marketing the team and managers of the XL Center arena, announced in May 2013 that the franchise had officially returned to the Hartford Wolf Pack identity. Although the Wolf Pack does not officially acknowledge its past in Providence and Binghamton (or claim the Reds' four Calder Cups), it is the only AHL franchise to have never missed a season since the league's founding in 1936. In one form or another, the franchise has iced a team every year since 1926. The Wolf Pack and Abbotsford Canucks — the descendants of another charter AHL member, the Springfield Indians — are the oldest minor-league hockey franchises in North America. However, the Indians were inactive for three seasons in the 1930s, making the Wolf Pack the oldest continuously operating minor-league hockey franchise in North America. The only professional hockey franchises older than the Wolf Pack and the Canucks are the NHL's Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins. Team information Mascots The Wolf Pack started in 1997 with one mascot, a wolf named Sonar. The name was chosen to keep with the submarine theme that the team had used in their naming and logo. Following the folding of their sister team, the Arena Football League's New England Sea Wolves, the Wolf Pack added the Sea Wolves' mascot, named Torpedo; this mascot has since been retired. In 2010, with the renaming of the team to the Connecticut Whale, Sonar was joined as a mascot by former Whalers mascot Pucky the Whale. Sonar took the 2012–13 season off while Pucky was the sole mascot. When the naming arrangement ended, Sonar came back while Pucky was retired. Season-by-season results Players Current roster Updated February 28, 2023. |} Team captains Ken Gernander, 1997–05 Craig Weller, 2005–07 Andrew Hutchinson, 2007–08 Greg Moore, 2008–09 Dane Byers, 2009–10 Wade Redden, 2011–12 Aaron Johnson, 2013–14 Ryan Bourque, 2015–16 Mat Bodie, 2016–17 Joe Whitney, 2017–18 Cole Schneider, 2018 Steven Fogarty, 2019–20 Vincent LoVerde, 2021 Jonny Brodzinski, 2021–present Retired numbers Notable alumni The following players have played both 100 games in Hartford and 100 games in the National Hockey League: Team records Single season Goals: 50, Brad Smyth (2000–01) Assists: 69, Derek Armstrong (2000–01) Points: 101, Derek Armstrong (2000–01) Penalty Minutes: 415, Dale Purinton (1999–2000) GAA: 1.59, Jason LaBarbera (2003–04) SV%: .936, Jason LaBarbera (2003–04) Shutouts: 13, Jason LaBarbera (2003–04) Goaltending Wins: 34, Jason LaBarbera (2003–04) Career Goals: 184, Brad Smyth Assists: