The Sudbury Wolves began play for an Ontario major junior hockey team in the 1972-73 season. The Wolves were the reincarnation from the Niagara Falls Flyers, a team that has been as the Barrie Flyers. Since then, the c's has been to the Robertson Cup finals just twice possesses yet to win the championship.The Sudbury Wolves have retired the amount of three players. The 3 played while in the minimal time span between 1973 and 1979.Number 6 is retired by the Wolves for Randy Carlyle. Better known now since head coach of this NHL's Anaheim Ducks, Carlyle played a couple of years in Sudbury from 1973-74 to 1975-76. He was an OMJHL All-Star within his final season, scoring 15 goals, assisting on 67 in a total of 83 points in the blue line in a mere 60 games.Randy Carlyle must have been a second round pick of your Toronto Maple Leafs on the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft, 30thoverall. He had also been a seventh overall pick of your Cincinnati Stingers inside the WHA Amateur Draft but find the NHL route. Carlyle took part in the National Hockey League from 1976-77 to 1992-93 with Toronto, Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg Jets. He won the Norris Trophy while the league's top defenseman in 1980-81 while contributing 83 points for your Pittsburgh Penguins.Carlyle played an entire of 1055 regular season games, just one single of two players of your 1976 amateur draft that is going to see 1000 games. Bernie Federko was the other one to carry out the feat. Randy has been head coach of the Anaheim Ducks since 2005-06, winning the Stanley Cup within just his second season.Number 10 is retired for hometown boy, Ron Duguay. Duguay played in the Sudbury Wolves for four seasons from 1973-74 to 1976-77. His top season with Sudbury came in 1975-76 when he totalled 134 points. That total was beneficial to seventh on the league. His 92 assists from that season still stand today like a single season team record. He helped the c's towards Robertson Cup finals that season where they lost in to the Hamilton Fincups.This particular season, his numbers dropped to 109 points nevertheless the Nyc Rangers liked the things they saw, selecting Duguay 13thoverall around the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft. The Winnipeg Jets selected him third overall in the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft. Ron played in the NHL from 1977-78 to 1988-89 considering the Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Kings.Number 17 is retired in honour of Mike Foligno. Mike played four seasons in the Wolves from 1975-76 to 1978-79. His top numbers were only available in his final season when he scored 65 goals and totalled 150 points. The 150 points remains a team single season record.The Detroit Red Wings took Foligno third overall while in the 1979 NHL Amateur Draft. Mike played over 1000 NHL regular season games from 1979-80 to 1993-94 with Detroit, the Buffalo Sabres, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers.Foligno coached the Sudbury Wolves from 2003-04 to 2009-10. He joined former Sudbury teammate Randy Carlyle behind the Anaheim Ducks bench earlier this season while the assistant coach.
