Mar 14, 2024
The Hartford Wolf Pack are in the midst of one of their busiest road stretches of the season. The club is in a stretch in which they play seven of eight games on the road. The first three road games are complete, as the Pack arrived back home from Charlotte early on Thursday morning.
Ahead of another four-game road trip, mostly through the North Division, it’s time for another weekly edition of the blog!
Let’s get right to it, shall we?
1.) Last Friday, the parent New York Rangers made three trades ahead of the NHL trade deadline. One of the deals, with the Minnesota Wild, impacted the Wolf Pack. The Rangers sent Wolf Pack forward Turner Elson to the Wild in exchange for forward Nic Petan. Petan, who led Iowa in points with 40 at the time of the trade, joined the Wolf Pack.
2.) Petan is a nice addition to the Wolf Pack and has immediately slotted into the club’s top-six forward group. Petan notched an assist in his Wolf Pack debut at Bridgeport on March 9th and also scored in the shootout for the club that night.
Petan has 41 points on the season (12 g, 29 a) in 47 games with the Wild and Wolf Pack. Throughout his career, Petan has scored 282 points (92 g, 190 a) in 284 AHL games.
It’ll take a few games for Petan to get used to a new system and a new team. Once he gets rolling in Hartford, Petan could be a huge factor in the Wolf Pack’s push for the Calder Cup.
3.) Professional sports is a business, we all know that. Still, it’s tough to see great people leave. Turner Elson is a very good hockey player who has enjoyed a terrific career in the sport. He’s also a great person who was beloved by his teammates and coaches during his time in Hartford.
Elson played a key leadership role with the Wolf Pack and was a total class act to work with.
Last year was my first year traveling to call Wolf Pack games, and Elson could not have been more welcoming to me. I’ll always appreciate how comfortable he made me feel on the road and how part of the group he and the leadership group made me feel.
I’ll always appreciate that and wish Turner nothing but the best in Iowa.
4.) Remember, everyone, an AHL regular season is 72 games long. There will be plenty of ebbs and flows throughout the season. It’s important to not overreact positively to any winning streaks and to not overreact negatively to any losing streaks.
No team’s ship will sail through smooth seas for 72 straight games.
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