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BLAKE PARLETT REASSIGNED TO ECHL GREENVILLE

Posted on February 25, 2012 | Leave a comment

Bob CrawfordBY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale

Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned defenseman Blake Parlett from the Whale to its ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Road Warriors.

Parlett, a second-year pro, has skated in 50 games this year with the Whale, scoring four goals and adding 10 assists for 14 points, with 34 penalty minutes.  He signed with the Rangers as a free agent June 2, 2011, after playing last season with the Whale on an AHL contract.

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WHALE SINK PIRATES SHIP

Posted on February 25, 2012 | Leave a comment

Connecticut Whale     VERSUS     Portland

BY: Bruce Berlet

Special teams often are the difference at all levels of hockey these days, and the Connecticut Whale proved that again Friday night against the Portland Pirates.

Andre Deveaux and Brendan Bell scored the game’s first two goals with the man advantage, then the Whale got three tallies from secondary sources in a 5-1 victory before 4,722 at the XL Center.

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WHALE WEEKLY: February 21 – 26, 2012

Posted on February 21, 2012 | Leave a comment

Bob CrawfordBY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale

The Whale posted another successful week as they entered the third weekend in February, winning two out of three games on their slate. Connecticut began the weekend with a 6-3 defeat of the Springfield Falcons on Friday at the XL Center, before winning a home-ice thriller against the Worcester Sharks, 3-1, on Saturday night. The Whale closed out the weekend’s action Sunday in Providence, where they dropped a narrow 4-3 decision to the P-Bruins. Andre Deveaux was on fire this past weekend, scoring four times and adding an assist for five points in three games. Kris Newbury led the team in scoring over that span with a goal and five assists, and Jonathan Audy-Marchessault tallied four assists.

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TWO-FERS LEAD WHALE TO WIN

Posted on February 18, 2012 | Leave a comment

Connecticut-Whale_thumb_thumb_thumb_      VERSUS     Springfield Falcons

The Connecticut Whale had one of their strongest third periods of the season scoring three goals and got outstanding performances all over the ice to beat the Springfield Falcons 6-3 at the XL Center on Friday night.

After losing three straight games to the Falcons, the Whale have now won two straight and have a 7-2-0-1 record against their I-91 rivals. The Whale got multi-point games from seven skaters Friday night. Andre Deveaux and Ryan Bourque each had two goals for the Whale. Meanwhile the team’s top two leading scorers, Jonathan Audy-Marchessault (18g, 28a, 46 pts) and Kris Newbury (18g, 27a, 45pts) had three assists each. Mats Zuccarello finished with a goal and two helpers and Casey Wellman had a goal and an assist.

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JOHNSON INJURED, MISSIAEN RECALLED

Posted on February 18, 2012 | 1 Comment

Connecticut WhaleChad Johnson was injured late in the first period of Friday night’s 6-3 Connecticut Whale victory over the Springfield Falcons at the XL Center. The injury has resulted in the immediate recall of Jason Missiaen from the Greenville Road Warriors as a backup for Cam Talbot.

Including Friday night, Johnson had started the last seven games for the Whale and while he didn’t figure in this decision, he has won five of those seven.

Missiaen has had a good season with the Road Warriors. In 26 games, Missiaen, the tallest goaltender in North America at 6’8” and 220 pounds, has a 13-10-2 posting a 3.16 goals-against average and a 90.3% save percentage with three shutouts. Missiaen is tied for second-most in the ECHL in the shutout category.

The extent of Johnson’s injury is unknown as is the length of time he will be out.

Here’s the official release:

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SPOTLIGHT: WADE REDDEN

Posted on February 16, 2012 | Comments Off

Bruce BerletBY: Bruce Berlet

In 13 seasons in the NHL, Wade Redden never missed more than 18 games. In fact, in 10 of those seasons, the defenseman played at least 75 of 82 games.

So the 22 games that Redden has had to sit out since he was injured in the Connecticut Whale’s 2-1 shootout loss to the Providence Bruins on Dec. 17 have been uncharted territory. Not to mention being rather agonizing and a bit boring at times, though it did provide more time at home with wife Danica and 17-month-old daughter Leni.

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WHALE OF A DEAL FOR SATURDAY NIGHT

Posted on February 16, 2012 | 1 Comment

Connecticut WhaleOur pal Dave Romeiko over at the Whale sent us this for Howlings readers. It’s a great opportunity to get seats to see your favorite team and get a nice poster too. Say what you will about this team, but the marketing department is doing a “Whale “ of a job. Excuse the terrible pun…

We’ll be there and hope you will too…

Dave_CHL

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WOLSKI, WOYWITKA, GOING, GOING, GONE…

Posted on February 15, 2012 | Comments Off

Connecticut WhaleWOLSKI, WOYWITKA RECALLED FROM WHALE

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Had been on Two-week Conditioning Stints

Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have recalled forward Wojtek Wolski and defenseman Jeff Woywitka from their conditioning loans to the Whale.

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WHALE WEEKLY: February 14 – 19, 2012

Posted on February 14, 2012 | Comments Off

Connecticut WhaleThe Whale continued their hot February this past week, going 3-0-1-0 in four games to pull into sole possession of first place in the Northeast Division. The Whale posted wins over Syracuse, Springfield and Manchester, and earned a point in Sunday’s 2-1 overtime loss to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Wojtek Wolski finished the week’s action with four points (2g-2a-4pts.), with Jonathan Audy-Marchessault registering two goals and an assist. Chad Johnson won five straight games in February, posting a 1.50 goals against average and a .953 save percentage this month.

This week:

The Whale will look to continue their winning ways in February with home tilts against Springfield this Friday (7:00) and Worcester (7:00) on Saturday, before heading to Providence (4:05) to face the Bruins on Sunday.

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SPOTLIGHT: WOLSKI AND WOYWITKA

Posted on February 13, 2012 | Comments Off

Bruce BerletBY: Bruce Berlet

Mission accomplished.

That’s the consensus of left wing Wojtek Wolski and defenseman Jeff Woywitka after playing six games in 10 days with the Connecticut Whale in two-week conditioning assignments from the New York Rangers. The stints don’t officially end until Wednesday, but the Whale don’t play again until Friday night at home against the Springfield Falcons.

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