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CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK DROP FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON

By: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings CHARLOTTE, NC - In his first AHL game, Anton Levtchi scored two goals, with the second coming 35 seconds into overtime to lead the Charlotte Checkers to a 4-3 OT win over the visiting Hartford Wolf Pack in the first game of the 2022-23 season. Levtchi came motoring off the left wing side, cut to the middle of the ice and slid the puck past a poke-check attempt of the Wolf Pack's new starter, Louie Domingue. Levtchi then flipped a backhander past Domingue to end the season opener. Domingue made 40 saves for the Pack in a sterling effort and was the primary reason the game went to the extra session. Henry Bowlby had five quality chances, all denied by Domingue with ten seconds left in regulation and Lucas Carlsson with under a minute left from the left point. Another on Gerry Mayhew as they were outshot by a two-to-one margin of 44-22. Chris Tierney was robbed on the right wing with an open cage as Domingue slid over left to right with 8:08 left. He would tally their third goal two minutes to tie the score. Julien Gauthier had given the Pack the lead at 8:07 with the night's best goal. He took a pass from newcomer Turner Elson, turned on the left wing speed, and got inside position on ex-Pack Anthony Bitetto. He went backhand-to-forehand and put it past ex-Pack/Sound Tiger, J.F. Berube. Alexi Heponiem had five shots in the game. He was stopped after getting the puck off the shinpad of the just-signed Ben Harpur with 5:41 remaining. Harpur drove out on Tierney and took away the bottom of the net. His shot went high and over the Wolf Pack cage. Just before, Tim Gettinger saw his wraparound attempt come up empty. Lauri Pajuniemi had given the Pack the lead in the second period. Pajuniemi took a cross-ice feed on his off-wing from Matt Robertson and wired one past Berube at 3:42 of the second period. Levitch was on the power play two minutes earlier in the lower right-wing circle and scored his first. Heponiemi, who also had five shots in the game, opened the scoring at 4:38 of the first. He is from the same hometown as Pajuniemi. Will Cullye, on the strength of Jonny Brodzinski slipping thru and making it an odd-man rush, dished ot back and saw Cullye, who buried the backhand pass at 13:52. The duo had a strong game as Brodzinski shuffled another lead pass to Cullye, who made a wonderful attempt with just one hand on his stick. NOTES: Cullye led the Pack with four shots. Carter Sandlak, the son of ex-Hartford Whaler, Jim Sandlak, was one of the referees. One of the linesmen was from the female trainee group, Kirsten Welsh. Making his debut as the Checkers assistant coach was ex-Pack Bobby Sanguinetti. Signed to his AHL deal by San Jose was an ex-Pack defenseman, Patrick Sieloff. Ex-CT Whale Michael Del Zotto and former Yale Bulldog Alex Lyon were assigned to Charlotte and scratched. Adam Samuelsson, youngest son of Whaler great, former Wolf Pack assistant coach, ex-Avon Old Farms assistant, and ex-Ranger Ulf Samuelsson on the eve of ECHL training camp, goes from Idaho Steelheads to the Tulsa (OK) Oilers. HARTFORD WOLF PACK HOME Read the full article

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CANTLON: CONNECTICUT'S ROB MALLOY UPDATE

BY: Gerry Cantlon: Howlings HARTFORD, CT - Cheshire native and dual Australian citizen Rob "Bert" Malloy had a glorious run in the short-season Australia Ice Hockey League (AIHL).  It was his tenth in "The Land Down Under," and he finished just one win short, losing the Goodall Cup championship game to the top-ranked CBR (Canberra) Brave, 3-2. It was also his final game in a Newcastle Northstars sweater. “(It was a) tough way to end the season; not the fairytale ending we were looking for. It was also my last game playing for Newcastle. "The Central Coast Rhinos (2005-2008) are coming back into the league as an expansion team, and the rink is five minutes away from where my family lives. It’s a new chapter and an opportunity to build something brand new. "(It was a) tough decision to make, but traveling an hour each way with kids at home versus playing at a rink underneath my local grocery store five minutes away makes more sense.” Malloy stated via e-mail. Bread, milk, and hockey can be a very good combo. In the spring, he looks to still represent the Mighty Roo (Australia’s national team name). “My goal is to earn a spot on the national team roster for another year. Our world's (Group A Division II) is in Madrid (next year) in April (17-23, against Croatia, the nation of Georgia, Iceland, Israel, and hometown host country Spain.) "There's a trans-Tasman cup in Melbourne where we have a three-game series with the NZ (New Zealand) (National) team in November (for the Southern Hemisphere bragging rights),” Malloy said. He had 33 points (third best) in 19 regular season games. Former Salisbury School player Francis Drolet was their top scorer. Drolet is heading to HC Varese (Italy-IHL Division-2) in the fall. The pandemic took its toll on Australian hockey and society just as it did worldwide. “COVID made a significant impact on hockey down here. The league had significant momentum and growth (when it hit), and now it’s an opportunity to reboot. "There are two expansion teams joining next year (Central Coast and Brisbane) with Adelaide and Perth rejoining, making it an even stronger 10-team national league. "I think they are always considering expansion with New Zealand. "It comes down to flight availabilities in and out of NZ because most guys have work commitments on Friday and Mondays,” Malloy said, who was once a member of the Hartford Junior Wolf Pack. He and his young family also contended with major forest fires and flooding in New South Wales in the last two years. In other notes: Adam Samuelsson, the youngest child of ex-Hartford Whaler great and New York Rangers plus Hartford Wolf Pack assistant coach Ulf Samuelsson returns to North America and the Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) from Mariestad BoIS (Sweden Division 3 HockeyEttan) next year. HARTFORD WOLF PACK HOME Read the full article

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CANTLON'S CORNER: 2000 WOLF PACK CHAMPIONSHIP REUNION SET

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - A special treat is coming for Hartford Wolf Pack fans. Friday, April 10th is the regular season-finale Wolf Pack against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, but there will be an additional hockey event that fans won't want to miss. Cantlon’s Corner is exclusively reporting that final, regular season game will add a special element to it's regular Fan Appreciation Night as the team will celebrate and honor the 2000 AHL Calder Cup Champion, Hartford Wolf Pack team who will assemble together at the XL Center. The Wolf Pack is the ONLY professional championship team in Hartford's history and just the second minor-league professional hockey championship team ever. Wolf Pack alumni sources have said much of the preparation for the event is set, but there are several pieces in the process of being finalized. One event that is all set to occur is the Wolf Pack 2000 team playing a charity game against the Hartford City Police and Fire Department Team the afternoon prior to the Wolf Pack's game at 7:15 PM. Among the legendary Wolf Pack greats expected to attend include, Brad “Shooter” Smyth, the team's all-time leading scorer in Wolf Pack history and AHL Hall-Of-Famer, plus Shooter's partner in crime, both on-and-off the ice, Derek Armstrong, who was the 2000 Jack Butterfield Calder Cup playoff MVP. The other AHL Hall-Of-Famer and 2000 playoff goalie extraordinaire, J.F. (Jean-Francois) Labbe, and defenseman Terry Virtue, who scored "The Goal" in the semi-finals against the Providence Bruins in double overtime of Game 7. The win propelled the Wolf Pack to the Calder Cup Finals. The owner of the Calder Cup Championship's winning goal is Connecticut’s very own Hamden-resident, Todd Hall, and the effervescent and wildly-popular, feisty-pugilist, P.J. Stock. The Wolf Pack's championship coach, John Paddock, will also be on hand for the festivities. The record this championship group is shooting to break is the Wolf Pack's attendance records. The first one was set on January 6, 2006, against the now-defunct Portland Pirates, when 12,206 hockey fans came out and paid tribute to three former Whaler greats, Ron Francis (#10), Ulf Samuelsson (#5), and Kevin Dineen (#11) whose numbers hang in the rafters. The goal is to eclipse that mark. They hope to even take a run at Game 2 of the 2000 Calder Cup Finals against Rochester on May 26, 2000, when the team set a franchise playoff best attendance of 11,168. The all-time, best-attended Wolf Pack home game is 14,115. That record was set on January 24, 1998, against the also-defunct, Springfield Falcons. There will be a fantastic autograph and picture session with the players and the coach at the game. This will be a tremendous event honoring Hartford’s championship team as well as the fans who love them. A post-game celebration at a local venue is under consideration. There will be more details forthcoming. All the exciting info can be found in this space over the next few months.   Read the full article