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WOLF PACK SEND F BRETT BERARD TO RANGERS ON RECALL By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club has recalled forward Brett Berard from the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. Berard, 23, has skated in 19 games with the Wolf Pack this season, scoring nine points (2 g, 7 a). He has also appeared in eleven games with the Rangers. The native of Providence, RI, was selected in the fifth round, 134th overall, by the Rangers in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Over parts of four seasons with the Wolf Pack, Berard has skated in 123 games and scored 80 points (36 g, 44 a). Hartford Wolf Pack transactions during the 2025-26 season are powered by Verizon. Join the Wolf Pack for the 2025-26 season! Single game tickets are on sale now! To buy, click here . ABOUT THE HARTFORD WOLF PACK : The Hartford Wolf Pack has been a premier franchise in the American Hockey League since the team’s inception in 1997. The Wolf Pack are ...

SWAMP RABBITS POINT STREAK ENDS TO ATLANTA AT HOLIDAY BREAK Atkinson breaks the shutout with four seconds to go, but Louis Boudon’s hat trick dooms Swamp Rabbits By: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits (DULUTH, Ga.) – Josh Atkinson beat the buzzer with four seconds remaining in regulation to get the Greenville Swamp Rabbits on the board, but Louis Boudon’s hat trick, including two power play goals, powered the Atlanta Gladiators to a 3-1 win. The regulation loss is the first suffered by the Swamp Rabbits since December 7th at South Carolina, ending a four-game point streak. For a second straight game, both teams skated to a scoreless draw after 20 minutes. Pierce Charleson stopped a staggering 11 shots for the Swamp Rabbits, while TJ Semptimphelter stopped the only two thrown towards the Atlanta net. Eventually, special teams caught up to the Swamp Rabbits, who went to the penalty kill seven times tonight. After Cody Sylvester had a power play goal waved off due to a kick into the n...

WOLF PACK DROP 5-2 DECISION TO CRUNCH (12/19) By: Jason Alwang, Howlings HARTFORD, CT: The Hartford Wolf Pack were defeated 5-3 by the Syracuse Crunch on Friday night, unable to fully recover from a 2-0 deficit in front of a lively Hartford crowd of 5,792 at the PeoplesBank Arena. Lucas Mercuri scored the game-winning goal after Gavin Hain lost control of the puck in the Hartford zone, which went right on Mercuri’s stick, who made a quick move on Dylan Garand (25 saves) and buried it past him just 17 seconds after Anton Blidh had tied the game, giving the Crunch the 3-2 lead late in the second period. “We didn’t have an answer for their speed.” Wolf Pack Head Coach Grant Potulny on the loss. “We just need to find a way to become more competitive.” BOX SCORE Brendan Furry got the scoring going off an odd play in front of Dylan Garand, where the puck went off Furry’s skate and past Garand to give the Crunch a 1-0 lead at 10:31 of the first period. Furry's goal was his sixth of the se...

WOLF PACK BLANKED BY MUSASHOV, PENGUINS 3-0 BY: Jason Alwang, Howlings HARTFORD, CT: The Hartford Wolf Pack was shut out by the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3-0, led by netminder Sergei Murashov’s 34 saves, at the PeoplesBank Arena Wednesday night in Connecticut's capital. Phil Tomasino scored the game-winning goal at 2:59 of the second period. He got behind the Hartford defense and scored after taking the puck on his stick through the slot and made multiple moves to bury the breakaway goal past Spencer Martin (22 saves) for his second of the season, giving the Penguins a 1-0 lead at 2:59 of the second period. Owen Pickering recorded the assist on the goal. “They had two breakaways and they scored, and we had two breakaways, and we didn’t.” Wolf Pack Head Coach Grant Potulny on tonight’s game. “We’re disappointed with the outcome, but not disappointed with the effort.” BOX SCORE Avery Hayes scored 9:07 into the second period, taking an outlet pass from the defensive zone from Raf...

BISON LOSE TO WINGS,  2-1 ON SATURDAY By: Erik Konwinski, Bloomington Bison Bloomington, Ill. – Dryden McKay made 26 saves and Brett Budgell scored his third shorthanded goal of the season but the Bloomington Bison fell 2-1 to the Kalamazoo Wings at Grossinger Motors Arena on Saturday evening. With physical play mounting early, the first period ended up penalty-ridden with a combined 14 penalty minutes dished out and set the tone for the rest of the game. Bloomington’s penalty kill went three-for-three and Kalamazoo was two-for-two, with the Bison taking further advantage of shorthanded time to go up 1-0. Budgell capitalized on a two-on-one tap-in set up by Lou-Felix Denis after Denis forced a turnover on the Bloomington side of center. Budgell’s third shorthanded tally tied him for the most of any skater in the league this season. Bloomington headed into the second period with carryover time remaining on the penalty, but would complete the kill. GAME HIGHLIGHTS COACH PHILLIP BARSKI ED...

WOLF PACK FALL IN SHOOTOUT TO PHANTOMS BY: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack ALLENTOWN, PA – The Hartford Wolf Pack battled back to earn a point on Saturday night against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Despite their efforts, the Wolf Pack came up short in a 2-1 shootout loss. The Wolf Pack and Phantoms traded chances in the opening frame, but each goaltender was up to the task. Spencer Martin made eleven saves in net for the Wolf Pack, while Carson Bjarnason turned aside eight bids. The Phantoms went to the power play early in the second period when Bryce McConnell-Barker was whistled for unsportsmanlike conduct. On the power play, Cooper Marody fed Lane Pederson in the left-wing circle. The veteran settled the puck and beat Martin by the right pad at 2:11 to break the ice. The goal was Pederson’s eighth of the season. Daniel Walcott tied the game with his first goal as a member of the Wolf Pack at 8:29 of the third period. Casey Fitzgerald blasted a shot from the right-wing point that Walc...