BRIDGEPORT, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack opened their 2025 preseason slate on Wednesday afternoon at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, CT. Despite taking early leads of 1-0 and 2-1, the Wolf Pack were unable to hold on as the Bridgeport Islanders claimed a 6-3 victory.
Gavin Hain opened the scoring 8:09 into the hockey game, potting the club’s first goal of the preseason. Kyle Jackson made a nice pass along the left-wing boards, finding Chongmin Lee. Lee fired a shot that Parker Gahagen denied, but Hain collected the rebound and stuffed a backhand shot by the netminder’s left pad to make it a 1-0 game.
The Islanders responded at 12:27, however, potting a shorthanded goal to make it a 1-1 affair. Eetu Liukas had a pass hit his right skate just inside of the Wolf Pack zone. He was able to kick the puck to his stick, before finding his way to the net and backhanding a shot by Hugo Ollas for the Islanders’ first goal of the preseason.
The Wolf Pack restored their lead at 15:09, as Sullivan Mack rifled his first goal of the preseason by Gahagen. Mack collected a loose puck in the slot and drifted toward the left-wing side before roofing a shot over the right shoulder of the netminder to make it 2-1 in favor of the Wolf Pack.
Defenseman Theo Calvas and forward Brett Budgell collected the assists on the goal, their first points of the preseason.
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