The Hartford Jr. Wolfpack were a
junior ice hockey
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team that most recently played in the
United States Premier Hockey League
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(USPHL). The team played their home games at the
Champions Skating Center located in
Cromwell, Connecticut
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The town was named after a shipping boat that traveled along the Connecticut River, which runs a ...
. From 2003 to 2017, the Jr. Wolfpack were members of the
Eastern Hockey League
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Eastern Amateur Hockey League (1933–1953)
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(EHL) and its predecessor, the Atlantic Junior Hockey League (AJHL), while sanctioned as a
Tier III junior team by
USA Hockey
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before it joined the unsanctioned USPHL. The team was removed from the USPHL schedule at the beginning of the 2019–20 season.
The organization also fielded a developmental team in the USPHL Elite Division as well as youth hockey select teams at the Midget U18, Midget 16U, Bantam, Peewee, and Squirt and other various levels. The Elite team played in the former Tier III Junior B level
Metropolitan Junior Hockey League
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until 2016.
From the 2010–11 to the 2012–13 season the Jr. Wolfpack changed their moniker from Hartford to Connecticut.
Season-by-season records
Alumni
The Jr. Wolfpack have produced a number of alumni playing in higher levels of
junior hockey
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,
NCAA
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Division I,
Division III college
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and
professional
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programs, including:
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Rob Bellamy
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''(drafted by the
Philadelphia Flyers
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in the
2004 NHL Entry Draft
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Adirondack Phantoms
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(
AHL)
*
Kurt Reynolds
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Reynolds began his hockey career ...
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Basingstoke Bison
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History ...
(
EIHL
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)
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Jordan Samuels-Thomas
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''(drafted by the
Atlanta Thrashers
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in the
2009 NHL Entry Draft
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Ontario Reign
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(AHL)
References
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External links
Hartford Jr. Wolfpack Webpage
Ice hockey teams in Connecticut
2003 establishments in Connecticut
Ice hockey clubs established in 2003