Perhaps it was a glimpse into the New York Rangers future Friday night at XL Center in Hartford. Three Rangers prospects, including two of their most important, combined to score five goals in the Hartford Wolf Pack’s 6-5 win in their home opener against the Springfield Thunderbirds.
Forward Jaroslav Chmelar scored two first-period goals and assisted on Brett Berard’s eventual game winner in the third. Berard also had three points, adding a pair of assists in the victory. And Brennan Othmann scored two goals.
Chmelar, a 21-year-old forward from Czechia, was New York’s fifth-round pick (No. 144 overall) in the 2021 NHL Draft. That was the same year the Rangers drafted Othmann in the first round, with the No. 16 overall pick…