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Wolf Pack Weekly, January 5-11

Jan 5, 2015

The Wolf Pack (18-12-2-2, 40 pts.) welcomed in the New Year with three games this past week, two at home.  After finishing calendar year 2014 with a 3-1 loss New Year’s Eve at Portland, the Wolf Pack split a pair of home contests against the St. John’s IceCaps.  The Pack recovered from a 2-0 deficit Friday night for a 4-2 victory, with Tommy Hughes scoring his first goal of the season, his first career pro shorthanded goal, and Conor Allen bagging the game-winner, but the IceCaps broke back with a 7-3 decision in Saturday’s rematch. 

 

For the latest AHL standings, click here.

 

This week:  The Wolf Pack play their first three-game weekend in over a month this week, including a pair of home games.  On Friday night the Pack host Northeast Division foe Syracuse the XL Center at 7:00, and then make their first visit of the season to Springfield on Saturday evening at 7:00.  Sunday finds the Wolf Pack back at home, for a 3:00 meeting with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

Friday, January 9 vs. the Syracuse Crunch at the XL Center, 7:00 PM

  • This is “Sci-Fi Night” at the XL Center.  Fans can hang out with some of their favorite characters from a galaxy far, far away.
  • At this and all Friday-night Wolf Pack home games, fans can enjoy $1 hot dogs and $2 beers at the XL Center, through the start of the second period.
  • Also at Friday-night home games this year, “Hawk’s Nest” is featured in the XL Center’s Comcast Coliseum Club, with Bob “Hawk” Crawford, the play-by-play voice of the Wolf Pack, conducting a Wolf Pack-themed interview from 6:00-6:20 PM.  Questions and comments will be welcomed from the patrons enjoying the Comcast Coliseum Club’s wide array of dining and beverage options.  The Comcast Coliseum Club restaurant and bar area is open two hours prior to every Wolf Pack home game, to everyone holding a ticket to the game.
  • The Crunch enter the week at 22-9-4-0 for 48 points and in second place in the Northeast Division, two points behind Springfield and eight points up on the third-place Wolf Pack.
  • The Wolf Pack are 1-3-0-0 thus far on the year against Syracuse, having lost the last three meetings after winning the first.  The Pack have lost both of their previous home games against the Crunch, 5-4 on November 19 and 2-0 on December 19.
  • Former Connecticut Whale Jonathan Marchessault (9-22-31 in 34 GP) has taken over the Syracuse team scoring lead, and is tied for seventh in the AHL, after posting at least a point in seven of the Crunch’s last eight games (1-8-9).
  • For this and all Wolf Pack home games, tickets start as low as $12 for youth 12 years old or younger and are available at the XL Center ticket office, on-line at www.hartfordwolfpack.com and by phone at (877) 522-8499.
  • Broadcast – live with Bob Crawford and Mark Bailey on Fox Sports Radio 1410, on-line at www.foxsportsradio1410.com and on iHeartRadio.  Video streaming at www.ahllive.com.

Saturday, January 10 at the Springfield Falcons (MassMutual Center), 7:00 PM

  • This is the Wolf Pack’s first of five visits on the year to Springfield, and the third overall meeting between the Pack and Falcons.  A pair of home games against Springfield has yielded a pair of shootout losses for the Wolf Pack, 1-0 on December 6 and 2-1 on December 26.
  • At 24-10-2-0 for 50 points, the Falcons trail only Manchester (51 points) in the Eastern Conference, and Springfield is 18-3-1-0 in its last 22 games.
  • Goaltender Anton Forsberg has allowed a total of only one goal on 59 shots in the Falcons’ two shootout wins over the Wolf Pack this year.
  • Broadcast – live with Bob Crawford on Fox Sports Radio 1410 (joined in progress after CCSU basketball), on-line at www.foxsportsradio1410.com and on iHeartRadio.  Video streaming at www.ahllive.com.

Sunday, January 11 vs. the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at the XL Center, 3:00 PM

  • The Wolf Pack’s “Click It or Ticket Family Value Pack” is again featured on Sundays this year, and has been expanded to Wednesday and Thursday home games as well.  The Family Value Pack features two tickets, two sodas and two hot dogs, all for only $35.
  • This is the sixth meeting of the season between the Wolf Pack and their in-state rivals the Sound Tigers, and the Wolf Pack have won the last three after dropping the first pair.  In home action against Bridgeport, the Wolf Pack is 1-1-0-0, with a 6-1 loss November 14 and a 2-1 overtime victory November 22.
  • The Sound Tigers are currently four points behind the Wolf Pack and in fifth place in the Northeast Division, with a record of 16-14-3-1 for 36 points.  Bridgeport stopped a three-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over Albany Sunday at home in their last action.
  • Veterans Harry Zolnierczyk and Wethersfield, CT native Colin McDonald are tied for the Sound Tiger team point and goal-scoring lead, with identical totals of 12-17-29.
  • For this and all Wolf Pack home games, tickets start as low as $12 for youth 12 years old or younger and are available at the XL Center ticket office, on-line at www.hartfordwolfpack.com and by phone at (877) 522-8499. 
  • Broadcast – live with Bob Crawford and Mark Bailey on Fox Sports Radio 1410, on-line at www.foxsportsradio1410.com and on iHeartRadio.  Video streaming at www.ahllive.com.

 

Wolf Pack Community Appearances:  The Wolf Pack have the following appearances scheduled this week.  For further information on these, or any other Wolf Pack community initiatives, contact Wolf Pack community relations manager Frank Berrian, at (860) 541-4728:

  • Saturday, January 10, 6:00 PM, Hooker Brewery, 16 Tobey Rd., Bloomfield, CT

Sonar, the Wolf Pack’s beloved mascot, visits a West Hartford Youth Hockey fund-raising event.

 

Recent Transactions:

Yann Danis – signed to a Professional Tryout (PTO) agreement by the Wolf Pack January 1.

Dallas Jackson – released from a Professional Tryout (PTO) agreement, and signed to an AHL contract, by the Wolf Pack January 3.

Jason Missiaen – reassigned from the Wolf Pack by the New York Rangers to Greenville (ECHL) January 4.

 

Practice:
All Wolf Pack practices at Champions Skating Center in Cromwell are open to the public.  Schedule is subject to change.

Tue., January 6              10:30 – 11:30 AM, Champions Skating Center

Wed., January 7            10:30 – 11:30 AM, Champions Skating Center

Thurs., January 8           10:30 – 11:30 AM, XL Center

Fri., January 9               10:00 – 10:30 AM, XL Center (Game vs. Syracuse)

Sat., January 10            9:45 – 10:15 AM, Trinity College (Game at Springfield)

Sun., January 11           9:00 – 9:30 AM, XL Center (Game vs. Bridgeport)

Mon., January 12           10:30 – 11:30 AM, Champions Skating Center

 

Pack Tracks:  The Wolf Pack celebrates 40 years of pro hockey in Hartford January 30 and 31, with “Hartford Hockey Heritage Weekend”.  On Friday, January 30, when the Wolf Pack hosts Bridgeport at the XL Center at 7:00 PM, the first 3,000 fans will receive a Hartford Hockey poster, and on January 31, with Springfield in town for a 7:00 game, the first 3,000 fans take home a Wolf Pack team trading card set, courtesy of Team Ferrior.  That is also “Pink in the Rink” night, in support of Komen Connecticut and the fight to eradicate breast cancer.

Once again this season, every Friday-night Wolf Pack home game will feature $1 hot dogs and $2 beers, through the start of the second period.  The Wolf Pack are back on home ice next Friday, January 9, hosting the Syracuse Crunch in a 7:00 PM game.

Wolf Pack “Winning Wednesdays” are back for the 2014-15 season.  At all Wednesday night home games, if the Wolf Pack win, each fan receives a free ticket to the Pack’s next home game (some restrictions apply).  The next Wednesday Wolf Pack home date is January 21, when the Providence Bruins invade the XL Center for a 7:00 PM game.

The Wolf Pack’s “Click It or Ticket Family Value Pack” is available this season for all Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday home games.  The Family Value Pack features two tickets, two sodas and two hot dogs, all for only $35.

Tickets all 2014-15 Wolf Pack home games are now on sale at the XL Center ticket office, on-line at www.hartfordwolfpack.com and by phone at (877) 522-8499.  Wolf Pack tickets start as low as $12 for youth 12 years old or younger. 

To speak with a Wolf Pack representative about season or group tickets, or any of the Wolf Pack’s many ticketing options, call (855) 762-6451, or click here to request more info.

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