Hartford Wolf Pack COACHING STAFF
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Hartford Wolf Pack COACHING STAFF KRIS KNOBLAUCH Head Coach | Kris Knoblauch enters his second season with the Hartford Wolf Pack as the team's Head Coach after being named the seventh Head Coach in the franchise's history on July 29, 2019. Knoblauch, 42, joined the Rangers organization with 13 seasons of coaching experience, including parts of seven seasons as a head coach. In his first season with the Wolf Pack in 2019-20, he guided the team to a 31-20-6-5 record, including a 21- 6-1-2 record at home. Knoblauch was named the Head Coach of the Atlantic Division All-Stars for the 2020 AHL All-Star Classic. Prior to being named Hartford's Head Coach, Knoblauch served as an Assistant Coach with the Philadelphia Flyers for two seasons (2017-18 and 2018-19). He also served as a Head Coach for seven consecutive seasons (2010-11 – 2016-17), first with the Kootenay Ice of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 2010-11 and 2011-12, and then with the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for parts of five seasons from 2012-13 – 2016- 17. Over Knoblauch’s seven seasons as a head coach with Kootenay and Erie, his teams posted a 298-130-16- 13 record in 457 regular season games (.684 points percentage). In his first season with Kootenay in 2010-11, Knoblauch helped the team win the WHL Championship. In Knoblauch’s four full seasons with Erie (2013-14 – 2016-17), the Otters posted a 204-58-7-3 record (.768 points percentage). Erie won at least 50 games in all four seasons, becoming the first team in the history of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL; comprised of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and Western Hockey League) to post four consecutive 50- win seasons. During Knoblauch’s tenure with Erie, the Otters won the OHL Championship in 2016-17 and won the Hamilton Spectator Trophy for having the OHL’s best regular season record in back-to-back seasons (2015-16 and 2016-17). Knoblauch received the Matt Leyden Trophy as the OHL’s Coach of the Year in 2015-16. Prior to becoming being named Kootenay’s Head Coach, the Imperial, Saskatchewan native served as an Assistant Coach with Kootenay for three seasons (2007-08 – 2009-10). He began his coaching career as an Assistant Coach with the Prince Albert Raiders of the WHL for one season (2006-07). Knoblauch served as an Assistant Coach with Canada at the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship, helping Canada earn a silver medal. Knoblauch was selected by the New York Islanders in the seventh round, 166th overall, of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. He played parts of four seasons of junior hockey in the WHL (1995-96 – 1998-99), followed by five seasons (1999-00 – 2003-04) at the University of Alberta. GORD MURPHY Associate Head Coach | Gord Murphy enters his second season with the Wolf Pack coaching staff after being named Associate Head Coach on August 2, 2019. In his first season with the Wolf Pack, Murphy helped the team post a 31-20-6-5 record in 62 games (73 points), which was the fourth-best record in the Atlantic Division and the seventh-best record in the Eastern Conference. Hartford ranked fifth in the AHL in penalty kill efficiency (85.8%) in 2019-20. Murphy also served as an Assistant Coach with the Rangers for the 2020 Qualifying Round. Murphy joined the Rangers organization after spending parts of 16 seasons as an Assistant Coach in the NHL (2002-03 – 2018-19). He served parts of five seasons as an Assistant Coach with the Philadelphia Flyers (2014- 15 – 2018-19), and he was on the same coaching staff as current Wolf Pack Head Coach Kris Knoblauch for parts of two seasons with the Flyers (2017-18 and 2018-19). Murphy has also served as an Assistant Coach with the Columbus Blue Jackets (2002-03 – 2009-10) and Florida Panthers (2010-11 – 2013-14) in his coaching career. Prior to beginning his coaching career, Murphy played parts of 14 seasons in the NHL (1988-89 – 2001-02) with the Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins, Florida Panthers, and Atlanta Thrashers. The defenseman skated in 862 career NHL games, registering 85 goals and 238 assists for 323 points, along with 668 penalty minutes. 202 CHRIS HOELER Video Coach | Chris Hoeler begins his second season with the Hartford Wolf Pack as the team's Video Coach. Hoeler joined the Rangers organization after spending the 2018-19 season as the Di- rector of Hockey Operations for the Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League (USHL). Prior to working with the Steel, he worked one season with Harvard Uni- versity’s women’s hockey team as the team’s Video & Analytics Coordinator. Hoeler has also worked with the Danbury Titans in the Federal Hockey League in his career. PAT BOLLER Assistant General Manager | Pat Boller enters his 14th season with the Hartford Wolf Pack and his ninth season as the team’s Assistant General Manager. Boller served as an Assistant Coach with Hartford for 10 seasons (2007-08 - 2016- 17) in addition to his role as the team’s Assistant General Manager. In his role as the team’s Assistant Coach, Boller served the team as a bench coach and video analyst. He added the title of Assistant General Manager prior to the 2012-13 season. Boller joined Hartford after serving nine years in the Rangers organization as a Coaches Assistant and Director of Operations, Madison Square Garden Training Cen- ter. In this capacity, he worked closely with Video Analyst Jerry Dineen to prepare video, as well as assisting with pre-scouting and tracking statistics. He also helped coordinate team travel and scheduling. Boller was also instrumental in organizing and assisting with summer prospect and development camps, working closely with Rangers’ prospects on and off the ice. The summer months also involved setting up player rehab and offseason programs in preparation for the coming season. A former college hockey player and assistant captain at SUNY Potsdam, Boller was a member of the coaching staff at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. During his tenure, Manhattanville won the ECAC Championship in three consecutive seasons (2005, 2006, and 2007). He helped lead Manhattanville to an appearance in the Division III Final Eight in 2005 and 2006, and a Final Four appearance in 2007. The Queens, New York native made it to the international stage in 2006 as Video Coach for USA Hockey at the World Junior Championship. 203 AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE 2019-20 FINAL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA 1 Providence Bruins 62 38 18 3 3 82 .661 197 154 2 Hershey Bears 62 37 18 3 4 81 .653 187 157 3 Belleville Senators 63 38 20 4 1 81 .643 234 197 4 Rochester Americans 62 33 20 4 5 75 .605 181 173 5 Utica Comets 61 34 22 3 2 73 .598 210 186 6 Charlotte Checkers 61 34 22 5 0 73 .598 202 172 7 Hartford Wolf Pack 62 31 20 6 5 73 .589 171 173 8 Binghamton Devils 62 34 24 4 0 72 .581 189 182 9 Syracuse Crunch 62 30 23 4 5 69 .556 202 210 10 Laval Rocket 62 30 24 5 3 68 .548 183 182 11 Springfield Thunderbirds 61 31 27 3 0 65 .533 190 186 12 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 63 29 26 3 5 66 .524 164 193 13 Toronto Marlies 61 29 27 3 2 63 .516 206 212 14 Lehigh Valley Phantoms 62 24 28 3 7 58 .468 161 186 15 Cleveland Monsters 62 24 31 5 2 55 .444 159 192 16 Bridgeport Sound Tigers 63 23 33 5 2 53 .421 152 206 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA 1 Milwaukee Admirals 63 41 14 5 3 90 .714 211 141 2 Iowa Wild 63 37 18 4 4 82 .651 194 171 3 Tucson Roadrunners 58 36 19 1 2 75 .647 198 163 4 Colorado Eagles 56 34 18 3 1 72 .643 188 162 5 Stockton Heat 55 30 17 4 4 68 .618 194 170 6 San Diego Gulls 57 30 19 6 2 68 .596 185 164 7 Ontario Reign 57 29 22 5 1 64 .561 166 198 8 Grand Rapids Griffins 63 29 27 3 4 65 .516 177 193 9 Chicago Wolves 61 27 26 5 3 62 .508 155 175 10 Rockford IceHogs 63 29 30 2 2 62 .492 156 187 11 Texas Stars 62 27 28 3 4 61 .492 171 192 12 San Antonio Rampage 61 24 25 7 5 60 .492 161 184 13 Manitoba Moose 61 27 33 1 0 55 .451 160 190 14 Bakersfield Condors 56 21 27 5 3 50 .446 162 202 15 San Jose Barracuda 55 21 27 5 2 49 .445 179 192 204 HARTFORD WOLF PACK 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON SCORING PLAYER POS. GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG S S% Vinni Lettieri RW 61 25 22 47 -4 46 9 0 6 179 14.0 Danny O'Regan C 62 11 27 38 2 24 1 0 2 95 11.6 Steven Fogarty C 54 13 24 37 2 30 1 3 3 90 14.4 Joey Keane D 49 8 22 30 -3 32 1 0 1 66 12.1 Darren Raddysh D 62 6 22 28 12 33 0 0 2 97 6.2 Tim Gettinger LW 53 16 11 27 3 14 3 1 4 107 15.0 Boo Nieves C 43 5 22 27 5 16 0 1 0 52 9.6 Matt Beleskey LW 56 16 10 26 -4 55 4 0 1 112 14.3 Phillip Di Giuseppe LW 43 14 12 26 10 39 5 0 4 149 9.4 Vincent LoVerde D 62 4 17 21 17 22 1 0 1 61 6.6 Nick Jones C 61 9 10 19 -14 20 1 0 1 75 12.0 Nick Ebert D Total 47 5 11 16 -5 27 1 1 1 82 6.1 HFD 46 5 11 16 -5 27 1 1 1 79 6.3 Vitali Kravtsov RW 39 6 9 15 -4 4 0 0 0 69 8.7 Patrick Newell LW 57 6 7 13 -1 8 0 0 1 73 8.2 Ryan Gropp LW 36 4 7 11 1 6 0 0 1 45 8.9 Yegor Rykov D 27 2 9 11 -10 6 1 0 0 22 9.1 Filip Chytil C 9 3 6 9 9 2 1 0 0 34 8.8 Mason Geertsen D 60 0 8 8 E 109 0 0 0 77 0.0 Ryan Dmowski LW 31 4 2 6 E 13 0 0 1 59 6.8 Shawn McBride C 33 2 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 21 9.5 Lias Andersson C 13 4 1 5 -9 14 1 0 0 22 18.2 Conner Bleackley C Total 11 3 2 5 1 8 0 0 0 11 27.3 HFD 1 0 0 0 E 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 Sean Day D 16 1 3 4 -1 13 0 0 1 21 4.8 Jeff Taylor D 10 0 4 4 5 4 0 0 0 10 0.0 Ville Meskanen RW 20 0 4 4 -2 6 0 0 0 18 0.0 Lewis Zerter-Gossage RW 25 2 1 3 -3 0 0 0 0 11 18.2 Gabriel Fontaine C 13 1 2 3 2 4 0 0 0 25 4.0 Libor Hajek D 23 1 2 3 -10 14 0 0 0 37 2.7 Ty Ronning RW 23 1 2 3 -1 8 0 0 0 27 3.7 Ryan Lindgren D 9 1 1 2 8 6 0 0 0 8 12.5 Igor Shesterkin G 25 0 2 2 - 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 J-F Berube G Total 36 0 2 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 HFD 7 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Greg Chase LW 3 0 1 1 -3 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 Adam Huska G 28 0 1 1 - 2 0 0 0 1 0.0 Zach Giuttari D 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 Patrick Khodorenko C 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Mike O'Leary LW 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 Jake Elmer RW 2 0 0 0 E 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 Dillan Fox C 2 0 0 0 E 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Tom McCollum G 7 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Brandon Crawley D 9 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 11 0.0 GOALTENDER GP MINS W L OT SO GA GAA SA SV SV% Igor Shesterkin 25 1,454:37 17 4 3 3 46 1.90 698 652 .934 J-F Berube Total 36 2,024:00 13 17 4 3 88 2.61 898 810 .902 HFD 7 381:33 1 6 0 0 18 2.83 155 137 .884 Adam Huska 28 1,523:10 11 8 6 0 77 3.03 725 648 .894 205.