Wolf Pack Look for 13th straight at Home Tonight

The Hartford Wolf Pack are looking for their 13th consecutive win at home this season. The Hartford Wolf Pack play the Wilkes Barre / Scranton Penguins tonight. The Wolf Pack are trying to get a win tonight after coming off of a two-game losing streak in their previous two games. The two previous losses were to the Charlotte Checkers. One of these losses was a regulation loss and the other loss was a shutout.

In the previous matchup with the Wolf Pack against the Penguins, the Wolf Pack are 0-1 against the Penguins this season. This previous loss was a 3-0 shutout with the Penguins goalie Casey Smith making 25 saves that night on January 11^th.

A win for the Wolf Pack is needed tonight with their two previous losses dropping them in the standings from 1^st place to 2^nd place. The Wolf Pack now are 3 points back of first place in the standings with a win tonight possibly putting them in 1^st.

The Wilkes Barre Penguins are coming into tonight’s game with two previous losses as well. The Penguins have a strong record coming into tonight’s game with six wins in there last 8 games which could be a problem for the Wolf Pack. One of the top scorers on the Penguins Kevin Roy is looking for his 10^th goal of season in tonight’s game. Kevin Roy’s 9^thgoal of the season last game was his 5^th goal in 22 games this season being acquired by the Penguins organization in early December. 

The Wolf Pack’s Patrick Newell is looking to net another goal tonight with 2 goals in his past three games with the Wolf Pack .Next, one of the Top AHL rookie defensemen’s Joey Keene had one goal last game and is looking to capitalize in tonight’s game with a good performance on defense and get a goal for Hartford.

This matchup tonight of the Hartford Wolf Pack versus Wilkes Barre Penguins should be a great game. Hartford’s strong offense should be able to get many goals tonight. Their defense needs to be great with having a strong forecheck and being tough in the battles for the puck. The Penguins also have a good offense and defense as well which should make it a great game tonight.  My prediction for tonight’s game is a 3-2 win for the Hartford Wolfpack.