Hartford Wolf Pack Pre-season Wrap-up

By Steve Feldman

Hartford Wolf Pack Pre-season Wrap-up

The AHL will begin the 2001-02 season tonight; this is the final preseason wrap up for the Hartford Wolf Pack. All the transactions for Hartford are below, along with some news from the AHL.

NEWS
AHL To Remember Ace Bailey and Mark Bavis

The AHL is going to pay honor to Ace Bailey and Mark Bavis who both lost their lives in the tragic attacks on America on September 11. All AHL teams will wear a red, white, and blue decal ribbon on their helmets with the numbers 15 and 17.

Ace Bailey played for the 1969 Calder Cup winning Hershey Bears, and was entering his eighth season as Director of Pro Scouting for the Los Angeles Kings.

Mark Bavis played parts of two seasons for the Providence Bruins and Fredericton Canadians between 1993 through 1995. Bavis was am amateur scout for the Los Angeles Kings.

TRANSACTIONS
9/26/01 The New York Rangers have left the following players unprotected for Friday’s NHL Waiver Draft.

Goalie;
Vitali Yeremeyev

Defensemen;
Sean Gagnon, Christian Gosselin, Sylvain Lefebvre, Terry Virtue

Forwards;
Derek Armstrong, Jason Dawe, Brandon Dietrich, Dave Duerden, Ken Gernander, Boyd Kane, Brad Smyth, P.J. Stock, Jeff Toms

9/27/01 The Hartford Wolf Pack have reassigned the following players to Charlotte of the ECHL, goaltenders Bryce Wandler and Scott Meyer, defensemen Dean Arsene and Dean Serdachny.

9/27/01 The Hartford Wolf Pack released center Sean Haggerty.

9/27/01 The New York Rangers reassigned the following players to the Hartford Wolf Pack, goaltender Johan Holmqvist, forwards Jeff Toms, Jamie Lundmark, P.J. Stock, Mikael Samuelsson, and Ed Ward, defensemen Mike Mottau and Martin Richter.

Johan Holmqvist
2000-01 Hartford (AHL) GP-43 W-19 L-14 T-5 GAA-2.89
2000-01 New York R. (NHL) GP-2 W-0 L-2 T-0 GAA-5.04

Martin Richter
2000-01 SaiPa Lappeenranta (FNL) GP-41 G-4 A-5 PTS-9 PIM-80
2000-01 Hartford (AHL) GP-1 G-0 A-0 PTS-0 PIM-0

Mike Mottau
2000-01 Hartford (AHL) GP-61 G-10 A-33 PTS-43 PIM-45
2000-01 New York R. (NHL) GP-18 G-0 A-3 PTS-3 PIM-13

Ed Ward
2000-01 Albany (AHL) GP-65 G-14 A-19 PTS-33 PIM-71
2000-01 New Jersey (NHL) GP-4 G-0 A-1 PTS-1 PIM-6

Mikael Samuelsson
2000-01 Kentucky (AHL) GP-66 G-32 A-46 PTS-78 PIM-58
2000-01 San Jose (NHL) GP-4 G-0 A-0 PTS-0 PIM-0

Jamie Lundmark
2000-01 Seattle (WHL) GP-52 G-35 A-42 PTS-77 PIM-49

Jeff Toms
2000-01 Springfield (AHL) GP-5 G-6 A-5 PTS-11 PIM-0
2000-01 New York I. (NHL) GP-39 G-2 A-4 PTS-6 PIM-10
2000-01 Hartford (AHL) GP-12 G-4 A-9 PTS-13 PIM-2
2000-01 New York R. (NHL) GP-15 G-1 A-1 PTS-2 PIM-0

9/28/01 The Boston Bruins claimed P.J. Stock in the waiver draft.

10/2/01 The Hartford Wolf Pack have reassigned center Benoit Dusablon and right wing Troy Stonier to Charlotte of the ECHL.

10/2/01 The New York Rangers reassigned left wing Richard Scott to the Hartford Wolf Pack.
2000-01 Charlotte (ECHL) GP-4 G-2 A-1 PTS-2 PIM-22
2000-01 Hartford (AHL) GP-64 G-2 A-5 PTS-7 PIM-320

10/3/01 The Hartford Wolf Pack released Jeff Hamilton.

10/3/01 The New York Rangers acquired Rico Fata from Calgary off waivers.
2000-01 Saint John (AHL) GP-70 G-23 A-29 PTS-52 PIM-129
2000-01 Calgary (NHL) GP-5 G-0 A-0 PTS-0 PIM-6

Q&A
If you have a question for a Hartford Wolf Pack player e-mail me at feldman@hockeysfuture.zzn.com

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