Hartford Wolf Pack 2019-20 Roster as of 10/16/19 Pos. Player Ht. Wt. Catch Birthplace Date of Birth Age 2018-19 Team(s) GP W L OT GAA 31 G SHESTERKIN, Igor 6-2 182 L Moscow, Russia 12/30/95 23 SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) 28 24 4 0 1.11 35 G HUSKA, Adam 6-4 218 L Zvolen, Slovakia 5/12/92 21 Wolf Pack (AHL) 9 1 5 2 3.45 Univ. of Connecticut 21 5 13 2 3.34 Pos. Player Ht. Wt. Shot Birthplace Date of Birth Age 2018-19 Team(s) GP G A Pts. PIM 4 D KEANE, Joey 6-0 187 R Chicago, IL 7/2/99 20 Barrie (OHL) 29 4 16 20 46 London (OHL) 37 4 15 19 57 5 D LoVERDE, Vincent 5-11 206 R Chicago, IL 4/14/89 30 Toronto (AHL) 68 3 8 11 33 8 C JONES, Nick 5-11 186 R Edmonton, Alta. 6/2/96 23 Wolf Pack (AHL) 10 2 1 3 4 U. North Dakota (NCHC) 26 9 11 20 10 9 LW DiGIUSEPPE, Phil 6-0 193 L Toronto, Ont. 10/9/93 26 Carolina (NHL) 21 1 3 4 8 Nashville (NHL) 3 0 0 0 0 Charlotte (AHL) 2 0 0 0 19 Milwaukee (AHL) 24 5 7 12 6 13 RW NEWELL, Patrick 5-10 170 L Thousand Oaks, CA 1/18/96 23 Wolf Pack (AHL) 6 0 1 1 4 St. Cloud State (NCHC) 39 21 26 47 8 15 C NIEVES, Cristoval 6-3 214 L Syracuse, NY 1/23/94 25 NY Rangers (NHL) 43 4 6 10 8 Wolf Pack (AHL) 16 3 5 8 6 19 C FOGARTY, Steven 6-3 208 R Chambersburg, PA 4/19/93 26 NY Rangers (NHL) 10 0 0 0 0 Wolf Pack (AHL) 66 21 31 52 50 22 D EBERT, Nick 6-1 205 R Livingston, NJ 5/11/94 25 Orebro HK (SweHL) 49 11 22 33 46 24 D RADDYSH, Darren 6-1 200 R Toronto, Ont. 2/28/96 23 Rockford (AHL) 54 8 18 26 20 Wolf Pack (AHL) 22 1 3 4 16 26 LW GETTINGER, Tim 6-6 218 L Cleveland, OH 4/14/98 21 NY Rangers (NHL) 4 0 0 0 0 Wolf Pack (AHL) 64 14 13 27 27 37 LW FONTAINE, Gabriel 6-1 203 L Montreal, Que. 4/30/97 22 Wolf Pack (AHL) 72 11 15 26 18 39 LW BELESKEY, Matt 6-0 207 L Windsor, Ont. 6/7/88 31 NY Rangers (NHL) 4 1 0 1 5 Wolf Pack (AHL) 53 5 17 22 55 44 D GEERTSEN, Mason 6-4 221 L Drayton Valley, Alta. 4/19/95 24 Colorado (AHL) 58 3 13 16 134 55 D LINDGREN, Ryan 6-0 191 L Burnsville, MN 2/11/98 21 NY Rangers (NHL) 5 0 0 0 8 Wolf Pack (AHL) 65 0 12 12 94 65 RW O’REGAN, Danny 5-10 180 R Berlin, Germany 1/30/94 25 Buffalo (NHL) 1 0 0 0 0 Rochester (AHL) 70 20 28 48 42 72 C CHYTIL, Filip 6-2 208 L Kromeriz, Czech Rep. 9/5/99 20 NY Rangers (NHL) 75 11 12 23 8 74 D DAY, Sean 6-3 220 L Leuwen, Belgium 1/9/98 21 Wolf Pack (AHL) 46 3 11 14 8 Maine (ECHL) 19 4 11 15 6 81 RW MESKANEN, Ville 6-1 188 R Tampere, Finland 10/2/95 24 Wolf Pack (AHL) 70 12 22 34 18 91 LW KRAVTSOV, Vitali 6-3 189 L Vladivostok, Russia 12/23/99 19 Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL) 50 8 13 21 6 95 RW LETTIERI, Vinni 5-11 185 R Excelsior, MN 2/6/95 24 NY Rangers (NHL) 27 1 2 3 14 Wolf Pack (AHL) 48 23 25 48 22 General Manager: Chris Drury Strength & Conditioning Coach: John Sardos Assistant General Manager: Pat Boller Video Coach: Chris Hoeler Head Coach: Kris Knoblauch Assistant Athletic Trainer: Jared Degler Associate Head Coach: Gord Murphy Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach: Tim Sesko Assistant Coach: David Cunniff Head Equipment Manager: Craig Lewis Goaltending Coach: Eric Raymond Assistant Equipment Manager: Mark Riepe Athletic Trainer: Brian Fairbrother NHL Affiliate: New York Rangers Skills Coach: Brock Ballard 2019-20 HARTFORD WOLF PACK BIOS Chris Drury (General Manager): Named Wolf Pack general manager May 16, 2017…Has served as NY Rangers assistant general manager since September 2, 2016…Rejoined Ranger organization as Director of Player Development September 4, 2015…Played 12 seasons as an NHL forward from 1998-99 through 2010-11, with Colorado, Calgary, Buffalo and the Rangers, amassing career totals of 255-360-615 in 892 GP...Won Stanley Cup with Colorado in 2000-01, scoring second-most playoff goals in NHL (11-5-16 in 23 GP)...Earned NHL Rookie-of-the-Year honors in 1998-99 (20-24-44 in 79 GP with Avalanche)...Had nine 20-goal seasons during his career, and reached the 50-point mark eight times...Made nine playoff appearances, and helped his teams advance as far as the conference finals six times...Skated in 135 career Stanley Cup Playoff games (47-42-89)...Played four seasons (2007-08 through 2010-11) as a Ranger (62-89-151 in 264 GP), after signing with New York as a free agent July 1, 2007...Served as Ranger captain for three years (2008-09 through 2010-11), after being named the 25th captain, and second American-born captain, in franchise history October 3, 2008...Played four seasons in Hockey East at Boston University, 1994-95 through 1997-98 (113-101-214 in 155 career GP), and finished his career as school's all-time leader in goals, and ranked third all-time in points...Helped lead BU to NCAA title as a freshman in 1994-95...Also reached the NCAA championship game with the Terriers in 1996-97, and went to Frozen Four in 1995-96...Won Hobey Baker Award as a senior in 1997-98, his third time as a finalist for the honor, becoming the first player in BU history to be so honored...Inducted into U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2015...Skated for USA in three consecutive Winter Olympics (2002, 2006 and 2010), winning Silver Medals in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah and 2010 in Vancouver, B.C....Born August 20, 1976 in Trumbull, CT. Kris Knoblauch (Head Coach): Named the seventh head coach in Wolf Pack history July 29, 2019...Spent 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons as an assistant coach with NHL's Philadelphia Flyers...Was a head coach at Major Junior level for seven years (2010-11 through 2016-17), amassing a total record of 298-130-16-13 (.684) in 457 games...Led Erie Otters (OHL) to four consecutive 50-win campaigns (2013-14 through 2016-17), a first in the history of the CHL (OHL, QMJHL and WHL)...Recorded total record with Erie of 216-79-9-5 (.722) in 309 games...Won OHL championship, and went to Final game of Memorial Cup, with Erie in 2016-17...Guided Erie to OHL's best 2015- 16 regular-season record (52-15-1-0, 105 pts.), earning OHL Coach of the Year honors...Captured OHL, and earned Memorial Cup berth, in 2014-15 (50-14-2-2, 104 pts.)...Named Erie head coach November 29, 2012...Piloted WHL's Kootenay Ice as head coach for two seasons (2010-11 and 2011-12), compiling a total record of 82-47-7- 8...In his first year with Kootenay, led the team to a 46-21-1-4 regular-season record and a 16-3 playoff run, good for WHL title and a trip to the Memorial Cup...Among the players he coached in Erie or Kootenay are: Connor McDavid, Alex DeBrincat, Sam Reinhart, Dylan Strome, Andre Burakovsky, Anthony Cirelli, Erik Cernak, Connor Brown and Travis Dermott...Served three seasons (2007-08 through 2009-10) as a Kootenay assistant coach and one year (2006-07) as an assistant with the Prince Albert Raiders of the WHL...International coaching experience includes a silver medal with Canada at 2017 World Junior Championship as an assistant coach and a head-coaching role with Canada- Red at the 2015 World U17 Hockey Challenge...Played two seasons of pro hockey, including 60 games with the Austin IceBats of the CHL in 2004-05 (18-22-40, 76 PIM) and 28 GP in 2005-06 with Neuilly sur-Marne of FFHG Division 1 in France (29-17-46, 24 PIM)...Drafted in 7th round (166th overall) by the New York Islanders in 1997...Skated for five seasons (1999-00 through 2003-04) with the University of Alberta, helping the Golden Bears to the 1999-00 CIAU University Cup championship in his first year...Played three years (1996-97 through 1998-99) in the WHL, with the Red Deer Rebels, Edmonton/Kootenay Ice and Lethbridge Hurricanes...Born September 24, 1978 in Imperial, Saskatchewan. Pat Boller (Assistant General Manager): Added assistant general manager duties to his title prior to 2012-13 season…Currently in his 13th year on the Wolf Pack staff…Served 10 seasons (2007-08 through 2016-17) as a Wolf Pack assistant coach...Spent nine seasons with the parent New York Rangers as a coaches’ assistant and Director of Operations of the Madison Square Garden Training Center…Duties with the Rangers included preparing video, assisting with pre-scouting, tracking statistics and helping to coordinate team travel and scheduling…Also assisted in organizing and executing summer prospect camps, as well as setting up player rehab and off-season programs…Member of coaching staff of three ECAC-champion teams at Division III Manhattanville College (Purchase, NY)…Served as video coach for USA Hockey at 2006 World Junior Championships in Vancouver, B.C….Has coached at USA Select Festivals every summer since 2006 …Assisted Pat Mikesch in coaching U.S.