WIIKMAN RETURNS

Matt Zaba sustained a concussion on a hit to the head at the end of the first period by Liam Reddox in the Saturday night home opener necessitating the return of Miika Wiikman.

Here’s the Release:

GOALTENDER MIIKA WIIKMAN REASSIGNED TO WOLF PACK FROM CHARLOTTE

Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned goaltender Miika Wiikman to the Wolf Pack from the team’s ECHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers.

Since being assigned to Charlotte Monday, Wiikman had appeared in one Checker preseason game, playing the first two periods of a contest vs. South Carolina last night and getting the win in a 3-2 triumph, with two goals-against on 12 shots.

Last season, Wiikman saw action in 43 AHL games for the Pack, going 21-18-4 with a 2.70 goals-against average, a 90.4% save percentage and two shutouts.  In 77 career outings in a Wolf Pack uniform over two seasons, the Mariestad, Sweden native is 42-26-7, with a 2.53 GAA, a 91.1% save percentage and four shutouts.

The Wolf Pack are back in action this afternoon in Providence, visiting the Bruins for a 4:05 game (WTIC HD-2, www.hartfordwolfpack.com, www.wtic.com).  The Pack’s next home game is Saturday, October 24 vs. the Lowell Devils, with faceoff at 7:00.

Single-game tickets for 2009-10 Hartford Wolf Pack regular season home games are on sale now at the XL Center box office, through Ticketmaster Charge-by-Phone at 1-800-745-3000 and on-line at www.hartfordwolfpack.com.

The Wolf Pack is offering “Knockout Season Ticket Prices” for 2009-10, with across-the-board price reductions of 8-13% depending on the seat location, as well as terrific discounts for groups of 15 or more.  For more information, visit www.hartfordwolfpack.com, or call the Wolf Pack ticket office at (860) 548-2000 to talk with an account executive today about all of the Wolf Pack’s many ticket options.

The AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack is operated by Northland AEG LLC, a joint partnership between Northland Investment Corporation and AEG Facilities.  The team is the top player-development affiliate of the NHL’s New York Rangers.

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