Wolves will pay tribute to Anderson on Saturday

Posted February 15, 2010 10:00 pm

The Chicago Wolves will host "John Anderson Night" during their game against the Houston Aeros at the Allstate Arena on Saturday.

The team will honor its former head coach, who now serves as head coach of the Wolves' NHL affiliate, the Atlanta Thrashers, with a pregame banner raising ceremony.

Anderson's name will join the club's two retired jerseys - those of forward Steve Maltais and goaltender/general manager Wendell Young - along with the four championship banners he helped bring to Chicago, hanging in the rafters of the Allstate Arena.

Anderson captured four league titles in 11 years as the bench boss of the Wolves, which includes the 2008 Calder Cup Championship.\

The Toronto native guided Chicago to the International Hockey League's Turner Cup in 1998 and 2000, and the team's first Calder Cup in 2002.

He is the winningest coach in Wolves history, racking up 506 victories in 808 regular-season contests and 105 postseason wins after assuming the helm prior to the 1997-98 campaign.

ANDERSON, who racked up a 506-283-24-28-47 (.688) regular-season record, led Chicago to 10 postseason berths in his 11 seasons behind the bench.

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