HARTFORD, CT – The offensive explosion continued for the Hartford Wolf Pack on Friday night. The club scored a season-high seven goals, defeating the rival Bridgeport Islanders by a final score of 7-4 at the XL Center. The win moved Hartford to 4-1-0-0 on home ice this season.

Tim Gettinger pushed his point streak to five games 7:47 into the third period, scoring the eventual winning goal. Gettinger powered his way into the offensive zone, pushed back Bridgeport defenseman Mitchell Vande Sompel, and perfectly placed a backhand shot over goalie Cory Schneider to make it a 5-3 game at the time.

For just the second time this season, Hartford struck first. Tarmo Reunanen fired a shot from the blueline that fooled Islanders’ starter Jakub Skarek. The goal was Reunanen’s first of the season, with P.C. Labrie collecting an assist. The assist gives Labrie a three-game point streak.

The lead lasted just under three minutes, however. On their first powerplay of the night, Andy Andreoff perfectly setup Anatolii Golyshev in the slot. Golyshev snapped his fifth of the season by Keith Kinkaid to tie the affair 1-1, just eight seconds into the powerplay.

The seesaw continued at the 11:18 mark, when Ty Ronning capitalized on an Islander turnover and fired home his second goal of the season. Just 1:07 later, however, Simon Holmstrom fed Blade Jenkins on a two-on-one, and Jenkins cleanly scored h

HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack kept the good times rolling at the XL Center on Saturday night, winning their fifth game in six tries on home ice this season with a 4-3 decision over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. It was Hartford’s third victory in a row, their first such streak of the season.

Tanner Fritz fired a shot from the slot that Louis Domingue denied, but the puck took an awkward bounce and came to Lauri Pajuniemi. Pajuniemi walked into the high-slot and let a long shot go that clipped the stick of defenseman Chris Ortiz. The redirection fooled Domingue, putting the Wolf Pack up 4-0 at the time.

Hartford struck for the first time for the third game in a row. Alex Whelan forced a turnover in the offensive zone and tipped the puck to Fritz, who snapped his third goal of the season by Domingue at 6:52 to break the ice. The goal was Fritz’s third of the season, and his third in as many games.

64 seconds later, Anthony Bitetto announced his presence back in the lineup with his second goal of the season. The veteran defenseman let a long wrist shot go from the near point, clipping a defenseman on the way in. The redirect caught Domingue, pushing the Wolf Pack lead to 2-0.

Hartford’s penalty kill unit rebounded quite nicely after failing to kill both penalties on Friday night. Jonny Brodzinski fed defenseman Braden Schneider in the slot, who quickly dropp

HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack tied the game late on Sunday afternoon in Bridgeport but were beaten in the final minute by the rival Bridgeport Islanders by a score of 3-2 to complete a three-in-three weekend with a 2-1-0-0 record.

Kyle McLean fired a shot into traffic from the high slot, beating Keith Kinkaid at 19:35 of the final period. The shot initially came right out of the net and appeared to have hit the post. After further review, the goal call was confirmed, giving the Islanders their first win in the ‘Battle of Connecticut’ this season.

The Islanders opened the scoring in this game 3:31 into the contest. Otto Koivula snapped a shot from the faceoff circle that beat Kinkaid glove side. The goal, Koivula’s second of the season, was assisted by Arnaud Durandeau. The Pack answered back just under 15 minutes later, creating chaos in the Islander end. Tanner Fritz fired a shot on goal that Jakub Skarek denied, but Cristiano DiGiacinto found the rebound and buried it for his second career AHL goal.

The Islanders regained the lead just 1:56 into the middle frame. Durandeau blazed into the Wolf Pack zone and fired a quick shot that beat Kinkaid. Hartford hit two posts in the period, and got a late powerplay, but were unable to even the game before the second intermission.

Late in the third period, the Wolf Pack finally did get things back to even. Lauri Pajun

HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack found themselves down 2-0 at the first intermission on Friday night in Springfield. The Wolf Pack were not deterred, however, and scored four unanswered goals in the second period to take a lead they would not lose at the MassMutual Center. When the dust settled, Hartford came away with a key 6-4 victory over the rival Thunderbirds.

Lauri Pajuniemi fed Ty Ronning in the slot late in the third period, teeing up Ronning for a one-timer that beat Springfield netminder Colten Ellis at 15:37. Ronning’s goal, his fourth of the season, put the Pack ahead 5-3 at the time and would stand as the winning marker.

The Thunderbirds jumped out to an early lead, converting on a turnover by the Wolf Pack in their own zone. Alexey Toropchenko collected the loose puck at the blueline after poking it away from Anthony Greco and danced into the Hartford zone. Toropchenko got to the top of the crease and snuck a forehand shot by Wolf Pack starter Keith Kinkaid to open the scoring just 22 seconds into the game.

Springfield extended the lead to 2-0 at the 16:06 mark of the period. Nolan Stevens took a Josh Wesley pass just inside of his own zone and danced all the way into the Wolf Pack end. Stevens fired a shot from the faceoff circle that beat Kinkaid for his second goal of the season.

The Wolf Pack did kill off all three Thunderbird powerplays in the first period, whi

HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack found themselves in a tight contest with the Providence Bruins at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island on Saturday night. After surrendering the game’s first goal late in the contest, the Wolf Pack locked things down and came away with a dramatic 2-1 overtime decision.

Morgan Barron got two beautiful looks on Bruins’ goalie Kyle Keyser in overtime but was denied on both bids. Barron was able to poke the loose puck to veteran Anthony Greco, who fired the overtime winner into the yawning cage to complete the comeback.

The sides played the first two periods to a 0-0 draw, but it wasn’t for a lack of chances. Adam Huska made numerous key saves in the second period, including two on breakaway bids by Jack Studnicka and Zach Senyshyn.

Providence finally broke the ice at the 13:15 mark of the third period, scoring their lone goal of the contest. Veteran forward Chris Wagner fed the puck to Studnicka, who gained the offensive zone and then fired a centering pass to Jakub Lauko. Lauko quickly released a shot that beat Huska for his second goal of the season.

Even after giving up a goal, the Wolf Pack stuck to the process and found themselves on the powerplay at the 16:10 mark of the third period when Nick Wolff was called for cross-checking. Lauri Pajuniemi fed Jonny Brodzinski at the side of the goal, and the captain mad

HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack fell behind 3-1 on Wednesday night at the XL Center in downtown Hartford, but used another big second period to propel a comeback and defeat the rival Bridgeport Islanders by a final score of 4-3.

Thanks to a roughing penalty to Grant Hutton and a delay of game to Kyle MacLean, the Wolf Pack found themselves on a five-on-three powerplay late in the third period. Jonny Brodzinski won a faceoff back to Zac Jones, who fed Morgan Barron in the near faceoff circle. Barron fired a one-timer that beat Jakub Skarek at 18:15 of the second period to break a 3-3 tie and put the Wolf Pack up for good.

Hartford opened the scoring just 2:48 into the game, using a strong start to break the ice. Cristiano DiGiacinto fired a perfect pass to Justin Richards, who skated into scoring position and snapped home his first goal of the season to kick start the scoring.

The Islanders took over from there, scoring each of the game’s next three goals to jump ahead 3-1. Otto Koivula scored his third goal of the season on the powerplay 8:02 into the game, redirecting a shot by Arnaud Durandeau. 3:57 later, the Islanders would gain their first lead of the night when Blade Jenkins pounced on a rebound and buried his fourth of the campaign.

Jenkins needed less than three minutes to find the net a second time. His second of the game and fifth of the season came at 14:43, as he gai

HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack battled back in the third period for the second time in as many tries in Providence on Friday night, but this time the Pack were unable to complete the comeback in a 2-1 overtime defeat at the hands of the Providence Bruins.

Steven Fogarty sent a pass to Oskar Steen early in the three-on-three overtime in the Hartford zone. Steen, in scoring position, displayed great patience in waiting out Adam Huska before snapping home his sixth goal of the season just 26 seconds into overtime to give the Bruins the 2-1 victory.

For the second game in a row, goals were hard to come by for both the Wolf Pack and the Bruins. The Bruins opened the scoring on this night, getting the ice breaker 8:48 into the contest. Aaron Ness fired a shot from the point that Huska denied, but Jesper Froden pounced on the rebound and buried his third goal of the season to get the Bruins on the board.

The second period didn’t see any goals but did see the Wolf Pack penalty kill go to work. Patrick Khodorenko and Lauri Pajuniemi took back-to-back penalties at 7:05 and 10:59 of the period, forcing the Pack to test one of the league’s top PK units. Luckily for Hartford, they were up to the task. The Pack successfully killed off both minors.

Hartford finally broke out offensively early in the third period. Tanner Fritz fired the puck into the slot area from below the goal line. T

HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack gave up three unanswered goals in the second period to fall behind the visiting Hershey Bears 3-2, but stormed back with five unanswered of their own in the third period to take a 7-3 decision at the XL Center on Saturday night.

Ty Ronning sprung Lauri Pajuniemi into the offensive zone just a minute after tying the game 3-3. Pajuniemi gained separation from two Hershey defenders and snapped his second goal of the game by Hershey starter Zach Fucale at 3:57 to give Hartford the lead back for good.

The Wolf Pack started the game off strong, opening the scoring 6:18 into the contest. Braden Schneider sent a perfect pass to Anthony Greco, who fired home his fifth of the season to get the night going. Just under six minutes later, at 12:13, Patrick Khodorenko lit the lamp for the first time this season. P.C. Labrie found Khodorenko, who fooled Fucale with a snapshot through traffic to put the Pack up 2-0.

The second period was a completely different frame, unfortunately for the Wolf Pack. Shane Gersich got the Bears on the board just 93 seconds into the stanza, pouncing on a turnover for his first goal of the season.

Hershey was able to even the game just under nine minutes later. Lucas Johansen fired a shot from the point that Mike Sgarbossa deflected on the way in. The redirect beat Keith Kinkaid, giving Sgarbossa his sixth goal of the season at 10:06. Her

HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack found themselves trailing 2-0 at the first intermission for the second time in as many tries against the Springfield Thunderbirds. For the second time in as many tries, the Wolf Pack scored four unanswered goals in the second period to take a lead they would not lose in an impressive 5-3 victory at the XL Center.

Ty Ronning fed defenseman Anthony Bitetto at the blueline just seconds into a powerplay late in the second period. Bitetto, playing his first game since November 7^th, fired a shot into traffic that Thunderbirds’ netminder Joel Hofer never saw. The goal, scored at 17:17, was Hartford’s second powerplay goal of the night and capped a four goal second period, putting Hartford up 4-2.

The Thunderbirds came out strong on this night, using their special teams units to create an early advantage. Nathan Todd scored his fifth goal of the season at 12:44 on the powerplay, converting a Logan Brown feed to break the ice. Just under two minutes later, at 14:25, the Thunderbirds struck again, this time shorthanded.

Tommy Cross fed a pass to Nathan Walker, who came in on a two-on-one with Mackenzie MacEachern. MacEachern converted the pass, ripping home his third of the season to make it a 2-0 game.

Hartford needed just 34 seconds to get on the board in the middle stanza, completely flipping this game on its head. Zac Jones weaved