First year with Chicago’s Wolves ends in first-round defeat ELBURN—If it’s not navigating the puck or avoiding checks into the boards, it’s packing boxes.

After a Dec. 9 feature on Bill and Lee Sweatt as members of the AHL’s Manitoba Moose, Lee was called up to the parent Vancouver Canucks and managed to be a difference maker against the Nashville Predators.

ROSEMONT, Ill.—Look a little close to see which team is the home favorite. On Nov. 30, the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League took the Allstate Arena ice for the 24th time in the 2010-11 season, but...

Elburn natives Bill and Lee Sweatt traveled with their AHL team, the Manitoba Moose, to Chicago to take on the Chicago Wolves at the Allstate Arena Tuesday.

For those hoping that one day they would see Elburn-bred Bill Sweatt putting on the Indian head sweater of the Stanley Cup Champion Blackhawks, commence disappointment. However, there now exists an opportunity for the Colorado College graduate to...