Islanders Host Wolf Pack in Preseason Opener

Oct 4, 2023

The Bridgeport Islanders face the Hartford Wolf Pack at 1 p.m. today in their first of two exhibition games in preparation for the 2023-24 regular season.

 

This afternoon's matchup, which provides an opportunity for young talent to display their skills in front of coaches and management, will be played at Total Mortgage Arena. It is closed to the public, but fans can follow live coverage exclusively via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. It will not be streamed on radio or television.

 

The two clubs will face each other again on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. inside the Koeppel Community Sports Center in Hartford.

 

With an Islanders training camp roster in Bridgeport currently consisting of 22 players, the team will begin its first of two gameday evaluations in crafting the opening night roster.

 

New head coach Rick Kowalsky is eager to get going behind Bridgeport’s bench.

 

“I’m proud of how our guys arrived at camp prepared to work and compete, even going back to the last few weeks on Long Island,” Kowalsky said. “We have a lot of returning veterans like (Seth) Helgeson, (Cole) Bardreau and (Jeff) Kubiak, mixed with some good young talent. Our staff is excited to see what they can do in live game action today.”

 

 

Training camp roster entering today’s game:

 

FORWARDS (13)

73 – Samuel Asselin

54 – Cole Bardreau

65 – Ashton Calder

49 – Anthony Callin

66 – Joey Cippolone

72 – Tanner Fritz

74 – Adam Goodsir

62 – Blade Jenkins

47 – Jeff Kubiak

67 – Riley Piercey

63 – Jacob Pivonka

64 – Quinn Ryan

75 – Dmytro Timashov

 

DEFENSEMEN (6)

68 – Trevor Cosgrove

77 – Zsombor Garat

42 – Seth Helgeson

61 – Christian Krygier

78 – Artem Kulakov

41 – Vincent Sevigny

 

GOALTENDERS (3)

35 – Tristan Lennox

60 – Brent Moran

70 – Henrik Tikkanen