Game Seven: Wolf Pack Wins Five In a Row And Avery Is Broadway Bound

The final score was 2-1, Hartford over Manchester in overtime. P.A. Parenteau scored the only goal in 10 tries in the shootout.

The Wolf Pack extended their win streak to five games and the Monarchs lost for the first time in overtime this year.

Sean Avery could be a Ranger as early as Sunday, Arthur Staples announced during the game, writing in Newsday.com.

He claimed that reports out of Canada say the Stars, who still own the rights to Avery, will recall the current Hartford Wolf Pack forward either Sunday or Monday, allowing the Rangers to claim Avery on re-entry waivers.

Newsday also reported that Avery has told friends he wants to play only for the Rangers.

The Hartford Wolf Pack, with Sean Avery in the lineup for his seventh game in the AHL, hosted the Manchester Monarchs at the XL Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

The Manchester Monarchs dropped a 3-2 decision to the Hartford Wolf Pack with six seconds left in the game in front of 5,137 fans at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Sunday evening.

The Wolf Pack’s late attack squashed the Monarchs comeback.

Corey Potter got the first goal of the game at 1:05, so the Hartford Wolf Pack took an early 1-0 lead over the Manchester Monarchs.

Potter is a defenseman who doesn't score a lot of goals. That was his seventh for this season.

Potter was a top defenseman in the ECHL last year with the Charlotte Checkers and played for Michigan State University before that.

There were a couple of fights after that, resulting in five minute major penalties for two Monarchs and two players from the Wolf Pack.

Manchester tied it up eight minutes into the second period when Justin Azevedo got his tenth goal of the year, in just 28 games.

Azevedo was a member of the OHL’s Champion Kitchener Rangers squad last year.

He had a career high 43 goals, plus 81 assists for 124 points in 67 games with the Rangers and won the Red Tilson Trophy as the most outstanding player in the OHL.

He also won the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy for being the top scorer in the OHL

He was the top scorer of the Memorial Cup and won the Wayne Gretzky 99 Award for the most outstanding player in the OHL playoffs.

In the second period, there were a couple of penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct, as well as tripping, hooking, and interference.

The second period ended in a 1-1 tie and so did the third. Avery came close to breaking the tie when his shot hit the goalie and the right post before ricocheting out at 15:31.

Monarchs' goaltender Daniel Taylor stopped 4-of-5 snipers in the shootout as he denied left wing Sean Avery, center Greg Moore, left wing Patrick Rissmiller and center Tommy Pyatt. Parenteau was the only player to score a goal in the shootout, according to OurSportsCentral.

Hartford is in second place in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the AHL.

In 60 games, they have 32 wins, 23 losses, two overtime losses, and three shootout losses, for 69 points.

They are on a five game winning streak—their best string this season so far.

Manchester is in sixth place in the same division.

In 59 games, they have 27 wins and 26 losses, and six shootout losses (27-26-0-6, 60 points).

The Wolfpack, with Avery, travel to Portland for their next game, to take on the Portland Pirates.