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WOLF PACK BEAT BRUINS LAST SUNDAY
By Gerry Cantlon, Howlings
PROVIDENCE, RI—The Hartford Wolf Pack ended the Providence Bruins' five-game winning streak. Brett Berard scored his team-high 19th goal, and Bobby Trivigno added two quality assists in a critical 5-2 road victory, solidifying the team's fourth-place positioning.
The Pack game-winning goal came when Berard, the team's leading goal scorer and local hero, gathered in a shot by his former collegiate teammate Mitch Callahan, who missed the net entirely. In center ice, Berard collected the loose biscuit, turned on the jets, and then left the Bruins defense in the dust, racing in on goal and firing from off the left wing past Brandon Bussi for his 19th goal of the season at 6:02.
Berard is tied for the third most goals in the AHL with former first-round pick Shane Wright of the Coachella Valley Firebirds.
In the third period, the Baby Bruins pulled within a goal at 3-2 when Anthony Richard, fresh off a nine-game recall stint to the parent team in Boston, took a pass from Alex Regula, an AHL-leading plus-33, along the right boards in the offensive zone.
Richard breezed past Nikolas Brouillard, who was caught flat-footed, went backhand to forehand, and sent his 20th goal of the campaign over Dylan Garand's glove-hand at 5:39.
The Wolf Pack defense clamped down the rest of the way, only allowing the Bruins three shots as the Pack added two empty netters a minute apart, first by Anton Blidh, his seventh, and Turner Elson, his fifth, to secure two valuable regulation wins points.
The Pack started off the second as they did the first with an early goal.
Anthony Richard had the period's first shot for the Bruins, but the Pack would score first.
Bryan Yoon earned his first AHL point with a goal that came from a rocket of a shot off a drop pass by Cameron Hillis at 1:58 to re-establish the lead. For Hillis, it was his first AHL point.
Trivigno made a strong play in the neutral zone to get the puck up to Hillis.
The Wolf Pack had the kind of fast start a road team wants.
They had the game’s first five shots and scored a goal in the first minute.
After missing two games, Karl Henriksson was back in the lineup. He curled in the right-wing circle, hit Bussi’s pads with a shot, and the puck trickled over the goal line. It was his ninth of the year and came at 49 seconds.
It was Henriksson's first goal since January 31st and was the fastest Wolf Pack start to a game this season, shattering the previous mark set by Blake Hillman at 2:14.
The Pack made a line change at 30 seconds. Then, on the second shift for Brennan Othmann, they almost scored.
Othmann intercepted a pass meant for Patrick Brown and had a clean breakaway from the Pack blue line. Othmann's shot hit the post, and the rebound came back to Bussi, who covered up the loose change.
The Bruins' Ian Mitchell tied it at a goal apiece with his fourth of the season when Henriksson went out to block the attempt but created an upper screen in the defensive zone, blinding Garand, who was making back-to-back starts.
Bruin Jacob Zrobil, after the team won the draw, headed to the net for a rolling screen.
At 6:17, Garand was peeking around several players when a right-handed shot from the left point launched the shot he never saw.
LINES:
Jake Leschyshyn-Brett Berard-Brennan Othman
Karl Henriksson-Adam Sýkora- Anton Blidh
Cameron Hillis-Tyler Pitlick-Bobby Trivigno
Turner Elson-Blade Jenkins- Ryder Korczak
Matt Robertson-Nikolas Brouillard
Mac Hollowell-Brandon Scanlin
Bryan Yoon-Blake Hillman
Dylan Garand
Olof Lindbom
SCRATCHES:
Ben Harpur (upper body, indefinitely)
Louie Domingue (lower body, day-to-day)
Riley Nash (lower body, day-to-day)
Connor Mackey (upper body, week-to-week)
Matej Pekar (lower body, week-to-week)
Tag Bertuzzi (healthy)
Zach Berzolla (healthy)
NOTES:
Berzolla was recalled from the Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) and arrived having scored one goal in two games.
The Interim Head Coach had a different configuration to his lineup for the eighth consecutive game.
The Pack is solidly in fourth place, one point behind third-place Wilkes Barre/Scranton, 10 behind Providence, and still three ahead of Charlotte.
With his second-period fight, Brouillard is the team's top PIM guy (106).
The two teams will hook up next Friday in a rematch at the XL Center on P.J. Stock Bobblehead Night. Stock played for both teams in his 11-year junior, college, and pro career.
It was the Wolf Pack’s first five-goal effort in a little over a month.
The Wolf Pack swept the Three Star Awards on the road 1. Brett Berard 2. Bryan Yoon, and 3. Bobby Trivigno.
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WOLF PACK END P-BRUINS WIN STREAK IN 5-2 VICTORY
By: Shay Costa, Howlings
PROVIDENCE, RI - Brett Berard's game-winning breakaway goal led the Hartford Wolf Pack to a 5-2 win over the Providence Bruins at the Amica Mutual Pavillion before 7,140 last Sunday.
It was the Pack's first win in the last five games over the Bruins, which includes a shutout in their last encounter. However, this game was a different tale, according to Pack Head Coach Steve Smith. “We skated well tonight. We played a more aggressive style of hockey…and that put on their heels a little bit.”
The game-winner followed the Bruins successfully killing winger Vincent Arseneau's interference penalty at 3:31 of the second period. A wide shot came off the Wolf Pack endboards that Berard recovered. The Pack's leading goal scorer then outskated the Bruins' defensemen and put a shot on Bussi's five-hole at 6:02.
The Wolf Pack attacked early and were rewarded with an early lead. After the Bruins failed to clear the puck from their zone, Nick Broulliard took the puck away and found Karl Henriksson's stick right in front of Providence netminder Brandon Bussi. Henriksson's wrist shot 43 seconds into the contest lit the lamp on the game's first shot. “They had our number the last time we played, so we felt it was important that we got off to a good start,” Smith explained.
The Wolf Pack maintained offensive pressure throughout the period. The Bruins did not get their first shot on Pack netminder Dylan Garand until six minutes in, and their first shot was also a goal.
Bruins d-man Ian Mitchell's high wrist shot found its way through the traffic in front of Garand to find the top-shelf at 6:17.
In the second frame, Pack forwards Bobby Trivigno and Cameron Hillis worked with defenseman Bryan Yoon on a well-executed tic-tact-toe play to set up a one-timer that was rocketed past Bussi at 1:58. It was Yoon’s first-ever AHL goal and made it 2-1.
In the third period, Providence halved Hartford’s lead on a rush from winger Anthony Richard. The goal was assisted by defensemen Alec Regula and Dan Renouf, Richard stickhandled around both Nikolas Broulliard and Matthew Robertson, sinking the puck high behind Garand at 5:39.
After killing off a Pack power play, and trying to get an equalizer, the Bruins pulled Bussi for an extra attacker with just over two and a half minutes remaining in regulation.
It only took the Pack ten seconds to make them pay for that decision.
A clearing attempt by former Bruin Anton Blidh became Hartford’s insurance goal as it rolled on its edge into the empty net. “I didn’t really try to go for the goal,” Blidh admitted after the game. “I was trying to tip it out. I saw going so I tried to tip it for him, but it was nice to see it go in.” In the final minutes, with the Providence goalie still pulled, Turner Elson would also pot an empty-netter, leaving the final score 5-2 in favor of the Wolf Pack.
Blidh and Henriksson returned to the lineup after recovering from injuries. Smith attributed their impact on the game beyond their offensive contributions. “They have a strong pace through their game…They’re two really good penalty killers. is something we’ve lacked over the last two or three games… so they’ve certainly added to that.”
Hartford’s next game will be a Bruins' rematch at the XL Center on Friday, March 8th at 7 PM. “We know that they’re going to surmount a charge. They’re going to play better, and we’re going to have to be ready for them.”
LINES:
Berard - Leschyshyn - Othmann
Sykora - Henriksson - Blidh
Trivigno - Hillis - Pitlick
Jenkins - Korczak - Elson
Scanlin - Hollowell
Robertson - Broulliard
Hillman - Yoon
Garand
Lindbom
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FREE AGENCY AND THE NEW YORK RANGERS
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings
HARTFORD, CT - The annual NHL free agency shopping spree has begun for the New York Rangers; with serious salary cap issues, they're shopping for deals in the clearance bins.
On Friday, the Rangers announced who they made qualifying offers to and who they didn't.
The Rangers qualified their two most important restricted free agents, Alexis Lafreniere and K'Andre Miller.
The Hartford Wolf Pack had three players qualified. After a solid second half, Ty Emberson is in the unique CBA Group 6 category. Also qualified after his original two-year deal ended was fellow rearguard, and one of the few on the roster with significant size, at 6'4 ", was Brandon Scanlin. Lastly, and a bit of a surprise, was right-wing Lauri Pajuniemi.
At times Pajuniemi was an unhappy camper. He saw no recalls in his two years in Hartford and had already signed with his Swedish team Malmö IF (Sweden-SHL). He likely has a window before training camp in Sweden begins next month, where he'll be allowed to sign an NHL deal without penalty.
Winger Anton Blidh signed a new two-year deal paying $775K for play in the NHL and $350K for play in the AHL two weeks after the playoffs ended.
UFA's Ryan Carpenter, Tim Gettinger, and Wyatt Kalynuk got new deals with other teams on the same terms.
Carpenter re-signed with the San Jose Sharks, who he broke in with his first year. He signed a one-way, one-year deal at $775K.
Kalynuk signed with the St. Louis Blues. He also signed a $775K one-way contract and could wind up playing up the road at the Blues' affiliate in Springfield.
Gettinger signed with the Detroit Red Wings for $775K. He will likely play for the Grands Rapids Griffins in the AHL, moving closer to his friends and family in Ohio.
Will Lockwood, Adam Clendening, Patrick Khordorenko, who played in just four games before separating his shoulder and ending his season, and Libor Hajek, all remained unsigned as of the end of business on Saturday.
RANGERS SIGNINGS
The Rangers signed veterans Jonathan Quick, Blake Wheeler, Alex Belzile, Riley Nash, a Pack killer in Charlotte with the Checkers last year, and Connecticut product and resident Nick Bonino.
Quick is from Hamden and received a one-year $825K deal from the Blueshirts.
The three-time Stanley Cup Champion started last year in LA and was traded twice on Trade Deadline Day in March. He spent half a day with the Columbus Blue Jackets before being dealt to the Vegas Golden Knights, where he earned that third Stanley Cup ring.
Quick went to and played for Hamden High School Green Dragons under Todd Hall, the ex-Pack assistant coach. Hall was then a recently retired player and retired as Hamden's head coach a year ago.
Quick also went on to play prep school hockey at the Avon Old Farms (AOF), the acclaimed program coached by John Gardner, who also had Cheshire's Brian Leetch there at one time too.
At the time, AOF's assistant coach was former Hartford Whaler, Ranger, and Wolf Pack assistant coach, Ulf Samuelsson.
AOF has produced several Stanley Cup champions starting with Leetch (the first to go to the NHL), Quick, Bonino, and 12 others who have gone on to play in the NHL, including the retired Matt Martin (Hamden), ex-Bridgport Sound Tiger/Wolf Pack and Yalie, Jeff Hamilton, another former Yale Bulldog, Chris Higgins, and presently Anaheim's Trevor Zegras.
Wheeler comes to New York after spending over a decade with the Winnipeg Jets on a super cap friendly $800K deal for one year.
Belzile was with the Montreal Canadiens last year. He gets a two-year cap complaint deal at $775K per season. He is a depth addition and will likely play in Hartford. He split last year between Laval and injury-riddled Montreal and was Laval's captain. He has been in the Montreal system for the previous five years. He's been in Laval for the last three years and the team's last two years in St. John's. He is an 11-year minor pro veteran who played in San Antonio for his first three years.
Riley Nash gets two years at $775K on a one-way ticket.
Bonino is from Unionville, near the RI border. He grew up in Farmington. He signed a one-year deal at $800K and played for the San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins last year.
The Rangers added depth at defense for Hartford in signing Connor Mackey to a one-year, two-way deal at $775K for NHL play and $400K in the AHL. He split thirty games last season between the Calgary Flames and Arizona Coyotes and played ten more for the USA WC Team, where he replaced Nikko Mikkola on the depth chart, who left for the Florida Panthers.
More relief was brought for the Wolf Pack blueline, which began the day with just four players. Signed was Nikolas Brouillard, to a one-year, $775K one-way money. He played in San Diego Gulls for the last three years. In Juniors, he played for five years in the QMJHL for Drummondville, Quebec, and Rouyn-Noranda and was an All-Star three times.
He spent three years in Montreal at McGill University (OUAA) in Canadian college hockey under the guidance of head coach and ex-Pack, David Urquhart before heading to San Diego.
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Ex-Pack Jesper Fast re-signs a two-year deal in Carolina with the Hurricanes for $2.4M.
Two ex-Wolf Pack goalies sign deals as Cam Talbot departs Ottawa for the LA Kings signing a one-year $1M contract, and Dustin Tokarski signs a one-year, two-way deal with the Buffalo Sabres for $775K.
New Canaan's Max Pacioretty (Taft) moves up the East Coast and signs a one-year $2M contract in Washington with the Capitals.
Former Sound Tiger Kyle Burroughs heads down the West Coast from the Vancouver Canucks to the San Jose Sharks for three years at $1.1M annually.
Ryan MacKinnon leaves Bridgeport for Belleville Senators, whose contract has not yet been posted.
Nick Bjugstad, the nephew of ex-New Haven Nighthawk Scott Bjugstad, leaves the Edmonton Oilers and signs in Arizona for two years at $2.1M.
Vladimir Namestnikov, a former Ranger and son of ex-Pack Evgeny "John" Namestnikov, re-ups with Winnipeg, who Tampa Bay traded for two more years at $2M.
Connor Clifton (Quinnipiac University), who faded at the end of the season in Boston, incredibly gets three years at $3.3M per in Buffalo. Another former Bobcat, Brogan Rafferty, leaves Coachella Valley and the Seattle organization and signs a two-year, one-way deal for $775K with Detroit.
The Red Wings sign former Yale Bulldog Alex Lyon, who was largely responsible for the Florida Panthers getting in the playoffs. The goalie signs for two years at $900K per one-way with a Calder Cup title in his back pocket.
The Seattle Kraken signed ex-Yale Bulldog John Hayden to a one-year extension at $775K.
Ex-Pack Vinni Lettieri returns home to Minnesota and signs a two-year, two-way deal $775K-NHL/$550K-AHL with the Wild. Former CT Whale Jayson Megna departs San Jose to replace him in Providence. The Bruins signed him to a one-year deal at $775K.
Ex-Pack Ryan Graves leaves the New Jersy Devils for Pittsburgh and signs a six-year deal for $4.5M per season. He led the NHL plus/minus the last two years.
Justin Richards, who couldn't throw the puck in the net two years ago, leaves Columbus for Buffalo for a one-year, one-way $775K deal.
Leaving St. Louis for Tampa Bay is Logan Brown, the son of former Whaler Jeff Brown, signs a one-year, two-way deal for $775K-NHL/$250K-AHL.
Noel Acciari (Kent School), who split last year between St. Louis and the Toronto Maple Leafs, signs a three-year deal in Pittsburgh for $2M per.
And still searching for new deals in the NHL, AHL, or Europe are;
Michael Del Zotto (Anaheim ex-Pack/Ranger)
Jack McBain (Arizona, son of former New Haven Senator Andrew)
Malte Stromwall (Carolina ex-Pack)
Andy Welinski (Chicago via Rockford ex-Pack)
Keith Kinkaid (Colorado with ex-Pack)
Ross Colton (Taft) (just acquired this week by Colorado, and before he could even put on an Avalanche jersey)
Jon Gillies (Columbus, Salisbury School, played with three teams last year)
Magnus Hellberg and Danny O’Regan (Detroit, ex-Pack)
J.F. Berube (Florida, ex-Sound Tiger/Wolf Pack)
Anthony Bitetto (ex-Pack)
Oliver Wahlstrom (Islanders/ex-Sound Tiger)
Kieffer Bellows (Philadelphia ex-Sound Tiger)
Peter Diliberatore (Pittsburgh, via Scranton/Wilkes Barre - was acquired at the trade deadline, Quinnipiac)
Strauss Mann (San Jose, Greenwich/Brunswick School)
Vitali Kravtsov (Vancouver, but already bolted back to Russia to Traktor Chelyabinsk of the KHL)
Morgan Barron (Winnipeg ex-Pack)
The Bridgeport Islanders did not qualify Collin Adams, Blade Jenkins, and the already-in-Europe, Bode Wild.
Ivan Nikolishin, the son of former Whaler Andrei Nikolishin, has left Amur Khaborvsk (Russia-KHL) with no new destination yet.
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HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES
By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings
HARTFORD, CT - There is plenty of hockey news and notes throughout the sport as teams at all levels are preparing for the 2023-24 season despite the continuing saga of the Stanley Cup Championship currently underway that sees the Las Vegas Golden Knights leading the Florida Panthers 3-games-to-1.
The New York Rangers rewarded winger Anton Blidh for his strong play in Hartford with a two-year contract extension. Blidh was acquired from the Colorado Avalanche for Gustav Rydahl, who is heading back to Sweden. Blidh will make $775K for playing in the NHL and $350K for his play in the AHL.
Cooper Zech was also acquired at the trade deadline by the Wolf Pack. He never played in Hartford but was sent to play for the team's ECHL affiliate, the JacksonvilleIcemen, instead. But rather than report to Hart City at the beginning of the playoffs, Zech instead went home and signed with HC Kosice (Slovakia-SLEL) for next year.
EX-PACK AND UCONN PLAYER MOVEMENT
A pair of ex-Pack players, Sean Day, is signed again with a one-year extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning / Syracuse Crunch on a two-way deal for $775K-NHK/$200K-AHL and Mike O’Leary signs with the Iowa Wild (AHL).
Former UCONN forward Kale Howarth re-signs with the Rockford IceHogs.
Ex-Pack and ex-UCONN goalie Adam Huska re-signs with Torpedo Novgorod (Russia-KHL). Allan McPherson with Hannover (German DEL-2).
Ex-UCONN forward Carter Turnbull has signed with HC Banska Bystrica (Slovakia-SLEL). He leaves HKM Zvolen (Slovakia).
HARTFORD WHALER WEEKEND
Whalers Weekend with the Eastern League Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies) is July 21-22. These are the committed players who will be in attendance as of now;
Norm Barnes, Wayne Babych, Bill Bennett, Mark Bousquet (Poodle from Slap Shot), Pat Boutette, Jeff Brubaker, Bob Crawford, Yvon Corriveau, Scott Daniels, Mark Janssens, Marty Howe, Grant Jennings, Chuck Kaiton (Radio PBP), Andre Lacroix, Gerry McDonald, Don Nachbaur, Doug & Gordie Roberts, and Mike Rogers.
Several others are possible but have yet to be finalized. Three newcomers exist in Boutette and the Roberts brothers. Rogers, after a year off, returns from Calgary. The rest have been attendees since this started five years ago.
FLORIDA EVERBLADES GO BACK-TO-BACK IN ECHL
The Floria Everblades won the ECHL Kelly Cup title in a sweep over the Idaho Steelheads. It is their sixth time in the finals and second consecutive championship for Florida. They join five other teams to win back-to-back titles.
Two ex-Packs were rostered on the runner-up Idaho. They are Ryan Dmowski (Old Lyme/Frederick Gunn School) and Matt Register.
GREG CRONIN AND EX-SOUND TIGERS
After three years with the Colorado Eagles (AHL), former Sound Tigers head coach Greg Cronin was hired by the Anaheim Ducks as the team's new head coach. When Cronin was named the Head Coach in Bridgeport, he announced he had been the only surfer in Maine for the Black Bears while an assistant there. Once, he was forced to apologize after excoriating Maine (HE) fans in an expletive-ridden rant for not showing up for a road game during a Maine Blizzard.
Ex-Sound Tigers Greg Mauldin re-signs with Stavanger (Norway-NEL), while goalie Eamon MacAdam re-signs with Guilford (England-EIHL).
Lane Sim, the son of ex-Bridgeport Sound Tiger Jon Sim, signs with the Sarnia Sting (OHL), who drafted him.
DAN RUSANOWSKY
Congratulations to the only radio voice of the San Jose Sharks (NHL) since its inception in 1991. Dan Rusanowsky (Milford) received the Foster Hewitt Award and the notice he will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto on November 13th.
Rusanowsky was the last voice of the Nighthawks (1987-1991) and becomes the second Nighthawks broadcaster that will be inducted into the HHOF on Yonge Street in Toronto.
Fellow Californian Nick Nickson (1977-1981) preceded Rusanowsky calling the Nighthawks team as the radio voice of the Los Angeles Kings and was selected and entered in 2014.
Rusanowsky was the voice of college hockey for St. Lawrence University (1979-1987).
Nickson was just announced as the sole play-by-play voice for the simulcast on TV and radio of the Kings starting next season. Long-time radio color commentator and former New Haven Nighthawk player Daryl Evans has been reassigned to a yet-to-be-specified on-air role.
ODDS AND ENDS
Ronan Buckberger, the son of former Beast of New Haven forward Ashley Buckberger, heads from Saskatoon (SMAAAHL) to Nipawin (SJHL).
Craig Puffer (New Canaan), departs Nottingham (England-EIHL) and signs with HC Anglet (France-FREL) in the Elite Magnus League.
Charles Greszes, formerly of Choate Rosemary School in Wallingford-is traded from Tel Aviv (Israel-IHL) to HC Bat Yam (Israel-IHL).
Former Hartford Whaler Jim Culhane, the video coach for Denver University (NCHC), was named video coach for the US 2024 WJC team in December.
The 30th AHL player to head to Europe is Anthony Hora, from Division III SUNY-Brockport (SUNYAC). He heads to Évry/Viry Hockey 91 (France- FFHG Division-2). Three more also signed Europe, moving the total to 33.
QUEBEC REMPARTS
The Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) won the Memorial Cup. They did so in a 5-0 shutout win over the Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) for their fifth Memorial Cup title in the franchise’s eighth appearance. Undrafted Kassim Gaudet registered a goal and an assist and was a plus-four with five shots on goal. That is a solid performance for a young man with only 11 career QMJHL goals.
Théo Rochette had two assists, while undrafted goalie William Rousseau, the grandson of Rangers and Montreal Canadiens great Bobby Rousseau, had 32 saves and won a Memorial Cup 65 years after his grandfather won his under the guidance of a young Scotty Bowman. His late great-uncle Rollie also won a Memorial Cup in the late 1940s. The elder Rousseau is, sadly, in the early stages of battling Alzheimer’s.
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How was the younger Rousseau rewarded?
He was traded to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies for a possible over-age year if he doesn’t land a pro deal for the next season two days later.
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