HARTFORD WOLF PACK SET TO HONOR MARCUS ROGERS
HARTFORD WOLF PACK TO HONOR HOUSATONIC HOCKEY PLAYER MARCUS ROGERS ON FRIDAY NIGHT
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack
HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack organization will honor the memory of Housatonic hockey player Marcus Rogers this Friday night when the club hosts the Bridgeport Islanders at the XL Center.
Rogers, 16, and his grandfather, William O’Leary, tragically lost their lives on January 31st while on their way to hockey practice. Rogers, a student at Wolcott Tech, played for the Housatonic co-op team.
The Harford Wolf Pack Community Foundation will donate proceeds from Friday night’s 50/50 raffle, Chuck-A-Puck, and a jersey auction to the ‘Marcus Rogers Memorial Foundation.’ In addition, Marcus’ #20 jersey will hang on the Wolf Pack bench during pregame warmups ahead of the tilt against the Islanders.
Marcus’ teammates with the Housatonic co-op will get the opportunity to visit with the Wolf Pack before Friday night’s game and help Head Coach Kris Knoblauch present the starting lineup in the Wolf Pack locker room.
Tina Rogers, Marcus’ mother, will also be in attendance on Friday night and will drop the ceremonial puck drop before the start of the game.
During the first intermission, the Housatonic co-op team will make their way to the Wolf Pack bench, where a special tribute video in memory of Marcus will be played on the jumbotron.
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ABOUT THE HARTFORD WOLF PACK: The Hartford Wolf Pack has been a premier franchise in the American Hockey League since the team’s inception in 1997. The Wolf Pack are the top player-development affiliate of the NHL’s New York Rangers and play at the XL Center. The Wolf Pack has been home to some of the Rangers’ newest faces, including Igor Shesterkin, Filip Chytil, and Ryan Lindgren. Follow the Wolf Pack on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.
