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By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT –  New York Rangers Assistant General Manager and Hartford Wolf Pack General Manager Ryan Martin announced today that the Wolf Pack has recalled forward Sahil Panwar from loan to the ECHL's Cincinnati Cyclones. The Wolf Pack has also agreed to a professional tryout agreement (PTO) with forward Cameron Hillis. Both Panwar and Hillis will join the Wolf Pack immediately. Panwar will wear #28, while Hillis will wear #11. Panwar, 22, has scored 38 points (16 g, 22 a) in 47 games with the Cyclones this season. The rookie forward ranks fourth on the club in points, third in goals (16), and fourth in assists (22). Before turning pro, Panwar scored 124 points (54 g, 70 a) in 199 career OHL games with the Hamilton Bulldogs, Peterborough Petes, Flint Firebirds, and London Knights. The native of Mississauga, ON, signed a one-year contract with the Wolf Pack on July 10th, 2023. Hillis, 23, has appeared in 49 games with the ECHL's Indy Fuel th...

Second-year forward returns to the Upstate after nine additional AHL games By: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits GREENVILLE, S.C. –  The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings, announced via a Swamp Rabbit Moving Transaction that forward Ryan Francis has returned to Greenville from the AHL affiliate of the Swamp Rabbits, the Ontario Reign. Francis returns from his second stint in the AHL, having started the season in the Inland Empire. The 5'9", 180-pound forward appeared in an additional nine games with the Reign, now holding a goal to his credit in 15 contests. In his AHL career with the Reign and former Stockton Heat, Francis has his lone ignition of the goal lamp and a helper in 23 games. Before his call-up just after the New Year, Francise skated with the Swamp Rabbits in 15 games, notching 7 goals, 9 assists, and 16 points. He returns to the ECHL with 72 career games with Greenville and the Trois-Rivieres Lions, collectin...

By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT -  The Hartford Wolf Pack used two early goals in both the first and second periods and rode 29 saves by Dylan Garand to snap a two-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the Bridgeport Islanders. The win for the Pack came at a heavy cost as they lost Riley Nash, who was lost playing in his first game back after returning from injury, and Anton Blidh to injury as well. The losses forced Head Coach Steve Smith to play with just ten forwards for much of the game on Wednesday night at the XL Center. The AHL is trying to make three games in three days rare, and with the Wolf Pack currently, a struggling team beset with injuries and recalls, they have a second one in a 72-hour span and are in the midst of a six-games in an eight-day stretch. Over this part of the stretch, Bridgeport, who is dead last in the league, was on the calendar for this matchup, and have played tough against the Pack this season and beat them last Friday. The Cleveland M...

By: Shay Costa, Howlings LOWELL, MA -  Susanna Tapani scored the game-winner 45 seconds into the second period, ending PWHL Boston's four-game losing streak in a 3-1 win over PWHL Ottawa 3-1, before 1,889 at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. On the game-winner, after a first period where both teams managed to put one past their opponent's goaltender, Boston came out of the break and caught Ottawa flat-footed and off the opening face-off. Boston controlled the puck in the Ottawa zone and moved it with ease. Kaleigh Fratkin gave the puck over to Megan Keller on the left wing, and she moved up to the top of the circle and fired through a crowd in front of netminder Emerance Maschmeyer. Tapani got a stick on it and tipped it past Maschmeyer for her third goal of the campaign, giving Boston a lead they would not relinquish. For Boston, this was certainly a different performance than the one they'd given just two days earlier when these same two teams met...

By: Shay Costa, Howlings PROVIDENCE, RI -  Micheal DiPietro stopped all 24 shots he faced to lead the Providence Bruins to a 3-0 shutout of the Hartford Wolf Pack at the Amica Mutual Pavillion before 9,698. “It was a difficult night,” admits Pack Interim Head Coach Steve Smith. “The guys looked gassed an awful lot tonight.” Their loss against Providence came at the end of a three-in-three weekend for the New York Rangers AHL affiliate, and fatigue clearly was a key factor in the outcome. The first period was largely uneventful. The Wolf Pack had a power play opportunity at 5:44 after Bruins winger Luke Toporowski took a holding call. However, the Pack was unable to generate any offense on the man's advantage, and the period ended with neither team lighting the lamp. Providence scored what would prove to be the only goal they would need on the night after another failed Pack power play at 7:43. The Pack's Turner Elson was called for tripping Bruins defenseman Ian Mitchell. Fab...

Credit: Jim McIsaac 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 Brennan Othmann from the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. Othmann, 21, has appeared in 44 games with the Wolf Pack during his rookie season. The native of Scarborough, ON, has scored 36 points (14 g, 22 a), fourth-most among rookies in the AHL. Othmann ranks second on the Wolf Pack in points and tied for second on the club in goals with Alex Belzile (14). The 6’, 186-pound forward scored the game-winning goal in the Wolf Pack’s 2-1 victory over the Bridgeport Islanders on Wednesday night. Othmann has appeared in three games with the Rangers this season. He made his NHL debut on January 4th against the Chicago Blackhawks at Madison Square Garden. He was selected in the first round, 16th overall, by the Rangers in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. The Pack is back at the XL Center tonight at 7:00 p.m. when the Cleveland...

Smereck leads the charge with a two-goal game By: Dana Grey, Cincinnati Grey FORT WAYNE, IN –  The Cyclones completed a two-game sweep of the Komets with a 4-1 win on Sunday night inside the Memorial Coliseum. Cincinnati improves to 4-3-0-0 in the regular season series with Fort Wayne. For the second straight night, Zack Andrusiak opened the scoring for the Cyclones off a rebound. It was the winger’s 4th goal on the weekend in Fort Wayne. Jalen Smereck doubled the advantage in the final minutes of the 1st period when he cracked home a power play goal from the point. Mike Ferraro grabbed his first goal in a ‘Clones uniform with a great shift from Kirton and Puricelli to balloon the lead to 3-0. Fort Wayne scored its lone goal with a Jake Chiasson wrister. Smereck grabbed his second of the night with a rocket from the blue line. Goaltender Rylan Parenteau was outstanding once again against his former team. The 27-year-old recorded 38 saves while allowing just one goal. Up next...

By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT –  The Hartford Wolf Pack are halfway through their brutal stretch of six games in eight nights. The club played their third three-in-three set of the season over the weekend, posting a record of 1-2-0-0. After a well-deserved day off on Monday, the Wolf Pack will hit the practice ice on Tuesday ahead of another three-in-three set on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Friday, February 16th, 2024, Vs. Laval Rocket (5-2 L):  Anton Blidh opened the scoring just 51 seconds into the game, jamming home a rebound for his sixth goal of the season. Despite a good start, the Wolf Pack couldn't find the insurance marker against a high-flying Rocket team. Mitchell Stephens tied the game at 19:00 of the first period, beating Louis Domingue through the five-hole for a powerplay marker. The goal was the first of four unanswered by the visitors. Jared Davidson gave the Rocket a lead they never lost at 15:20 of the second period, taking advantage ...