HARTFORD WOLF PACK GET PLAYERS BACK FROM NEW YORK
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack
HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced this morning that the club has assigned defenseman Connor Mackey and goaltenders Louis Domingue and Dylan Garand to the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack.
Mackey, 27, has scored two points (1 g, 1 a) in seven games with the Wolf Pack this season. The native of Tower Lake, IL, leads the club in +/- with an +8 rating. He tied the franchise record for single-game +/- when he recorded a +5 in the club’s 5-0 victory over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on October 20th.
The 6’2” defenseman has appeared in 87 career AHL contests with the Wolf Pack and Stockton Heat, scoring 54 points (9 g, 45 a).
Domingue, 31, is 3-1-0 in four appearances with the Wolf Pack this season. He has a .934 save percentage and a 1.75 goals-against average to go with one shutout on the campaign. The native of St-Hyacinthe, QC, recorded 35 saves in his shutout victory on October 20th against the Penguins.
In 174 career AHL games with the Wolf Pack, Penguins, Heat, Syracuse Crunch, Binghamton Devils, Springfield Falcons, and Portland Pirates, Domingue is 81-62-18-10 with a .909 save percentage, 2.72 goals-against average, and ten shutouts.
Domingue made 26 saves in the Rangers’ 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. He was named the second star in his Rangers debut.
Garand, 21, is 3-1-1 with a .914 save percentage and a 2.63 goals-against average with the Wolf Pack during the 2023-24 season. The native of Victoria, BC, posted a 13-14-3 record with a .894 save percentage and 3.01 goals-against average as a rookie in 2022-23 while also going 5-3 during the Calder Cup Playoffs with a .935 save percentage and two shutouts.
He was selected in the fourth round, 103rd overall, in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft by the Rangers.
The Wolf Pack conclude their five-game road trip tonight when they face the Bridgeport Islanders. The puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m., with coverage on AHLTV and Mixlr beginning at 6:45 p.m.
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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 is the top player-development affiliate of the NHL’s New York Rangers and plays 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.
