Matt Zaba Returns to Wolf Pack
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 12:03 PM
Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Jim
Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have
reassigned goaltender Matt Zaba to the Wolf Pack from the Idaho
Steelheads of the ECHL.
Zaba, a rookie signed by the Rangers as a free agent August 20, 2007 out
of Colorado College, has yet to play a game in a Wolf Pack uniform, but
dressed as the Pack's backup for eight AHL contests this season. In
nine ECHL games with the Charlotte Checkers, Zaba compiled a record of
3-4-0, with a 3.63 goals-against average and an .891 save percentage.
Reassigned by the Rangers from Charlotte to Idaho January 11th, the
24-year-old Yorkton, Saskatchewan native was 12-4-1 in 19 regular-season
appearances with the Steelheads, with a GAA of 2.19 and a save
percentage .927, along with three shutouts. Zaba went 0-2 in two
playoff appearances for Idaho, with six goals-against on 50 shots (2.78
GAA, .880 save percentage).
The Wolf Pack start their 11th straight trip to the Calder Cup playoffs
tonight at the XL Center, with Game One of their best-of-seven
Atlantic-Division Semifinal series against Kevin Dineen and the Portland
Pirates. Faceoff is 7:00, and Game Two of the series is tomorrow night,
Thursday, April 17th, also at the XL Center and also facing off at 7:00.
Tickets for those first two home playoff games are on sale at the XL
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.
