In case you stopped counting, there were 587 days between Chicago Wolves games at Allstate Arena. The last time the team set foot in their home arena — on March 8, 2020 — they won in overtime to the longtime nemesis Rockford IceHogs.
By that time, there had already been whispers suggesting life as we knew it was going to slowly grind to a halt. Standing around post-game with media members and Wolves staffers had an eerie feel to it; so did walking out into the night, afterwards. A few cars were still scattered across the parking lot; my fellow media members and I stood at our cars awkwardly.