The Hartford Wolf Pack continue to add names to the roster. Given the players that are no longer in the system and the need to find players who will be able to put pucks in the net, the team went out and signed Brandon Wong from Quinnipiac University who was a Division I scorer. Read the official release below for more. Having never seen Wong play or know anything about him other than what’s written below, the only concern seems to be size. The Rangers organization on the whole don’t seem to have either an interest or the ability to bring in the bigger, taller, players into the system. The trend for the crew seems to be to get smaller and hopefully quicker players.
Training camp in Hartford this year is going to be fascinating and intense as there seem to be an above average number or jobs up for grabs.
WOLF PACK SIGN FORWARD BRANDON WONG
* * * *Was Four-year Star at Quinnipiac University
Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the Wolf Pack has signed forward Brandon Wong, who is coming off of an outstanding four-year career at Quinnipiac University, to an American Hockey League contract.
Wong, a 5-10, 185-pound native of Victoria, B.C., led the 2009-10 Quinnipiac squad in points and goals, and finished second on the team in assists, with totals of 19 goals and 22 assists for 41 points in 40 games. His point total of 41 was good for a tie for fifth in the ECAC. Following the completion of his college career, Wong, 23, joined the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins on an Amateur Tryout (ATO) agreement and registered one assist and four shots on goal in three games.
Wong left Quinnipiac having amassed the second-most goals (68) and fifth-most points (143) in the school’s Division I history, in a total of 147 career games-played. That included a freshman year in 2006-07 in which Wong set a school single-season Division I freshman goals record, with 27 in 40 games. That total led the ECAC by a margin of eight goals, and Wong’s freshman-year point total of 44 was good for a tie for the league lead in that category, earning him ECAC co-Rookie of the Year honors.
Here’s a video feature done at Quinnipiac on Wong.
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saw him at QUINNIPIAC. Good place to watch Hockey. Actually better than MSG. This guy is good as a transition player(from defense to offense) and always came out on the penalty kill to shut down the other teams power play. Glad he is no longer playing against my alma mater.