BY: Yasmeen Badich, Hartford Wolf Pack
Hartford, CT (March 7, 2021) – The New York Rangers Assistant General Manager and Hartford Wolf Pack General Manager Chris Drury announced today the club has agreed to terms with forward James Sanchez, who signed an AHL contract with the Wolf Pack on Saturday.
Sanchez, 23, has registered five goals and 11 assists for 16 points, along with eight penalty minutes with Arizona State University of the NCAA so far this season. Sanchez totaled ten goals in the 2019-20 season, 30 assists, for 40 total points and 24 penalty minutes.
In 2016-17 and 2017-18, the 6-2, 200-pounder skated at the University of Michigan of the NCAA, where he totaled nine goals, 12 assists, 21 points, and 26 penalty minutes. Before moving on to Arizona, in the 2018-19 season, Sanchez joined the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the USHL, where he established career-highs, registering 16 goals, 24 assists, 40 points, and 42 penalty minutes.
Sanchez joins the Hartford Wolf Pack as they embark on three consecutive road games with two contests facing the Providence Bruins on March 8 and March 12 and a contest on March 18 verse the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The Wolf Pack are back at home in Hartford on Saturday, March 20.
