HARTFORD WOLF PACK SEND BRENDAN BRISSON AND SCOTT MORROW TO NEW YORK RANGERS
F Juuso Pärssinen & Jaroslav Chmelař recalled to Rangers
BY: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack
HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club has assigned forward Brendan Brisson and defenseman Scott Morrow to the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack.
Additionally, the club has recalled forwards Juuso Pärssinen and Jaroslav Chmelař from Hartford.
Brisson, 24, has appeared in 46 games with the Wolf Pack this season, scoring 23 points (13 g, 10 a). He is second on the club in goals and leads the Wolf Pack in power play goals with six. Brisson was selected to represent the Wolf Pack at the 2026 AHL All-Star Classic in Rockford, IL. It was his first All-Star appearance.
He has also skated in three games with the Rangers, recording an assist.
Over parts of two seasons with the Wolf Pack, Brisson has recorded 29 points (15 g, 14 a) in 60 games. He was acquired from the Vegas Golden Knights on Mar. 6, 2025, along with a third round pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for forward Reilly Smith.
The native of Los Angeles, CA, has scored nine points (2 g, 7 a) in 27 career NHL games with the Rangers and Golden Knights. He was selected in the first round, 29th overall, by the Golden Knights in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.
Morrow, 23, has appeared in 14 games with the Wolf Pack this season, recording five points (1 g, 4 a). He has also skated in 29 games with the Rangers, notching six assists.
During the 2024-25 season, Morrow recorded 39 points (13 g, 26 a) in 52 games with the AHL’s Chicago Wolves. He also appeared in 14 games with the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, scoring six points (1 g, 5 a).
The native of Darien, CT, was selected by the Hurricanes in the second round, 40th overall, of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.
Pärssinen, 25, has scored six points (5 g, 1 a) in eleven games with the Wolf Pack this season. He recorded three points (2 g, 1 a) in the Wolf Pack’s back-to-back games at the Lehigh Valley Phantoms this past weekend.
In addition to his time in Hartford, Pärssinen has skated in 14 games with the Rangers this season, scoring three points (2 g, 1 a).
The native of Hämeenlinna, FIN, has skated in 151 career NHL games with the Rangers, Colorado Avalanche, and Nashville Predators. He’s scored 56 career points (22 g, 34 a).
Chmelař, 22, has appeared in 46 games with the Wolf Pack this season and recorded 25 points (8 g, 17 a). He currently sits fourth on the club in points and third in assists.
The native of Nove Mesto nad Metuji, CZE, has also skated in six games with the Rangers. He made his NHL debut on Nov. 7, 2025, against the Detroit Red Wings.
Over parts of three seasons with the Wolf Pack, Chmelař has skated in 124 games and recorded 56 points (22 g, 34 a).
He was selected in the fifth round, 144th overall, by the Rangers in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.
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WOLF PACK RECALL FORWARD ZAKARY KARPA FROM LOAN
BY: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack
HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers Associate General Manager and Hartford Wolf Pack General Manager Ryan Martin announced today that the club has recalled forward Zakary Karpa from loan to the ECHL’s Bloomington Bison
Karpa, 23, has appeared in 34 games with the Bison as a rookie this season. He has scored 17 points (7 g, 10 a). He’s also skated in six games with the Wolf Pack, notching one goal.
The native of Greenwich, CT, was selected in the sixth round, 191st overall, of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft by the Rangers. He inked an AHL contract with the Wolf Pack on May 8, 2025.
Prior to signing with the Wolf Pack, Karpa skated in 117 games with Harvard University, scoring 35 points (16 g, 19 a). He served as captain of the Crimson for two seasons (2023-24, 2024-25).
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JUSTIN DOWLING THE SHOOTOUT HERO IN WOLF PACK’S 5-4 TRIUMPH OVER PHANTOMS
BY: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack
ALLENTOWN, PA – The Hartford Wolf Pack trailed 2-0 and 4-2 on Saturday night in Allentown but never relented against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. The Pack battled back to force an eventual shootout, won in the 12th round by Justin Dowling. The Pack’s 5-4 victory was their third straight win.
The Phantoms struck twice in 46 seconds to jump out to a 2-0 lead by the 5:33 mark of the opening stanza.
Devin Kaplan opened the scoring 4:47 in. Kaplan drove down the left-wing side and cut to the net. His initial shot was denied by Spencer Martin, but the rebound went off a defender and beat Martin by the right pad to make it 1-0.
At 5:33, Lane Pederson made it 2-0. An Oliver Bonk shot was blocked by Connor Mackey, but the rebound popped into the slot right to Pederson. He fired a quick shot that beat Martin for his 17th goal of the season.
The Wolf Pack made a goaltending switch at that time, putting Dylan Garand in for Martin.
Garand made eleven saves on eleven shots the rest of the period, keeping the Phantoms at bay.
That allowed the Wolf Pack to get their footing. Once they did, the Wolf Pack were able to largely control the flow of play.
They got on the board at 10:13 when Mackey fired a shot into traffic. The shot eluded Carson Bjarnason for Mackey’s fourth goal of the season.
27 seconds later, Adam S?kora evened the affair. A puck dumped in by Brandon Scanlin evaded Bjarnason, who wandered behind the net to play the puck. S?kora pounced on the loose puck and buried his tenth goal of the season at 10:40 to make it 2-2.
The goal gave S?kora goals in three straight games.
Phil Tomasino restored the lead for the Phantoms just 2:05 into the middle frame. Tomasino took a pass from Max Guenette in the left-wing circle and blasted a drive that beat Garand for his ninth goal of the season.
Oscar Eklind then snuck a puck by the right pad of Garand at 11:35, beating him with a wraparound attempt.
Despite the two-goal hole, the Wolf Pack refused to backdown.
Juuso P?rssinen drew the club back within a goal at 17:48, scoring his third goal in four games. After some sustained pressure in the offensive zone, Travis Dermott fired a shot from the left-wing side that clipped P?rssinen in front. The redirection was enough to beat Bjarnason and make it a 4-3 game.
In the final minute of the period, the sides played four-on-four with Adam Ginning and Brett Berard in the penalty box. After a good look for the Phantoms, the puck popped out to center ice and was corralled by Trey Fix-Wolansky.
Fix-Wolansky entered in on the left-wing side on a two-on-one with Brennan Othmann. He fed Othmann in the right-wing circle, where he snapped home his seventh goal of the season at 19:40 to tie the game 4-4.
For the fourth time in five meetings, the sides went to overtime after neither side could find a goal in the final frame.
Berard had the best chance in the extra session, but the sides would go to a shootout for the second time in as many meetings.
In the shootout, Alex Bump put the Phantoms ahead in the second round. Othmann would counter in the third round, keeping the Wolf Pack alive.
Christian Kyrou and Dylan Roobroeck traded goals in the eighth round, keeping the skills competition going.
In the 12th round, Jacob Gaucher put a shot high and over the pad of Garand, setting up Dowling with the game on his stick. Dowling walked in and ripped a shot by Bjarnason to give the Wolf Pack the their third straight victory.
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WOLF PACK LOAN FORWARD ZAKARY KARPA TO ECHL’S BLOOMINGTON BISON
BY: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack
HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers Associate General Manager and Hartford Wolf Pack General Manager Ryan Martin announced today that the club has loaned forward Zakary Karpa to the ECHL’s Bloomington Bison.
Karpa, 23, has appeared in 33 games with the Bison as a rookie this season. He has scored 17 points (7 g, 10 a). He’s also skated in six games with the Wolf Pack, notching one goal.
The native of Greenwich, CT, was selected in the sixth round, 191st overall, of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft by the Rangers. He inked an AHL contract with the Wolf Pack on May 8, 2025.
Prior to signing with the Wolf Pack, Karpa skated in 117 games with Harvard University, scoring 35 points (16 g, 19 a). He served as captain of the Crimson for two seasons (2023-24, 2024-25).
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NEW YORK RANGERS ASSIGN F BRENNAN OTHMANN TO HARTFORD WOLF PACK
BY: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack
HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club has assigned forward Brennan Othmann to the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack.
Othmann, 23, has recorded 14 points (6 g, 8 a) in 23 games with the Wolf Pack this season. He has also skated in 17 games with the Rangers, recording one goal.
He has appeared in 42 career NHL games with the Rangers, notching three points (1 g, 2 a).
Over the course of three seasons with the Wolf Pack, Othmann has appeared in 117 games, scoring 83 points (39 g, 44 a).
The native of Pickering, ON, was selected in the first round, 16th overall, by the New York Rangers in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.
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HARTFORD WOLF PACK LOAN FORWARD SULLIVAN MACK TO ECHL’S BLOOMINGTON BISON
BY: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack
HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers Associate General Manager and Hartford Wolf Pack General Manager Ryan Martin announced today that the club has loaned forward Sullivan Mack to the ECHL’s Bloomington Bison
Mack, 25, has scored 25 points (11 g, 14 a) in 36 games this season as a rookie with the Bison. The native of Anchorage, AK, has also appeared in one game with the Wolf Pack this season.
Prior to signing with the Wolf Pack, Mack appeared in 106 games over four seasons with Cornell University. As a member of the Big Red, Mack recorded 53 points (23 g, 30 a).
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NEW YORK RANGERS ASSIGN F BRETT BERARD TO HARTFORD WOLF PACK
BY: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack
HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club has assigned forward Brett Berard to the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack.
Berard, 23, has scored 18 points (6 g, 12 a) in 34 games with the Wolf Pack this season. He has also appeared in 13 games with the Rangers.
The native of Providence, RI, has skated in 138 career games with the Wolf Pack over parts of four seasons, recording 89 points (40 g, 49 a). He’s dressed in 48 NHL games with the Rangers, recording ten points (6 g, 4 a), over parts of two campaigns.
Berard was selected in the fifth round, 134th overall, of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft by the Rangers.
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THE HART BEAT – VOLUME 1, ISSUE 18
BY: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack
HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack played their second three-in-three set of the season this past weekend. The result was four of a possible six points, and a jolt into the playoff race.
Now, the Wolf Pack head to Allentown, PA, for a weekend back-to-back set with hopes of jumping further up the standings.
The Week That Was:
Friday, Feb. 20, 2026 – Vs. Utica Comets (1-2 L): The Wolf Pack had to settle for the split in their season series with the Comets, as Utica claimed a 2-1 victory at PeoplesBank Arena on Friday night.
Throughout 50 minutes, the game was a defensive battle. Neither side was able to create much traction in the offensive zone until the Comets created chaos in the Wolf Pack end. Ethan Edwards stepped into a drive from the right-wing side that beat a screened Dylan Garand at 10:05, giving the Comets the lead.
Marc McLaughlin then made it 2-0 at 12:30, striking four-on-four. The goal came when McLaughlin led a two-on-one into the offensive zone and elected to shoot from the left-wing circle. He beat Garand by the blocker.
Juuso Pärssinen got the Wolf Pack on the board at 17:26 of the third period, batting a rebound by Nico Daws, but that was as close as the Wolf Pack were able to draw it.
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026 – Vs. Belleville Senators (4-0 W): For the first time in ten games, the Wolf Pack broke the ice on Saturday night. Brandon Scanlin made a strong defensive play in his own zone, rushed up the ice, and entered into the offensive zone on a three-on-one.
The defenseman elected to shoot from the right-wing side, beating Mads Søgaard at 6:08 to give the club a lead they never lost. Anton Blidh extended the lead to 2-0 at 13:46, taking a pass from Jaroslav Chmelař while driving the net and beating Søgaard with a quick forehand bid.
Adam Sýkora made it 3-0 8:20 into the third period, tipping a Justin Dowling shot home for his eighth goal of the season. Pärssinen then batted a rebound home for his second goal in as many nights at 10:35, ballooning the lead to 4-0.
Spencer Martin made 20 saves, collecting his first shutout as a member of the Wolf Pack.
This marked the first time since Jan. 20 at Hershey that the Wolf Pack scored four or more goals in a game.
Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026 – at Providence Bruins (5-2 W): The Wolf Pack earned back-to-back wins for the first time since Jan. 14 and Jan. 16 with a convincing 5-2 victory over the top team in the Eastern Conference on Sunday afternoon.
Trey Fix-Wolansky opened the scoring 4:03 in. He was sprung in on a partial break but was denied by Michael DiPietro. Fix-Wolansky followed the rebound and stuffed home his 17th goal of the season to give the Pack a lead they never lost.
Dylan Roobroeck made it 2-0 at 11:35, batting home a loose puck off a net-mouth scramble for his ninth goal of the season. 2:01 later, at 13:36, a Scanlin shot from the point snuck through traffic and gave the Pack a 3-0 lead.
Sýkora made it 4-0 1:37 into the second period, following up a rebound and beating DiPietro for his ninth goal of the season. Patrick Brown got the Bruins on the board at 3:32, taking a centering pass from Riley Duran and beating Garand for his 15th goal of the season.
Victor Söderström got the Bruins within two at 3:58 of the third period thanks to a shot from the right-wing point, but Garand would slam the door shut from there. Fix-Wolansky blasted home a power play strike at 15:10 for his second goal of the game to officially put the Wolf Pack out of reach.
The victory snapped a five-game losing skid (0-4-1-0) for the Wolf Pack in Providence.
The Week Ahead:
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026 – at Lehigh Valley Phantoms (7:05 p.m.)
Sunday, Mar. 1, 2026 – at Lehigh Valley Phantoms (3:05 p.m.): The Wolf Pack and Phantoms will conclude their six-game season series this weekend in Allentown. These will be the second and third meetings at the PPL Center between the foes.
The Phantoms have claimed all four prior meetings this season. Only one of those games has concluded in regulation time, however. The Wolf Pack have collected three points despite dropping all four games, going 0-1-2-1.
The Phantoms won back-to-back 4-3 overtime games in Hartford on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, then claimed a come-from-behind 3-2 decision on Nov. 22.
In the most recent meeting, on Dec. 20 in Allentown, the Phantoms snuck away with a 2-1 shootout decision. Lane Pederson scored the only goal in the victory in regulation time for the Phantoms, while Daniel Walcott had Hartford’s strike.
Cooper Marody recorded the winning goal in the fourth round of the shootout.
Where To Watch & Listen:
You can watch both Wolf Pack games this weekend on AHLTV on FloHockey here!
Alex Thomas will have the call of the action on both days. ‘Wolf Pack Pregame’ starts 15 minutes prior to puck drop each day.
All three games can also be heard on Mixlr.
Quick Hits:
- F Dylan Roobroeck recorded his first three-point game of the season on Sunday in Providence. He collected a goal and two assists.
- Sýkora, Roobroeck, and Fix-Wolansky were all +4 in the victory over the Bruins. That tied a single-game high for +/- for a Wolf Pack player this season. It is one off the franchise record of +5, which has been done eight times.
- Fix-Wolansky’s two goal outing on Sunday was his third multi-goal game of the season. He recorded a hat-trick on Jan. 20 at Hershey and scored twice on Nov. 28 at Cleveland.
- The Wolf Pack’s 4-0 victory over the Senators on Saturday night was tied for their largest margin of victory in a game this season.
- It also marked the club’s second shutout of the season. The Wolf Pack blanked the Springfield Thunderbirds 3-0 on Oct. 22 at PeoplesBank Arena.
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