ride_4ever

My local AHL team -- the Chicago Wolves -- has again this year as previously provided and served a Thanksgiving meal of turkey and other treats to the shelter dogs of Border Tails Rescue in Northbrook, Illinois, a no-kill shelter with a spay-and-neuter program that specializes in rescuing and rehoming stray dogs from Mexico (they also take in owner surrenders from Chicagoland).

Harleigh Garcia, founder of Border Tails Rescue, said “We are so excited to have the Wolves again this year to help us celebrate the holidays and bring something special to the dogs. It’s not ideal for these dogs to be spending their holidays in the shelter. We’d love for them to all find homes, but that’s just not possible right now, so it’s nice to bring them a little something special, and we love partnering with the Wolves.”

To learn more about Border Tails Rescue, click here. They have many volunteer opportunities and especially are looking for tourists returning from Mexico who are willing to be "flight volunteers" at no cost to themselves for escorting Mexican stray dogs to the U.S.

The picture below is Chicago Wolves Hockey players Nikita Pavlychev, Braden Doyle, Blake Biondi, Skyler Brind’Amour, Bryce Montgomery and Yanick Turcotte with some of the dogs they treated to this special Thanksgiving meal.

Chicago Wolves Hockey Team serves Thanksgiving Dinner to the dogs at Border Tails Rescue

Chicago Wolves Hockey Team serves Thanksgiving Dinner to the dogs at Border Tails Rescue

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out_there

Awwww! That's nice to hear.

ride_4ever

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dine

yep, those are hockey players all right *g*

what a wonderful thing for the team to do - and how nice of you to share it with us

They also sponsor dog adoption events. THESE Wolves are "a dog's best friend".

amedia

This is such a lovely story and a lovely picture!!!

When we dropped cable recently, we signed up for a sports package that includes some AHL teams. I'll ask TODS if we get the Chicago Wolves so we can root for them!!!

Thank you so much for posting this uplifting news in this difficult times. ♥

P.S. I spotted a familiar name on the list and looked it up - I did not realize that Rod Brind'amour's son is also a professional hockey player!!!

Edited (new info) Date: 2025-11-27 05:01 am (UTC)

Would certainly be cool if your new sports package included the AHL's Chicago Wolves. (I myself do root for certain teams that are not my local teams.)

It does, it does! I asked and he said yes, he's seen them! And he loved the story about them supporting the doggos and puppers. But if they play the Milwaukee Admirals, well, he's a dyed-in-the-wool* cheesehead, so he'll still root for the team from Wisconsin.

*(Perhaps that should be dyed-in-the-curds?)