BISON LOSE TO WINGS,  2-1 ON SATURDAY By: Erik Konwinski, Bloomington Bison Bloomington, Ill. – Dryden McKay made 26 saves and Brett Budgell scored his third shorthanded goal of the season but the Bloomington Bison fell 2-1 to the Kalamazoo Wings at Grossinger Motors Arena on Saturday evening. With physical play mounting early, the first period ended up penalty-ridden with a combined 14 penalty minutes dished out and set the tone for the rest of the game.

WOLF PACK FALL IN SHOOTOUT TO PHANTOMS BY: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack ALLENTOWN, PA – The Hartford Wolf Pack battled back to earn a point on Saturday night against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Despite their efforts, the Wolf Pack came up short in a 2-1 shootout loss. The Wolf Pack and Phantoms traded chances in the opening frame, but each goaltender was up to the task.

BISON STUMBLE AGAINST WINGS By: Erik Koneinski, Bloomington Bison Bloomington, Ill. – Eddie Matsushima scored on the power play and Lou-Félix Denis scored his fourth goal of the season but the Bloomington Bison fell 6-2 to the Kalamazoo Wings at Grossinger Motors Arena on Friday evening. For the first time in five games, the Bison allowed the first goal of the game, and the Wings took advantage of extended puck possession to go up 1-0 at 13:04.

WOLF PACK DOWNED 5-3 BY CRUNCH By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack struck twice in a span of 4:10 in the second period on Friday night to tie their tilt with the Syracuse Crunch 2-2. The Crunch would score three of the following four goals, however, taking a 5-3 decision. Brendan Furry opened the scoring 10:31 into the hockey game.

THE HART BEAT - VOLUME 1, ISSUE 10 By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack conclude their pre-holiday slate this weekend with a pair of games. They’ll welcome the Syracuse Crunch to town tomorrow night, then visit the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Saturday. The Pack enter the final weekend of the pre-holiday slate tied for the final playoff spot in the Atlantic Division.

RANGERS RECALL GABE PERREAULT, BRENNAN OTHMANN FROM HARTFORD WOLF PACK Forwards Brett Berard and Jaroslav Chmelař assigned to Hartford  By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club has recalled forwards Gabe Perreault and Brennan Othmann from the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. Additionally, the Rangers have assigned forwards Brett Berard and Jaroslav Chmelař to the Wolf Pack.

WOLF PACK RECALLS F KYLE JACKSON FROM BISON By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers Associate General Manager and Hartford Wolf Pack General Manager Ryan Martin announced today that the club has recalled forward Kyle Jackson from loan to the ECHL’s Bloomington Bison. Jackson, 23, has scored 30 points (11 g, 19 a) in 23 games with the Bison this season.

BISON FALL TO MAVERICKS, 2-1 SUNDAY By: Erik Konwinski, Bloomington Bison Bloomington, Ill – Callum Tung made 25 saves, and Eddie Matsushima scored on the power play, but the Bloomington Bison fell 2-1 to the Kansas City Mavericks at Grossinger Motors Arena on Sunday evening. For the second-straight game, the teams traded many chances early, and Bloomington scored first. Just over four minutes into the action, Matsushima made an immediate impact in his return to the lineup after missing Saturday’s game.

BISON TOPPLE MAVERICKS 3-2 ON SATURDAY By: Erik Konwinski, Bloomington Bison Bloomington, Ill – Hugo Ollas recorded 32 saves and was perfect in the shootout as the Bloomington Bison defeated the Kansas City Mavericks 3-2 at Grossinger Motors Arena Saturday. Bloomington jumped to a first-period lead after seven minutes when Kyle Jackson set up Sullivan Mack in front of the net, and Mack potted his third goal of the season through traffic.

WOLF PACK LOSE 7-2 TO CRUNCH By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack SYRACUSE, NY – The Hartford Wolf Pack took a 2-1 first-period lead in Syracuse on Saturday night. Despite that, the Wolf Pack surrendered six unanswered goals and dropped a 7-2 decision to the Syracuse Crunch. Connor Mackey opened the scoring 1:57 into the hockey game, sneaking his first goal of the season by Ryan Fanti.

BISON DOUBLE UP INDY FUEL, 6-3 By: Erik Koinwinski, Bloomington Bison Bloomington, Ill. – Four Bison recorded multi-point games and the powerplay struck twice as the Bloomington Bison defeated the Indy Fuel 6-3 at Grossinger Motors Arena Friday. The Bison continued their positive momentum from Wednesday’s game, which saw Bloomington score three unanswered goals, and began Friday’s contest with three straight goals.

THE HART BEAT - VOLUME 1, ISSUE 9 By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack are back on the road this weekend for two tilts against North Division opponents. The club will make their lone visits of the season to Utica and Syracuse. With the holiday break quickly approaching, the Wolf Pack are hopeful to unwrap four points on the road this weekend.

BISON COMPLETE COMEBACK AGAINST WINGS By: Erik Konwinski, Bloomington Bison Kalamazoo, Mich. – Hugo Ollas made 31 saves and the Bloomington Bison began erasing a three-goal deficit late in the second period before defeating the Kalamazoo Wings 5-4 in a shootout at Wings Event Center Wednesday. The Bison gave up a rush on the near boards to surrender the game’s first goal just 52 seconds in.

WOLF PACK FALL 3-0 TO PENGUINS By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack dropped their second straight game on Wednesday night, 3-0 at the hands of the visiting Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The Wolf Pack came out swinging in the first period, outshooting the Penguins by a 20-6 margin. Sergei Murashov was perfect, however, making 20 saves to send the sides to the second period with a 0-0 score.

HARTFORD WOLF PACK LOAN D CASE McCARTHY TO WORCESTER RAILERS By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers Associate General Manager and Hartford Wolf Pack General Manager Ryan Martin announced today that the club has loaned defenseman Case McCarthy to the ECHL’s Worcester Railers. McCarthy, 24, has dressed in two games for the Wolf Pack this season, recording a +1 +/- rating.

G CALLUM TUNG REASSIGNED TO BLOOMINGTON BISON By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club has reassigned goaltender Callum Tung to the ECHL’s Bloomington Bison from the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. Tung, 22, has appeared in five games with the Wolf Pack this season, posting a 3-2-0 record, .860 save percentage, and 3.86 goals against average.

BISON DOWN WINGS WITH JACKSON SCORING THREE By: Erik Konwinski, Bloomington Bison Bloomington, Ill – Kyle Jackson scored a hat trick to lead the Bloomington Bison to a 5-1 win over the Kalamazoo Wings at Grossinger Motors Arena Saturday. Jackson’s hat-trick was the first natural hat-trick in team history and the first by a Bison player on home ice. The physicality from Friday night’s tilt carried over to the start of the game, and the Bison surrendered slot shots and an odd-man rush early.

WOLF PACK’S THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK SNAPPED BY ISLANDERS, 6-2 By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack BRIDGEPORT, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack saw their three-game winning streak end on Saturday night, dropping a 6-2 decision to the rival Bridgeport Islanders at Total Mortgage Arena. The loss dropped the Wolf Pack to 0-2-0-0 in the ‘Battle of Connecticut’ this season. For the second straight meeting, the Islanders broke the ice with an early strike.

RANGERS RECALL JAROSLAV CHMELAŘ FROM HARTFORD WOLF PACK, ASSIGN BRENNAN OTHMANN TO HARTFORD By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club has recalled forward Jaroslav Chmelař from the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. In addition, the Rangers have assigned forward Brennan Othmann to Hartford. Chmelař, 22, has recorded eleven points (3 g, 8 a) in 19 games with the Wolf Pack this season.

NEW YORK RANGERS ASSIGN G SPENCER MARTIN TO HARTFORD WOLF PACK By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club has assigned goaltender Spencer Martin to the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. The native of Oakville, ON, split the 2024-25 season between the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes and the AHL’s Chicago Wolves.

BISON GET DEPTH SCORING, DROP CLOSE GAME TO WINGS By: Erik Konwinski, Bloomington Bison Bloomington, Ill. – Jesper Solomon-Frisell netted his first ECHL goal and Zak Karpa recorded his first professional multi-point game, but the Bloomington Bison surrendered an early 2-0 lead and fell 4-3 to the Kalamazoo Wings at Grossinger Motors Arena Friday. The Bison built off momentum from Wednesday morning’s matinee win by striking first- just 47 seconds into Friday’s game.

WOLF PACK WIN THIRD STRAIGHT, DOWN THUNDERBIRDS 5-2 By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack earned their first three-game winning streak of the season on Friday night, downing the rival Springfield Thunderbirds 5-2 in the I-91 Rivalry, presented by Braman Pest. The Wolf Pack controlled the early part of the game, outshooting the Thunderbirds 6-1.

THE HART BEAT - VOLUME 1, ISSUE 8 By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack have returned from a holiday weekend in Ohio and are set for a pair of key rivalry matchups to kick off the December slate. Winners of four of their last six games (4-2-0-0), the Pack welcome the Springfield Thunderbirds to town on Friday night before heading off to Bridgeport for the ‘Battle of Connecticut’ on Saturday.

BISON ERASE MULTI-GOAL DEFICIT, DEFEAT WALLEYE IN OVERTIME By: Erik Konwinski, Bloomington Bison Toledo, Ohio – The Bloomington Bison scored two third-period goals, and Eddie Matsushima propelled the team to a 4-3 victory over the Toledo Walleye at Huntington Center on Wednesday. After a scoreless first period during which Toledo recorded the first six shots and out-tallied Bloomington 11-8, the Walleye finally found an answer past Dryden McKay on the power play early in the second frame.

NY RANGERS RECALL BRENNAN OTHMANN FROM HARTFORD WOLF PACK By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the club has recalled forward Brennan Othmann from the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. Othmann, 22, has recorded seven points (1 g, 6 a) in 15 games with the Wolf Pack this season.