Wolf Pack Weekly
April 18, 2016 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hartford Wolf Pack News Release
The Wolf Pack ended their season this past week with their only Canadian road trip of the year. The three-game journey started Wednesday in Toronto, where the Wolf Pack knocked off the league-leading Marlies, 3-2, in a school-day morning game. After that the Pack headed to Newfoundland for a pair of games vs. the St. John's IceCaps. The Wolf Pack won the first one, 4-1, on Friday night, with the line of Jayson Megna (1-2-3), Adam Tambellini (0-3-3) and Chad Nehring (1-1-2) combining for eight points. Despite the victory, however, the Wolf Pack were eliminated from playoff contention later that night, when Bridgeport clinched the last Eastern Conference playoff spot with a 3-2 win at Portland. In the season finale Saturday in St. John's, the Wolf Pack put 36 shots on the IceCap net, but could get only one past St. John's goaltender Eddie Pasquale, and the IceCaps prevailed by a score of 2-1. That was only the Wolf Pack's fifth regulation loss in the last 18 regular-season games (12-5-1-0), and after January 8, when they stood 14-19-2-0, the Pack finished the season 27-13-1-0 in their last 41 games.
FINAL AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDINGS
Atlantic Division
Rank Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA STK P10 S/O PIM
1 y Hershey Bears 76 43 21 5 7 98 0.645 259 220 2-0-0-0 6-3-1-0 6-7 1083
2 x Providence Bruins 76 41 22 9 4 95 0.625 238 198 5-0-0-0 7-2-0-1 2-4 967
3 x W-B/Scr. Penguins 76 43 27 4 2 92 0.605 230 203 0-1-0-1 3-6-0-1 1-2 1170
4 x Portland Pirates 76 41 27 6 2 90 0.592 215 207 1-0-1-0 6-3-1-0 1-2 973
5 x Bridgep. Sound Tigers 76 40 29 4 3 87 0.572 209 220 0-2-0-0 4-5-1-0 3-3 1412
6 Hartford Wolf Pack 76 41 32 3 0 85 0.559 202 199 0-1-0-0 5-5-0-0 7-0 754
7 Lehigh Valley Phantoms 76 34 35 4 3 75 0.493 215 222 1-0-0-0 7-3-0-0 5-3 1012
8 Springfield Falcons 76 26 42 3 5 60 0.395 194 265 0-1-0-0 3-7-0-0 2-5 1050
North Division
Rank Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA STK P10 S/O PIM
1 y Toronto Marlies 76 54 16 5 1 114 0.750 294 191 2-0-0-0 8-1-0-1 4-1 936
2 x Albany Devils 76 46 20 8 2 102 0.671 212 167 3-0-0-0 7-3-0-0 2-2 1232
3 x Utica Comets 76 38 26 8 4 88 0.579 224 217 0-1-0-0 6-3-1-0 1-4 1051
4 Syracuse Crunch 76 32 29 11 4 79 0.520 213 240 0-2-1-0 4-4-1-1 2-4 1319
5 St. John's IceCaps 76 32 33 8 3 75 0.493 208 239 1-0-0-0 4-6-0-0 2-3 1203
6 Roch. Americans 76 34 38 3 1 72 0.474 199 249 0-3-0-0 2-7-1-0 3-1 971
7 Bing. Senators 76 31 38 6 1 69 0.454 204 241 2-0-0-0 4-5-1-0 2-1 1371
Central Division
Rank Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA STK P10 S/O PIM
1 y Milw. Admirals 76 48 23 3 2 101 0.664 224 193 0-2-0-0 7-2-0-1 7-2 1045
2 x Lk. Erie Monsters 76 43 22 6 5 97 0.638 211 188 3-0-0-0 8-1-1-0 2-5 1162
3 x Rockford IceHogs 76 40 22 10 4 94 0.618 214 205 3-0-0-0 5-3-2-0 2-4 1292
4 x Gr. Rap. Griffins 76 44 30 1 1 90 0.592 238 195 0-5-0-0 3-7-0-0 1-1 1096
5 Charl. Checkers 76 36 32 3 5 80 0.526 214 229 0-5-0-0 3-6-0-1 6-5 1078
6 Chicago Wolves 76 33 35 5 3 74 0.487 194 228 2-0-0-0 5-5-0-0 4-3 1230
7 Manitoba Moose 76 26 41 4 5 61 0.401 180 250 0-1-0-0 5-5-0-0 0-5 1077
8 Iowa Wild 76 24 41 5 6 59 0.388 169 225 0-2-0-1 3-4-1-2 3-6 933
Pacific Division
Rank Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA STK P10 S/O PIM
1 y Ontario Reign 68 44 19 4 1 93 0.684 192 138 0-1-0-0 6-4-0-0 0-1 1103
2 x San Diego Gulls 68 39 23 4 2 84 0.618 208 200 1-0-0-0 6-2-2-0 4-2 1269
3 x Texas Stars 76 40 25 8 3 91 0.599 277 246 2-0-1-0 5-3-2-0 3-3 878
4 x San Jose Barracuda 68 31 26 8 3 73 0.537 198 193 1-0-0-0 4-5-1-0 3-3 852
5 Bakersf. Condors 68 31 28 7 2 71 0.522 212 222 3-0-0-0 4-5-1-0 1-2 953
6 Stockton Heat 68 32 32 2 2 68 0.500 194 224 0-1-0-0 5-5-0-0 4-2 1055
7 San Ant. Rampage 76 33 35 8 0 74 0.487 213 240 0-1-0-0 8-2-0-0 3-0 1136
x = Clinched Playoff Position
y = Clinched Division
FINAL 2015-16 WOLF PACK STATISTICS
# Player Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP PPA SH SHA GW FG IG OT UA EN SOG SOA SOGW SO% Pt/G PIM/G Shots Sh%
16 Chad Nehring C 76 22 26 48 16 42 2 3 2 2 5 2 3 2 3 5 0 0 0 0.0 0.63 0.55 167 13.2
23 Jayson Megna RW 68 15 29 44 7 22 5 4 1 2 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.65 0.32 184 8.2
15 Marek Hrivik C 68 12 29 41 3 18 2 7 1 2 4 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 100.0 0.60 0.26 153 7.8
13 N. Jensen (tot.) RW 68 19 18 37 10 32 3 5 0 0 2 3 2 1 1 1 5 6 2 83.3 0.54 0.47 209 9.1
HFD RW 41 15 10 25 7 12 2 2 0 0 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 4 2 0.750 0.61 0.29 127 11.8
22 Mat Bodie D 76 7 29 36 5 38 1 9 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.47 0.50 125 5.6
* 7 Adam Tambellini LW 74 17 15 32 1 24 5 6 0 0 4 3 1 1 2 1 4 6 1 66.7 0.43 0.32 142 12.0
19 Luke Adam C 59 12 17 29 -8 30 1 7 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 66.7 0.49 0.51 121 9.9
* 6 Brady Skjei D 68 4 24 28 -6 36 0 8 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.41 0.53 103 3.9
9 Ryan Bourque LW 56 10 14 24 0 15 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.43 0.27 135 7.4
10 Brian Gibbons LW 63 6 17 23 -5 30 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 6 0 50.0 0.37 0.48 72 8.3
11 Travis Oleksuk C 67 7 15 22 -4 20 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.33 0.30 65 10.8
* 3 Chris McCarthy LW 54 6 16 22 -2 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.41 0.35 87 6.9
* 27 Ryan Graves D 74 9 12 21 6 53 0 4 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.28 0.72 150 6.0
26 Raphael Diaz D 37 6 15 21 11 16 4 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.57 0.43 93 6.5
74 Nick Tarnasky LW 59 15 5 20 5 77 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.34 1.31 70 21.4
9 C. Brown (tot.) RW 40 6 11 17 -5 40 2 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.43 1.00 98 6.1
HFD RW 20 3 5 8 -5 20 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.40 1.00 55 5.5
20 D. Paille (tot.) LW 54 6 9 15 -3 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.28 0.15 69 8.7
HFD LW 23 5 6 11 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.48 0.26 34 14.7
18 Tyler Brown LW 65 4 9 13 -4 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.20 0.31 63 6.3
55 Chris Summers D 74 3 8 11 2 51 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.15 0.69 69 4.3
* 49 Calle Andersson D 43 5 4 9 -1 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.21 0.33 47 10.6
5 Tommy Hughes D 59 2 7 9 -5 48 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.15 0.81 48 4.2
* 24 Cristoval Nieves C 8 2 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.75 0.00 6 33.3
13 Tanner Glass LW 17 2 3 5 -11 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.29 1.35 19 10.5
14 Jack Combs LW 18 2 2 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.22 0.11 16 12.5
42 Josh Nicholls RW 11 1 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.27 0.36 15 6.7
* 4 Kodie Curran D 18 0 3 3 3 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.17 1.00 16 0.0
42 Petr Zamorsky D 10 1 1 2 -5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.20 0.60 15 6.7
21 Shawn O'Donnell RW 29 1 1 2 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.07 1.86 27 3.7
* 88 R. Nejezchleb LW 13 1 0 1 -6 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.08 0.62 10 10.0
* 44 Steven Fogarty C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.33 0.00 2 0.0
24 Alex Krushelnyski LW 3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.33 0.00 2 0.0
17 Matt Lindblad LW 8 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.13 0.00 8 0.0
33 Jeff Malcolm G 14 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.07 0.00 0 0.0
45 Magnus Hellberg G 53 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.02 0.00 0 0.0
* 8 Troy Donnay D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1 0.0
2 Sean Escobedo D 2 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1 0.0
8 Nick Petrecki D 3 0 0 0 -2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 3.33 3 0.0
70 Mackenzie Skapski G 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0 0.0
# Goalie GP MINS W L OT SO EN GA GAA SOGP SOW SOL SOGA SOA SO% SA SVS SV%
X 45 Magnus Hellberg 53 3097:56 30 20 3 3 7 124 2.40 4 4 0 2 12 0.833 1507 1383 0.918
33 Jeff Malcolm 14 770:37 7 5 0 2 0 31 2.41 2 2 0 2 7 0.714 354 323 0.912
70 Mackenzie Skapski 13 708:14 4 7 0 0 1 36 3.05 1 1 0 1 3 0.667 367 331 0.902
Wolf Pack Community Appearances:
The Wolf Pack's community presence will continue uninterrupted throughout the off-season, with Sonar, the Pack's lovable mascot, journeying throughout the State of Connecticut, and beyond. Sonar's busy off-season begins with the following appearances this week, and for further information on these, or any other Wolf Pack community initiatives, contact Wolf Pack community relations manager Frank Berrian, at (860) 541-4728:
- Wednesday, April 20, all day, starting at 10:00 AM, 249 Bayonet St., New London, CT
Sonar and members of the Wolf Pack promotions staff enjoy a day of street hockey in New London with children of National Guard soldiers.
- Sunday, April 24, 11:00 AM, Berlin Fairgrounds, 410 Beckley Rd., Berlin, CT
Sonar meets and greets fans, and checks out the cars on display, at the 25th annual Summer Knights car show.
Recent Transactions:
Marek Hrivik - recalled from the Wolf Pack by the New York Rangers April 13.
Magnus Hellberg - recalled from the Wolf Pack by the New York Rangers April 14.
Alain Valiquette - signed by the Wolf Pack to a Professional Tryout (PTO) agreement April 14, released April 17.
Raphael Diaz - recalled from the Wolf Pack by the New York Rangers April 18.
Pack Tracks:
Now is the time to become a Wolf Pack member for the 2016-17 season. Join the Pack and reserve your ticket package today! Full-season, 20 and 10-game plans are available, all featuring major discounts off of the game-day prices, and numerous great extra benefits. To speak with a Wolf Pack representative about season or group tickets, or any of the Wolf Pack's many ticketing options, call (855) 762-6451.
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