Apr 2, 2025
The final month of the AHL’s 2024-25 regular season is upon us. For the Hartford Wolf Pack, April represents the final seven games of the regular season, with a playoff race still in their sights despite a difficult weekend of results.
Onto the blog!
1. Saturday night’s game in Providence felt like a playoff game. There wasn’t much room for the Wolf Pack or the Bruins, and scoring chances were hard to come by. The result, a 2-1 victory for the Bruins, stings for the Wolf Pack. The process was good, and Hartford largely controlled the final 40 minutes of action, but it was not enough for two key points.
When points are at a premium and moral victories can’t replace them, it’s hard to look at a regulation loss with a positive outlook. That said, the Wolf Pack played another strong road game. They simply were not rewarded. That’s the harsh reality of sports sometimes.
2. The loss was made worse by a three-for-three weekend by the Springfield Thunderbirds. After sweeping a back-to-back set from the Iowa Wild on Friday and Saturday, the T-Birds went to Providence and took a dramatic 3-2 regulation victory on Sunday.
That puts the Thunderbirds ten points up on the Wolf Pack with seven games to go. That’s a six point increase from where things stood on Friday morning. That hurts.
3. The Wolf Pack are actually closer to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, despite their 3-1 victory in Laval on Saturday night. The Phantoms are nine points up on the Wolf Pack with seven games remaining for both.
4. The Phantoms visit Bridgeport on Wednesday, while the Thunderbirds are in Rochester to take on the Americans. The Phantoms then host the Hershey Bears on Friday night, and the Thunderbirds on Saturday night. The Thunderbirds, meanwhile, are in Utica on Friday night before their visit to Allentown on Saturday.
Springfield’s magic number is four, while Lehigh Valley’s magic number is six entering Wednesday’s action.
5. Yesterday, the parent New York Rangers signed goaltender Callum Tung to a three-year, entry-level contract that begins next season. Additionally, Tung agreed to an amateur tryout agreement with the Wolf Pack that covers the remainder of the 2024-25 season.
Tung had a terrific freshman season with the UConn Huskies, posting a 10-4-1 record in 15 appearances with a .933 save percentage and a 2.01 goals-against average. He was also named to Hockey East’s ‘All-Rookie Team’ for his performance.
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