Hockey Operations
Wendell Young - General Manager
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Young has been a member of the Wolves in numerous capacities, including player, coach and executive, since the team's inaugural campaign in 1994. He most recently served as assistant coach and executive director of team relations for six seasons before transitioning into the general manager role.
The 46-year-old is the Wolves' all-time leader among goaltenders in games played (322), wins (169), saves (8,467), minutes (17,912) and shutouts (16), and was a member of Chicago's 1998 and 2000 Turner Cup championship squads. His jersey number "1" was the first number ever retired by the Wolves on Dec. 1, 2001.
The Halifax, Nova Scotia, native, who was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in 2007, is the only man in hockey history to have won all four North American championships: the Stanley Cup, Turner Cup, Calder Cup and Memorial Cup. He captured the Stanley Cup in 1991 and 1992 as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the 1988 Calder Cup with the Hershey Bears, the 1981 Memorial Cup with the Kitchener Rangers and the 1998 and 2000 Turner Cups with the Wolves. He also was behind the bench as a coach for the Wolves 2008 Calder Cup victory.
Young played 18 seasons of professional hockey, including 10 in the National Hockey League. He compiled a 59-86-12 record in 187 games with the Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Penguins. He also served as goaltending coach for the Calgary Flames from 2001-2003.
Young and his wife, Paula, reside in the Northwest suburbs and have a daughter, Gabrielle, and sons Matt and Jack. |
Wendell Young enters his first season as general manager, after assuming the role in August 2009. Bill Bentley - Assistant General Manager
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Bill Bentley has been with the franchise since its inception in 1994-95 and is in his first season as assistant general manager. He spent the last 12 years as the director of hockey administration.
The Chicago native joined the organization as a statistician before its inaugural season in 1994-95 and was promoted to team services manager a year later. Prior to his tenure with the Wolves, Bentley, a graduate of Quincy College, served as the Director of Media Relations for the Chicago Cheetahs of the now defunct Roller Hockey International during the 1993-94 season.
The 40-year-old handles team travel, immigration forms and accounting for the hockey operations department.
Bentley and his wife Jennifer reside in Chicago. |
WJBentley@chicagowolves.comGene Ubriaco - Senior Advisor/Director of Hockey Operations
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Ubriaco has been with the Wolves since the 1994-95 inaugural season when he was the team's first head coach. That year, he guided the Wolves to a 34-33-14 record and a berth in the Turner Cup Playoffs. He compiled a 61-61-20 head coaching record with the Wolves during a three-year span, including a two-game interim stint during the 1996-97 season.
Ubriaco began his coaching career at Lake Superior State University in 1972-73. Four years later, he led the Milwaukee Admirals to the Turner Cup Playoffs, becoming the first International Hockey League coach to lead an expansion team into the postseason
In 1988-89, Ubriaco moved on to the National Hockey League to coach the Pittsburgh Penguins. Under his tutelage, the Penguins shattered several team records that season and advanced to the Stanley Cup Playoffs after a seven-year absence. He later gained international coaching experience by heading up the Italian Olympic Team during the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France.
Ubriaco has been honored as Coach of the Year in the United States Hockey League (1973-74); Eastern Hockey League (1979-80); Central Hockey League (1982-83); and American Hockey League (1983-84).
The Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, native recorded 162 goals, 258 assists and 420 points in 456 AHL games spanning nine seasons, which includes a career-high 42 goals and 86 points during the 1965-66 season with the Hershey Bears. Ubriaco spent his final three years as a player in the NHL with the Penguins (1967-68), the Oakland Seals (1968-69) and the Chicago Blackhawks (1969-70).
Away from the ice, he has dedicated himself to numerous charitable causes, including the American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association, which he has been involved with since 1974. Ubriaco and his wife Nella, who have a daughter Francine and a son Gene, reside in the Western suburbs. |
Following a 10-year professional playing career and 26 seasons as a professional coach, Gene Ubriaco begins his 13th term as the Wolves director of hockey operations and first as senior advisor.