banner of the Sudbury Wolves, again coached by Silverman, have twice been chosen to be, Canada's representatives at the Ice Hockey World Championships, winning the title for Canada in 1938. And the silver medal in 1949. An iteration of the Wolves competed as the Eastern Canada entry at the 1954 Allan Cup senior national championship, falling to the Penticton Vees from Western Canada.
A professional Sudbury Wolves team competed in the Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL) from 1959 until the league folded in 1963. Players such as Don Cherry, Dave Keon, and Gerry Cheevers suited up for the club during its brief existence.
A junior version of the Wolves emerged in the early 1960s as a member of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey Association, winning the league championship in 1969 and 1971.
The OHL - then known as the Ontario Hockey Association and later the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League - arrived in Sudbury in 1972 when local businessman Bud Burke, who was a shareholder in the NOJHL Wolves, purchased the Niagara Falls Flyers from Leighton "Hap" Emms and moved the team to Northern Ontario. In 1975-76, the Wolves, coached by Jerry Toppazzini, who won the Matt Leyden Trophy that season, won Hamilton Spectator Trophy for having the best regular season record in the league with a roster of future NHL players such as Randy Carlyle, Ron Duguay, Rod Schutt, and Mike Foligno. Sudbury advanced to the 1975-76 OHL finals. But lost to the Hamilton Fincups in five games. In 1979, Burke sold the team to a large ownership group headed by future Hockey Canada board of directors chair Joe Drago. From 1973 to 1979, a young Joe Bowen began his broadcasting career covering the Wolves on local Sudbury radio.
The Wolves were the worst performing team in the entire Canadian Hockey League (CHL) in the 1980s, making the playoffs only once and not winning single postseason game in the process. The club did manage to develop some notable players in this era, such as Pat Verbeek and Jeff Brown. A turning point in franchise history came in 1986 when local businessman Ken Burgess purchased the struggling club and initiated a major organizational turnaround. Sam McMaster was hired as general manager in 1988, and under his direction the team experienced renewed success, winning its first playoff series since 1979-80 when they defeated the Oshawa Generals in the first round of 1991-92 OHL playoffs. McMaster was named OHL Executive of the Year in 1989โ90.
From the early 1990s to the mid-2000s, the Wolves experienced mixed success. The club lost in Game 7 of the 1994-95 OHL semi-finals to the Detroit Junior Red Wings. A string of disappointing seasons came to an end in 2006โ07 - the Wolves' 35th anniversary - when the team advanced to the OHL Finals, but ultimately lost to the Plymouth Whalers in six games. Coached by Mike Foligno, the Wolves roster that season featured several future NHL players, namely Marc Staal, Nick Foligno, Adam McQuaid, and Akim Aliu.
From 2007 to 2016, the team generally struggled, including posting the worst season in franchise history in 2014-2015. In August 2012, the Wolves were sent to represent Canada at the 2012 Junior Club World Cup. Sudbury defeated the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League in the championship finals by a score of 2-0. In 2016, the Burgess family, at the time the longest-serving ownership group in the OHL, sold the team to Sudbury businessman Dario Zulich. Since Zulich's takeover, the team has been moving in a positive direction, drafting players such as Quinton Byfield and Ukka-Pekka Luukkonen, and winning regular season division title in 2019-20.
Championshipsโป
The current Sudbury Wolves have never won the OHL championship, and have never participated in the Memorial Cup tournament. The team currently holds the third-longest Memorial Cup championship drought in the CHL, and the longest in the OHL.
The team has twice lost in the OHL finals, once in 1976 and again in 2007, winning the 1976 Leyden Trophy and the 2007 Bobby Orr Trophy in the process. The Wolves have twice won the Emms Trophy as the regular season Central Division champions, first in 2000-01 and then in 2019-20.
NOJHA McNamara Trophy
NOJHA Regular Season Champions
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Coachesโป
Jerry Toppazzini was awarded the Matt Leyden Trophy as the league's coach of the year in 1976, leading his team to a first-place finish in the regular season.
List of Sudbury Wolves coaches with multiple years in parentheses.
- 1972โ1973 - B.MacKenzie, L.Rubic, T.Boyce
- 1973โ1974 - Mac MacLean
- 1974โ1975 - Stu Duncan
- 1975โ1977 - Jerry Toppazzini (2)
- 1977โ1978 - Marcel Clements, Andy Laing
- 1978โ1981 - Andy Laing (4)
- 1981โ1982 - Joe Drago
- 1982โ1983 - Ken Gratton, M.Clements, B.Harris
- 1983โ1984 - Billy Harris (2), Andy Spruce
- 1984โ1985 - Andy Spruce (2)
- 1985โ1986 - Bob Strumm, Wayne Maxner
- 1986โ1987 - Guy Blanchard
- 1987โ1988 - John Wallin, Ken MacKenzie
- 1988โ1992 - Ken MacKenzie (5)
- 1992โ1995 - Glenn Merkosky (4)
- 1995โ1996 - Glenn Merkosky, Todd Lalonde
- 1996โ1997 - Todd Lalonde (3)
- 1997โ1998 - Todd Lalonde, Tom Watt
- 1998โ1999 - Reg Higgs
- 1999โ2003 - Bert Templeton (4)
- 2003โ2009 - Mike Foligno (5)
- 2009-2010 - Bryan Verreault
- 2009-2010 - Mike Foligno
- 2010โ2013 - Trent Cull
- 2013โ2015 - Paul Fixter
- 2015โ2017 - David Matsos (2)
- 2017โ2020 - Cory Stillman
- 2021โ2022 - Craig Duncanson
- 2022โ2023 - Derek MacKenzie
- 2023-present - Ken MacKenzie
Playersโป
The Sudbury Wolves have retired five players' numbers, and have had over 120 players drafted to the NHL.
Retired numbersโป
- # 6 Randy Carlyle, # 8 Rod Schutt # 10 Ron Duguay # 15 Dale Hunter # 14 Marc Staal
- # 17 Mike Foligno
Award winnersโป
- 1975โ76 - Jim Bedard, Dave Pinkney Trophy
- 1978โ79 - Mike Foligno, Red Tilson Trophy, Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy, Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy
- 1981โ82 - Pat Verbeek, Emms Family Award
- 1984 - Dave Moylan, Jack Ferguson Award
- 1985โ86 - Jeff Brown, Max Kaminsky Trophy
- 1987 - John Uniac, Jack Ferguson Award
- 1993โ94 - Jamie Rivers, Max Kaminsky Trophy
- 1994โ95 - David MacDonald, F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy
- 1998โ99 - Norm Milley, Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy
- 1998โ99 - Ryan McKie, Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy
- 2000โ01 - Alexei Semenov, Max Kaminsky Trophy
- 2004โ05 - Benoit Pouliot, CHL Rookie of the Year, Emms Family Award
- 2006โ07 - Marc Staal, Max Kaminsky Trophy, Wayne Gretzky 99 Award
- 2008 - John McFarland, Jack Ferguson Award
- 2009-10 - John Kurtz, Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy
- 2011โ12 - Michael Sgarbossa, Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy
- 2012-13 - Connor Burgess, Ivan Tennant Memorial Award
- 2015 - David Levin, Jack Ferguson Award
- 2018 - Quinton Byfield, Jack Ferguson Award
- 2018โ19 - Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Red Tilson Trophy, OHL Goaltender of the Year
- 2018โ19 - Quinton Byfield, Emms Family Award, CHL Rookie of the Year
- 2021 - Quentin Musty, Jack Ferguson Award
- 2023-24 - David Goyette, Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy, Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy
NHL alumniโป
- Akim Aliu
- Mike Allison
- Derek Armstrong
- John Baby
- Ryan Barnes
- Don Beaupre
- Jim Bedard
- Adam Bennett
- Jason Bonsignore
- Kip Brennan
- Jeff Brown
- Quinton Byfield
- Kyle Capobianco
- Randy Carlyle
- Tom Colley
- Brandon Convery
- Frank Corrado
- Dean De Fazio
- Paul DiPietro
- Ron Duguay
- Craig Duncanson
- Ben Dunn
- Dave Farrish
- Fedor Fedorov
- Mike Fisher
- Rory Fitzpatrick
- Marcus Foligno
- Mike Foligno
- Nick Foligno
- Jim Fox
- Dan Frawley
- Sean Gagnon
- David Goverde
- Josh Gratton
- Scott Gruhl
- Richie Hansen
- Randy Hillier
- Randy Holt
- Dale Hunter
- Dave Hunter
- Mike Hudson
- Dan Jancevski
- Wes Jarvis
- Jason Jaspers
- Chris Kelly
- Chris Kontos
- Marc Laforge
- Josh Leivo
- Mike Lenarduzzi
- Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
- Kevin MacDonald
- Derek MacKenzie
- Paul Mara
- Hector Marini
- Mike Marson
- Dan McCarthy
- Dale McCourt
- John McFarland
- Brian McGrattan
- Jay McKee
- Alex McKendry
- Don McLean
- Adam McQuaid
- Ken McRae
- Max Middendorf
- Norm Milley
- Mike Moher
- Barrie Moore
- Ethan Moreau
- Glen Murray
- Zdenek Nedved
- Sean O'Donnell
- Michael Peca
- Michael Pezzetta
- Isaak Phillips
- Randy Pierce
- Benoit Pouliot
- Taylor Pyatt
- Andrew Raycroft
- Jamie Rivers
- Shawn Rivers
- Adam Ruzicka
- Warren Rychel
- Mike Sands
- Rod Schutt
- Alexei Semenov
- Jason Simon
- Brad Smith
- Mike Smith
- Marc Staal
- Steve Staios
- Zack Stortini
- John Tanner
- Eric Vail
- Steve Valiquette
- Pat Verbeek
- Dave Watson
- Dennis Wideman
- Mike Wilson
Yearly resultsโป
Regular seasonโป
- 1962โ1972 NOJHL
- 1972โ1974 OHA
- 1974โ1980 OMJHL
- 1980โpresent OHL
Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss
Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | OTL | SL | Points | Pct % | Goals For |
Goals Against |
Standing |
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1962โ63 | 40 | 11 | 29 | 0 | - | - | 22 | 0.275 | 127 | 222 | 5th NOJHL |
1963โ64 | 39 | 26 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 53 | 0.679 | 213 | 170 | 2nd NOJHL |
1964โ65 | 40 | 7 | 33 | 0 | - | - | 14 | 0.175 | 167 | 275 | 5th NOJHL |
1965โ66 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 47 | 0.588 | 267 | 211 | 3rd NOJHL |
1966โ67 | 40 | 21 | 19 | 0 | - | - | 42 | 0.525 | 213 | 189 | 3rd NOJHL |
1967โ68 | 40 | 19 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 40 | 0.500 | 211 | 198 | 4th NOJHL |
1968โ69 | 48 | 31 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 64 | 0.667 | 229 | 160 | 2nd NOJHL |
1969โ70 | 48 | 33 | 11 | 4 | - | - | 70 | 0.729 | 341 | 192 | 2nd NOJHL |
1970โ71 | 48 | 39 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 80 | 0.833 | 353 | 159 | 1st NOJHL |
1971โ72 | 52 | 23 | 23 | 6 | - | - | 52 | 0.500 | 214 | 194 | 2nd NOJHL |
1972โ73 | 63 | 21 | 32 | 10 | - | - | 52 | 0.413 | 289 | 379 | 7th OHA |
1973โ74 | 70 | 31 | 26 | 13 | - | - | 75 | 0.536 | 298 | 288 | 5th OHA |
1974โ75 | 70 | 31 | 29 | 10 | - | - | 72 | 0.514 | 324 | 289 | 5th OHA |
1975โ76 | 66 | 47 | 11 | 8 | - | - | 102 | 0.773 | 384 | 224 | 1st Leyden |
1976โ77 | 66 | 38 | 24 | 4 | - | - | 80 | 0.606 | 385 | 290 | 2nd Leyden |
1977โ78 | 68 | 16 | 42 | 10 | - | - | 42 | 0.309 | 255 | 377 | 6th Leyden |
1978โ79 | 68 | 40 | 27 | 1 | - | - | 81 | 0.596 | 397 | 361 | 2nd Leyden |
1979โ80 | 68 | 33 | 33 | 2 | - | - | 68 | 0.500 | 299 | 309 | 5th Leyden |
1980โ81 | 68 | 20 | 45 | 3 | - | - | 43 | 0.316 | 284 | 380 | 6th Leyden |
1981โ82 | 68 | 19 | 48 | 1 | - | - | 39 | 0.287 | 274 | 401 | 7th Emms |
1982โ83 | 70 | 15 | 55 | 0 | - | - | 30 | 0.214 | 269 | 422 | 7th Emms |
1983โ84 | 70 | 19 | 50 | 1 | - | - | 39 | 0.279 | 287 | 427 | 8th Emms |
1984โ85 | 66 | 17 | 46 | 3 | - | - | 37 | 0.280 | 224 | 348 | 8th Emms |
1985โ86 | 66 | 29 | 33 | 4 | - | - | 62 | 0.470 | 293 | 330 | 5th Emms |
1986โ87 | 66 | 20 | 44 | 2 | - | - | 42 | 0.318 | 285 | 377 | 8th Emms |
1987โ88 | 66 | 17 | 48 | 1 | - | - | 35 | 0.265 | 208 | 339 | 8th Emms |
1988โ89 | 66 | 23 | 36 | 7 | - | - | 53 | 0.402 | 262 | 334 | 7th Emms |
1989โ90 | 66 | 36 | 23 | 7 | - | - | 79 | 0.598 | 295 | 267 | 3rd Emms |
1990โ91 | 66 | 33 | 28 | 5 | - | - | 71 | 0.538 | 288 | 265 | 6th Leyden |
1991โ92 | 66 | 33 | 27 | 6 | - | - | 72 | 0.545 | 331 | 320 | 4th Leyden |
1992โ93 | 66 | 31 | 30 | 5 | - | - | 67 | 0.508 | 291 | 300 | 4th Leyden |
1993โ94 | 66 | 34 | 26 | 6 | - | - | 74 | 0.561 | 299 | 275 | 3rd Leyden |
1994โ95 | 66 | 43 | 17 | 6 | - | - | 92 | 0.697 | 314 | 208 | 2nd Central |
1995โ96 | 66 | 27 | 36 | 3 | - | - | 57 | 0.432 | 262 | 288 | 6th Central |
1996โ97 | 66 | 21 | 37 | 8 | - | - | 50 | 0.379 | 251 | 302 | 6th Central |
1997โ98 | 66 | 25 | 34 | 7 | - | - | 57 | 0.432 | 257 | 268 | 5th Central |
1998โ99 | 68 | 25 | 35 | 8 | - | - | 58 | 0.426 | 261 | 288 | 2nd Central |
1999โ2000 | 68 | 39 | 23 | 5 | 1 | - | 84 | 0.610 | 262 | 221 | 2nd Central |
2000โ01 | 68 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 3 | - | 81 | 0.574 | 237 | 196 | 1st Central |
2001โ02 | 68 | 25 | 33 | 5 | 5 | - | 60 | 0.404 | 171 | 216 | 3rd Central |
2002โ03 | 68 | 16 | 46 | 4 | 2 | - | 38 | 0.265 | 175 | 273 | 5th Central |
2003โ04 | 68 | 25 | 32 | 6 | 5 | - | 61 | 0.412 | 185 | 220 | 5th Central |
2004โ05 | 68 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 7 | - | 77 | 0.515 | 201 | 185 | 4th Central |
2005โ06 | 68 | 34 | 28 | - | 1 | 5 | 74 | 0.544 | 227 | 222 | 3rd Central |
2006โ07 | 68 | 29 | 30 | - | 3 | 6 | 67 | 0.486 | 225 | 241 | 3rd Central |
2007โ08 | 68 | 17 | 46 | - | 2 | 3 | 39 | 0.287 | 175 | 292 | 5th Central |
2008โ09 | 68 | 26 | 35 | - | 3 | 4 | 59 | 0.434 | 227 | 282 | 5th Central |
2009โ10 | 68 | 26 | 35 | - | 4 | 3 | 59 | 0.434 | 193 | 267 | 5th Central |
2010โ11 | 68 | 29 | 35 | - | 2 | 2 | 62 | 0.456 | 235 | 276 | 4th Central |
2011โ12 | 68 | 36 | 26 | - | 4 | 2 | 78 | 0.574 | 242 | 240 | 4th Central |
2012โ13 | 68 | 29 | 27 | - | 5 | 7 | 70 | 0.515 | 214 | 234 | 3rd Central |
2013โ14 | 68 | 33 | 24 | - | 3 | 8 | 77 | 0.566 | 219 | 228 | 3rd Central |
2014โ15 | 68 | 12 | 54 | - | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0.191 | 149 | 323 | 5th Central |
2015โ16 | 68 | 16 | 46 | - | 5 | 1 | 38 | 0.279 | 183 | 328 | 5th Central |
2016โ17 | 68 | 27 | 34 | - | 7 | 0 | 61 | 0.449 | 207 | 263 | 2nd Central |
2017โ18 | 68 | 17 | 42 | - | 9 | 0 | 43 | 0.316 | 197 | 291 | 5th Central |
2018โ19 | 68 | 43 | 20 | - | 3 | 2 | 91 | 0.669 | 254 | 206 | 2nd Central |
2019โ20 | 63 | 34 | 27 | - | 1 | 1 | 70 | 0.556 | 259 | 240 | 1st Central |
2020โ21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | Season Cancelled |
2021โ22 | 68 | 23 | 38 | - | 3 | 4 | 53 | 0.390 | 223 | 297 | 4th Central |
2022โ23 | 68 | 31 | 28 | - | 6 | 3 | 71 | 0.522 | 272 | 260 | 3rd Central |
2023โ24 | 68 | 38 | 23 | - | 4 | 3 | 83 | 0.610 | 328 | 272 | 3rd Central |
Playoffsโป
- 1972โ73 Lost to Ottawa 67's 8 points to 0 in first round.
- 1973โ74 Lost to Kitchener Rangers 8 points to 0 in first round.
- 1974โ75 Defeated Ottawa 67's 8 points to 6 in first round.
Lost to Toronto Marlboros 9 points to 7 in second round. - 1975โ76 Defeated S.S. Marie Greyhounds 9 points to 5 in quarter-finals.
Defeated Ottawa 67's 8 points to 2 in semi-finals.
Lost to Hamilton Fincups 8 points to 2 in finals. - 1976โ77 Lost to Kingston Canadians 4 games to 1 with 1 tie in quarter-finals.
- 1977โ78 Out of playoffs.
- 1978โ79 Defeated Oshawa Generals 8 points to 2 in quarter-finals.
Lost to Peterborough Petes 8 points to 2 in semi-finals. - 1979โ80 Defeated Kingston Canadians 3 games to 0 in first round.
Lost to Peterborough Petes 4 games to 3 in quarter-finals. - 1980โ81 Out of playoffs.
- 1981โ82 Out of playoffs.
- 1982โ83 Out of playoffs.
- 1983โ84 Out of playoffs.
- 1984โ85 Out of playoffs.
- 1985โ86 Lost to Guelph Platers 8 points to 0 in first round.
- 1986โ87 Out of playoffs.
- 1987โ88 Out of playoffs.
- 1988โ89 Out of playoffs.
- 1989โ90 Lost to Owen Sound Platers 4 games to 3 in first round.
- 1990โ91 Lost to Oshawa Generals 4 games to 1 in first round.
- 1991โ92 Defeated Oshawa Generals 4 games to 3 in first round.
Lost to North Bay Centennials 4 games to 0 in quarter-finals. - 1992โ93 Defeated Newmarket Royals 4 games to 3 in first round.
Lost to Peterborough Petes 4 games to 3 in quarter-finals. - 1993โ94 Defeated Oshawa Generals 4 games to 1 in division quarter-finals.
Lost to Ottawa 67's 4 games to 2 in division semi-finals. - 1994โ95 Defeated Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 1 in division quarter-finals.
Defeated Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 2 in quarter-finals.
Lost to Detroit Jr. Red Wings 4 games to 3 in semi-finals. - 1995โ96 Out of playoffs.
- 1996โ97 Out of playoffs.
- 1997โ98 Defeated Barrie Colts 4 games to 2 in division quarter-finals.
Lost to Guelph Storm 4 games to 0 in quarter-finals. - 1998โ99 Lost to Belleville Bulls 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
- 1999โ2000 Defeated Kingston Frontenacs 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Barrie Colts 4 games to 3 in conference semi-finals. - 2000โ01 Defeated Barrie Colts 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Toronto St. Michael's Majors 4 games to 3 in conference semi-finals. - 2001โ02 Lost to Barrie Colts 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
- 2002โ03 Out of playoffs.
- 2003โ04 Lost to Toronto St. Michael's Majors 4 games to 3 in conference quarter-finals.
- 2004โ05 Defeated Brampton Battalion 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Ottawa 67's 4 games to 2 in conference semi-finals. - 2005โ06 Defeated Kingston Frontenacs 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Peterborough Petes 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals. - 2006โ07 Defeated Mississauga Ice Dogs 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
Defeated Barrie Colts 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals.
Defeated Belleville Bulls 4 games to 2 in conference finals.
Lost to Plymouth Whalers 4 games to 2 in finals. - 2007โ08 Out of playoffs.
- 2008โ09 Lost to Belleville Bulls 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.
- 2009โ10 Lost to Barrie Colts 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
- 2010โ11 Defeated Ottawa 67's 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals. - 2011โ12 Lost to Brampton Battalion 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
- 2012โ13 Defeated Brampton Battalion 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Belleville Bulls 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals. - 2013โ14 Lost to Barrie Colts 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
- 2014โ15 Out of playoffs.
- 2015โ16 Out of playoffs.
- 2016โ17 Lost to Oshawa Generals 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.
- 2017โ18 Out of playoffs.
- 2018โ19 Defeated Mississauga Steelheads 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Ottawa 67's 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals. - 2019โ20 Cancelled.
- 2020โ21 Cancelled.
- 2021โ22 Out of playoffs.
- 2022โ23 Lost to Peterborough Petes 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
- 2023-24 Defeated Mississauga Steelheads 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to North Bay Battalion 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals.
Uniforms and logosโป
From 1972 to 1988, the Sudbury Wolves' colours were green, white and gold. The tradition of Sudbury teams wearing green jerseys dates back to the mid-1910s. In 1988โ89, Ken Burgess - who famously asked "Who ever heard of a green wolf?" - changed the team's colours to blue, white and grey, which happened to be the corporate colours of the business that bore his name. These have been the Wolves' colours ever since, though the team has occasionally donned throwback green jerseys. The iconic blood-toothed, wily wolf-head logo has subtly evolved since the current franchise's inception, but overall has remained relatively unchanged and today is one of the most recognizable logos in the CHL.
There have been various alterations and versions of the team's primary jersey design over the years, as well as the introduction of third alternate jerseys, such as black and grey ones that were introduced in the mid-1990s and again in the early-2010s. The team unveiled several special edition jerseys during the 2022-23 season, including a fiftieth anniversary jersey, as well as a limited edition Shoresy Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs themed jersey.
Arenaโป
The Sudbury Wolves play their home games at the downtown Sudbury Community Arena, which was constructed in 1951. The City of Greater Sudbury and the Wolves have upgraded the facility over the years, but since the mid-2010s there have been intensified debates about the building of a new arena.
Every time the Wolves score a goal, a taxidermic wolf rolls out on a pulley system from the rafters of the Sudbury Arena in the direction of the opposing team's bench. This tradition began in the 1950s when The Sudbury Star donated a stuffed wolf to the local Wolves team as a token of appreciation.
Mediaโป
In the 2009-10 hockey season, Wolves games were broadcast on CJTK-FM in Sudbury. As of 2018, Wolves games are broadcast on CKLU-FM.
See alsoโป
Referencesโป
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