Wolf Pack Trim Roster by Three

Kozak, Constant and Barthel Headed to ECHL Charlotte

Monday, October 1, 2007 - 4:35 PM

Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned forward Rick Kozak to the Wolf Pack’s ECHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers. Also, the Wolf Pack have assigned defensemen Ryan Constant and Clayton Barthel to Charlotte.

Those moves leave the Wolf Pack club with 26 players on its roster:

Goal (4): Chris Holt, Al Montoya, Miika Wiikman, Matt Zaba

Defense (6): Ivan Baranka, Darius Kasparaitis, Dave Liffiton, Corey Potter, Michael Sauer, Jake Taylor

Forwards (16): Artem Anisimov, Joe Barnes, Alex Bourret, Dane Byers, Nigel Dawes Brodie Dupont, Mitch Fritz, Bruce Graham, Hugh Jessiman, Lauri Korpikoski, Mark Lee, Francis Lessard, Greg Moore, Mike Ouellette, Jordan Owens, Tommy Pyatt

The Wolf Pack open their 2007-08 American Hockey League season Saturday, October 6th at the Hartford Civic Center, with a GEICO Connecticut Cup battle vs. the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (7:00 faceoff). That is "Everyone's a Kid Night", with all fans being able to purchase seats for opening night at the kids' price of $10 each.

Single-game tickets for all home games of the Hartford Wolf Pack's 2007-08 American Hockey League season are on sale now, at the Hartford Civic Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations, including Macy's at the Buckland Hills Mall and at the Westfarms Mall. Tickets may also be charged by phone at (860) 525-4500, (203) 744-8100, (203) 624-0033 or (413) 733-2500, and on-line at www.hartfordwolfpack.com.

Wolf Pack season tickets are also on sale now. For information on all of the Wolf Pack's ticketing options, including full-season, five, 10 and 20-game packages, coupon books and group discounts, contact the Wolf Pack Ticket Office at (860) 548-2000.



The AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack is newly operated by Northland AEG LLC, a joint partnership between Northland Investment Corporation and AEG Facilities. The team is owned by Madison Square Garden LP.