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| The Wolf Pack will be home Friday night when they will entertain the Springfield Thunderbirds. First puck drops at 7:05 p.m. |
HARTFORD—The
Wolf Pack (3-0-0-1, 7 pts.) remained unbeaten in regulation on the season this
past week, with a win and a shootout loss in a pair of back-to-back home games.
Head Coach Kris Knoblauch’s team rang up its third straight victory to start
the season Saturday night at home vs. Springfield, scoring the last three goals
of the game after the Thunderbirds struck first, for a 3-1 triumph. Then, on
Sunday at the XL Center, the Wolf Pack carried a 2-0 lead into the third
period, and still led Rochester 2-1 going into the dying seconds of regulation,
but the Americans tied the score with 12.6 seconds left in the third and
prevailed in the shootout. Filip Chytil scored in both games, and had an assist
Saturday, and Phi DiGiuseppe netted the power-play winner in Saturday’s game
with his first Wolf Pack goal.
This Week:
The Wolf Pack play their last of
five straight home games to start the season Friday night, with the Springfield
Thunderbirds returning to the XL Center. Then the club hits
the road for the first time in 2019-20 on Saturday night, heading to Binghamton
to take on the Devils. Face-off is at 7:05 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 18 vs. the Springfield Thunderbirds (Florida)
at the XL Center, 7:15 p.m.
This and every Friday-night Wolf
Pack home game features $1 hot dogs, and $2 draft beers and fountain sodas,
through the start of the second period, presented by Nomads Adventure Quest.
This is also “Country Night” at
the XL Center.
This is the second of 10
meetings on the year between the Wolf Pack and their closest regional rivals,
and Springfield’s second of five trips the XL Center. The Wolf Pack took the
first encounter, 3-1, Saturday night in Hartford, after going 4-6-0-0 vs. the
Thunderbirds last season, 3-2-0-0 at home.
The defeat to the Wolf Pack on
Saturday was Springfield’s third straight, but the Thunderbirds rebounded
Sunday in Providence, knocking off the previously-undefeated Bruins by a score
of 5-2. Springfield is 2-3-0 on the year for four points.
Winger Anthony Greco, who led the
Thunderbirds in points and goals last season with 30-29-59, picked up his first
two points in five games this year Sunday in Providence, with a goal and an
assist.
At this and every Wolf Pack
Friday or Saturday home game, fans are encouraged to come early for “Hockey
Happy Hour” in the XL Center’s Coliseum Club. From 5:15 p.m. until puck drop, a
$5 wrist band gives fans access to the “Chill Zone” of the Coliseum Club, which
features an appetizer buffet and $2 beers, presented by Minuteman Press.
Tickets for this and all 2019-20
Wolf Pack home games are on sale now at the Sunwave Gas & Power Ticket
Office at the XL Center, on-line at www.hartfordwolfpack.com and by phone at
(877) 522-8499. Tickets purchased in advance for kids 12 or younger start at
just $10 each, and all tickets will have a $3 day-of-game increase.
Broadcast – live with Bob
Crawford and Mark Bailey on on-line at www.hartfordwolfpack.com. Video
streaming at www.ahllive.com.
Sat., Oct. 19 at the Binghamton Devils (New Jersey) at
the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena, 7:05 p.m.
The Devils have three points
through their first three games, with a 1-1-1-0 record. That includes a 4-3
opening-night loss to Utica October 5 in their only home game thus far. Last
season the Devils finished eighth in the North Division, with a mark of
28-41-7-0 for 63 points. Veteran Chris Conner has been the
pacesetter thus far for Binghamton offensively, with two goals and three
assists for five points through the club’s first three games.
This is the first of four battles
on the season between the Wolf Pack and the Devils, and the first of two visits
by the Wolf Pack to Binghamton. The Wolf Pack were 2-1-1-0 vs. the Devils last
year, with a regulation loss and an OT loss to show for two road games in the
series.
Broadcast – live on-line at
https://www.iheart.com/live/fox-sports-1430-3544/. Video streaming at
www.ahllive.com.
Wolf Pack Community Appearances:
The Wolf Pack have the following
appearance scheduled this week. For further information on this, or any other
Wolf Pack community initiatives, contact Wolf Pack community relations manager
Frank Berrian, at (860) 541-4728:
Sun., Oct. 20, 12 noon, Iron Horse Blvd., Simsbury,
CT
Sonar serves as a guest judge in
the Simsbury Chili Spooktacular.
Recent Transactions:
Brandon Crawley—Reassigned
from the Wolf Pack by the New York Rangers to Maine (ECHL) Oct. 8.
Nick Ebert—Acquired
by the New York Rangers from Ottawa and assigned to Wolf Pack Oc. 8.
Jeff Taylor—Loaned
by the Wolf Pack to Maine (ECHL) Oct. 14.
Pack Tracks:
Sat., Oct. 26, when the Wolf Pack
host the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in a 7 p.m. game at the XL Center, will be “Witches & Wizards Night”. There will
be all kinds of Halloween fun, including trick or treating on the concourse, an
intermission costume parade, and a youth backpack giveaway to the first 1,000
fans 12 or younger, courtesy of Carvel.
Once again this season, $1 hot
dogs, and $2 draft beers and fountain sodas will be available at every Friday
Wolf Pack home game, through the start of the second period, presented by
Nomads Adventure Quest. After this Friday, the Wolf Pack’s next Friday-night
home outing will be Oct. 25, when they entertain the Laval Rocket. First puck
drops at 7:15 p.m.
Each of the Wolf Pack’s Sunday
and Wednesday home games will feature the Wolf Pack’s “Click It or Ticket Hat Trick Pack,” which includes two tickets, two
sodas and a large popcorn for $40. The next Hat Trick Pack game is the “Sonar’s
Edu-skate” school-day game Wed., Nov. 20 vs. the Syracuse Crunch, with faceoff
at 11 a.m.
In partnership with the Hartford
Chamber of Commerce, the Wolf Pack this year will be offering “Suit to Sweater Wednesdays” to wash away
the mid-week work blues. Any fan showing a company ID at the Sunwave Gas &
Power Ticket office can purchase Blue-Level tickets to Wolf Pack Wednesday home
games for $15 each (limit two tickets per ID). The Wolf Pack’s first Wednesday
home date is November 20, the 11 a.m. “Sonar’s
Edu-skate” school-day game vs. the Syracuse Crunch.
Wolf Pack home game tickets can
be purchased at the Sunwave Gas & Power Ticket Office at the XL Center,
on-line at hartfordwolfpack.com and by phone at (877)
522-8499. Tickets purchased in advance for kids 12 or younger start at $10
each, and all tickets will have a $3 day-of-game increase.
To speak with a Wolf Pack
representative about season or group tickets, or any of the Wolf Pack’s many
ticketing options, call (860) 722-9425, or click here to request more info. To
visit the Wolf Pack on line, go to hartfordwolfpack.com.
—Staff Reports
@hartford_wolfpack / #wolfpack /
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