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INDEXSteel Alum Samuelsson Plays First NHL Game 3Chicago Wolves Weekly Press Notes 3Hockey Supports Hockey - Help Illinois Tornado Victims 4Tournament Calendar 4Blackhawk’s Bollig, Living The Dream 5CSDHL’s Player Of The Week 5Blackhawks Unveil Stadium Jersey 6Skokie Squirts Win St. Louis Ice Blast 6Romeoville Bantams Are MHN Team Of The Week 7Elmhurst Chiefs Win Dells Squirt Classic 7Steel’s Payne Named Co-CCM Forward Of The Week 8

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Former USHL defenseman suits up with father’s former NHL club

Defenseman Philip Samuelsson saw his first NHL action on Monday night when he suited up for the Pittsburgh Penguins dur-ing their 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Samuelsson logged 15:43 minutes of ice time after being called up from their AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The debut was historical as his father, Ulf Samuelsson, helped the Penguins capture back-to-back Stanley Cup champi-onships in 1991 and 1992, and they became the fifth father-son duo to have played for the organization.

Philip spent the 2008-09 season in the USHL with the Chicago Steel, dishing out 22 assists over 54 regular season games. Following that season, he was selected by the Penguins in the second round (61st overall) of the 2009 NHL Draft. He was the fourth-highest USHL player selected that year, joining his Steel teammate John Moore

who was chosen in the first round (21st overall to Columbus).

After his season in the USHL, Samuelsson spent two seasons of NCAA hockey at Boston College which included helping the team capture the NCAA Championship in 2010. He produced 30 points (5g, 25a) over 81 games at the school before signing a NHL contract in the spring of 2011. The defense-man had recorded six assists and a plus-three rating in 26 AHL games this season at the time of his call-up.

Philip’s younger brother, Henrik, also played in the USHL, suiting up for Team USA during the 2010-11 season and recording 11 points (4g, 7a) over 27 USHL contests. He was selected by the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round (27th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft.

Two other USHL alumni were in the lineup for the Penguins during Philip Samuelsson’s NHL debut - Jayson Megna (Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, 2009-11) and Joe Vitale (Sioux Falls Stampede, 2004-05)).

Steel Alum Samuelsson Plays First NHL GameUSHL – December 17, 2013

THIS WEEK:Fri., Dec. 27* at Lake Erie Monsters Quicken

Loans Arena 6:30 p.m. Sat., Dec. 28* at Lake Erie Monsters Quicken Loans Arena 12 p.m. Sun., Dec. 29* vs. Charlotte Checkers Allstate Arena 4 p.m *U-Too GAMES WILL BE TELECAST LIVE ON THE U-TOO OR WCIU Log on to chicagowolves.com for broadcast schedule, or to watch or listen to the action live online

DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?The Wolves enter the holiday break on a

three-game winning streak after sweeping a three-game homestand last week; Chicago sits at 32 points and a 15-12-0-2 record through 29 games this year.

WOLVES HEADLINES--- Mark Mancari: Posted 3 goals and 4

points in three games last week, which included potting a marker in all three tilts ... He has posted 4 goals and 7 points in his last six tilts after collecting 3 goals and 7 points in his previous 16 contests ... Ranks third on Chicago with 8 goals and fourth with 16 points in 25 games this season ... Paced the Rochester Americans with 22 goals, 39 assists, and 61 points last season while appearing in all 76 games ... Also ranked first in the AHL with a career-high 279 shots on goal

--- Cade Fairchild: Dished out 4 assists in three games last week, which included his fourth multiple-helper game of the year on Wednesday ... Made his return to game action on Nov. 7 after missing the first 11 games of this season and the final 12 tilts of last season due to injury ... Ranks second on the team with 13 helpers -- all of which have come in eight games -- and paces team rear guards with 13 points in 16 outings this year ... Picked up eight helpers in 43 games with the Peoria Rivermen last season

--- Jake Allen: Kicked out 38 of 41 shots in two starts last week to push his win total to 12 this season, which shares fourth in the AHL ... Has appeared in 21 of Chicago’s 29 outings this season (12-7-2) and shares sixth

in the league with a 2.24 goals-against aver-age and holds 14th in the circuit with a .920 save percentage ... registered a 9-4-0 mark, 2.46 goals-against average, .905 save per-centage, and one shutout in 15 NHL games with St. Louis last year en route to being named to the 2013 NHL All-Rookie Team ... Also appeared in 35 AHL contests with the Peoria Rivermen last season, earning a 13-19-2 record, 2.89 goals-against average, and .904 save percentage

--- Pat Cannone: Posted 3 points (G, 2A) in three games last week after earning 3 points (G, 2A) in his previous seven tilts ... Shares seventh on the squad with 11 points (5G, 6A) in 28 games this season ... Ranks first on Chicago with a +11 plus/minus rat-ing and has accrued a plus or even rating in 25 of his 28 tilts, which includes his last 13 outings ... Tallied 25 points (10G, 15A) and 41 penalty minutes in 74 AHL games with the Binghamton Senators last season ... Tied for second on the team and seventh in the AHL with a career-high +21 plus/minus rating

WOLF TRACKS--- The Wolves outshot their opponents

105-67 in three games last week, which included outgunning its foes by double dig-its in all three games; Chicago has outshot its opponent in 11 of its last 12 games and has surrendered 29 or fewer shots in those 11 contests.

--- Rookie forward Ty Rattie leads the Wolves and shares third among AHL first-year pros with 11 goals through 29 games this season; Chicago’s leading rookie goal scorer last year was Darren Archibald with 12.

--- Chicago’s only goal-against to Milwaukee on Sunday came while the team was short-handed, which snapped a streak of 12 straight kills accrued by Chicago dat-ing back to Dec. 14; the Wolves, who went 11 for 12 on the PK last week, rank sixth in the AHL with a 85.2 efficiency rating on the penalty kill this season (121 of 142).

--- Chicago has defeated Milwaukee three times in four tries this season after the Wolves posted a 2-8-0-2 record in 12 out-ings against the Admirals last year.

--- The Wolves have scored just three power-play goals on 42 chances over their last nine games after scoring a season-high three man-advantage markers on eight chances on Nov. 29; Chicago has cashed in on 15 of its 141 power-play chances this season.

I’ll BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS--- The Wolves have won a season-high

four straight home games and have been victorious in five of their last six tilts at Allstate Arena; Chicago began the year just 2-6-0-0 at home, but has improved its home record to 7-7-0-0 in Rosemont this season.

WOLVES REWIND (1-2-0-0)Sunday, Dec. 22 (at) Chicago 2, Milwaukee 1 (OT) --- The Wolves earned their fourth straight

home win with a 2-1 overtime victory over Milwaukee in an Amtrak Rivalry matchup at the Allstate Arena

--- Right wing Mark Mancari scored in regulation for Chicago, while center Keith Aucoin bagged the overtime winner

--- Goaltender Matt Climie posted 24 saves Saturday, Dec. 21 (at) Chicago 3, Grand Rapids 2 --- The Wolves saw a 2-0 lead evaporate,

but were able to grab the game-winning goal with 2:09 left in regulation to earn a 3-2 win over Grand Rapids at the Allstate Arena

--- Forwards Mark Mancari and Dmitrij Jaskin and defenseman David Shields lit the lamp for Chicago

--- Goaltender Jake Allen kicked out 20 of 22 shots

Wednesday, Dec. 18 (at) Chicago 5, Hamilton 2 --- The Wolves improved to 8-3-0-0 all-

time in morning tilts with a 5-2 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs at the Allstate Arena

--- Right wing Ty Rattie (2G) paced a pack of six Wolves who notched multiple points

--- Goaltender Jake Allen stopped 18 of 19 shots

Wolves Weekly Press NotesChicago Wolves (chicagowolveshockey.com) - December 23, 2013

Senior Editor - Sean Hazelton • Creative - Colleen HazeltonWriters - Jared Grafman, Bill Hester

Look for your next issue of MIDWEST HOCKEY NEWS – January 10, 2014 Circulation to Chicagoland and Illinois rinks.

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BIG BEAR TOURNAMENTSFor all Big Bear Tournament

information go to www.bigbeartournaments.com

or call 248.399.1694JANUARY 20141/17 – 1/20 - The Cross Roads in Chicago, IL at Darien Sportsplex. – (Saturday thru Monday - Local teams start Friday) – Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget/H.S.: B, A, AA, plus Girls U12 & U14

1/18 – 1/20 - The Big Chill in Ann Arbor / Detroit, MI at Arctic Coliseum,Yost & Suburban Detroit Arenas. (Saturday thru Monday) Mite, Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A, AA – NHL Tickets available Red Wings - Kings & Red Wings – St. Louis Blues

1/18 – 1/20 - The Brickyard in Indianapolis, IN at Carmel Ice Skatium & Arctic Zone. – (Saturday thru Monday) Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget. High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A, AA

1/17 – 1/20 - Smokey Mt. Shootout in Nashville, TN at Centennial Arena. – (Friday thru Monday) Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget/H.S.: A, AA – NHL Tickets available – Predators – Avalanche and Predators - Stars

1/18 – 1/20 - The Mountain King in Dallas, TX at Polar Ice Arena. – Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget, High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A, AA

1/18 – 1/20 - The Avalanche in Grand Rapids, MI at Southside Arena. – Mite, Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget, High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A, AA – Competitive Half Ice – 05 & 06

FEBRUARY 20142/15 – 2/17 - Gasoline Alley in Indianapolis, IN at Carmel Ice Skatium & Arctic Zone. – (Sat. thru Monday) Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget, High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A, AA

2/15 – 2/17 - The Gateway in St. Louis, MO at Hardee’s Iceplex and Lindenwood Arena. (Sat. thru Monday) – Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A, AA

2/14 – 2/17 - The Palms in Tampa, FL at Ice Sports Forum & Ellenton. – (Friday thru Monday) Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget / HS: A, AA

2/15 – 2/17 - The Ursa Minor in Ann Arbor, MI at Arctic Coliseum & Yost. – (Sat. thru Monday) Mite, Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A, AA

2/15 – 2/17 - WJC Classic in Dallas, TX at Polar Ice Arena. – (Sat. thru Monday) Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget, High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A, AA

2/15 – 2/17 - Lincoln Memorial in Cleveland, OH at Mentor Civic Arena. – (Sat. thru Monday) Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget, High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A

2/28 – 3/1 - The Big Thaw in Ann Arbor, MI at Arctic Coliseum & Yost. – Mite, Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A, AA

MARCH 20143/7- 3/9 - Killer Bees in Grand Rapids, MI at Georgetown Arena. – Mite, Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget, High School Varsity & J.V., Competitive Half Ice – 05 & 06: B, BB only

3/14 – 3/16 - Luck of the Irish in St. Louis, MO at Hardee’s Iceplex & Lindenwood Arena. – Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A, AA

APRIL 20144/11 – 4/13 - Winged Warrior in St. Louis, MO at Hardee’s Iceplex. – Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget, High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A, AA

4/25 – 4/27 - The Thunderbird in Detroit, MI at Suburban Detroit Arenas. – Mite, Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget, High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A, AA

MAY 20145/9 – 5/11 - The Ring of Fire in Ann Arbor, MI at Arctic Coliseum. – Mite, Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget/HS: B, A, AA

5/16 – 5/18 - The Dragon’s Lair in Chicago, IL at Darien Sportsplex. – Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget, High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A, AA

5/16 – 5/18 - The Last Dance in Detroit, MI at Suburban Detroit Arenas. – Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget, High School Varsity & J.V.: B, A, AA plus Girls U12, U14, U16 & U19

ULTIMATE TOURNAMENTSFor all Ultimate Tournament

information go to www.ultimatetournaments.net or contact John at 630.336.6160

JANUARY 20141/17- 1/19- Dells Waterpark Classic in Wisconsin Dells, WI – Peewee, High School, Midget: AA, A, B, and House.

1/18- 1/20- Dells Waterpark Classic in Wisconsin Dells, WI – Mite, Squirt, Bantam: AA, A, B, and House.

1/17- 1/19- St. Louis Ice Blast in St. Louis, MO – Peewee, High School, Midget: AA, A, B, and House.

1/18- 1/20- St. Louis Ice Blast in St. Louis, MO – Mite, Squirt, Bantam: AA, A, B, and House.

1/24- 1/26- Dells Waterpark Classic in Wisconsin Dells, WI – Mite, Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, GIRLS: AA, A, B, and House.

1/31- 2/2- Dells Waterpark Classic in Wisconsin Dells, WI – Mite, Squirt, Peewee, Bantam: AA, A, B, and House.

FEBRUARY 20142/14- 2/16- Dells Waterpark Classic in Wisconsin Dells, WI – Peewee, Bantam: AA, A, B, and House.

2/15- 2/17- Dells Waterpark Classic in Wisconsin Dells, WI – Mite, Squirt: AA, A, B, and House. MARCH 20143/14- 3/16- Dells Waterpark Classic in Wisconsin Dells, WI – Mite, Squirt, PW, Bantam: AA, A, B, and House.

3/14- 3/16- St. Louis Ice Blast in St. Louis, MO – Mite, Squirt, PW, Bantam: AA, A, B, and House.

MAY 20145/2- 5/4- St. Louis Ice Blast in St. Louis, MO – Mite, Squirt, PW, Bantam: AA, A, B, and House.

5/23- 5/25- St. Louis Ice Blast in St. Louis, MO – Mite, Squirt, PW, Bantam: AA, A, B, and House.

TOURNAMENT CALENDARNorthwest Hockey League - Post TierStandings as of 12/23/13 Squirt RedTEAM GP W L T PTS GF GAChiefs Black 5 3 0 2 8 18 9Chiefs Green 4 3 0 1 7 16 7Rangers 2 3 2 0 1 5 13 9Blackbirds 3 3 2 0 1 5 12 9Sabres 3 4 2 2 0 4 8 10Sabres 1 4 1 1 2 4 12 8Chiefs White 5 1 3 1 3 20 16Admirals Red 4 1 3 0 2 8 19Panthers 4 2 0 2 0 0 5 12Leafs Girls 4 0 4 0 0 2 15Squirt White Team GP W L T PTS GF GAPanthers 2 4 3 1 0 6 19 15Bruins Red 4 3 1 0 6 17 7Renegades 5 3 2 0 1 5 7 5Admirals White 3 2 1 0 4 13 8Sabres 6 4 2 2 0 4 12 9Rangers 3 4 1 1 2 4 8 9Leafs B2 2 1 1 0 2 5 6Sabres 8 4 1 3 0 2 16 19Blackbirds 1 3 0 2 1 1 4 14Hawks B2 3 0 3 0 0 12 21Squirt Blue Team GP W L T PTS GF GASabres 5 5 4 1 0 8 24 16Renegades 1 4 3 1 0 6 25 16Cyclones 1 3 2 1 0 4 13 7Admirals Navy 3 2 1 0 4 11 12Sabres 4 3 1 1 1 3 10 9Hoffman Red 1 1 0 0 2 8 5Panthers 3 4 1 3 0 2 17 24Sabres 7 2 0 1 1 1 3 6Yellowjackets 2 0 2 0 0 4 15Panthers 1 3 0 3 0 0 10 15Squirt Yellow Team GP W L T PTS GF GABlackbirds 2 4 3 0 1 7 26 16Rangers 1 4 3 1 0 6 17 10Sabres 2 5 3 2 0 6 20 16Renegades 2 4 2 2 0 4 13 19Bruins Black 2 1 0 1 3 7 4Hawks B1 4 1 2 1 3 11 13Pink Panthers 2 1 1 0 2 4 3Cyclones 2 3 1 2 0 2 8 11Renegades 4 5 1 4 0 2 10 19Oak Park 3 0 2 1 1 7 12Squirt Black Team GP W L T PTS GF GAHoffman Grey 2 2 0 0 4 6 0McFetridge 1 2 2 0 0 4 12 3McFetridge 2 4 1 1 2 4 15 11Jaguars 2 1 1 0 2 7 6McFetridge 4 2 1 1 0 2 7 9Renegades 3 3 0 2 1 1 5 15McFetridge 3 3 0 2 1 1 4 12Hoffman Black 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Leafs B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0PeeWee Red Team GP W L T PTS GF GAPanthers 1 4 4 0 0 8 24 5Bruins Red 3 2 1 0 4 11 10Rangers 4 4 1 2 1 3 8 17Panthers 3 1 1 0 0 2 4 2Panthers 2 2 1 1 0 2 3 3Rangers 2 3 1 2 0 2 7 13Chiefs Green 3 1 2 0 2 11 12Rangers 1 2 0 1 1 1 6 8Panthers 4 2 0 2 0 0 5 9PeeWee White Team GP W L T PTS GF GACyclones 1 5 3 2 0 6 15 5Cyclones 2 4 2 1 1 5 8 7Oak Park 3 2 1 0 4 8 5Sabres 1 3 1 0 2 4 6 4Rangers 3 2 1 0 1 3 9 3Hawks Girls B1 2 1 1 0 2 5 3Sabres 2 3 1 2 0 2 10 11Renegades 1 4 1 3 0 2 9 23Hawks B1 4 1 3 0 2 7 16PeeWee Blue Team GP W L T PTS GF GACyclones 3 3 3 0 0 6 14 4YellowJackets B2 4 2 1 1 5 13 6Chiefs White 2 1 0 1 3 2 1Hawks B2 4 1 2 1 3 6 13Chiefs Black 1 1 0 0 2 5 0Bruins Black 1 1 0 0 2 6 2Renegades 3 3 1 2 0 2 5 12Admirals Red 4 0 3 1 1 3 12Sabres 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Leafs B1 2 0 2 0 0 5 9

PeeWee Yellow Team GP W L T PTS GF GARenegades 4 4 4 0 0 8 18 10YellowJackets B1 3 2 0 1 5 9 3Hawks Girls B2 4 2 1 1 5 10 4Sabres 5 2 2 0 0 4 8 5Sabres 4 3 1 2 0 2 11 11Renegades 2 2 0 1 1 1 5 7Hoffman Grey 4 0 3 1 1 5 15Redwings 1 0 1 0 0 2 3McFetridge 1 3 0 3 0 0 2 12PeeWee Black Team GP W L T PTS GF GABlackbirds 1 2 2 0 0 4 8 4Blackbirds 2 2 2 0 0 4 11 4McFetridge 3 3 2 1 0 4 12 9Hoffman Black 2 1 0 1 3 8 6Blackbirds 3 2 1 0 1 3 9 6Renegades 5 1 1 0 0 2 9 3Saddle and Cycle 1 0 1 0 0 1 2McFetridge 2 3 0 3 0 0 8 20Admirals White 4 0 4 0 0 8 20

Bantam Red Team GP W L T PTS GF GAPanthers 2 2 2 0 0 4 6 1Renegades 4 2 2 0 0 4 7 1Hoffman Grey 3 1 1 1 3 9 11Renegades 3 3 1 1 1 3 8 9Chiefs White 3 1 1 1 3 9 7Rangers 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 6Panthers 1 3 0 3 0 0 4 11Bantam White Team GP W L T PTS GF GARangers 1 4 3 0 1 7 16 11Oak Park 4 2 1 1 5 9 7Sabres 1 5 2 2 1 5 11 11Renegades 1 3 1 0 2 4 15 10Sabres 3 4 2 2 0 4 7 11Renegades 2 2 1 1 0 2 5 5Admirals Red 3 0 2 1 1 7 10Chiefs Black 3 0 3 0 0 7 12Bantam Blue Team GP W L T PTS GF GASabres 2 4 3 1 0 6 20 10YellowJackets B1 2 2 0 0 4 12 5Cyclones 1 3 2 1 0 4 7 7Blackbirds 1 2 1 1 0 2 4 5Hoffman Red 3 1 2 0 2 8 16Hawks B1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3Rangers 3 3 0 3 0 0 8 13

Win, lose, or tie, even with the fiercest rival-ries, hockey families share a common bond -the love of the game. Hockey families have always come together to support each other in tough times. Sunday’s storms in Central Illinois around the Peoria area left several hockey families homeless.

The Peoria Youth Hockey Association (PYHA) is asking for your support. Please join us in helping the hockey families in our area that lost or had their homes severely dam-aged. The short term needs are being taken care of by the Red Cross and various support organizations.

The longer term needs are yet to be deter-

mined but we know with the holidays upon us there will be additional financial con-straints to these families. PYHA is organizing a gift card and fund raising effort. The goal is to help the kids keep playing hockey and return to a somewhat normal routine during this time.

We are asking for gift cards to Home Depot, Lowes, Menards, Wal-Mart , and Target, etc. You may drop off a gift card at Owens Center Ice Rink in Peoria or mail to:

Hockey Supports Hockey c/o Owens Center1019 W Lake Ave, Peoria, IL 61614

If you would like to make a financial dona-tion you can send a check to:

PYHA – HSHc/o Owens Center1019 W. Lake Ave., Peoria, IL 61614OR The Central Illinois Red Crosswww.redcross.org/il/peoriaPeoria Youth Hockey Association will make

sure donations are distributed to families in need. Please help us get the word out to hockey families across Illinois by sharing this information.

Thanks for your support, PYHA Board

Hockey Supports Hockey – Help the Central Illinois Tornado Victims

Bantam Yellow Team GP W L T PTS GF GACyclones 2 4 3 1 0 6 11 2McFetridge 3 2 0 1 5 9 4Bruins 4 2 1 1 5 9 5Hoffman Black 4 2 2 0 4 12 9Blackbirds 2 4 1 1 2 4 9 8YellowJackets B2 5 1 4 0 2 8 17Pink Panthers 2 0 2 0 0 1 14Midget Team GP W L T PTS GF GAChiefs 2 2 0 0 4 7 4Panthers 1 2 2 0 0 4 10 0Hoffman Estates 2 2 0 0 4 7 3Bruins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ice Dog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Panthers 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 4YellowJackets B1 1 0 1 0 0 3 5Skokie 2 0 2 0 0 1 6YellowJackets B2 2 0 2 0 0 1 9

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Brandon Bollig was born and raised in St. Louis.

That meant two things when it came to hockey. He loved the Blues and didn’t have the same feelings about the rival Blackhawks.

“St. Louis has a passionate fan base and I did not particularly like the Blackhawks,” Bollig said.

How things have changed as Bollig became the first St. Louis born and raised player to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup after the Blackhawks captured

the coveted trophy in 2013.“It is ironic how I ended up here,” said

the 26-year-old left-winger who was not drafted.

There may have been a couple of signs in the Bollig household though when Brandon was a youngster.

Dad, Dale, and Mom, Tracy, had similar feelings to Brandon about their favorite National Hockey League squads.

But there was one thing that they did like and that was the Blackhawk logo.

“Dad made area rugs and the one rug that we had was the Chicago Blackhawks one,” Brandon said. “He liked the Indian head. And Mom never bought any beach towels but the one I remember having when I was a young kid was one of the Blackhawks.”

Call it an omen but Bollig has never played for another organization in his young NHL career.

Amateur hockey is quite popular and competitive in the St. Louis area and Bollig grew up playing high school hockey at Francis Howell North, where he graduated in 2005 with a 3.4 grade point average. He played with the successful Jr. Blues and then played with the Lincoln Stars in the United States Hockey League.

Bollig decided to go the collegiate route and attended St. Lawrence University, where he was on the Dean’s list, and a mem-ber of the hockey team for a couple of years.

The 6-foot-2, 223-pound “tough” guy was not drafted but signed a contract with the

Blackhawks in April of 2010.

“It may have been a blessing in disguise when I was not draft-ed,” Bollig said. “I was able to go to an orga-nization where I felt I

would fit in.”And boy did Bollig fit in. He played a cou-

ple of years with the Blackhawks’ American Hockey League affiliate in Rockford and played his first NHL game on leap day (Feb. 29) in 2012.

It did not take Bollig long to experience the penultimate feeling of any boy grow-ing up playing the sport as he held up the Stanley Cup last winter after the Blackhawks clinched the title with a win at Boston.

“It’s a feeling I will never be able to explain and love to relive,” Bollig said of lifting the most precious of sport’s trophies during the celebration on Boston ice. “It was like an out of body experience.”

And one he was able to celebrate not only with his teammates but with several members of his family from the St. Louis area.

“The team was so gracious in fly-ing out families to Boston in case we won there,” Bollig said. “My dad could not come but my Mom, sis-ter, niece and nephew were there on the ice as we took the team photo. It was so much more special to see how happy my family was to see me fulfill a dream.”

Bollig takes great pride in becom-ing the first St. Louis native to have his name on the Stanley Cup. He took it to the St. Peters Rec-Plex during the summer to let St. Louis see the Cup first-hand (the Blues have yet to win the Stanley Cup).

“I remember having my picture taken with some of the Blues when I was a kid,” Bollig said. “And now I am having kids take pictures with me. It is just crazy that I was the first

player from St. Louis to win the Cup. When I was watching NHL games when I was younger I felt there was no way that I could do that. Never in a million years when I was in college or the pros or even in the NHL that I would be the first one.”

Bollig and the Blackhawks entered play a week before Christmas with the best record in the NHL as they try for a repeat.

“I love the fact that we are Stanley Cup champions,” Bollig said. “But the coaches stressed from the first day of training camp that last year was last year and that the book was closed on last season and that we had to open a new book.”

That book has had a good start as teams begin to approach the halfway mark. Bollig hopes for a similar ending and he does so with a different role on the team.

He is still a rough-and-tumble player who will look after his teammates but he has also been taking a regular shift on the fourth line with Marcus Kruger and Ben Smith.

“My role has definitely changed this year,” Bollig said. “Last year I was more of a one-dimensional player. But Marcus, Ben and I have been together for awhile now and we are logging more minutes, playing against a lot of the No. 1 and 2 lines of our opponents. Our focus is on defense but we have also been able to chip in offensively.”

Bollig has played in all of the 37 Chicago games this season and has contributed three goals and five assists to go along with his 59 penalty minutes.

Blackhawk’s Bollig, Living The Dreamby Bill Hester - ‘Hockey Stop’ Correspondent’

Goals, they are the lifeblood of the game of hockey. It takes an enormous amount of skill to put a puck past a goaltender. Chicago Hawks forward Nicholas Cardelli has that knack of scoring goals, and after two weeks of leading the Hawks scoring barrage, Cardelli is this weeks Central States Developmental Player of the Week.

Cardelli, a high school junior from Wood Dale, Illinois, scored eight goals in three games this week and last week blasted nine markers in three games to lead the Hawks to a current record of 29-5-2 and a number one ranking in the MYHockey USA hockey rankings for Tier 2 Midget Minors.

The 5’ 9’, 175 pound winger has a great combination of the skill-sets. His ice vision, how he plays all three zones, and obviously the hands and goal scor-ing touch evoke a com-plete player. But head coach Jonathon Hull sees a lot more in his top scoring forward. As he blossoms into a great all around player, his work ethic is prob-ably his greatest asset.

“Nick has great work habits on the ice and his attitude towards the game and his teammates is one of the reasons this team is having such a great year,” said Hull, who has watched his Central States team roll to a 12-3-2 start in the midget minor league schedule.

Hull sees Cardelli, a USHL futures pick of the Tri City Storm a year ago, as a future player in the United States’ top tier junior league.

“We have been blessed with a group of great kids this year and I could see a few of them moving on,” said Hull, now in his second season leading the hockey revival of the Hawks midget program.

“And look for Nick to definitely move on in his hockey playing days.’’

CSDHL coaches may submit CSDHL Player of the Week candidates to sean@mwhockeynews.com at the Midwest Hockey News for future consideration for the Central States Developmental Hockey League Player of the Week.

Central States Developmental Hockey League

Player of the WeekNicholas Cardelli - Forward,

Chicago Hawks Midget Minor CSDHL

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MIDWEST HOCKEY NEWS6 December 27, 2013

The Chicago Blackhawks unveiled today the team’s jersey for their March 1 game vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins at Soldier Field. Fans can pre-order the jerseys by calling 800-GO-HAWKS or by visiting any Official Blackhawks Store location.

The Blackhawks 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series™ uniforms utilize colors with-in the teams’ existing color palates. Each jersey features chrome-treated logo designs that are unique to the NHL Stadium Series and inspired from the chrome details in the

NHL® shield, bringing a dynamic and modern perspective to conventional team identities. The chrome crest was developed using new technology that fuses print and embroidery and allows logos to be displayed as a high-resolution image incorporated into the crest. This technology also reduces the weight of the crest, resulting in a lightweight jersey to help improve athlete performance.

Numbering on the back of the jersey is enlarged and sleeve numbers are angled to improve visibility in outdoor venues.

Blackhawks Unveil 2014 Stadium Series JerseyChicago - December 20, 2013

The Skokie Flyers played their way to an undefeated title at the St. Louis Ice Blast Tournament.

“We had a lot of things come out of the tournament. We played we’ll and we hoped to carry it through to our regular season,” Assistant Coach Lary Grimaldi said. “Our third periods were big this tourna-ment.”

The Flyers, giving up only seven goals all weekend, soared past their opponents in the preliminary round to land in the winner-take-all Squirt Bronze champion-ship game. The Flyers defeated the Affton Americans 6-2 on the first night of the tournament and were able to carry their strong game play through the rest of the weekend.

The Flyers secured a 6-1 win against the St. Peters Spirit on Saturday morning, and rounded out the preliminary matches with a sound 6-1 victory over the Pekin Dragons.

Solid goaltending and teamwork landed the Flyers in the top spot for the Sunday champion-ship game against the only other undefeat-ed tour-n a m e n t team, the M e r a m e c Sharks.

“Our big goal scorer is Toran B a i l e y , ” G r i m a l d i said. “He’s the muscle behind us, he scores most of our goals and Liam Hennessey had a good tournament too. He had one game with 2 assists and another game with 3 assists. I think he even scored 2 goals in the championship game. And our defense played phenomenal. Our defense shut down the teams pretty well.”

Goaltender Dominic Grimaldi defended the Flyers’ net for the first two periods of

the championship game.“It was a little nerve wracking for a little

bit there,” Coach Grimaldi said about the championship against the Sharks. “It was pretty tight for most of the first half of the game. It was 2-1 for a while, almost two whole periods, and then I don’t know what happened. We started playing hard, blew it wide open, they couldn’t get in the zone and we took home the championship. It was pretty nice.”

Dominic Grimaldi let up his only goal for the tournament in the championship game.

“He made about 13 saves going into the third period, when we were up 4-1, and we switched goaltenders for the third peri-od,” Coach Grimaldi said. “Then we scored another quick one and I think at that point we breathed a little bit.”

The Flyers won the championship game 8-3.

The Skokie Flyers Squirt Champions are Toran Bailey, Dylan Cohan, Charlie Duffy,

Alex Feuer, Benjamin Ford, Dominic Grimaldi, Liam Hennessy, Oleksandr Khabenyuk, Justin Lynch, Brendan Mack, Ethan Mogan, Jaden Sauer, John Wernecke and Marios Yfantis.

The coaches are Igor Piatigorsky and Lary Grimaldi and the team manager is Diane Lynch.

Skokie Flyers Win St. Louis Squirt Ice Blastby Jared Grafman - ‘Hockey Stop’ Correspondent’

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The Romeoville Huskies Bantam A team traveled to the Wisconsin Dells and came home Tournament Champs!

The Huskies finished round robin play with a 2-1 record, and their lone setback to the Wayzata Yellow Bantams from Minnesota, who finished the preliminary round with a perfect 3-0 record.

The Huskies were looking for a little revenge on Championship Sunday, how-ever Wayzata scored an early first period goal from Colin Packard, set up on a beau-tiful pass by Nathan Raska, and just as in Saturday’s game, the 1st period ended 1-0 Wayzata.

With no scoring in the second period, Huskies head coach Don Lewis, would have to figure out something in the 3rd period, as his Huskies hadn’t scored on Wayzata in 5 straight periods. Just two minutes into

the third, Jack Kroll tallied a goal on a Jake Bugajsky pass to tie the game at 1-1. The game would remain tied until just under 2 minutes left in regulation when Jack Kroll set up Mateusz Sak for the game winner.

The Huskies Bantam A Champs are Jake Bugajsky, Anthony Carcerano, Sal Carcerano, Scott Clarke, Eric Gasienica, Jared Heavens, Dylan Horbenko, Tom Kelly, Jack Kroll, Ryan Payne, Matt Quinn, Luke Rohrbacher, Mateusz Sak, Lincoln Soper, Nick Vourtsis, and Joey Woodrum.

The head coach is Don Lewis and the assistants are Craig Heavens, Nick Horbenko and Steve Payne.

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The Elmhurst Chiefs Black Squirt hockey team spends a good portion of their practice time on shooting.

That proved to be a good thing as the Chiefs won the championship game of the Dells Waterpark Classic by dominating the shootout against the Kirkwood (Mo.) Stars.

“The kids like to shoot instead of skating around cones all of the time,” Elmhurst coach Rick Wilbert said.

Just getting to the shootout was a huge accom-plishment for the Chiefs, who trailed Kirkwood 2-0 with less than three minutes remaining in the title game.

“I talked to our defensemen with about five minutes to go and stressed to them the impor-tance of keeping the puck in at all costs,” Wilbert said. “We needed to take some chances.”

It would pay off as Greg Lee finally got the Chiefs on the scoreboard with 2:43 remaining in regulation as he picked up the puck in the corner and beat the Kirkwood goalie on the shortside.

Wilbert would take a timeout at the next whis-tle and set up the strategy with pulling the goalie.

Ben Foley, “Foley the Goalie”, was pulled with about a minute and a half remaining and the Chiefs had good puck possession and had several dramatic keep-ins at the point.

They would finally get the equalizer as Andrew Hoffing knocked in a rebound on a shot from Richie Wilbert with just 26 seconds left.

The teams would play a four-on-four sudden death overtime period with the Chiefs having a four-on-three advantage for the final 40 seconds after a Kirkwood penalty.

Both teams had good scoring chances but neither could score which set up the

shootout to determine the tournament champion.

The Chiefs would shoot first in the shootout and they took immediate con-trol in the four rounds as Lee scored. Foley followed with a save off of Kirkwood’s Nick Salthouse, who had scored six goals in the two games against Elmhurst in the tournament including both in the

championship game.Hoffing and Nicky Clemente would add goals

on the next two tries for the Chiefs while Foley made another save as Elmhurst prevailed 3-0 in the shootout.

There were 18 teams from five states in the tournament with four teams in the Chiefs’ brack-et. Elmhurst outscored West Madison (WIS) and Washington County (WIS) by a combined score of 16-1 in round robin play but fell to Kirkwood 6-1.

Foley was ill for that game as Wilbert filling in goal. Kirkwood was thus the top seed coming out of round-robin play.

“The kids were hungry to play them again and it was a great game,” Wilbert said.

The game was scoreless through two periods before Salthouse, who had scored four goals and added two assists, in the round-robin win scored a pair of third period goals for the Stars.

It looked like those would hold up until the two goals in the final three minutes and then the dominant performance in the shootout by the Chiefs.

Elmhurst Squirts Win Dells Classicby Bill Hester - ‘Hockey Stop’ Correspondent’

MIDWEST HOCKEY NEWS8 December 27, 2013

L’Esperance picks up his second consecu-tive Forward of the Week honor after record-ing five goals over three games. After being held off the score sheet in Wednesday’s 3-1 loss to the Omaha Lancers, the 18-year-old bounced back with a hat trick, including the game-winner in overtime, in Friday’s 6-5 overtime win against the Youngstown Phantoms. He scored the three goals three different ways – power play, shorthanded, and even strength. His hot hand contin-ued on Saturday as he netted two more to lead the Storm to a 3-1 win and weekend sweep of the Phantoms. The Michigan Tech University commit has been on a tear as of late, totaling nine goals over his last four games. His 25 points (18g, 7a) over 26 games ties him for seventh in USHL scoring, and the 18 goals for the Brighton, Michigan native ties him for second in the League.

Payne was instrumental in helping the Steel earn three victories, tallying five points (4g, 1a) and registering a plus-five on-ice rating. On Tuesday, the Gaylord, Michigan native scored a power play goal in the 6-3 win over the Green Bay Gamblers. He found the back of the net again and tied a game-high plus-two rating in Friday’s 4-1 victory against the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. The 20-year-old capped off his career week with a pair of goals and an assist in a 6-4 win versus the Muskegon Lumberjacks. The Northern Michigan University commit is riding a six-game goal streak, recording seven of his eight goals this season during that span. Payne has produced 12 points (8g, 4a) over 22 games during his first USHL season.

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United States Hockey League Jr. A Tier I StandingsStandings as of 12/26/13Eastern Conference TEAM GP W L OTL PTS GF GADubuque 24 16 7 1 33 86 63Team USA 29 16 12 1 33 127 107Indiana 23 14 5 4 32 83 63Green Bay 25 12 8 5 29 79 77Cedar Rapids 23 13 9 1 27 77 74Muskegon 28 11 13 4 26 85 102Chicago 27 11 15 1 23 71 88Youngstown 25 7 13 5 19 73 97Western Conference TEAM GP W L OTL PTS GF GAOmaha 27 20 4 3 43 99 54Sioux Falls 26 18 6 2 38 91 70Waterloo 24 18 5 1 37 93 66Sioux City 25 17 7 1 35 88 57Des Moines 24 10 12 2 22 60 76Tri-City 26 8 16 2 18 58 91Lincoln 24 6 13 5 17 54 87Fargo 24 5 17 2 12 38 90

North American Hockey League Jr. A Tier II StandingsStandings as of 12/26/13Central Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GAAustin 31 20 10 1 41 98 70Bismarck 29 18 8 3 39 91 68Aberdeen 30 17 11 2 36 82 73Minot 31 14 14 3 31 70 82Brookings 31 8 17 6 22 69 109Midwest Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GAFairbanks 29 21 8 0 42 92 60MN Wilderness 28 17 6 5 39 68 48Coulee Region 30 18 12 0 36 99 84Wenatchee 31 15 13 3 33 87 82Kenai River 30 14 13 3 31 81 91MN Magicians 30 12 12 6 30 71 93North Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GAPort Huron 31 18 6 7 43 105 86Johnstown 32 18 12 2 38 91 95Michigan 32 15 10 7 37 97 94Soo 33 13 14 6 32 78 103Springfield 29 13 12 4 30 81 82Janesville 29 14 14 1 29 85 95South Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GAWichita Falls 34 21 10 3 45 99 74Amarillo 32 20 10 2 42 102 70Topeka 32 18 11 3 39 92 76Rio Grande Valley 32 16 9 7 39 79 72Corpus Christi 33 12 15 6 30 77 93Odessa 33 10 23 0 20 66 114Lone Star 30 9 19 2 20 64 110

North American 3 Hockey League Tier III Jr. A StandingsStandings as of 12/26/13CentralTeam GP W L OTL PTS GF GAPeoria 31 22 9 0 44 154 88Wisconsin 29 15 9 5 35 117 107St. Louis 28 16 10 2 34 114 80Chicago 26 14 7 5 33 108 100Cincinnati 28 13 13 2 28 96 101Battle Creek 26 1 25 0 2 25 175East Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GAFlint 32 27 3 2 56 150 64Pittsburgh 31 15 10 6 36 109 85Cleveland 30 16 11 3 35 112 98Toledo 27 13 10 4 30 74 79Metro 30 12 16 2 26 83 119Michigan 26 5 19 2 12 46 118South Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GATopeka 22 13 8 1 27 88 65Sugar Land 17 9 6 2 20 92 79Dallas 23 8 13 2 18 73 97West Team GP W L OTL PTS GF GANorth Iowa 26 25 1 0 50 158 48Granite City 29 22 7 0 44 154 65Alexandria 27 18 9 0 36 126 94Twin City 28 13 12 3 29 103 128Breezy Point 29 6 21 2 14 73 158Minnesota 29 6 22 1 13 68 142

Minnesota Junior Hockey League StandingsStandings as of 12/26/13Minnesota TeamsTeam GP W L T OTL SOL PTS GF GADells Ducks 30 26 4 0 0 0 52 159 70Maple Grove 34 25 8 0 1 0 51 134 81Northern Lights 31 18 10 0 3 0 39 106 88Crusaders 31 17 10 0 3 1 38 125 100Ice Hawks 27 13 8 1 5 0 32 116 103Edina Lakers 30 8 20 1 1 0 18 75 132Steele County 28 8 19 0 1 0 17 85 104MN Owls 27 6 17 0 4 0 16 70 137Great Lakes Teams Team GP W L T OTL SOL PTS GF GAMarquette 31 27 4 0 0 0 54 193 89Illiana 29 21 7 0 1 0 43 123 97Central Wis 31 18 13 0 0 0 36 115 105Wooster Oilers 31 16 13 0 1 1 34 129 126Icehawks 28 15 10 0 3 0 33 109 100Fort Wayne 32 15 14 0 3 0 33 157 130Wis Rampage 31 6 22 0 3 0 15 119 196StL Frontenacs 31 1 27 0 3 0 5 48 205

Tier 1 Elite Hockey LeagueStandings as of 12/23/13Midget Major (18U)CHICAGOTeam GP W L T PTS GF GAChicago Fury 16 13 2 1 38 57 37StL AAA Blues 17 11 3 3 35 65 24Thunder AAA 17 11 4 2 32 57 37KC Mavs Elite 16 1 13 2 5 26 84Milwaukee Jr. 16 1 14 1 3 20 71DETROIT Team GP W L T PTS GF GACleveland 18 14 4 0 42 71 37Belle Tire 18 14 4 0 41 69 45Oakland Jr. 20 10 7 3 29 49 65Victory Honda 16 8 4 4 28 69 55Ohio Jackets 16 6 7 3 21 39 46EAST Team GP W L T PTS GF GATeam Comcast 20 16 2 2 48 91 55Pitts Penguins 22 13 8 1 35 72 60Philadelphia Jr. 17 10 7 0 28 55 52Boston 13 7 5 1 19 39 31Buffalo Jr. 20 4 13 3 12 37 74WEST Team GP W L T PTS GF GACO Rampage 22 14 7 1 43 62 45Dallas Stars 23 10 8 5 35 69 66Phoenix Jr. 23 11 10 2 32 63 62LA Jr. Kings 24 8 14 2 23 46 70CO Thunderbirds 22 6 14 2 15 41 81 Midget Minor (16U) CHICAGO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAStL AAA Blues 16 15 0 1 46 64 25Milwaukee Jr. 16 11 5 0 31 76 53Thunder AAA 15 5 8 2 14 44 55Chicago Fury 16 4 10 2 13 35 67KC Mavs Elite 15 3 12 0 8 34 74DETROIT Team GP W L T PTS GF GAOhio Jackets 20 14 4 2 41 67 47Oakland Jr. 20 11 4 5 36 50 51Victory Honda 19 11 8 0 30 48 34Belle Tire 19 10 8 1 28 52 52Cleveland 18 4 10 4 13 30 54EAST Team GP W L T PTS GF GABuffalo Jr. 20 15 2 3 47 85 42Team Comcast 19 12 6 1 33 67 49Pitts Penguins 20 7 11 2 23 52 62Philadelphia Jr. 17 6 8 3 19 36 61Boston 14 5 9 0 14 34 51WEST Team GP W L T PTS GF GALA Jr. Kings 22 16 5 1 47 77 56CO Thunderbirds 22 16 6 0 46 77 46Dallas Stars 20 13 7 0 39 73 50CO Rampage 22 8 11 3 27 61 69Phoenix Jr. 22 0 19 3 3 26 90 Bantam Major (‘99) CHICAGO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAStL AAA Blues 12 9 3 0 18 34 20Chicago Fury 12 8 3 1 17 41 25Milwaukee Jr. 14 5 7 2 12 24 36DETROIT Team GP W L T PTS GF GAOakland Jr. 15 12 2 1 25 70 23Belle Tire 14 12 2 0 24 76 26Victory Honda 15 9 4 2 20 60 45OHIO Team GP W L T PTS GF GACleveland 12 5 7 0 10 20 46Ohio Jackets 12 4 7 1 9 30 33Pitts Penquins 10 4 6 0 8 19 41

Bantam Minor (‘00) CHICAGO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAStL Blues 12 9 3 0 18 35 20Milwaukee Jr. 14 8 5 1 17 43 32Chicago Fury 12 6 6 0 12 33 31DETROIT Team GP W L T PTS GF GABelle Tire 13 8 4 1 17 49 36Oakland Jr. 15 7 7 1 15 48 39Victory Honda 14 6 6 2 14 43 40OHIO Team GP W L T PTS GF GACleveland 14 6 7 1 13 60 40Pitts Penguins 12 5 6 1 11 37 28Ohio Jackets 15 0 15 0 0 11 104PeeWee Major (‘01) CHICAGO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAChicago Fury 10 4 3 3 11 35 30StL Blues 12 4 6 2 10 29 37Milwaukee Jr. 12 4 7 1 9 23 37DETROIT Team GP W L T PTS GF GABelle Tire 13 12 0 1 25 72 21Oakland Jr. 14 3 8 3 9 30 41Victory Honda 15 3 11 1 7 21 55OHIO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAPitts Penguins 16 10 3 3 23 57 34Ohio Jackets 16 6 6 4 16 57 53Cleveland 14 4 7 3 11 37 36PeeWee Minor (‘02) CHICAGO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAStL Blues 16 14 0 2 30 123 41Chicago Fury 14 8 6 0 16 74 57Milwaukee Jr. 12 1 10 1 3 22 71DETROIT Team GP W L T PTS GF GABelle Tire 15 11 4 0 22 70 31Victory Honda 16 8 6 2 18 62 55Oakland Jr. 15 3 11 1 7 34 78OHIO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAPitts Penguins 10 6 3 1 13 39 33Ohio Jackets 10 2 7 1 5 26 54Cleveland 10 0 10 0 0 12 54Squirt Major (‘03) CHICAGO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAChicago Fury 10 9 1 0 18 59 14StL Blues 10 5 2 3 13 40 36Milwaukee Jr. 10 4 5 1 9 27 39DETROIT Team GP W L T PTS GF GAVictory Honda 12 4 6 2 10 36 50Belle Tire 12 2 8 2 6 36 60Oakland Jr. 12 1 8 3 5 22 52OHIO Team GP W L T PTS GF GAPitts Penguins 10 7 2 1 15 53 15Ohio Jackets 10 2 3 5 9 24 33Cleveland 10 1 6 3 5 30 48

Girls (19U) Team GP W L T PTS GF GAThunder Bay 5 4 0 1 9 24 6Chicago Fury 5 4 0 1 9 15 5Shaftsbury Titans 5 4 1 0 8 13 7Minnesota Blades 5 3 1 1 7 21 5Madison Capitols 5 3 1 1 7 13 4Team Detroit BT 5 2 2 1 5 12 9Pitts Penguins 5 0 2 3 3 8 14Dallas Stars 5 0 4 1 1 6 23Ohio Flames 5 0 4 1 1 3 22Milwaukee Jr. 5 0 5 0 0 1 21Girls (16U) Team GP W L T PTS GF GAMilwaukee Jr. 5 5 0 0 10 16 3Chicago Fury 5 4 1 0 8 20 7StL Lady Blues 5 3 1 1 7 14 8Madison 5 2 2 1 5 16 9Lansing 5 2 2 1 5 11 8Pitts Penguins 5 1 2 2 4 11 8Team Detroit BT 4 0 2 2 2 4 10Dallas Stars 5 1 3 1 3 4 17Ohio Flames 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ohio Jackets 5 0 5 0 0 1 27Girls (14U) Team GP W L T PTS GF GAPitts Penguins 10 9 1 0 18 41 5Milwaukee Jr. 10 9 1 0 18 36 8Detroit BT 10 6 3 1 13 35 12Colorado Select 10 6 3 1 13 22 14Chicago Fury 10 5 2 3 13 27 20Ohio Jackets 10 4 4 2 10 17 14StL Lady Blues 10 2 6 2 6 11 23Madison Capitols 10 2 7 1 5 11 43Detroit VH 10 1 8 1 3 17 35Ohio Flames 10 0 9 1 1 8 51Girls (12U) Team GP W L T PTS GF GAPitts Penguins 5 5 0 0 10 27 3StL Lady Blues 5 2 2 1 5 20 15Milwaukee Jr. 5 1 3 1 3 13 19Team Illinois 3 0 3 0 0 1 24

Central States Developmental Hockey LeagueStandings as of 12/23/13 Midget MajorTEAM GP W L T PTS GF GAFalcons 15 11 2 2 24 57 31Affton 12 10 0 2 22 59 15Shattuck 16 9 4 3 21 63 45Sabres 13 9 2 2 20 58 26Bruins 12 8 3 1 17 44 25Hawks 15 5 6 4 14 45 35Leafs 12 6 5 1 13 36 32Rockford 14 5 7 2 12 32 45Chargers 13 4 8 1 9 30 43Chesterfield 17 4 12 1 9 36 63Blues 17 3 13 1 7 34 86Twin Bridges 16 1 13 2 4 27 75Midget Minor TEAM GP W L T PTS GF GAFalcons 21 17 1 3 37 96 30Blues 19 12 4 3 27 69 47Sabres 18 11 5 2 24 58 34Cyclones 21 11 8 2 24 74 61Chesterfield 17 11 6 0 22 69 34Hawks 15 10 3 2 22 74 33Affton 19 9 7 3 21 61 50Huskies 17 5 9 3 13 34 71Chargers 19 4 11 4 12 41 64Leafs 19 3 14 2 8 33 100Bruins 17 1 13 3 5 27 69Twin Bridges 18 1 14 3 5 23 66Bantam Major TEAM GP W L T PTS GF GAChesterfield 18 16 1 1 33 103 32Affton 15 14 1 0 28 91 25Falcons 16 13 1 2 28 68 25Bruins 16 7 7 2 16 45 38Indy 21 6 15 0 12 48 92Sabres 17 5 11 1 11 42 70Leafs 15 4 11 0 8 33 55Huskies 16 4 12 0 8 26 87Cyclones 16 3 13 0 6 30 62Bantam Minor TEAM GP W L T PTS GF GAWinnetka 21 14 7 0 28 78 58Blues 18 13 4 1 27 71 33St. Jude 20 11 4 5 27 66 40Falcons 18 9 6 3 21 61 41Chesterfield 14 8 4 2 18 58 40Bruins 18 5 7 6 16 35 44Sabres 15 5 8 2 12 34 57Affton 19 4 12 3 11 30 56Leafs 19 4 13 2 10 49 79Glenview 16 3 11 2 8 24 58PeeWee Major TEAM GP W L T PTS GF GAIce Dogs 20 13 4 3 29 75 42Falcons 18 13 3 2 28 56 26Huskies 18 12 4 2 26 58 37Indy 18 11 6 1 23 64 33Chesterfield 21 11 9 1 23 70 45Blues 18 8 6 4 20 55 48St. Jude 17 6 7 4 16 34 39Affton 20 6 12 2 14 52 67Winnetka 18 4 12 2 10 34 67Bruins 15 2 9 4 8 28 49Sabres 17 1 15 1 3 18 91PeeWee Minor TEAM GP W L T PTS GF GAFalcons 19 16 3 0 32 77 32Jets 20 13 4 3 29 78 54Twin Bridges 20 11 3 6 28 89 48Affton 16 11 2 3 25 72 19Chesterfield 21 10 9 2 22 73 53Bruins 14 9 2 3 21 70 27Blues 17 6 7 4 16 29 38Cyclones 18 2 12 4 8 31 60Sabres 13 2 9 2 6 21 54St. Jude 20 1 16 3 5 39 99Indy 16 0 14 2 2 23 118Squirts TEAM GP W L T PTS GF GARockford 18 16 1 1 33 101 19Falcons 17 15 1 1 31 107 12Winnetka 17 10 5 2 22 61 48Affton 16 8 4 4 20 53 55Blues 18 9 8 1 19 66 59Chesterfield 15 6 6 3 15 52 48Twin Bridges 15 5 6 4 14 43 43Ice Dogs 14 5 6 3 13 34 46Glenview 16 4 7 5 13 39 57Huskies 19 5 12 2 12 40 63Sabres 15 4 7 4 12 37 51Indy 14 3 11 0 6 25 74Bruins 16 0 16 0 0 24 107

MIDWEST HOCKEY NEWS10 December 27, 2013Northern Illinois Hockey League StandingsStandings as of 12/23/13 Midget - Elite - Major ATEAM GP W L T PTS GF GAJaguars #1 11 10 0 1 21 67 13Peoria #1 12 9 1 2 20 48 16Skokie #1 10 8 1 1 17 52 11Chiefs #1 13 7 6 0 14 57 50Komets #1 11 5 4 2 12 36 27Yellowjackets #1 13 5 6 2 12 38 44Cyclones #1 12 4 7 1 9 34 45Rockford #1 12 4 8 0 8 28 53Bruins #1 12 2 10 0 4 16 76Falcons #1 12 0 11 1 1 14 55Midget - Elite - Major B Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAWolf Pack #1 14 14 0 0 28 88 11Chargers #1 13 12 1 0 24 54 15Vikings #1 11 8 3 0 16 52 15Glenview #1 13 5 6 2 12 47 51Peoria #2 11 5 6 0 10 40 29Wolf Pack #2 12 4 7 1 9 29 45Sabres #1 13 4 8 1 9 33 46Skokie #2 11 2 6 3 7 20 57Cyclones #2 11 1 9 1 3 13 57Jaguars #2 11 0 9 2 2 12 62Bantam - Elite Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAPeoria #1 9 8 0 1 17 34 10Glenview #1 9 7 0 2 16 30 13Irish #1 10 5 4 1 11 22 26Vikings #1 9 4 3 2 10 27 23Mission #1 10 4 5 1 9 27 24Falcons #1 7 3 4 0 6 19 23Winnetka #1 9 3 6 0 6 20 31Rockford #1 9 2 7 0 4 14 30Northbrook #1 10 1 8 1 3 15 28Bantam - Gold - Tier 1 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAJets #1 10 6 2 2 14 33 22Bruins #1 9 5 1 3 13 34 18Wolf Pack #1 10 5 3 2 12 31 23Bulldogs #1 7 4 1 2 10 16 7CYA #1 11 4 5 2 10 24 29Blues #1 8 2 5 1 5 13 19Wildkits #1 11 1 10 0 2 15 48Bantam - Gold - Tier 2 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GABloomington #1 10 9 1 0 18 33 15Chargers #1 10 8 2 0 16 38 20Ice Dogs #1 11 7 3 1 15 34 27Hawks #1 6 2 3 1 5 18 17Cyclones #1 10 2 7 1 5 25 38Komets #1 11 2 8 1 5 21 40Vikings #2 10 1 7 2 4 10 22Bantam - Silver - Tier 1 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAYellowjackets #1 11 10 1 0 20 30 10Huskies #1 10 9 1 0 18 40 13Sabres #1 10 6 4 0 12 38 31Winnetka #2 10 6 4 0 12 31 24Admirals #1 9 4 4 1 9 33 32Wilmette #1 8 3 4 1 7 25 25Cyclones #2 8 3 5 0 6 24 28Glenview #2 11 3 8 0 6 21 48Leafs #1 10 2 7 1 5 21 30St. Jude #1 11 1 9 1 3 16 38Bantam - Silver - Tier 2 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAIrish #2 9 8 1 0 16 28 8Bruins #2 10 7 1 2 16 27 12Ice Dogs #2 9 7 1 1 15 32 12Peoria #2 9 7 2 0 14 26 10Blues #2 10 6 4 0 12 24 17Express #1 9 5 3 1 11 29 20Blackbirds #1 12 5 6 1 11 26 33Chargers #2 12 5 7 0 10 24 30Falcons #2 8 4 3 1 9 25 22Wolf Pack #2 10 2 6 2 6 27 33Hawks #2 9 2 6 1 5 16 24Sabres #2 9 1 5 3 5 9 21Bruins #3 9 2 6 1 5 23 36Jets #2 10 2 8 0 4 13 40Stallions #1 7 1 5 1 3 6 17Bantam - Bronze - Tier 1 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAMaulers #1 10 7 2 1 15 29 10Hawks #3 9 5 2 2 12 29 26Northbrook #2 9 5 3 1 11 14 15Vikings #3 10 5 4 1 11 30 28Bulldogs #2 9 3 4 2 8 27 23Chiefs #1 9 3 5 1 7 21 27Huskies #2 6 2 2 2 6 13 17Rockford #2 7 2 5 0 4 23 22Wildkits #2 5 0 5 0 0 6 24

Bantam - Bronze - Tier 2 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAYellowjackets #2 10 8 1 1 17 35 8Ice Dogs #3 8 7 0 1 15 44 10Wilmette #2 9 5 3 1 11 26 18Cyclones #3 10 4 5 1 9 25 28Jaguars #1 10 3 6 1 7 16 38Komets #2 8 1 6 1 3 23 36Leafs #2 7 0 7 0 0 3 34Peewee - Elite Teams GP W L T PTS GF GANorthbrook #1 13 7 2 4 18 46 26Glenview #1 11 7 2 2 16 39 20Wilmette #1 11 7 4 0 14 29 27Yellowjackets #1 9 5 1 3 13 24 14Bulldogs #1 10 6 3 1 13 28 24Rockford #1 8 3 3 2 8 20 25Express #1 10 3 5 2 8 17 25Cyclones #1 10 2 5 3 7 26 36Jets #1 9 3 6 0 6 19 20Hawks #1 11 1 7 3 5 17 30CYA #1 10 1 7 2 4 14 32Peewee - Gold - A Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAPeoria #1 9 8 0 1 17 51 20Chargers #1 10 5 2 3 13 49 30Irish #1 10 5 2 3 13 42 35Bloomington #1 7 4 2 1 9 20 11Ice Dogs #1 11 3 5 3 9 28 30Blues #1 8 4 4 0 8 22 27Leafs #1 11 3 7 1 7 35 52Wildkits #1 10 2 6 2 6 21 38Falcons #1 10 2 8 0 4 16 41Peewee - Gold - B Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAWinnetka #1 12 9 1 2 20 58 24Vikings #1 10 9 1 0 18 46 13Wolf Pack #1 11 7 1 3 17 41 16Glenview #2 8 6 0 2 14 28 15Admirals #1 12 6 4 2 14 35 33Redwings #1 8 6 2 0 12 37 18St. Jude #1 9 5 3 1 11 21 15Blackbirds #1 7 4 2 1 9 26 15Sabres #1 7 4 2 1 9 21 15Jaguars #1 9 4 5 0 8 26 36Bruins #1 11 3 6 2 8 28 36Cyclones #2 10 2 6 2 6 30 42Huskies #1 9 2 6 1 5 18 28Hawks #2 7 1 4 2 4 13 21Ice Dogs #2 10 1 7 2 4 16 37Hawks #3 10 1 9 0 2 14 42Chiefs #1 12 0 11 1 1 13 65Peewee - Silver - Tier 1 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAWilmette #2 13 8 2 3 19 31 14Komets #1 12 7 3 2 16 28 19Sabres #2 12 6 2 4 16 28 24Leafs #2 10 5 1 4 14 28 16Glenview #3 11 4 5 2 10 23 24Chargers #2 11 4 5 2 10 17 21Bulldogs #2 10 1 3 6 8 25 29Vikings #2 12 2 7 3 7 14 25Winnetka #2 10 1 5 4 6 18 28St. Jude #2 9 1 6 2 4 13 25Peewee - Silver - Tier 2 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAMaulers #1 13 11 1 1 23 44 12Wolf Pack #2 13 8 3 2 18 45 25Northbrook #2 12 7 4 1 15 43 33Falcons #2 12 7 5 0 14 32 28Yellowjackets #2 9 6 2 1 13 22 9Leafs #3 11 4 5 2 10 29 31Stallions #1 11 3 6 2 8 22 32Blues #2 12 3 7 2 8 20 29Jaguars #2 12 3 7 2 8 22 39Falcons #3 11 3 7 1 7 13 28Irish #2 12 1 9 2 4 10 36

Peewee - Silver - Tier 3 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAHawks #4 10 8 0 2 18 45 16Rockford #2 11 7 2 2 16 33 18Winnetka #4 9 6 2 1 13 29 19Skokie #1 8 3 3 2 8 19 15Bruins #2 10 3 5 2 8 31 32Ice Dogs #3 10 4 6 0 8 25 34Jets #2 9 3 5 1 7 18 26Bloomington #2 10 3 6 1 7 35 48Team Illinois #1 8 2 5 1 5 14 20Peoria #2 9 2 7 0 4 17 38Peewee - Bronze - Tier 1 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAYellowjackets #3 14 13 0 1 27 66 19Sabres #3 12 11 1 0 22 55 19Glenview #4 12 8 2 2 18 46 27Wilmette #3 12 7 5 0 14 45 29Redwings #2 13 6 6 1 13 34 26Winnetka #5 11 4 6 1 9 27 34Vikings #3 12 2 6 4 8 27 38Huskies #2 10 2 6 2 6 27 32Komets #2 11 2 9 0 4 24 53Winnetka #3 8 1 6 1 3 9 33Wildkits #2 11 1 10 0 2 19 69

Peewee - Bronze - Tier 2 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAPekin #1 12 11 0 1 23 49 21Northbrook #4 13 9 1 3 21 53 28Blackbirds #2 12 10 2 0 20 55 24Cyclones #3 12 8 2 2 18 46 25Northbrook #3 10 7 1 2 16 44 18Chargers #3 13 5 5 3 13 32 31Wilmette #4 11 4 6 1 9 28 41Admirals #2 12 3 6 3 9 33 39Wolf Pack #3 9 3 4 2 8 31 25Maulers #2 10 3 5 2 8 30 36Glenview #5 11 3 6 2 8 31 34Leafs #4 10 3 6 1 7 35 28Hawks #5 10 2 7 1 5 10 19Jaguars #3 10 2 8 0 4 16 56St. Jude #3 9 1 7 1 3 12 34Komets #3 8 0 8 0 0 7 53Squirt - Elite - Elite Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAFalcons #1 13 11 2 0 22 53 17Express #1 9 8 0 1 17 22 4Vikings #1 10 4 2 4 12 22 21Chargers #1 8 4 4 0 8 24 22Jets #1 9 3 4 2 8 19 29Blackbirds #1 11 2 6 3 7 26 36Hawks #1 8 1 4 3 5 13 18Bloomington #1 9 1 5 3 5 14 26Leafs #1 7 0 7 0 0 10 30Squirt - Gold - A Teams GP W L T PTS GF GACyclones #1 10 8 1 1 17 28 13St. Jude #1 9 7 2 0 14 31 15Northbrook #1 10 6 3 1 13 20 15Blues #1 11 5 5 1 11 21 18Redwings #1 8 3 4 1 7 18 19Hawks #2 11 3 7 1 7 15 24Wilmette #1 9 2 5 2 6 21 27Winnetka #1 9 2 5 2 6 15 33Bulldogs #1 9 2 6 1 5 14 19Squirt - Gold - B Teams GP W L T PTS GF GATeam Name GP W L T PTS GF GAWolf Pack #1 10 10 0 0 20 52 12Jaguars #1 10 8 2 0 16 51 21Sabres #2 9 6 1 2 14 23 19Falcons #2 13 6 5 2 14 33 35Cyclones #2 9 5 2 2 12 25 24Stallions #1 10 6 4 0 12 25 22Sabres #1 9 5 3 1 11 30 23St. Jude #2 10 5 4 1 11 30 27Yellowjackets #1 10 4 4 2 10 28 31Admirals #1 10 3 5 2 8 17 22Rockford #1 8 2 3 3 7 20 24Vikings #2 11 2 6 3 7 18 31Ice Dogs #1 7 3 4 0 6 17 16Irish #1 9 3 6 0 6 16 23Glenview #1 11 2 7 2 6 22 33Wildkits #1 11 1 7 3 5 19 42Bruins #1 9 0 8 1 1 11 32

Squirt - Silver - Tier 1 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAMaulers #1 11 9 1 1 19 39 12Leafs #2 9 9 0 0 18 34 8Hawks #3 10 7 1 2 16 42 17Blues #2 10 7 1 2 16 34 10Jets #2 9 7 1 1 15 31 13Northbrook #2 11 6 2 3 15 31 22Express #2 10 5 4 1 11 25 23Leafs #3 11 4 5 2 10 23 25Glenview #2 8 3 4 1 7 14 29St. Jude #3 8 1 5 2 4 11 23Peoria #1 9 2 7 0 4 19 36Vikings #3 9 2 7 0 4 12 33Bloomington #2 8 1 6 1 3 13 23Huskies #1 8 1 6 1 3 11 22Chargers #2 8 1 6 1 3 13 30Ice Dogs #2 5 1 4 0 2 10 14Maulers #2 8 1 7 0 2 16 38Squirt - Silver - Tier 2 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GASabres #4 9 8 0 1 17 37 5Winnetka #2 11 8 2 1 17 39 24Sabres #3 9 8 1 0 16 43 13Wolf Pack #2 10 7 3 0 14 29 18Rockford #2 8 6 2 0 12 24 16Hawks #4 10 6 4 0 12 23 23Cyclones #3 11 5 4 2 12 29 28Jaguars #2 12 5 5 2 12 20 21Bulldogs #2 9 4 3 2 10 21 25Blues #3 10 3 7 0 6 26 38Komets #1 6 1 4 1 3 13 19Wilmette #2 9 1 7 1 3 15 29Leafs #4 10 1 8 1 3 15 34Skokie #1 6 0 4 2 2 9 23Bruins #2 10 0 9 1 1 18 45Squirt - Bronze - Tier 1 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAFalcons #3 12 10 0 2 22 45 20Winnetka #3 12 9 3 0 18 49 31Winnetka #4 12 7 4 1 15 53 44Jets #3 10 5 4 1 11 21 20Stallions #2 11 3 3 5 11 18 18Vikings #4 11 4 5 2 10 31 32Chiefs #1 12 3 7 2 8 21 35Wilmette #3 12 2 9 1 5 23 46Jaguars #3 10 1 9 0 2 19 34Squirt - Bronze - Tier 2 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GANorthbrook #3 10 8 2 0 16 29 15Hawks #5 12 7 4 1 15 42 29Cyclones #4 10 6 2 2 14 36 24Chargers #3 9 5 3 1 11 27 26Ice Dogs #3 9 4 3 2 10 19 16Maulers #3 10 3 7 0 6 29 41St. Jude #5 9 2 6 1 5 17 30Irish #2 9 2 6 1 5 14 30Glenview #3 8 2 6 0 4 15 17Squirt - Bronze - Tier 3 Teams GP W L T PTS GF GASt. Jude #4 9 8 0 1 17 40 12Komets #2 11 7 3 1 15 42 34Winnetka #5 8 6 1 1 13 39 21Express #3 8 5 1 2 12 26 10Jaguars #4 11 3 7 1 7 27 43Redwings #2 9 3 6 0 6 26 34Peoria #2 7 1 5 1 3 19 25Yellowjackets #2 7 1 5 1 3 23 38Wilmette #4 8 0 6 2 2 9 34Bantam - Girls - Gold Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAFalcons #1 14 13 1 0 26 58 17Sabres #1 14 10 2 2 22 51 19Glenview #1 15 10 5 0 20 45 30Wilmette #1 17 8 7 2 18 51 37Admirals #1 14 2 12 0 4 17 60Yellowjackets #1 16 0 16 0 0 14 73Peewee - Girls - Gold Teams GP W L T PTS GF GAWilmette #1 17 15 1 1 31 63 25Admirals #1 17 8 6 3 19 61 47Glenview #1 12 8 2 2 18 45 22Jets #1 15 5 8 2 12 23 39Glenview #2 13 3 9 1 7 34 48Huskies #1 16 1 14 1 3 13 58

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