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When Marc Staal first stepped onto the ice at the Sudbury Arena, the last thing he thought, as he looked toward the rafters is that, one day, his jersey would hang there alongside Mike Foligno’s, his coach at the time and one of the most iconic players in team history.
“They have a lot of history in those rafters,” he said. “For the organization to give me that type of honour in their 50th year is very special.” And thrive he did. Staal quickly established himself as one of the top blueliners in the league and within a couple of years he was taken 12th overall by the New York Rangers in the NHL Entry Draft. When he returned to Sudbury the following season, Staal was named team captain.
But that run may not have happened if it was not for the buy-in from the club’s veteran players and chiefly its leader, Staal. As the OHL trade deadline approached in 2007, the Wolves were not exactly a contender on paper. Although they were a better team than their record indicated, they could have been sellers at the deadline.
Although the Wolves came up short in the final to the Plymouth Whalers, it made for one of the most exciting and memorable runs in franchise history.
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