PRE-GAME REPORT: WOLF PACK EYE WEEKEND SPLIT IN REMATCH WITH BEARS

Nov 20, 2022

HERSHEY, PA – The Hartford Wolf Pack will look to turn things around this afternoon at the Giant Center when they visit the Hershey Bears to conclude a two-game visit to Chocolatetown.

Puck drop is set for 4:30 p.m. and coverage is available on both AHLTV and Mixlr. To listen to Play-by-Play broadcaster Alex Thomas’ call on AHLTV, select the ‘away audio’ option when clicking on the game.

Tale of The Tape:

This is the third of six meetings between the Wolf Pack and Bears this season, and the second of three at the Giant Center between the Atlantic Division rivals. Today’s contest continues a stretch in which the Wolf Pack and Bears will meet four times in a span of seven days. The sides will shift to Hartford next Friday and Saturday night for a pair of games at the XL Center. The season series wraps up on Saturday, February 11^th, back in Hershey.

The Bears evened the season series with a dominating 6-1 victory last night in the first game of this back-to-back set. Mason Morelli opened the scoring 9:50 into the hockey game, finding a loose puck in the crease and jamming it home for his second goal of the season. Henrik Borgstrom scored the eventual game-winning goal from the high-slot at 16:50, while Garrett Pilon would score with less than two seconds left to make it a 3-0 game.

Sam Anas scored his 100^th career AHL goal 5:50 into the second period, deflecting a Vincent Iorio shot home. Mike Vecchione would tack on a powerplay goal at 9:10 to make it 5-0, while Hendrix Lapierre would score at 19:46 to finish the scoring.

Andy Welinski scored Hartford’s lone goal in the loss, blasting home his second goal of the season 16:23 into the second period. The Wolf Pack outshot the Bears 9-7 in a scoreless third period.

The Wolf Pack have won six of the last eight meetings between the foes and have posted a record of 2-2-0-0 at Giant Center in their last four visits.  

Wolf Pack Outlook:

The Wolf Pack saw their four-game point streak snapped last night at the hands of the Bears. Hartford’s loss also dropped their road record this season to 1-5-1-0. Last night’s 6-1 loss was the club’s first loss against the Bears since January 22^nd, 2022. That night, the Wolf Pack would drop a 5-0 decision to the Bears in the first half of a back-to-back between the teams. Hartford responded with a 3-2 victory the next day.

Defenseman Andy Welinski (2 g, 7 a) leads the Wolf Pack with nine points this season….