The recall couldn’t have come at a better time for Brett Berard, who was the Wolf Pack’s leading scorer with 13 points (seven goals, six assists) in 16 games so far this season.

Kreider is in rare company with his bizarre statistical start to the year. Only eight players have ever started their seasons going 19 or more games with at least nine goals and zero assists, according to Stathead. Only one other player besides Kreider — Columbus’ Kirill Marchenko in 2022-23 — has done so since the 1940s.