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GREENVILLE SWAMP RABBITS RESIGN ETHAN CAP

By: Mark Shelley, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, ECHL affiliate of the LA Kings, announced today that the club had re-signed defenseman Ethan Cap to an ECHL contract for the 2023-24 season. Cap, 23, returns to the Swamp Rabbits after posting a career-high 21 points (2g, 19a) in 70 games for the Navy and Orange during the 2022-23 campaign. In two seasons as a professional, both with Greenville, the North Vancouver, British Columbia native made 123 appearances for the Swamp Rabbits and tallied 32 points (3g, 29a). During the 2023 Kelly Cup Playoffs, Cap skated in six (6) games and tabbed four (4) assists during Greenville's opening-round series. Before turning pro as a Swamp Rabbit, Cap appeared in the second most games (287) in Edmonton Oil Kings franchise history while competing in the Western Hockey League. The Swamp Rabbits will open the 2023-24 Season presented by Bon Secours on Saturday, October 21, at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Swamp Rabbits Full and Half Season Tickets for the 2023-24 season are on sale now at SwampRabbits.com or by calling (864) 674-7825. About the Greenville Swamp Rabbits … Acquired by Spire Sports + Entertainment (SS+E) in 2020, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits hockey team has been providing family-friendly, live entertainment at Bon Secours Wellness Arena since 2010. Formerly the Greenville Road Warriors, the Swamp Rabbits are the highest-level professional minor league franchise in South Carolina. The Swamp Rabbits are the proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL's LA Kings and the AHL's Ontario Reign. Greenville is a member of the ECHL Premier AA Hockey League. GREENVILLE SWAMP RABBITS HOME Read the full article

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HARTFORD WOLF PACK ADD 6'8 GOALIE

By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - The Hartford Wolf Pack got MUCH bigger at goalie, adding two 6'8 giants in Talyn Boyko and Hugo Oilas. With the final weekend of the regular season here, Pack head coach Kris Knoblauch has options to rest Louie Domingue and Dylan Garand before the team's first visit back to the playoffs in eight years begins next week. Boyko, 20, appeared in 40 Kelowna Rockets (WHL) games this season. His stat line shows a record of 13-24-1 with a save percentage of .898 and a goals-against-average of 3.55. He was selected in the fourth round (112th overall) by the New York Rangers in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. A native of Drumheller, Alberta, Boyko has played in 142 games during his WHL career, shared between the Rockets and the Tri-City Americans. He has a career WHL record of 56-67-9 with a save percentage of .899. He was named a WHL, BC Division, Second Team All-Star following the 2021-22 season when he posted a record of 29-18-5 in 54 games split between the Americans (eight games) and Rockets (46 games) that season. The Seattle Thunderbirds swept his Kelowna Rockets, with Boyko appearing in only one game in the series. Boyko played the series' final game, making 38 saves and earning the second star in a 3-0 shutout loss. The other signee is also a 6'8 goalie. He's Hugo Ollas from Merrimack College (HE). Depending on how the season standings conclude, the Wolf Pack will play the Charlotte Checkers, Lehigh Valley Phantoms, or the Springfield Thunderbirds. If the Checkers' season's record is better, then all three playoff games of the preliminary round will be in the Queen City. If Springfield or Lehigh Valley finish at the top, the series will play out in a more traditional 1-1-1 setup. All three teams are ahead by one point, tied at 80 points, and each has a game in hand. Friday Night will be the Wolf Pack's "Fan Appreciation Night." The game will be played against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. On Saturday night, the Wolf Pack conclude their regular season with a trip to Springfield. HARTFORD WOLF PACK HOME Read the full article

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NEW YORK RANGERS ASSIGN TALYN BOYKO TO HARTFORD WOLF PACK

By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club had assigned goaltender Talyn Boyko to the AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack from the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL. Boyko, 20, appeared in 40 games for the Rockets this season, posting a record of 13-24-1 with a save percentage of .898 and a goals-against average of 3.55. He was selected in the fourth round, 112th overall, by the Rangers in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. The native of Drumheller, Alberta, has appeared in 142 games during his WHL career with the Rockets and the Tri-City Americans. He has a career record of 56-67-9 with a save percentage of .899. He was named a WHL, BC Division, Second Team All-Star following the 2021-22 season. He posted a record of 29-18-5 in 54 games split between the Americans (eight games) and Rockets (46 games) that season. The Wolf Pack returns to the XL Center for the final regular season home game on Friday, April 14th, hosting the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Join us for Fan Appreciation Night featuring special guest Johnny Damon! The puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m. To get tickets, visit www.hartfordwolfpack.com. ABOUT THE HARTFORD WOLF PACK: The Hartford Wolf Pack has been a premier franchise in the American Hockey League since the team's inception in 1997. The Wolf Pack is the top player-development affiliate of the NHL's New York Rangers and plays at the XL Center. The Wolf Pack has been home to some of the Rangers' newest faces, including Igor Shesterkin, Filip Chytil, and Ryan Lindgren. Follow the Wolf Pack on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. HARTFORD WOLF PACK HOME Read the full article

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SHELLEY: GREENVILLE SWAMP RABBITS RE-SIGN ETHAN CAP

BY: Mark Shelley, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, SC -  The Greenville Swamp Rabbits announced today that the club had re-signed defenseman Ethan Cap to an ECHL contract ahead of the 2022-23 season. Cap, 22, returns to the Swamp Rabbits after a rookie campaign that saw the North Vancouver, BC native appear in 53 games for Greenville, posting 11 points (1g, 10a) over that span. The 6'2", 207-pound blue-liner was seventh among Swamp Rabbits and fifth among team defensemen in appearances during the 2021-22 campaign. During his debut campaign, Cap found scoring consistency from inside the blue line, recording five points (1g, 4a) over a six-game stretch from January 15 to February 5. Before his professional debut, Cap spent the previous five seasons with the Edmonton Oil Kings in the Western Hockey League (WHL) after being drafted by the team with the 11th overall pick in 2015. During his tenure with the Oil Kings, Cap totaled 85 points in 287 career games for the Alberta-based club. The Swamp Rabbits open the 2022-23 season, presented by Bon Secours, on Saturday, October 22 at 7:05 p.m. as they take on the newest team in the ECHL, the Savannah Ghost Pirates, at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Single Game Tickets for the select "Big 5" promotional games are now on sale by calling (864)-674-7825 or visiting SwampRabbits.com. About the Greenville Swamp Rabbits … Acquired by Spire Sports + Entertainment (SS+E) in 2020, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits hockey team has provided family-friendly, live entertainment at Bon Secours Wellness Arena since 2010. Formerly the Greenville Road Warriors, the Swamp Rabbits are the highest-level professional minor league franchise in South Carolina. The Swamp Rabbits are the proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings and the AHL's Ontario Reign. Additionally, Greenville is an ECHL, Premier 'AA' Hockey League member. GREENVILLE SWAMP RABBITS HOME Read the full article

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CANTLON: (2/19) BRUINS PUSH PAST PACK 3-1

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - Joonas Koppannen and Edwards Tralmaks had three points to pace the Providence Bruins to a 3-1 win over the Hartford Wolf Pack Saturday night. Providence won on Friday night, tossing a 5-0 shutout at home against the Hershey Bears, and now have two wins in a row and won five of their last ten. With a whole week of rest, the Wolf Pack rust showed as passes weren't crisp, and scoring chances went unfinished. They had no shots for the first half of the second period. Wolf Pack Head Coach Kris Knoblach was non-committal on his lineup for Sunday. The team struggled offensively. "Sometimes we made that extra pass. We have to be creative and we don't want to take away from that. In games like this when chances are hard to come by. The best way is to simplify our game, get pucks on the net, and our game will take care of the rest and those little things will help open things up more," Matt Lorito spoke following his fourth game as a member of the Wolf Pack. CRUCIAL SECOND PERIOD The second period was crucial. Just seconds after Johnny Brodzinski missed the net with a solid backhander; the Bruins found the back of the net. "We started to build things after we got that goal. We had a lot of zone time, then we made mistakes in the second and third. We had that penalty in the third period that led up to their goal, but there were a lot of mistakes that contributed to our play that led up to that goal," Knoblauch said. Tralmaks, a Latvian native, got the power-play started on the right-wing. He hit Samuel Asselin with a cross-ice feed. Asselin entered the Pack zone on the left-wing side and sent a smooth cross-ice pass to Koppanen. From the top of the right-wing circle, at 16:36, Koppanen blasted a one-timer past Pack netminder Keith Kincaid for his seventh of the season and second of the game. WOLF PACK GOAL Lorito tallied the Wolf Pack's lone goal from Ty Ronning at 10:16 of the second period. It was Lorito's first as a member of the Wolf Pack and his first AHL goal in two years. When he played in Bridgeport, Tanner Fritz, a former teammate, got in the zone along the right-wing boards. He fought off Cam Hughes and former Wolf Pack training camp invitee Blake Hillman, who is on a PTO deal. The puck squirted back behind the net to Ronning. The 5'9 winger backhanded the puck in front to Lorito, who wasted little time taking the shot. The Wolf Pack (23-14-4-2) remains in second place with a .605 winning percentage with the loss. The win puts the Bruins (21-13-3-3-5) closer behind the Pack in third place with a .600 winning percentage. LINES Gettinger-Brodzinski-Greco Ronning-Fritz-Lorito Richards-Khordorenko-Ruesschoff Whalen-O'Leary-DiGiacinto. Tinordi-Lundkvist Giuttari-Robertson Reunanen-Bitetto Kinkaid Huska SCRATCHES Pajuniemi Taylor Skinner Wall Luchuk NOTES Ex-Pack Nik Latta is the nephew of former New Haven Nighthawk Dave Latta. He leaves his team, the EV Weiden (Germany Division-3), coached by his father Ken and where his brother Louis also plays. He was loaned to EV Ravensburg (Germany DEL-2) for the rest of the season. Frédéric Létourneau (Hotchkiss School) departs the Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL) to trade the Idaho Steelheads. His father,  Daniel Létourneau, is a former Division-II player from the late 1970s and early 1980s with the University of New Haven Chargers. HARTFORD WOLF PACK HOME Read the full article

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CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK ADD TWO FORWARDS TO ROSTER

Jake Elmer reassigned from Maine, Conner Bleackley signed to PTO BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, March 11, 2020:  Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Chris Drury announced today that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned forward Jake Elmer to the Wolf Pack from its ECHL affiliate, the Maine Mariners and that the Wolf Pack has signed forward Conner Bleackley to a Professional Tryout (PTO) agreement. Elmer has skated in two games with the Wolf Pack on the season, going scoreless with one minor penalty.  The rookie out of the Western Hockey League, who was signed as a free agent by the Rangers March 15, 2019, has registered 12 goals and 11 assists for 23 points in 36 games with Maine while serving 43 minutes in penalties.  He ranks fourth on the Mariner team in goals. Bleackley, a fourth-year pro out of the Western Hockey League, has seen action in ten AHL games this year with the Texas Stars, notching three goals and two assists for five points, along with six penalty minutes and a +1.  In 15 ECHL games with Maine, the 6-0, 199-pound High River, Alberta native has five goals and five assists for ten points, plus 14 PIM, after having registered four goals and nine assists for 13 points, along with four PIM, in 18 games with the Idaho Steelheads. Bleackley, 24, spent last year with the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL, skating in 57 games and chipping in five goals and 11 assists for 16 points and posting 35 penalty minutes.  He was a first-round pick (23rd overall) by the Colorado Avalanche in 2014 and then re-entered the draft two years later, and was selected in the fifth round (144th overall) in 2016 by St. Louis. Prior to turning pro, Bleackley played 259 games over five seasons with the Red Deer Rebels of the WHL, amassing career totals of 80 goals and 103 assists for 183 points, plus 180 penalty minutes.

The Wolf Pack is back in action tonight on home ice at the XL Center, for a 7:00 battle with the Providence Bruins.  That is another chance to take advantage of the Wolf Pack’s “Click It or Ticket Hat Trick Pack”.  The Hat Trick Pack includes two tickets, two sodas, and one large popcorn, all for just $40. 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 (860) 722-9425.  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 online, go to hartfordwolfpack.com. Read the full article

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CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK ANNOUNCE PLAYER MOVES

Greg Chase recalled from Maine, Jake Elmer reassigned to Mariners BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, March 1, 2020:  Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Chris Drury announced today that the Wolf Pack has recalled forward Greg Chase from its ECHL affiliate, the Maine Mariners and that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned forward Jake Elmer from the Wolf Pack to Maine. Chase, a fifth-year pro out of the Western Hockey League, has skated in 42 games with the Mariners this season, posting 10 goals and 18 assists for 28 points, plus 56 penalty minutes.  The 6-0, 190-pound Edmonton, Alberta native stands third on the Maine club in PIM and has the fourth-most assists on the team.  Last year, Chase, 25, who was signed to an AHL contract by the Wolf Pack July 1, 2019, played in five games with the Wolf Pack, going scoreless with four penalty minutes and two shots on goal.  He also logged a total of 64 ECHL games with three different teams.  In 41 contests with the Mariners, Chase notched 21 goals and 21 assists for 42 points, as well as 72 penalty minutes.  He also suited up for ten games with the Wichita Thunder (1-5-6, 12 PIM) and 13 games with the Allen Americans (1-2-3, 19 PIM). A seventh-round draft pick (188th overall) by the Edmonton Oilers in 2013, Chase has seen action in a total of 102 AHL games in his career, with the Wolf Pack, Oklahoma City Barons, Bakersfield Condors and Springfield Thunderbirds, tallying seven goals and 20 assists for 27 points and amassing 55 penalty minutes.  In 166 career ECHL contests with the Mariners, Thunder, Americans, and Norfolk Admirals, he has totaled 58 goals and 75 assists for 133 points, as well as 215 PIM.

Elmer skated in one game for the Wolf Pack after being summoned from Maine February 9.  In two games with the Wolf Pack on the season, the rookie out of the Western Hockey League is scoreless with one minor penalty.  In 32 games with Maine Elmer has scored 12 goals and added 11 assists for 23 points, along with 26 penalty minutes and a +4. The Wolf Pack are in home-ice action at the XL Center this afternoon, hosting the Providence Bruins in a 3:00 contest.  That is another chance to take advantage of the Wolf Pack’s “Click It or Ticket Hat Trick Pack”.  The Hat Trick Pack includes two tickets, two sodas, and one large popcorn, all for just $40. 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 (860) 722-9425.  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 online, go to hartfordwolfpack.com. Read the full article

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KUHN: DYLAN MACPHERSON EARNS CALL UP BY SPRINGFIELD

Defenseman returns to the AHL for the first time since December BY: Jordan Kuhn, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, S.C. — Defenseman Dylan MacPherson has been called up by the Springfield Thunderbirds of the AHL. It is the 21-year-old's first assignment to the American Hockey League since December. MacPherson has developed into a steady, two-way defenseman in Greenville on a pair with Mike Monfredo. His offensive game has blossomed in 2020, as he has scored 10 of his 16 points on the season since the turn of the calendar. MacPherson has played three prior games at the AHL level, all with Springfield, with one assist in that span. Two of those games followed the conclusion of his junior career with the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League. In 47 games as a member of the Swamp Rabbits, the Alberta native has scored 16 points, has only taken two minor penalties all season, and owns a +3 rating. Get Social: Follow the Swamp Rabbits and get behind-the-scenes coverage like never before on the team’s official Facebook and Twitter pages! Contact a Swamp Rabbits Account Executive at 864.674.PUCK (7825) for information on 2019–20 ticket plans, special group rates, and hospitality opportunities and secure your seats today! Get the latest Swamp Rabbits gear by visiting the “Hop Shop” online at Shop.SwampRabbits.com to browse the full collection of fan wear and novelties! Read the full article