{"id":238599,"date":"2026-07-08T18:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/238599\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T18:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:09:14","slug":"hartford-wolf-pack-to-host-wilkes-barre-scranton-penguins-in-2026-27-home-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/238599\/","title":{"rendered":"HARTFORD WOLF PACK TO HOST WILKES-BARRE\/SCRANTON PENGUINS IN 2026-27 HOME OPENER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJul 8, 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">HARTFORD, CT \u2013 The Hartford Wolf Pack, in conjunction with the American Hockey League (AHL), announced today that the club will host the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 6:00 p.m. at PeoplesBank Arena for the team\u2019s 2026-27\u00a0home opener.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">This is the fourth time in the franchise\u2019s 30-year history that the Wolf Pack open the home portion of their schedule against the Penguins. The Wolf Pack hosted the Penguins in the home opener in the 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2025-26 campaigns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">The Wolf Pack are 1-1-0-1 against the Penguins when playing them in the home opener. The Pack erased a 3-0 deficit on Oct. 22, 2022, on the strength of two C.J. Smith goals, but ultimately fell 4-3 in the shootout.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">A year later, on Oct. 20, 2023, the Wolf Pack blanked the Penguins 5-0 in the home opener for the 2023-24 season. Five different Wolf Pack players scored in the victory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">To open the home portion of the 2025-26 season, the Wolf Pack dropped a 5-2 decision to the Penguins on Oct. 17, 2025.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">The Wolf Pack and Penguins met six times during the 2025-26 season, with the Penguins winning four of the six matchups. The Wolf Pack posted a record of 2-4-0-0 in the season series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">All-time, the Wolf Pack are 36-40-1-10-3 (W-L-T-OTL-SOL) against the Penguins. They are 20-18-6-2 (W-L-OTL-SOL) at home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">The full 2026-27 AHL regular season schedule will be released on Thursday, Jul. 9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">Join the Wolf Pack for the 2026-27 season by becoming a member today! For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/peoplesbankarena.wufoo.com\/forms\/202627-wolf-pack-ticket-membership-interest-form\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center; margin:0in 0in 8pt\"># # #<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\">ABOUT THE HARTFORD WOLF PACK: The Hartford Wolf Pack has been a premier franchise in the American Hockey League since the team\u2019s inception in 1997. The Wolf Pack are the top player-development affiliate of the NHL&#8217;s New York Rangers and play at PeoplesBank Arena. The Wolf Pack has been home to some of the Rangers newest faces including Igor Shesterkin, Will Cuylle, and Matt Rempe. Follow the Wolf Pack on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HartfordWolfPack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HWPHockey\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hwphockey\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@hwphockey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jul 8, 2026 HARTFORD, CT \u2013 The Hartford Wolf Pack, in conjunction with the American Hockey League (AHL),&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-238599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}