After the first exhibition game, The Wolf Pack have decided that it’s time to “thin the heard” a bit. The team has decided to send two players, forward Ben Nelson and defenseman Kyle Radke, to the ECHL. Both will report to the Idaho Steelheads.
Here is the release:
WOLF PACK REDUCE ROSTER BY TWO
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Nelson and Radke Head to ECHL Idaho
Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team has released forward Ben Nelson and defenseman Kyle Radke from its training camp roster. The two players will join the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL.
Those moves leave the Wolf Pack with 42 players on the training camp roster:
Goal (4): Andrew Gallant, Martin Houle, Jeff Jakaitis, Matt Zaba
Defense (13): Julien Brouillette, Michael Busto, Vladimir Denisov, Tysen Dowzak, Ethan Graham, Maxim Kondratiev, Lyon Messier, Chris Murray, Jared Nightingale, David Rutherford, Bobby Sanguinetti, Michael Sauer, David Urquhart
Forwards (25): 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, 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 continue their preseason schedule tomorrow night, Friday, October 3rd, as they take on the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at the Northford Ice Pavilion in Northford, CT in a 7:00 game.
The second of the Pack’s two home preseason contests takes place this Sunday, October 5th at Champions Skating Center, located at 6 Progress Drive in Cromwell, CT. Faceoff for that game is 4:30 PM, and admission is $5. Proceeds benefit Connecticut Clippers Youth Hockey.
The Wolf Pack drop the puck on their 2008-09 regular season Saturday, October 11th, with a home game at the XL Center vs. the Springfield Falcons. That game is “Everyone’s a Kid Night”, meaning that all fans, regardless of age, can purchase tickets at the kids’ price of $10 each.
