JUNIOR’S FARM 

The Wolf Pack have made a couple of moves prior to this evening’s first preseason contest against Worcester sending prospects Evgeny Grachev and Antoine LeFleur back to their respective junior teams.

Here is the official announcement.

WOLF PACK MAKE ROSTER MOVES

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Grachev and Lafleur Assigned to Junior Teams

Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned forward Evgeny Grachev from the Wolf Pack to the Brampton Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League. Also, goaltender Antoine Lafleur has been returned to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Those moves leave the Wolf Pack with 44 players on the training camp roster:

Goal (4): Andrew Gallant, Martin Houle, Jeff Jakaitis, Matt Zaba
Defense (14): Julien Brouillette, Michael Busto, Vladimir Denisov, Tysen Dowzak, Ethan Graham, Maxim Kondratiev, Lyon Messier, Chris Murray, Jared Nightingale, Kyle Radke, David Rutherford, Bobby Sanguinetti, Michael Sauer, David Urquhart
Forwards (26): Artem Anisimov, Joe Barnes, Will Bodine, Dane Byers, Peter-James Corsi, Sergei Demagin,
Brodie Dupont, Matt Ford, Marty Guerin, Ryan Hillier, Andreas Jämtin, Hugh Jessiman, Michel Leveille, Greg Moore, Ben Nelson, Mike Ouellette, Jordan Owens, Guillaume Parenteau, P.A. Parenteau, Tom Pyatt, David Skokan, Justin Soryal, Mike Taylor, Peter Tsimikalis, Dale Weise, Tomas Zaborsky

The Wolf Pack begin their four-game preseason schedule tonight, with a 7:00 PM game vs. the Worcester Sharks at the Koeppel Community Sports Center, located on the campus of Trinity College in Hartford. The game will benefit the Ryan Gordon/Hartford Wolf Pack Community Scholars Fund, and donations will be accepted at the door in lieu of an admission charge. The fund was established in memory of young Wolf Pack fan Ryan Gordon, who passed away in 2006 and asked that a portion of the monies set aside for his college education be donated to the Wolf Pack Community Foundation. There will also be a special pregame ceremony tonight, honoring Ryan’s memory and the establishment of the fund. Directions to the Koeppel Community Sports Center can be found on-line at http://www.trincoll.edu/StudentLife/athletics/CSC/directions.htm.