Wolf Pack To Honor John Paddock April 10
March 16, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Connecticut Whale News Release
HARTFORD, March 16, 2010: Northland AEG announced today that the Hartford Wolf Pack will honor former Wolf Pack head coach John Paddock at the Pack's final regular season home game Saturday, April 10, in recognition of Paddock's recent induction into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame.
Paddock coached the Wolf Pack for three seasons, 1999-00 through 2001-02, and led the Wolf Pack to the 2000 Calder Cup championship in his first year behind the Pack bench. That 2000 title was Paddock's third Cup as a coach. Having also won titles with the Maine Mariners in 1984 and the Hershey Bears in 1988, Paddock became the first-ever AHL bench boss to win Calder Cups with three different teams.
Currently the Philadelphia Flyers' assistant general manager, Paddock compiled a record of 130-74-25-11, for a.617 winning percentage, during his time with the Wolf Pack. His overall career AHL coaching record, with Maine, Hershey, the Binghamton Rangers, Wolf Pack, Binghamton Senators and Philadelphia Phantoms, is 585-424-98, which places him third all-time among league coaches in wins and games coached (1,107). Paddock also holds the all-time AHL coaching records for playoff wins (82) and games coached (149).
Paddock also has NHL head-coaching, and general-manager, experience with the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes. Prior to joining the coaching ranks, the Oak River, Manitoba native spent nine-plus seasons as a pro player, including a total of 87 NHL games with Washington, Philadelphia and Quebec.
Paddock is the first individual with a connection to the Wolf Pack franchise to earn AHL Hall of Fame honors. The AHL Hall of Fame is housed on-line at www.ahlhalloffame.com and is accessible to fans worldwide with the click of a mouse as part of the AHL Internet Network.
The Saturday, April 10 game vs. the Springfield Falcons is the Wolf Pack's Fan Appreciation Night. Faceoff is 7:00 PM at the XL Center.
Single-game tickets for 2009-10 Hartford Wolf Pack regular season home games are on sale now at the XL Center box office, through Ticketmaster Charge-by-Phone at 1-800-745-3000 and on-line at www.hartfordwolfpack.com.
For information on all the Wolf Pack's many ticketing options, including terrific discounts for groups of 15 or more, visit www.hartfordwolfpack.com, or call the Wolf Pack ticket office at (860) 548-2000 to talk with an account executive today.
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