After dropping the first game of their playoff series against Gwinnett, 4-0, and as GM/Head Coach Derek Wilkinson told Howlings yesterday, his team that has a difficult time putting the puck in the net.”We are a physical, grinding team that struggles to produce goals,” he said. The Wolf Pack have heard his needs and are sending him help in the scoring touch of ECHL ALL-Star, Jordan Owens. The 6’0″ 170 pound Left Wing was sent down to Charlotte today by the Hartford Wolf Pack and will be in the lineup for the Checkers when they take on Gwinnett in Game Two of their Best-of-Five series.
Here’s the official release:
Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the Wolf Pack has returned forward Jordan Owens on loan to the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL.
In 41 games with the Wolf Pack this year, Owens, a rookie out of the Ontario Hockey League, has contributed seven goals and seven assists for 14 points and has logged 44 penalty minutes. In 20 ECHL games with Charlotte, Owens tallied three goals and added ten assists for 13 points and served 28 minutes in penalties.
The Pack wrap up the regular season with three games this week, starting with a visit Friday night to Springfield (7:30 PM faceoff). The Wolf Pack’s final regular-season home game is this Saturday night, April 12th, a GEICO Connecticut Cup skirmish with Bridgeport at 7:00. That is the Pack’s annual “Fan Appreciation Night”, as the Wolf Pack players give the “Shirts Off Our Backs” to 29 lucky fans.
Wolf Pack single-game tickets, and tickets for the Pack’s first two home playoff games (Wednesday, April 16th and Thursday, April 17th vs. Portland), are on sale at the XL Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations, including Macy’s at the Buckland Hills Mall and at the Westfarms Mall. Tickets may also be charged by phone at (860) 525-4500, (203) 744-8100, (203) 624-0033 or (413) 733-2500, and on-line at www.hartfordwolfpack.com. Throughout the 2007-08 Wolf Pack regular season, kids are always $10. Any seat. Any game.
Wolf Pack season tickets are also on sale now. For information on all of the Wolf Pack’s ticketing options, including full-season, five, 10 and 20-game packages, coupon books and group discounts, contact the Wolf Pack Ticket Office at (860) 548-2000.
(Jordan Owens photo courtesy of Rich Zacher via Hartfordwolfpack.com)
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