{"id":530372,"date":"2026-03-30T02:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/530372\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T02:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:15:13","slug":"chicago-wolves-clinch-2026-playoff-berth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/530372\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Wolves Clinch 2026 Playoff Berth"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO – For a second consecutive season,\u00a0the Chicago Wolves have punched their ticket to the Calder Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n

Arriving at the berth with a record of 30-19-8-6, here are some things to know about a roster<\/a> that features plenty of Carolina Hurricanes prospects.<\/p>\n

Despite missing 15 games this season due to NHL recalls and injuries, 20-year-old draft pick Bradly Nadeau ranks inside the top 15 among all AHL skaters with his 25 goals.
\nKeeping pace with Nadeau all season has been 2021 fifth-round pick Justin Robidas. Although injured at the moment, his 57 points sit tied for eighth among all\u00a0AHL skaters.
\nAfter producing just 20 points in 61 games last year, 20-year-old Felix Unger Sorum has taken a massive step forward in his second full season in the league, totaling 56 points in just two more contests.
\nOn the blue line,\u00a0Domenick Fensore is one of 16 AHL defenseman to hit double-digit goals.
\nJuuso Valimaki, unfortunately, also injured at the moment, has been a bright spot when healthy. After being acquired from Utah in January, he has 20 points in 24 games.
\nIn net, Cayden Primeau has been one of the league’s best all season long, currently sitting sixth out of all AHL backstops with his .912 save percentage.
\nThe team’s 83.9% penalty kill ranks tied for sixth league-wide.<\/p>\n

The Wolves’ final regular-season game is scheduled for Sunday, April 19, and the first round of postseason play will begin shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the American Hockey League’s playoff picture, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO – For a second consecutive season,\u00a0the Chicago Wolves have punched their ticket to the Calder Cup Playoffs.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5107],"tags":[194,29,5176,5,195,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-530372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-hurricanes","8":"tag-carolina","9":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","10":"tag-carolinahurricanes","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-hurricanes","13":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116315719358520471","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}