2018-19 Hartford Wolf Pack Media Guide
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HARTFORD WOLF PACK 2018-19 MEDIA GUIDE (Edited by Bob Crawford) Photography: Bill Mercey, Chris Rutsch, Diane Sobolewski, Richard Zacher 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Team Directory……………………………………………………………………….. 3 Management/Coaching/Training/Equipment Staff…………………………………… 4 2017-18 Wolf Pack Players…………………………………………………............. 11 Wolf Pack 2017-18 Team Statistics……………………………………..................... 39 All-time Wolf Pack/Whale Year-by-year Scoring/Goaltending…………………….. 42 All-time Wolf Pack/Whale Team Game-by-game………………………………….. 62 Wolf Pack/Whale Regular Season Records…………………………………………. 82 Wolf Pack/Whale All-time Scoring/Goaltending………………………………….. 101 All-time Wolf Pack/Whale Regular Season Leaders/All-time AHL Standings.…... 109 Wolf Pack/Whale All-time vs. AHL………………….............................................. 110 Wolf Pack/Whale All-time vs. AHL (year-by-year)……………………………….. 111 Wolf Pack/Whale Playoff History............................................................................. 119 Wolf Pack/Whale All-time Playoff Statistics……………………………………… 122 Wolf Pack/WhaleLargest Crowds, Overtime History……………………………... 136 Wolf Pack/Whale Shootout History……………………………………………….. 142 Wolf Pack/WhaleHat Tricks……………………………………………………….. 145 Wolf Pack/Whale Shutouts………………………………………………………… 147 Number of Players Used……………………………………………………………150 Penalty Shots………………………………………………………………………..151 Wolf Pack/Whale Team Honors…………………………………………………… 153 All-Time Wolf Pack/Whale Jersey Numbers……………………………………… 158 History of the Hartford Wolf Pack………………………………………………….163 2 HARTFORD WOLF PACK 2018-19 1 Civic Center Plaza Hartford, CT 06103 www.hartfordwolfpack.com facebook.com/HartfordWolfPack twitter.com/@WolfPackAHL Phone: (860) 249-6333 Fax: (860) 241-4226 Tickets: (855) 762-6451 Personnel President, New York Rangers/Governor, Hartford Wolf Pack Glen Sather General Manager, Hartford Wolf Pack Chris Drury General Manager, XL Center Chris Lawrence Assistant General Manager, XL Center Ben Weiss Head Coach Keith McCambridge Assistant General Manager Pat Boller Assistant Coach Joe Mormina Goaltending Coach Eric Raymond Athletic Trainer Brian Fairbrother Strength and Conditioning Coach Mark Cesari Assistant Athletic Trainer Matthew Aiello Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Kevin Gately Equipment Manager Russell Holdredge Equipment Manager Craig Lewis Equipment Manager Mike DeLucia Video Coach Zachary Longo Vice-President, Corporate Sales Bryan Dooley Director of Ticket Sales Dave Romeiko Director of Finance Ashley Shea Director of Premium Seating Doug Hagen Director of Marketing & Business Development Danielle Griebel Director of Broadcasting & Public Relations Bob Crawford Senior Manager of Community Relations & Game Presentation Franky Berrian Senior Marketing Manager Yasmeen Badich Marketing Manager Jessica Charlton Corporate Sales Manager Rose LeBlanc Box Office Manager Ruth Clarke-Olen Assistant Box Office Manager Jill Atkinson Sales Manager James Warner Account Executive Luc Berube Account Executive Morgan Nadel Account Executive Nick Desarco Executive Assistant Elyse O’Connell Event Coordinator Pearson Davis Sales Coordinator Brendan O’Halloran Graphic Designer Gary Goldberg-O’Maxfield Team Information Club Colors Navy Blue, Red, White and Silver Home Arena XL Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum Seating Capacity 15,635 Ice Surface Dimensions 200’ x 85’ Ticket Prices $13-$45 Attendance Records Game: 21,673 (Rentschler Field) vs. Providence 2/19/11; 14,115 (at XL Center) vs. Springfield, 1/24/98 Season: 288,859 (1998-99) Average: 7,221 (1998-99) Press Box Location Bottom of Sections 234-238 Flagship Radio Station News Radio 1410 WPOP Time Zone Eastern 3 General Manager Chris Drury Trumbull, CT native Chris Drury was named General Manager of the Wolf Pack May 16, 2017. He also serves as Assistant General Manager of the parent New York Rangers, having been promoted to that post on September 2, 2016. Drury assists Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton on all player transactions and contract negotiations. Drury helps Gorton in overseeing and evaluating all players at the collegiate level, and he also assists in the development of Rangers prospects, both on and off the ice, by serving as a liaison between the hockey operations department and prospects in the organization. Prior to his promotion, Drury served as Director of Player Development for one season after rejoining the Rangers organization on September 4, 2015. During his 12-year NHL career, Drury skated in 892 games with the Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres, and the Rangers, registering 255 goals and 360 assists for 615 points. Drury captured the Stanley Cup as a member of the Avalanche in 2000-01, ranking second in the NHL with 11 goals in 23 games during the team's playoff run. In 1998- 99, Drury received the Calder Trophy as the NHL's Rookie of the Year after registering 20 goals and 24 assists for 44 points with Colorado. Drury recorded at least 20 goals in nine different seasons in his career, and he registered at least 50 points in eight different seasons. In addition, Drury's team reached the playoffs in nine of his 12 seasons in the NHL, and his team advanced to the Conference Finals on six occasions. In 135 career NHL playoff games, Drury registered 47 goals and 42 assists for 89 points, along with a plus-24 rating and 46 penalty minutes. Over the 12 seasons in which he played in the NHL (1998-99 - 2010-11), Drury led the league in playoff game-winning goals (17), ranked second in playoff overtime goals (four), ranked fourth in playoff goals, and ranked ninth in playoff games played. Drury played four seasons with the Rangers (2007-08 - 2010-11) after signing with the team as a free agent on July 1, 2007. In addition, Drury served as the Rangers captain for three seasons (2008-09 - 2010-11) after being named the 25th captain in franchise history - as well as the second American-born captain in franchise history - on October 3, 2008. In 264 regular season games with the Blueshirts, Drury recorded 62 goals and 89 assists for 151 points, along with 116 penalty minutes. Over his first three seasons with the Rangers, Drury led the team in goals (61) and points (146), ranked second in assists (85), and tied for second in game-winning goals (10). In addition, the Rangers made the playoffs three times during Drury's four seasons with the team. Prior to joining the NHL, Drury completed one of the most impressive collegiate hockey careers in NCAA history. Over four seasons at Boston University (1994-95 - 1997-98), Drury tallied 113 goals and 101 assists for 214 points in 155 games. During his collegiate career, the Terriers captured the National Championship in 1994-95, appeared in the National Championship Game twice (1994- 95, 1996-97), and appeared in the Frozen Four three times (1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97). Drury was selected as a First Team All-American on two occasions (1996-97, 1997-98), a Hobey Baker Finalist as the Top Player in College Hockey on three occasions (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98), and he became the first Terrier to receive the Hobey Baker Award in 1997-98. Drury is Boston University's all-time leader in goals and ranks third on the school's all-time points list. Internationally, Drury represented the United States in numerous tournaments and earned several medals. He participated in three consecutive Winter Olympics (2002, 2006, 2010), capturing a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Drury was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2015. Drury and his wife, Rory, have a son, Luke, and two daughters, Dylan and Kelly. 4 Head Coach Keith McCambridge Keith McCambridge was named the sixth head coach in Wolf Pack history June 12, 2017, after one season as a Wolf Pack assistant coach. Prior to coming to the Wolf Pack, McCambridge had spent the previous five seasons as head coach of the Winnipeg Jets’ AHL affiliate. The Thompson, Manitoba native was head man of the St. John’s IceCaps for the first four years of that franchise’s existence, 2011-12 through 2014-15, and then spent the 2015-16 campaign as bench boss of the Manitoba Moose. During those five head-coaching years, McCambridge amassed a record of 179-158-23-20, for a winning percentage of .528. McCambridge guided the 2013-14 IceCaps all the way to the Calder Cup Finals, where they lost a hard-fought five-game series to the Texas Stars, with each of the last three games going to overtime. In his first season as an AHL head coach, 2011-12, McCambridge won an Atlantic Division regular-season title with the IceCaps, going 43-25- 5-3, and advanced as far as the Eastern Conference Finals. That year he also earned the honor of serving as head coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star squad at the 2012 AHL All-Star Classic. McCambridge also spent two seasons (2009-10 and 2010-11) as an assistant coach for the Moose, prior to the franchise moving to St. John’s, and in the first of those two years, Manitoba’s head coach was current New York Rangers associate coach Scott Arniel. The 44-year-old McCambridge began his coaching career in the ECHL, with the Alaska Aces. He was the Aces’ head coach for two seasons, 2007-08 and 2008-09, leading the team to the Kelly Cup Finals in ’08-’09 and to the third round of the postseason in his first year. His total ECHL head-coaching record was 86-50-5-3 (.625), and he also worked with the Aces for three seasons (2003-04 through 2005-06) as a player/assistant coach and in 2006-07 as an assistant coach. McCambridge played 11 seasons as a pro defenseman, from 1995-96 through 2005-06. That tenure included 378 career AHL games in seven seasons with the Saint John Flames, Providence Bruins, Houston Aeros and Cleveland Barons, during which the 1994 Calgary Flames eighth-round pick (201st overall) totaled nine goals and 21 assists for 30 points, along with 1,057 penalty minutes.