BYERS WITH THE GAME WINNER – FOR SPRINGFIELD!
VERSUS In a game that had playoff intensity, the Hartford Wolf Pack bid adieu to their fans at the XL Center Saturday night but came up short in a 4-3 shootout loss. Dane Byers had a big game and clinched it for – Springfield. Byers, the Wolf Pack’s…
THE WOLF AND THE HAWK
By Bruce Berlet One is “Mr. Wolf Pack.” The other is “Hawk” – thought whether it’s for his ample nose or being a fan of the reigning Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks is open to debate. But there’s no debating the influence that Ken Gernander and…
DANE BYERS TRADED
The New York Rangers have traded Wolf Pack captain Dane Byers to the Columbus Blue Jackets for forward Chad Kolarik. Kolarik appears to be a career AHL players having bounced between Springfield, Syracuse and the San Antonio Rampage. This is CLEARLY a…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Coaching hockey at one of the world’s finest institutions of higher learning (and discipline) has been in the Riley family tree for 60 years. Memories abound since Jack Riley began a 36-year run on the banks of the Hudson River in New…
NO SURPRISE TO HOWLINGS READERS
As we had surmised over the past few days, with the return of Evgeny Grachev there was just going to be no room for Brandon Wong on the current Wolf Pack roster. That sentiment became official Tuesday morning when the Wolf Pack sent the former Quinnipiac…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet John Paddock, who guided the Wolf Pack to their only Calder Cup in 2000, got an unexpected request Monday night to become the new interim coach of the Adirondack Phantoms, the top affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers. Paddock, the Flyers…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Wolf Pack coach Ken Gernander has never been averse to shuffling lines to try to shake up his troops, but he has changed them more this year than his socks. And that’s something considering the Wolf Pack usually don’t play more than four…
GRACHEV BACK IN HARTFORD
New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that forward Evgeny Grachev has been assigned to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL). Grachev, 20, skated in six consecutive games following his recall on…
POGGE BACKSTOPS CHECKERS TO 3-1 VICTORY
VERSUS POGGE BACKSTOPS CHECKERS TO 3-1 VICTORY Charlotte undefeated in regulation in last six games Justin Pogge made 41 saves and the Charlotte Checkers put together a full team effort as they downed the Norfolk Admirals, 3-1, in the second game of a…
DOV GRUMET-MORRIS BACK TO GREENVILLE
WOLF PACK RELEASE DOV GRUMET-MORRIS FROM PTO * * * * Goaltender Returns to ECHL Greenville Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team has released goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris from his…