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CANTLON: PACK HOST SYRACUSE LOSE AGAIN 8-5

BY: Gerry Cantlon - Howlings HARTFORD, CT - Alex Barré-Boulet’s goal and two assists paced an 8-4 Syracuse Crunch victory as the tumble down the Atlantic Division standings for the Hartford Wolf Pack continues. The Pack dropped their seventh straight and have lost nine of their last eleven games while surrendering 24 goals in the previous four games and allowed seven or more goals three times in a month. Only the exemplary efforts of newcomers former UCONN Husky Maxim Letunov and UMASS Minuteman Bobby Trivigno, who had two primary assists in his debut game, have stood out. The team had a players-only meeting after the game, while the coaches and upper management were in post-game meetings as they separately tried to sort out what had caused this unraveling. In addition, the team pulled the plug on their post-game Zoom press conference for the first time to deal with this on-ice collapse. The Wolf Pack leave home for what remains of the regular season in an all-important seven-game road trip. As a result of their strong play earlier in the season, the team remarkably is still in the playoff hunt sitting in fifth place with a .524 winning percentage, just a fraction ahead of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, who were 9-2 winners at home against the Bridgeport Islanders who led 2-0 in the first period but allowed nine unanswered goals. Bridgeport has a .523 winning percentage, but the Wolf Pack still control their destiny as just the Penguins and the Charlotte Checkers, 3-1 winners over the Hershey Bears, took advantage of the losses in the division. SECOND PERIOD Both the first and second periods were a wild affair as in the first period, the two teams exchanged goals. However, when the second intermission came, the Wolf Pack trailed 6-4. The goal-scoring started early as Cole Koepke registered his 19th of the season at 1:32 from new defenseman Brandon Scanlin. An assist each went to Barré-Boulet and ex-New York Ranger, Frederik Claesson. The Pack came back to within one at 4-3 after Hunter Skinner sent his fourth of the season into the net from a cross-ice pass from Trivigno, who registered his first pro point at 7:36. However, the Pack’s poor play continued as the Crunch tallied just 1:23 later. Simon Ryfors was in the slot in the shooter’s position on one knee and blasted home Gabriell Fortier’s left-wing corner pass past Pack starter Keith Kinkaid at 10:28. At 17:51, Ty Ronning brought the Pack back to within a goal on his 17th of the season, taking advantage of Alex Whelan’s second effort hustle on the left-wing boards. He beat ex-Pack Darren Raddysh to the puck and caught Ronning in full stride with a backhand chip pass. Ronning snapped it past Amir Miftakhakov to the glove side. Miftakhakov hasn’t played since February 19th. The Wolf Pack gave the goal right back just 59 seconds later. HERE WE GO AGAIN Ronning was the first Pack player to tally multiple goals in a game in a month. His last multiple-goal game came on November 5th. Syracuse’s Otto Sompii beat everyone to a loose puck on the left-wing side and shipped it back to ex-Pack Sean Day at the blue line. Day beat Kinkaid from 55-feet out with a high shot to the short side and off the post. In the third period, Nick Merkley cashed in for his 13th goal to make it 6-5, with Trivigno earning his second pro point with a nice setup in tight at 3:29. The Pack power-play continued to sputter, going 0-for-9 on the weekend, and gave up their ninth shorthanded tally. Merkley had a quality chance stopped, and Lauri Pajuniemi’s cross-ice pass for Austin Rueschoff late in the power play was picked off by Gabriel Dumont. Anthony Richard broke away from Scanlin and Ronning and slipped in his 13th goal on Dumont’s lead pass at 8:09. Finally, Richard put the last nail in the coffin with his second goal into an empty net at 17:13. FIRST PERIOD A wild first period started with Barré-Boulet’s tally at 1:50. Syracuse had the edge in shots, 6-1 in the game’s first two minutes. However, the Wolf Pack answered as Patrick Khordorenko snaked a pass for his eighth goal off assists by Zac Jones with the primary helper and Zach Guittari earning the secondary assist at 4:47. The Pack took a rare lead at 2-1 when Ronning got his 16th goal at 3:05. His shot went off rookie Declan Carlile. Gabriel Fortier, who could operate freely from behind the net, found Simon Ryfors open on the doorstep, and he jammed home his eighth goal at 10:28. Again operating behind the net, Riley Nash found Carlile, a former Hockey East second-team All-Star, up top. Carlile put a nice shot over Kinkaid’s right shoulder to restore Syracuse’s lead at 13:56 with his first AHL goal. LINES Merkley-#10-Bobby Trivigno-Letunov Ronning-Greco-Khordorenko Rueschoff-Pajuniemi-Fritz Whelan-O’Leary-DiGiacinto Lorito Tinordi-Skinner Jones-Scanlin Robertson-Guittari Kinkaid Huska SCRATCHES: Gettinger - (Upper-Body) Taylor Lundkvist (Illness, day-to-day, Questionable for Monday) Brodzinski #17 NEWS Abbott Girduckis was released from his PTO and sent back to the Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL) with Trivigno and Brodzinski now in Hartford. The signing of Ethan Brodzinski from St. Cloud State (NCHC) to a PTO deal makes him the third Brodzinski to put on a Wolf Pack sweater this season. Only one Brodzinski brother hasn’t yet. That would be Bryce Brodzinski, who is currently going to the Frozen Four next weekend in Boston with the Minnesota Golden Gophers. It’s not the first-time siblings there have been brought into the Wolf Pack fold, but the first time in the regular season and three of them. Michael Brodzinski is back with the Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) and played three games mid-season. But, of course, Jonny, the team’s leading goal scorer and captain of the Wolf Pack, is currently on recall in New York. Over 25 years, just a few brothers have been on the ice in three separate training camps. Wolf Pack great and AHL Hall of Famer, Ken Gernander, saw his twin brothers Jim and Jerry here one fall. PA (Pierre-Alexandre) Parenteau brought brother Guillaume, and Dane Byers had brother Cole to Hartford one year. Only a few have played together in the regular season. The most famous were brothers Chris and Ryan Bourque, the sons of Hall-of-Famer Ray Bourque. They were the only duo to play together. The other two did not, Peter and Chris Ferraro, and Chris (older) and Michael (younger) St. Croix. In the lineup, Syracuse had ex-Pack’s P.C. Labrie, Daniel Walcott, Day, and Raddysh. Scratched as he was when he was here was  Brandon Crawley. Day was hurt late in the game in the neutral zone. At the first break in play, he exited to the dressing room with an undisclosed injury. He never returned. In 16 months of playing and a little over two years since the Las Vegas Golden Knights purchased their AHL team, The Henderson (NV) Silver Knights debuted their new $84 Million Loan Arena on Saturday night in a 5-2 loss to the Bakersfield Condors. Next season San Jose Barracuda and Coachella Valley Firebirds will debut new state-of-the-art-new arenas. Tarmo Reunanen will be wearing #29 for his new team, the Chicago Wolves. He will skate along with ex-Hartford Whaler and Trumbull product Ted Drury’s son, Jack Drury, ex-Pack skaters Chris Bigras, Joey Keane, and former Yale Bulldog Alex Lyon. also on the roster are the loaned-out former Bridgeport Islander, Richard Pánik. They will host the Texas Stars featuring one-time Sound Tiger Blake Comeau and GM, one-time New Haven Senator MVP Scott White. 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CANTLON: BIG WEEKEND FOR THE WOLF PACK

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT -  Six months of hard work with all the peaks-and-valleys a season can bring, all boils down to one weekend and a four-game stretch. The Hartford Wolf Pack sporting a 31-16-6-5 record (73 points) sit in third place in the AHL’s Atlantic Division have their third straight three-in-three weekend as well as next Wednesday's meeting with the Providence Bruins, are all division games. This set of games starts with a pair of XL Center home games on Friday and Saturday night against the Hershey Bears, who the Pack trail by three points. “Every game we play is important and we'll say the same thing next weekend and the weekend after that,” Pack head coach Kris Knoblauch said while trying to lower the pre-game temperature. “Unless you’re out of the playoffs, as the season wears on, all games are important.” At 3 PM on Sunday afternoon the Pack play the Springfield Thunderbirds before the meeting on Wednesday with the Bruins. “We want to finish as high as possible. First place in the division gets home-ice advantage. We are going to have to play against Hershey in back-to-back games and then Springfield. That’s our immediate task,” said Knoblauch. Playing three-of-the-four games at home, and then a short 20-mile drive to Springfield takes some of the physical edge off and works in their favor. Knoblauch, as the captain of the ship, is keeping his eyes on his troops and not much on Hershey. The Bears, however, are a quick counter-attack team and present a real tough test for the Wolf Pack. “We're not focusing as much on Hershey, but on our game. Getting a little more structure in our offensive structure. We just have had as much as we should. We need to get back to that.” Having the puck more than the other team sounds trite and simplistic, but was a key to the Pack’s early-season success as well as getting off to fast starts and not playing from behind. “It’s a big part of our identity, getting that first goal is important to get the other team to open up and take advantage of that. Being prepared goes a long way, especially as this time of year rolls around. “This time of the year, every game is big, but against those guys all points are big. We’ve spent the week preparing for this, now it's just time to get out there,” the first-year pro, Patrick Newell, said. Getting good starts in the first period was also a point of emphasis. “We addressed getting off to better starts, not be on our heels so much,” veteran defenseman Vincent LoVerde said. "Something the group is looking to this coming weekend.” Special teams will be a critical role in the weekend's fortunes. “It gets more critical as your season wears on, but so does five-on-five hockey. The teams are so close; special teams can make the difference and will likely factor this weekend,” Knoblauch said while keeping everything close to the vest. For Newell, it's some small adjustments that will help. “We’ve been fine-tuning things. We have some success lately. You're going to have those stretches. The good work will pay off for us.” The goaltending, a source of strength all season while Igor Shesterkin was with the Wolf Pack, will be tested as the Wolf Pack go with veteran J.F. Berube who gets the nod for the next game. “We solidified our goaltending in acquiring him. We have every confidence (in him) as we do in Adam (Huska). We don’t need for him to steal a game with a 58 save shutout. We need solid goaltending, and conversely, we need goal-scoring support from the team for the goaltending,” remarked the coach. The goalscoring issue is not secondary, rather it’s the Wolf Pack’s primary scorers. “We have gotten goals from our third and fourth lines. We need them (the other two lines) to contribute more to the mix. We don’t have any top-leading scorers of the league here, a top gun guy. It's not where it should be or where we expect it to be. We need scoring from all of our forwards,” said Knoblauch. A player with a keen understanding of Berube and what he can do is LoVerde, who won a Calder Cup with him during the Manchester Monarchs last season in the AHL before departing for Ontario. That spring the Monarchs swept the Wolf Pack in the conference finals, the last time Hartford tasted playoff hockey. “I’m very familiar with him having won a championship in Manchester and played with him in Ontario. (He's a) very solid goalie. He knows how to play in crunch time. He’s a winner and he wants to win. He has solidified us back there. He’s a talker like Tom (McCollum) was, and we appreciate him and wish him the best, and Adam has been super all year. We have full confidence in our goaltending,” remarked LoVerde. One element of surprise this weekend could be the return of Boo Nieves, who's missed 13 games since January 31st. Knoblauch hopes to fill a gap that's been occupied in his absence by a variety of players. “We hope so (to have him play). We have missed him. We have filled the gap with Fogs (team captain Steven Fogarty), Newell and Gettinger. He has so many valuable minutes from five on five, penalty kill and the power play. We would love to add to our lineup,” Knoblauch said. The coach was clearly hoping his practice time and contact will allow Nieves to return. NOTES: One worry Knoblauch has and has no control over is what happens with the Rangers who have two emergency recalls left while they are doing a roster high-wire act. “We’ve been fortunate so far this year with the Rangers (on the injury front), but right now they have no extra forwards or extra defenseman. So as soon as they get an injury, somebody has to go. They have no spares,” Knoblauch said. The AHL Trade deadline on Monday only produced one trade, but it might have an impact on the Wolf Pack as the defending Calder Cup champions, the Charlotte Checkers, solidified their lineup by picking up the former captain of the Wolf Pack, Ryan Bourque, from the struggling Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The trade sent Cedric Lacroix and Terry Broadburst to Bridgeport. The first time he was traded was at the NHL Trade deadline five years ago to the Hershey Bears for Chris Brown. Ironically, Brown just signed a contract extension for another year with Nuremberg (Germany-DEL). As they did last season, a few days ago, the Checkers also picked up a veteran goalie for the playoff run. Keith Kinkaid was loaned out from the Laval Rocket after spending most of the year as the number two man in Montreal behind Carey Price. Hershey reassigned ex-Wolf Pack, Chris McCarthy, to the South Carolina Stingray (ECHL). The Springfield Thunderbirds recalled goalie Ryan Bednard from the Greenville Swamp Rabbits whose first AHL win was against the Wolf Pack. The Sound Tigers also made some roster moves calling up Arnaud Durandeau and goalie Jakub Sharek from Worcester. The Utica Comets received from the Vancouver Canucks, ex-Sound Tiger, Justin Bailey and from Kalamazoo, Mitch Eliot, the son of former New Haven Nighthawk, Daren Eliot. The first Division I college signees have started signing ATO deals. Sami Tavernier Merrimack (HE) signs with Syracuse and his teammate Griff Jesks. They head down the road on I-90 to 290 to Worcester (ECHL). There are five Division I players and six Division III players that have signed so far. Read the full article

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COLLINS: PACK END THE YEAR BY KNOCKING OFF SOUND TIGERS - AGAIN!

Hartford Wolf Pack 3, Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2 BY: Micah Collins, Hartford Wolf Pack Hartford, CT, December 31, 2019 – Matt Beleskey scored twice, and Yegor Rykov had a pair of assists, Tuesday night at the XL Center, helping the Hartford Wolf Pack to a 3-2 win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The win improved the Wolf Pack’s record against their in-state rivals to 4-1-0-0, and moved Hartford (19-8-2-4, 45 pts.) past the idle Providence Bruins into sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Division. “Every game they put up a good fight,” Beleskey said of the Sound Tigers, “but we’re proud of how we stuck with it and played hard.  “We came out ready to play, and that pays off any time you can get on a team early. “Confidence is a huge part of this game. When you play with confidence you play well, and we want to keep that rolling and keep going down the stretch here. The schedule always ramps up in the second half, so any cushion we can have is good.” The Sound Tigers seemed to have all the momentum Beleskey scored hist eighth of the season from behind the net, rebounding a shot off of the leg of Bridgeport starting goaltender Jared Coreau (five saves) with 11:02 left in the first period. “(Phil) Di Giuseppe made a great pass,” said Beleskey.  “It kind of bounced around in front and ended up in the net.” Di Giuseppe and Rykov assisted on the goal. Just 51 seconds later, Darren Raddysh scored his fourth goal of the year off of a tight-angle shot from just below the right circle, giving the Wolf Pack a two-goal lead. “I didn’t know what I was doing, I kind of blacked out then,” joked Raddysh. “I just threw it at the net, luckily it went in.” The goal was unassisted. With just 1:32 left in the period, Beleskey scored his second of the game and ninth of the year on the power play. “It was nice to see Beleskey get two goals,” said Raddysh of his teammate’s offensive performance. “It’s a shame we couldn’t get him the hat trick, but it was still a great game by him.” Rykov and Nick Ebert both assisted on the goal. With just 17 seconds left in the first, Otto Koivula scored his third of the year to put Bridgeport on the board, sneaking a shot past Igor Shesterkin (18 saves).  Ryan Bourque and Seth Helgeson assisted on the goal. The Sound Tigers started the second period with a goaltending change, as Coreau was replaced by Jakub Skarek (15 saves). Both teams would lock down defensively for the middle frame, with Shesterkin making key saves, as has become his standard. Beleskey was quick to praise his netminder, saying, “Shesterkin has been unbelievable, we just try to help him out where we can and make it easier on him.” Andrew Ladd beat Shesterkin with 5:51 left in the third period to bring the Sound Tigers within one. The goal was Ladd’s 10th of the season, and was assisted by Sebastian Aho and Travis St. Denis. The goal would prove to be the only one of the period, even when Bridgeport put on the pressure in the final minute of the game, pulling Skarek for the extra attacker. “They came hard at the end, we knew they wouldn’t quit,” said Raddysh. The Wolf Pack’s next action is this Friday night, January 3 in Providence against the Bruins.  Faceoff is 7:05, and all of the action can be heard live on-line at hartfordwolfpack.com.  Video streaming is available at theahl.com/AHLTV. The next Wolf Pack home game is this Saturday night, January 4, a 7:00 battle with the Utica Comets.  That is #MillenialNight at the XL Center, featuring a reusable straw set giveaway to all fans attending the game, presented by ProHealth. Tickets for  all 2019-20 Wolf Pack home games are on sale now at the Sunwave Gas & Power Ticket Office at the XL Center, on-line at hartfordwolfpack.com and by phone at (877) 522-8499.  Tickets purchased in advance for kids 12 or younger start at just $10 each, and all tickets will have a $3 day-of-game increase. To speak with a Wolf Pack representative about season or group tickets, or any of the Wolf Pack’s many ticketing options, call (860) 722-9425, or click here to request more info.  To visit the Wolf Pack on line, go to hartfordwolfpack.com. Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2 at Hartford Wolf Pack 3 Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - XL Center Bridgeport 1 0 1 - 2 Hartford     3 0 0 - 3 1st Period-1, Hartford, Beleskey 8 (Di Giuseppe, Rykov), 8:58. 2, Hartford, Raddysh 4   9:49. 3, Hartford, Beleskey 9 (Rykov, Ebert), 18:28 (PP). 4, Bridgeport, Koivula 3 (R. Bourque, Helgeson), 19:43. Penalties-Geertsen Hfd (tripping), 4:14; Burroughs Bri (tripping), 6:48; Koivula Bri (hooking), 16:42. 2nd Period- No Scoring.  Penalties-Wotherspoon Bri (roughing), 11:46; Di Giuseppe Hfd (roughing), 11:46; St. Denis Bri (tripping), 15:57. 3rd Period-5, Bridgeport, Ladd 10 (Aho, St. Denis), 14:09. Penalties-Beleskey Hfd (interference), 1:38; O'Regan Hfd (tripping), 9:25; Ladd Bri (hooking), 9:40; LoVerde Hfd (holding), 12:06. Shots on Goal-Bridgeport 9-3-8-20. Hartford 8-8-7-23. Power Play Opportunities-Bridgeport 0 / 4; Hartford 1 / 4. Goalies-Bridgeport, Coreau 5-9-1 (8 shots-5 saves); Skarek 3-5-1 (15 shots-15 saves). Hartford, Shesterkin 14-4-3 (20 shots-18 saves). A-2,617 Referees-Mason Riley (79), Jim Curtin (90). Linesmen-Kevin Briganti (39), Robert St. Lawrence (10). Read the full article

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CANTLON: WOLF PACK WIN IN OT OVER SOUND TIGERS

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - Sean Day’s rising wrist shot eluded the glove of Bridgeport Sound Tigers goalie Christopher Gibson at 2:28 of overtime giving the Hartford Wolf Pack a 4-3 win to complete their first weekend of the season on a positive note before an announced crowd of 1,751. Day took a pass from Phil Di Giuseppe and curled back off the right-wing, found an open seam and let his shot rip. The puck caught the top, left-hand corner, for the victory. “Once the guy backed off, I was able to go down the middle and that’s an easy shot in this league. I thought I was aiming top shelf,” Day said with a laugh and a sheepish grin. "It was a pretty tight shot. I thought we played the game really well and to come out with a win, was huge.” For Day, it was a game of celebration playing his first two games and was his first actual contact hockey so far. He was a red (no-contact) jersey in training camp as he recovered from the off-season surgery to his left hip. “It's even better than last year because I started off getting sent down (to Maine). I’m starting to build up my confidence, that helps, and I’m finding a role.  I’m not fighting for (ice) time as many younger players do and the coaches have put a lot of trust in me and playing with more confidence because of that. Get a couple of points with these wins and a goal helps me a lot.” After a wild first period with five goals between the two teams, it was a defensive battle the rest of the way. The Sound Tigers capitalized on the only glitch for Hartford in the third period off a broken play in their own zone. Wethersfield native Colin McDonald captured the biscuit on a turnover and put the puck out front for ex-Pack captain Ryan Bourque who snapped the bouncing puck and found then back of the net for his first of the season. His enthusiasm for the goal was obvious as he pumped his fist as he likes scoring against Hartford. The goal tied the score at three. Adam Huska had two quality saves late in the second. The first came on Bourque’s right-wing shot as he got the puck with a right skate and a proper kick to the corner, but the Sound Tigers Cole Bardreau snared the rebound fired it right back. Huska made the save to keep the lead for Hartford. “We were outstanding taking the puck away, keeping the neutral zone and not allowing them to freewheel. When they did a get a chance Adam was right there to make the saves,” commented head coach Kris Knoblauch of his Slovak rookie netminder. The only other action of the period of significance was the regular season’s first fight as Tanner Fritz went after Mason Geersten after a clean hit. Geersten earned a clear decision in that scrap. The second period was a tight, defensive affair as both coaches figured five goals a period might not be the best idea and both clamped down their defense. “I like to play these games when it's close checking. They like to chip pucks in and bang bodies, and so I thought we did a good job on them. I thought we played well both nights. We have good skill, good goaltending, and we worked hard against them. Day made such a good play, it was a fun weekend,” remarked defenseman Ryan Lindgren. Lots of scoring broke out from the mid-point of the first period. At 4:20 Vinni Lettieri bagged his second goal of the campaign after receiving a pass from Steven Fogarty along the goal line and at the right side of the net. He got two whacks at the puck with the second going over the glove of Sound Tiger starting goalie Christopher Gibson. Then things got fun. The Sound Tigers tied the game at one on a penalty shot. Matt Loritio had a break-in and was harassed by Lindgren. The call was maybe a minor penalty for a slash, but a penalty shot? It seemed like a weak case for that. Lorito got the chances and got Huska down and lifted the puck past him for his second of the season at 11:41. The Wolf Pack regained the lead 2:07 later. Oliver Wahlstrom took Kieffer Bellows nifty short pass from center ice at the Wolf Pack blue line, burst down the left-wing side and sent a backhanded shot off the near post and it went in off the far post at 13:46. The Wolf Pack tied the game at two as Joey Keane scored his second goal of the young season deep in the right-wing corner and put a sharp angle shot on net that looked like Patrick Newell had deflected it, but it got past goalie Christopher Gibson at 15:30. A 16:29, Lindgren made a beautiful solo dash and got past Wahlstrom’s stick check at the blue line. Kindgren then made a good move on Sound Tigers defenseman Kyle Burroughs and went backhand to forehand and put it past Gibson to restore a 3-2 Wolf lead. “I didn’t know Lindy had it in him,“ Knoblauch said with a laugh. Lindgren earned the team heavyweight belt for that goal and another tough shot blocking man-on-man defensive play. “That was nice.“ Lindgren said, seemingly surprised at his own play. “It was nice to have that space and just took it to the net, so that felt pretty good.” The defenseman clearly have the green light to pursue offense. “We have a lot of guys who can jump up into the play and are very skilled on the backend. So you gotta find the right time to do it and that was a good time for me to jump up.” NOTES: The actual fans in the seats were no more than 300, and for a second night in a row, there was no heat on in the building. They should rename the building the icebox on Asylum Street. The announced 1,751 was the 14th worst crowd in Wolf Pack history. A very poor opening for attendance to start the season in Hartford. Wolf Pack Scratches: It comes as no surprise that Vitali Kravtsov was given the game off after being benched last night. Ville Meskanen was in for him. The other three scratches were the same as last night defenseman Jeff Taylor and Brandon Crawley and the other forward, Ryan Gropp. Sound Tiger Scratches: The team had 12 of them include Josh Ho-Sang, Steve Bernier, Ben Thomson. Erik Brown injured in the pre-season game at Trinity College against Hartford is still out with a left leg injury. Scott Eansor at age 23 retired from pro hockey earlier in the week playing his last game in the exhibition finale in at Webster Bank Arena. LINES: Steven Fogarty-Vinni Lettieri-Phil Di Giuseppe Danny O’Regan-Boo Nieves-Matt Beleskey Gabrial Fontaine-Filip Chytil-Patrick Newell Tim Gettinger-Nick Jones-Ville Meskanen Ryan Lindgren-Jeff LoVerde Sean Day-Darren Raddysh Joey Keane-Mason Geersten As a team, the Wolf Pack have taken 53 penalty shots in team history. The last one to score was Dan Catenacci on April 14, 2017. Their opponents have had 39 chances. Read the full article

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CANTLON'S CORNER: HOCKEY OFF SEASON NEWS & NOTES VOLUME 24

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - News is coming fast and furious in the hockey world. The second round of the NHL playoffs is close to being completed with the conference finals on deck. Player movement has picked up as teams worldwide begin to shape and formulate their rosters for next season. RYAN BOURQUE RETIRES Former Wolf Pack captain Ryan Bourque announced his retirement on Tuesday after nine professional seasons, five of which were in Hartford. Two of those season were as part of the ill-fated Connecticut Whale with the other three as the Wolf Pack. Bourque was drafted by the New York Rangers in third round (80th overall) from the Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) in 2009. The son of Hall-of-Famer, Ray Bourque, played in 585 AHL games registering 202 points. He played in one NHL game with the Rangers. He wore the "C" for the Wolf Pack in his last season in Hartford. Bourque also played for the US National program where he captured a Gold medal at the 2010 WJC and the following season he collected a Bronze. He captured a Silver Medal with the US U-17 team and a Gold with the U-18 team before his being drafted in the seventh round of the QMJHL Draft (117th overall). The affable, hard working Bourque was sanguine and comfortable in his choice and decision. “Time flies. It's been an incredible run. Read the full article

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