HEAD COACH - KEN GERNANDER After two seasons as an assistant coach, Ken Gernander, the man whose hard work and leadership as a player defined the Wolf Pack’s identity throughout their first eight seasons of existence, was named the fifth head coach in Pack history on July 23, 2007. Throughout much of his playing career, Gernander was as close as one could get to being a coach on the ice, as he was the only captain the Wolf Pack ever had through their first eight years and wore the “C” for the parent New York Rangers’ top development team for ten straight years. Gernander spent 11 of his 14 seasons in the Ranger organization, a record of consistent association with a single franchise that is almost unheard of in today’s sports world, let alone in minor pro sports. That association continued uninterrupted with the move of Gernander from locker room to coach’s office. Gernander retired as the top-scoring American-born player in AHL history, with totals of 293-331-624 in 973 games. He also suited up for a league-record 123 postseason contests. In 599 games with the Wolf Pack, Gernander registered 347 points (a franchise record at the time of his retirement, since surpassed by Brad Smyth), with 160 goals and 187 assists, and led the Pack to a Calder Cup championship in 1999-00. He twice captured the AHL’s Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award for sportsmanship, determination and dedication to hockey (1995-96 with the Binghamton Rangers and 2003-04 with the Wolf Pack) and was named the Pack’s 2003-04 American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year. During his 11 years with the Ranger organization, Gernander appeared in 12 regular-season NHL games (2-3-5) and 15 postseason matches. He originally signed as a free agent with the Rangers July 4, 1994. Gernander, 38, spent the first three seasons of his pro career in the Winnipeg Jets organization, which drafted him out of high school in 1987 (fifth round, 96th overall). He went to the Calder Cup Finals with the Moncton Hawks in 1993-94. Prior to turning pro, Gernander played four seasons at the University of Minnesota. Gernander and his wife, Kerby, reside in New Britain with daughters McKenna and Miranda and son Micah.

ASST COACH - J.J. DAIGNEAULT This 2007-08 Wolf Pack season is the second for former Stanley Cup champion and long-time NHL stalwart Jean-Jacques "J.J." Daigneault as a Wolf Pack assistant coach. Daigneault, 42, joined the Pack staff from the Phoenix Roadrunners of the ECHL, with whom he spent the 2005-06 season as Assistant Coach and Director of Player Development. Daigneault played 899 NHL games during his career, and along with Michel Petit, holds the distinction of having played for the second-most NHL teams of any individual in league history. Only Mike Sillinger, who has suited up for 12 different teams, has eclipsed Daigneault's total of 10 different uniforms (Vancouver, Philadelphia, Montreal, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Anaheim, NY Islanders, Nashville, Phoenix and Minnesota). The Montreal native amassed 53 goals and 197 assists for 250 points, along with 687 penalty minutes, during his NHL tenure, which ended with one game with Minnesota in 2000-01. The highlight of his NHL career was the 1992-93 season, when he won a Stanley Cup with his hometown Montreal Canadiens. Originally the 10th overall pick in the 1984 NHL Draft by Vancouver, Daigneault also logged 122 career games in the AHL, skating for Hershey, Sherbrooke and Worcester. He concluded his 18-year pro playing career in 2001-02, as a player/coach with EHC Biel/Bienne of Switzerland's Nationalliga B. Prior to turning pro, he helped represent Canada at the 1984 Olympics and was a teammate of Mario Lemieux' with the QMJHL's Laval Voisins in 1981-82. Daigneault and his wife, Janie, live in West Hartford with their three daughters, Gabrielle, Valerie and Juliette.

ASST COACH - PAT BOLLER Pat Boller enters his first season behind the Wolf Pack bench as an assistant coach, the newest addition to Hartford's coaching staff. In his new role, Boller will serve the team as a bench coach and video analyst. Additionally, he will assist General Manager, Jim Schoenfeld, with all the team's administrative duties. Boller, 34, joins Hartford after serving nine years in the Rangers organization as a Coaches Assistant and Director of Operations, Madison Square Garden Training Center. In this capacity, he worked closely with Video Analyst Jerry Dineen to prepare video, as well as assisting with pre-scouting and tracking statistics. Additionally, Boller helped coordinate team travel and scheduling. Boller was also instrumental in organizing and assisting with summer prospect and development camps, working closely with Rangers' prospects on and off the ice. The summer months also involved setting up player rehab and off-season programs in preparation for the coming season. A former college hockey player and assistant captain at SUNY Potsdam, Boller was a member of the coaching staff at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. During his tenure, Manhattanville won the ECAC Championship three-straight seasons (2005, 2006 and 2007). He also helped lead Manhattanville to an appearance in the Division III Final Eight in 2005 and 2006, and a Final Four appearance in 2007. The Queens, New York native made it to the international stage in 2006 as an Assistant Coach for USA Hockey at the World Championships in Vancouver, British Columbia, serving under Head Coach Walt Kyle. He also went on to coach at the USA Select 15 Festival in 2006 and 2007. Boller and his wife, Claudia, reside in Danbury, Connecticut with their son, Kyle.

Hockey Club Personnel

Athletic Trainer	Damien Hess
Equipment Manager	Jason Levy
Asst Equipment Manager	Ray Lilley