Nov 13, 2024
Home sweet home. On Friday night, the Hartford Wolf Pack will kick off the longest homestand of the season. Six straight games at the XL Center, where the Wolf Pack are 5-1-0-0 on the season, might be exactly what the doctor ordered for this club.
After a 0-2-0-0 weekend, let’s set the table for a big stretch of home tilts heading into the holiday season.
Onto the blog!
1. Let’s start with the milestones, shall we? Defenseman Matthew Robertson skated in his 200th career AHL game on Friday night in Rochester against the Americans. All 200 games of his career have come with the Wolf Pack, making him the 26th player in franchise history to play 200 games with the club.
2. Alex Belzile hit the 600 game mark in his pro career in the same game on Friday night. It was Belzile’s 388th AHL game. He’s also suited up in 168 career ECHL games, and 44 career NHL games with his hometown Montréal Canadiens.
After appearing in his 389th career AHL game on Sunday afternoon in Providence, Belzile is now slated to hit 400 career AHL games on Dec. 11, 2024, against the Hershey Bears at the XL Center.
3. Bo Groulx’ 100th career AHL point came on Sunday afternoon as a fortuitous bounce opened the scoring for the Wolf Pack 9:57 into the game. Groulx dumped a puck in from just outside of the offensive zone. The puck bounced off the boards behind the net, hit Providence Bruins’ goaltender Michael DiPietro in the back, and trickled into the net.
The goal was Groulx’s fifth of the season, and his team-leading tenth point (5 g, 5 a). In 157 career AHL games with the Wolf Pack and San Diego Gulls, Groulx has scored 44 goals and 56 assists for his 100 points.
4. Quietly, Chad Ruhwedel has provided the Wolf Pack with steady play on the blueline since he was assigned by the New York Rangers. It was nice to see Ruhwedel get rewarded with his first two points of the season over the weekend.
He picked up an assist on Dylan Roobroeck’s goal on Friday night in Rochester in the first period, then tacked on another on Groulx’s tally on Sunday.
They were Ruhwedel’s first AHL points since Jan. 5, 2019, when he picked up an assist as a member of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins against the Milwaukee Admirals.
5. Cool moment on Friday night in Rochester seeing Nathan Sucese return home. The veteran forward had over 100 family and friends in attendance for the game. Following morning skate on Friday, Sucese spoke to the local media in…
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Hartford Wolf Pack…