Nov 8, 2024
ROCHESTER, NY – The Hartford Wolf Pack are back on the road for two games this weekend. Tonight, the club makes their lone stop of the 2024-25 campaign in Rochester to take on the Americans.
The puck drop is set for 7:05 p.m., and coverage is available on AHLTV on FloHockey and Mixlr.
Tale of The Tape:
This is the first of two meetings between the Wolf Pack and the Americans this season. The home-and-home matchup concludes at the XL Center on Jan. 25, 2025.
The Americans have won each of the last three head-to-head meetings, including a sweep of last season’s two-game series. After claiming a 3-2 overtime victory at the XL Center on Dec. 15, 2023, the Americans took a wild 6-5 affair at Blue Cross Arena on Mar. 20, 2024.
Brennan Othmann struck 4:21 into the second period, giving the Wolf Pack a 3-1 lead. Three unanswered goals by the Americans, however, had the score at 4-3 heading into the third period. Ethan Prow tied the game at 11:32 of the middle stanza before Brett Murray gave the Amerks the lead at 14:18.
Othmann’s second of the game at 6:06 of the third period tied the affair 4-4. 1:23 later, at 7:29, Karl Henriksson restored the lead with his 11th goal of the season.
Jiri Kulich, for the second straight meeting, would score a third-period goal to tie the game. This time, it was his 19th goal of the season at 12:15. Michael Mersch’s 12th goal of the season, scored at 14:17, would prove to be the game-winning tally.
Kulich scored four points (3 g, 1 a) in the two meetings during the 2023-24 season.
The Wolf Pack are 0-5-0-0 in their last five trips to Rochester. Their last victory at Blue Cross Arena came on Dec. 22, 2018. That night, Peter Holland scored twice as the Pack claimed a 5-1 victory. They also won 4-2 the night before, Dec. 21, 2018, with Steven Fogarty scoring the game-winning goal.
Wolf Pack Outlook:
The Wolf Pack snapped a brief two-game losing streak with a 2-1 overtime victory over the Syracuse Crunch on Wednesday night at the XL Center.
Bryce McConnell-Barker opened the scoring 5:55 into the third period, entering the offensive zone on a two-on-one before rifling a shot by Brandon Halverson from the left-wing side. The unassisted goal was his first career professional tally.
Joel Teasdale evened the tilt at 19:43, burying a rebound for his third goal of the campaign. With the Crunch on a six-on-four advantage, Conor Sheary fired a shot from the right-wing side that Dylan Garand made…
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