Hartford Wolf Pack 2016-17 Roster as of 1/18/17 Pos. Player Ht. Wt. Catch Birthplace Date of Birth Age 2015-16 Team(s) GP W L OT GAA 31 G HALVERSON, Brandon 6-4 208 L Traverse City, MI 3/29/96 20 Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) 43 20 17 4 3.00 70 G SKAPSKI, Mackenzie 6-3 209 L Abbotsford, B.C. 6/15/94 22 Wolf Pack (AHL) 13 4 7 0 3.05 Greenville (ECHL) 27 5 14 5 3.26 Pos. Player Ht. Wt. Shot Birthplace Date of Birth Age 2015-16 Team(s) GP G A Pts. PIM 3 D GILMOUR, John 6-0 190 L Montreal, Que. 5/17/93 23 Providence Coll. (H-East) 34 9 14 23 18 5 D HUGHES, Tommy 6-2 225 R London, Ont. 4/7/92 24 Wolf Pack (AHL) 59 2 7 9 48 7 LW TAMBELLINI, Adam 6-4 195 L Port Moody, B.C. 11/1/94 22 Wolf Pack (AHL) 74 17 15 32 24 8 D KAMPFER, Steven 5-11 194 R Ann Arbor, MI 9/24/88 28 Florida (NHL) 47 0 4 4 26 9 RW BROWN, Chris 6-2 215 R Flower Mound, TX 2/3/91 25 Washington (NHL) 1 0 0 0 0 Hershey (AHL) 20 3 6 9 20 Wolf Pack (AHL) 30 3 5 8 20 10 LW CAREY, Matt 6-1 202 L Hamilton, Ont. 2/28/92 24 Iowa (AHL) 21 2 2 4 14 Quad City (ECHL) 49 25 22 47 46 11 C McPHERSON, Allan 5-10 181 L Kinburn, Ont. 4/8/91 25 Elmira (ECHL) 47 19 30 49 18 Rochester (AHL) 16 1 0 1 10 13 RW JENSEN, Nicklas 6-3 217 L Herning, Denmark 3/6/93 23 Utica (AHL) 27 4 8 12 20 Wolf Pack (AHL) 41 15 10 25 12 14 RW FONTAINE, Justin 5-10 174 R Bonnyville, Alta. 11/6/87 29 Minnesota (NHL) 60 5 11 16 20 15 C HRIVIK, Marek 6-2 205 L Zilina, Slovakia 8/28/91 25 NY Rangers (NHL) 5 0 1 1 2 Wolf Pack (AHL) 68 12 29 41 18 17 C McRAE, Philip 6-2 201 L Apple Valley, MN 3/15/90 26 Bakersfield (AHL) 35 9 6 15 33 19 C FOGARTY, Steven 6-3 215 R Chambersburg, PA 4/19/93 23 U. Notre Dame (H-East) 37 10 13 23 26 Wolf Pack (AHL) 3 0 1 1 0 21 LW STROMWALL, Malte 6-0 197 R Lulea, Sweden 8/24/94 22 AIK (Allsvenskan) 49 25 17 42 26 22 D BODIE, Mat 6-0 175 L East St. Paul, Man. 3/7/90 26 Wolf Pack (AHL) 76 7 29 36 38 23 RW CHAPIE, Adam 6-1 186 R Oxford, MI 7/6/91 25 UMass-Lowell (H-East) 39 16 19 35 57 24 C NIEVES, Cristoval 6-3 210 L Syracuse, NY 1/23/94 22 U. of Michigan (Big-10) 35 10 21 31 18 Wolf Pack (AHL) 8 2 4 6 0 27 D GRAVES, Ryan 6-5 226 L Yarmouth, N.S. 5/21/95 21 Wolf Pack (AHL) 74 9 12 21 53 44 D PALIOTTA, Michael 6-4 212 R Westport, CT 4/6/93 23 Columbus (NHL) 1 0 0 0 4 Lake Erie (AHL) 68 8 15 23 29 49 D NOONAN, Garrett 6-1 209 L Boston, MA 1/28/91 25 Milwaukee (AHL) 17 0 1 1 8 Cincinnati (ECHL) 55 9 34 43 61 51 LW GLASS, Tanner 6-1 213 L Regina, Sask. 11/29/83 33 NY Rangers (NHL) 57 4 3 7 66 Wolf Pack (AHL) 17 2 3 5 23 55 D SUMMERS, Chris 6-2 210 L Ann Arbor, MI 2/5/88 28 NY Rangers (NHL) 3 0 0 0 4 Wolf Pack (AHL) 74 3 8 11 51 96 RW KOVACS, Robin 6-0 176 L Stockholm, Sweden 11/16/96 20 AIK (Allsvenskan) 44 21 13 34 54 Rogle BK (SweHL) 4 0 1 1 0 General Manager: Jim Schoenfeld Head Coach: Ken Gernander Assistant Coach/Assistant General Manager: Pat Boller Assistant Coach: Keith McCambridge Athletic Trainer: Brian Fairbrother Strength & Conditioning Coach: Mark Cesari Assistant Athletic Trainer: Kevin Gazzale Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach: Kevin Gately Equipment Manager: Russell Holdredge Assistant Equipment Manager: Craig Lewis Video Coordinator: Corey Smith NHL Affiliate: New York Rangers 2016-17 HARTFORD WOLF PACK BIOS Jim Schoenfeld (General Manager): Named NY Rangers senior vice-president 7/1/15…Served as a NY Rangers assistant coach for four seasons, after assuming that role for final 21 games of 2008-09 season…Promoted to New York Rangers Assistant General Manager, Player Personnel July 23, 2007, and retained Wolf Pack general manager’s designation…Entered 2016-17 with total Wolf Pack/Whale GM’s record of 553-357-55-55 (.596) in 13 seasons…Compiled a record of 95-53-5-7 (.631) in two campaigns (2005-06 and 2006-07) as Wolf Pack head coach…Added head coaching duties to Wolf Pack general manager’s role July 13, 2005…Named Wolf Pack GM by NY Rangers July 21, 2003…Spent 2002-03 season as an assistant coach with Rangers…Lead analyst for ESPN’s National Hockey Night 1999-00 through 2001-02…Compiled career record of 256-246-78 (.509 winning percentage) in 10 seasons of head coaching experience in NHL…Head coach of Phoenix Coyotes 1997-99 (72-66-24)…Member of North American team’s coaching staff at 1999 NHL All-Star Game…Coached Washington Capitals for three-plus seasons (1994-97), compiling a 113-102-34 (.522) record…Head coach of New Jersey Devils from January 26, 1988 - November 6, 1990 (50-59-15)…Led Devils to franchise’s first-ever playoff appearance, and to within one win of Stanley Cup Finals, in 1987-88…Served as head coach for Buffalo Sabres for 43 games in 1985-86 (19-19-5)...Spent 25 games (17-6-2) as head coach of 1984-85 Rochester Americans, before returning to Buffalo to resume his playing career…Skated for 13 seasons (1972-73 through 1984- 85) as an NHL defenseman, with Buffalo, Detroit and Boston…Played a total of 719 NHL games (51-204-255, 1132 PIM), 584 of them with Buffalo…Second-Team NHL All-Star selection 1979-80…Took part in 1979 Challenge Cup, NHL vs. Soviet Union…Skated in 1977 and 1980 NHL All-Star Games…Captained Sabres club from 1974- 77…Member of Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame and Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame…Buffalo’s first pick (5th overall) in 1972 NHL Entry Draft…Born September 4, 1952 in Galt, Ontario. Ken Gernander (Head Coach): Logged his 700th game as Wolf Pack head coach in Pack 2015-16 season finale 4/16 @ St. John’s…Posted his 341st win as Wolf Pack head coach January 16, 2016, in a 2-1 victory @ Lehigh Valley, passing Bruce Boudreau for tenth all-time in AHL history…Won his second division title as Wolf Pack head coach in 2014-15, leading the Pack to a Northeast Division crown with a mark of 43-24-5-4 for 95 points…Inducted into AHL Hall of Fame January 28, 2013…Entered 2016-17 with total Wolf Pack/Whale head coaching record of 364-258-35-43 (.576) in nine seasons, the longest-tenured coach in franchise history…Piloted Wolf Pack to an Atlantic-Division title, the third division championship in team history, in 2008-09, with a record of 46-27-3-4 for 99 points…Was 96-47- 5-12 (.653) in his first two seasons as Pack head coach, and led Wolf Pack to a franchise-record 110 points (50-20-2-8) in his first season in his current position…Named the fifth head coach in Wolf Pack franchise history July 23, 2007…Spent the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons as a Wolf Pack assistant coach (hired July 13, 2005)…Served as Wolf Pack’s captain for first eight seasons of franchise’s existence, and captain of NY Rangers’ top development team for ten straight seasons…Retired as Wolf Pack’s all-time leading point-scorer (160-187-347), but was subsequently surpassed for that honor by Brad Smyth…Holds Wolf Pack franchise record for games-played (599)…Retired as highest-scoring American-born player in AHL history (since surpassed by Keith Aucoin), with totals of 293-331-624 in 973 GP with Wolf Pack, Binghamton Rangers and Moncton Hawks…Finished his career with a then-league-record total of 123 AHL playoff games-played…Two-time winner of AHL’s Fred T. Hunt Award (sportsmanship, determination and dedication to hockey), capturing the honor in and 1995-96 with Binghamton 2003-04 with Wolf Pack…Named Wolf Pack’s American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year for 2003-04…Suited up for 12 regular-season NHL games (2-3-5) during his 11 years as a player in NY Rangers organization and saw action in 15 playoff contests…Originally signed with NY Rangers as a free agent July 4, 1994…Member of Binghamton Hockey Hall of Fame (inducted April 8, 2006)…Spent first three seasons of his pro career in Winnipeg Jets organization, which drafted him out of high school in fifth round (96th overall) of 1987 NHL Entry Draft…Played four seasons of college hockey at University of Minnesota…Born June 30, 1969 in Coleraine, Minnesota.