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Buchnevich scores in Hartford debut
Posted by: | CommentsHartford Wolf Pack 2, Lehigh Valley Phantoms 1
By Chris Kohler
Hartford, CT, January 6, 2017 – Magnus Hellberg made 31 saves, and Pavel Buchnevich and Chris Brown scored goals 1:23 apart in the second period Friday night at the XL Center, to carry the Hartford Wolf Pack to a 2-1 win over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
The victory snapped a season-high streak of four straight regulation losses for the Wolf Pack.
The Phantoms got off to an early lead just a little more than a quarter into the first period, after the Wolf Pack tested Phantom goalie Anthony Stolarz with several shots. Jordan Weal netted the game’s first goal for the Phantoms at 5:43, assisted by Danick Martel and T.J. Brennan.
Pack battles back, but fall to Springfield
Posted by: | CommentsSpringfield Thunderbirds 3, Hartford Wolf Pack 2
Springfield, December 30, 2016 – The Hartford Wolf Pack battled back from a 2-0 deficit against the Springfield Thunderbirds Friday night at the MassMutual Center, but could not counter an early third-period goal by Jared McCann in a 3-2 loss.
The defeat was the Wolf Pack’s second straight after a season-high four-game winning streak. The Thunderbirds’ win snapped an 0-3-1-0 drought.
Wolf Pack win streak snapped, lose to Providence
Posted by: | CommentsProvidence Bruins 3, Hartford Wolf Pack 2
By Henry Lucey
Hartford, CT, December 27, 2016 – The Providence Bruins’ Jordan Szwarz notched the third period winner Tuesday night, as the Bruins skated past the Hartford Wolf Pack, 3-2, at the XL Center.
Hartford dominated the majority of game’s opening frame, but with just one minute to play, the scoreboard remained unblemished. After failing to convert on a number of promising chances, the Wolf Pack’s up-tempo offense was finally able to break through at the 19:25 mark, when Adam Tambellini sent a gorgeous snap-shot into the top-right corner of Malcolm Subban’s net. The goal, Tambellini’s sixth of the year, was assisted by Nicklas Jensen and Robin Kovacs.
On the opposite end of the ice, Hartford net-minder Jeff Malcolm, playing his first AHL game of the year, denied all seven of the attempts that came his way, sending the Pack into the dressing room with a 1-0 advantage.
Jensen nets hat trick as Pack wins fourth straight
Posted by: | CommentsHartford Wolf Pack 5, Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2
Bridgeport, CT, December 26, 2016 – Nicklas Jensen scored a natural hat trick, the Hartford Wolf Pack’s first hat trick of the season, Monday night at Webster Bank Arena, to lead the Wolf Pack to a 5-2 win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
The victory extended the Wolf Pack’s longest winning streak of the season to four games, and brought Hartford (11-14-3-1, 26 pts., .448) to within one point of sixth-place Springfield in the Atlantic Division.
“We started off okay, but definitely as the game went on, it was better and better,” Jensen said. “Our whole team played a strong defensive game, and at the end we took over. I think we’re playing as a team right now, and we’re having fun together and enjoying going to the rink. Everything’s obviously a lot more fun when we’re winning, and we have a good streak going, so we’ve got to keep it going.”
Ahti Oksanen shines as Pack wins third straight
Posted by: | CommentsHartford Wolf Pack 5, Syracuse Crunch 4
Syracuse, NY, December 21, 2016 – The Hartford Wolf Pack won their season-high third straight game Wednesday night at the War Memorial Arena, defeating the Syracuse Crunch 5-4, in the Wolf Pack’s last game before Christmas.
Justin Fontaine had the third-period game-winner for the Wolf Pack, and added an assist, and Mat Bodie and Ahti Oksanen also had a goal and an assist each. Adam Erne, a native of New Haven, had a four-point night for the Crunch, with two goals and two assists.
Wolf Pack win second in a row
Posted by: | CommentsHartford Wolf Pack 5, Hershey Bears 4
Hershey, PA, December 17, 2016 – Philip McRae’s third-period goal turned out to be the game-winner Saturday night at Giant Center, as the Hartford Wolf Pack won their second straight game, defeating the Hershey Bears by a score of 5-4.
Leading 3-1 going into the third period, the Wolf Pack held on through a wild third in which the two teams combined for five goals.
The loss was only Hershey’s second in regulation on home ice all season (10-2-3-1), and only the Bears’ second in regulation in their last 14 overall (9-2-2-1).
Jensen, Tambellini score in shootout as Wolf Pack top Crunch
Posted by: | CommentsHartford Wolf Pack 2, Syracuse Crunch 1 (SO)
By Henry Lucey
Hartford, CT, December 16, 2016 – Adam Tambellini and Nicklas Jensen scored shootout goals, and Brandon Halverson made 26 saves and went 2-for-2 in the shootout, Friday night at the XL Center, as the Hartford Wolf Pack broke an 0-4-0-1 streak with a 2-1 win over the Syracuse Crunch.
Brian Hart scored for Syracuse and Adam Wilcox made 28 saves.
“I thought we were tight defensively, they put a little bit of pressure on us in the third, and Halverson made some big saves,” Wolf Pack head coach Ken Gernander said. “We had some great individual efforts in the shootout, and overall lots of good signs.”
All the offense in regulation came in a 15-second span early in the first period.
Wolf Pack give up six in loss to SWB
Posted by: | CommentsWilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 6, Hartford Wolf Pack 2
By Henry Lucey
Hartford, CT, December 14, 2016 – Kevin Porter and Tom Sestito had a goal and an assist apiece, and Dominik Simon had four assists Wednesday night at the XL Center, as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeated the Hartford Wolf Pack by a score of 6-2.
Nicklas Jensen and Chris Summers scored the Wolf Pack goals.
Despite a strong start, the Wolf Pack once again found themselves trailing after the first period.
Wolf Pack lose in shootout, snap 10-game SO win streak
Posted by: | CommentsProvidence Bruins 2, Hartford Wolf Pack 1 (SO)
Providence, RI, December 11, 2016 – A Hartford Wolf Pack streak of ten straight wins in shootouts came to an end Sunday at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Providence Bruins.
It was the first Wolf Pack shootout defeat since March 21, 2015, a 2-1 loss at Springfield.
Second period dooms Pack against Toronto
Posted by: | CommentsToronto Marlies 5, Hartford Wolf Pack 3
By Henry Lucey
Hartford, CT, December 10, 2016 – A four-goal second period propelled the Toronto Marlies past the Hartford Wolf Pack, 5-3, Saturday night at the XL Center.
The Marlies were quick to capitalize on the Pack’s early struggles, taking the game’s first lead at the 5:55 mark of the first period. Toronto’s Colin Greening was responsible for the score, depositing the rebound created by Brooks Laich shot past a diving Wolf Pack goaltender Brandon Halverson (30 saves).
With tensions still running high from last weekend’s hotly contested series in Toronto, Tanner Glass and Richard Clune dropped the gloves at 16:13. The fight, largely won by Glass, not only brought the home crowd to their feet, but also ignited Hartford coach Ken Gernander’s squad.