A major change is coming for the Chicago Wolves next season (2024)
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ROSEMONT — There is a big change coming for a Chicago area team in the American Hockey League.
WGN News has confirmed that the Chicago Wolves will be independent starting with the 2023-2024 season as the team will play without an affiliation with an NHL team.
Essentially, this would mean the team would have more freedom to build their own roster and not be reliant on the NHL team to do so.
This will be the first time the organization has been without an affiliate since joining the AHL in the 2001-2002 season. They are currently the affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes, which has been the case since September 2020.
During their time in the AHL, they’ve also been affiliated with the Atlanta Thrashers (2001-2011), Vancouver Canucks (2011-2013), St. Louis Blues (2013-2017), and Vegas Golden Knights (2017-2020). During the pandemic-shortened 2021 season, the Wolves were also the affiliate for the Nashville Predators along with the Hurricanes.
The Wolves were founded in 1994 and began playing in the International Hockey League from that season through June 2001, winning two championships in that league.
During their time in the AHL, they’ve won three Calder Cups, including the 2021-2022 season. At the moment, the team is in a battle to get the last Central Division playoff spot with Rockford, the AHL affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks.
The IceHogs currently sit two points ahead of the Wolves with six games to play. The team has a pair of games with the Iowa Wild on Friday (Des Moines) and Saturday (Allstate Arena).
ROSEMONT — There is a big change coming for a Chicago area team in the American Hockey League. WGN News
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has confirmed that the Chicago Wolves will be independent starting with the 2023-2024 season as the team will play without an affiliation with an NHL team.
The average Chicago Wolves Hockey salary ranges from approximately $45,190 per year (estimate) for a Sponsorship Coordinator to $95,341 per year (estimate) for a Player.
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Wolves general manager Wendell Young confirmed Wednesday the Wolves plan to become an independent AHL team beginning next season after their three-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes expires at the end of the 2022-23 season.
Buddy Meyers, a principal owner of the Wolves who founded the franchise with Don Levin and Grant Mulvey in January 1994, has been involved in the world of hockey for more than 45 years.
The AHL does not release contract details, but the minimum salary per its CBA is $52,725 in 2023-24, according to the Professional Hockey Players' Association.
Starting with the 2023–24 season, the Wolves plan to play as an independent AHL team and end their affiliation with the Hurricanes, becoming the first independent AHL team since the 1994–95 season.
Rocco Grimaldi and Ronan Seeley scored and Josh Melnick had two assists but the Wolves came up short in the 11th of 12 meetings between the Central Division rivals this season. After the Wolves prevailed in the first four matchups, the IceHogs have now won seven in a row over Chicago.
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Levin (luh-VIN) founded DRL Enterprises, Inc., in 1969. The Glenview-based company has holdings in many industries including tobacco processing, aircraft and medical equipment leasing, licensed sports product manufacturing and distribution, and motion picture production and distribution.
Per The Athletic, the Wolves would be the first independent AHL team since the 1994-1995 season. Essentially, this would mean the team would have more freedom to build their own roster and not be reliant on the NHL team to do so.
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Nardella issued a statement Wednesday in which he said that while he regretted losing his temper, he "firmly" denies making a hom*ophobic remark and condemns "all forms of discrimination in hockey.” "I regret that I did lose my temper and that is not how a coach should act.
While ZipRecruiter is seeing annual salaries as high as $70,000 and as low as $24,000, the majority of Minor League Hockey Team salaries currently range between $50,000 (25th percentile) to $60,500 (75th percentile) with top earners (90th percentile) making $66,500 annually across the United States.
The Chicago Wolves are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) currently operating as the lone independent franchise in the league.
The minimum salary for players in the NHL amounted to 750 thousand U.S. dollars in the 2023/24 season. The minimum salary for the league is agreed upon in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which is a basic contract between the NHL and the NHL Players' Association.
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