MOVING DAY
We’ll have our recap of the Wolf Pack Hamilton game up for you Howlers shortly. In the meantime, lots of transactions going on in Ranger-land. Last night the Rangers sent Bobby Sanguinetti and Ilkka Heikkinen back to Hartford and they just announced the…
THE NEW MATH: 17+84+34 = 6-1
VERSUS P.A. Parenteau returned to the Hartford lineup which had struggled to score goals, having not tallied more than two goals as a team since November 27th, and immediately injected some vitality as the Pack dominated all over the ice and…
WOLF PACK WEEKLY: December 14 – 20, 2009
The Wolf Pack (14-12-1-3, 32 pts.) banked three of a possible six points in three home games this past week. A season-high Pack winless streak stretched to six games (0-4-1-1) Friday, when the Wolf Pack lost 5-2 to the Portland Pirates, but the club…
SHOT OUT IN SHOOT OUT
VERSUS After expending so much emotion and energy in a very spirited and gutsy game against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers less than 24 hours before, you had to figure that the Hartford Wolf Pack might have at least a little bit of a let down…
END OF WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN ERA
VERSUS The Hartford Wolf Pack ended their six game losing streak, the team’s longest since the 2000-2001 season, with a 2-1 gutsy victory in overtime over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Saturday night at the XL Center. The 5,752 in attendance on…
SURPRISE !!! MATT GILROY TO HARTFORD
Andrew Gross is reporting in his Rangers Rants blog that Hobey Baker winner Matt Gilroy is being sent by the Rangers to Hartford effective immediately. Illka Heikkinen will remain and play with the Rangers. Gilroy, 25 will help the Wolf Pack immediately.…
LOTS OF MOVEMENT
You had to expect some moves were going to be made after the Pack have been on such a difficult run these past few games. The move they’ve made first is to recall Andrew Carroll from the ECHL Charlotte Checkers. Derek Wilkinson, GM and head coach of the…
WOLF PACK WEEKLY: December 7-13, 2009
The road treated the Wolf Pack rudely this past week, as the Pack tasted defeat in three straight road contests. The Manchester Monarchs handed Hartford a 7-1 loss in Manchester on Friday, before the Wolf Pack lost a 4-1 decision at…
SURPRISE
Here’s one of those expected, yet unexpected surprises. You knew that Wade Redden was questionable. The obvious choice to fill that need was Bobby Sanguinetti. If you’re a regular Howlings reader then you know that we were just writing about the fact…
THOMAS WOLFE PROVEN RIGHT
In 1940, Thomas Wolfe wrote a famous novel that people to this day use as a popular expression. The phrase is, “You can’t go home again.” In the year 2009, former Wolf Pack goaltender Steven Valiquette will put that theory to the test. The now former…