The Chicago Wolves will fly a banner at the Allstate Arena on Saturday night

ROSEMONT – The goal for each team at the start of a season is to take a moment to enjoy the achievements of the previous ones.

The Chicago Wolves have that chance on Saturday when they hit the ice ahead of their first regular season game of the 2022-2023 season.

After winning the Calder Cup in June, the American Hockey League franchise will raise its fifth championship banner at the Allstate Arena before its match against the Milwaukee Admirals at 7:00 p.m.

As a member of the IHL, Wolves won the Turner Cup championship in 1998 and 2000, then won the Calder Cup in the AHL in 2002, 2008 and last season. The Carolina Hurricanes affiliate had a franchise-record 110 regular-season points and then faced little opposition in the Calder Cup playoffs.

They defeated Rockford, Milwaukee, Stockton and then Springfield 14-4 in the finals to win their first championship in 14 seasons.

As with most AHL teams, there are many roster fluctuations, including AHL leading scorer Andrew Poturalski (Kraken), AHL leading scorer Alex Lyon (Panthers), and Calder Cup Playoffs MVP Josh Leivo (Blues). those no longer in the Hurricanes franchise.

AHL top scorer Stefan Noesen is currently playing at the NHL level with the Hurricanes.

The team will also have a new head coach as Brock Sheahan comes over from USHL Chicago Steel to replace Ryan Warsofsky after accepting an assistant coaching job with the San Jose Sharks.

Here’s the Wolves opening night roster:

Forwards: Jack Drury, Ryan Dzingel, Noel Gunler, Joseph LaBate, Ivan Lodnia, Mackenzie MacEachern, Stelio Mattheos, Josh Melnick, Alexander Pashin, Lane Pederson, Brendan Perlini, Vasily Ponomarev, Jamieson Rees, Malte Stromwall, Nathan Sucese, Ryan Suzuki, Tuukka Tieksola.

DDefenders: Adrien Beraldo, David Farrance, Cavan Fitzgerald, Jason Garrison, Anttoni Honka, William Lagesson, Max Lajoie, Griffin Mendel, Ronan Seeley.

Goalkeepers: Pyotr Kochetkov, Zachary Savchenko