2011 TRAINING CAMP OPENS SOON IN GREENVILLE
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors ECHL hockey club announced today that it will begin its 2011 training camp on Monday, October 3. Camp concludes on Thursday, October 13 before the Road Warriors begin regular season play the next night…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – MAYBE YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN
BY: Bruce Berlet Hockey often makes for strange bedfellows, coincidences and ironies. You can now look no farther than Jordan Owens, one of six invitees to Connecticut Whale training camp. Growing up in Toronto, one of Owens’ favorite players was center…
WHALE CAMP – DAY TWO – FIRST CUTS ARRIVE, VALENTENKO SPEAKS
The Connecticut Whale conducted their second day of training camp and had a full scrimmage on the Olympic size rink at Champions Skating Center in Cromwell, CT. Bruce Berlet will have a write up on it later on. What we have for you here is head coach Ken…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – WADE REDDEN, YEAR TWO
BY: Bruce Berlet Despite spending a pleasant summer in picturesque Kelowna, British Columbia, with his wife and young daughter, Wade Redden experienced a bit of an unsettling offseason, proving again that money can’t buy you complete happiness. First,…
NO BAND-AIDS NEEDED FOR THESE CUTS
RANGERS TRIM TRAINING CAMP ROSTER BY 28 35 Active Players Remain with the Club New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has assigned the following 21 players to Connecticut (AHL): goaltenders Chad Johnson,…
PRE-SEASON: RANGERS KNOCK OFF DEVILS
VERSUS With an 5-4 afternoon OT win by the AHL bound New York Rangers and a late goal from defenseman Brendan Bell Friday night for a 4-3 win, the Blueshirts completed a double-header sweep of the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center in…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – McDONAGH, BUILDING A FUTURE IN NEW YORK
BY: Bruce Berlet A year ago, Ryan McDonagh attended his first NHL training camp after foregoing his senior year after he, Derek Stepan and the University of Wisconsin lost 5-0 in the NCAA title game to Boston College, led by Chris Kreider, considered by…
ALL THAT WILL BE MISSING IS FERRIS BUELLER
“WHALE FACE-OFF” SEASON KICK-OFF EVENT SET FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 * * * * Pep Rally-style Event Takes Place at West Hartford’s Blue Back Square For The Connecticut Whale’s first full season fans will be literally dancing in…
THE AHL PRE-SEASON ANNOUNCED
The AHL has released the official pre-season schedule. The Whale Games are highlighted in Green and you can find them all after the jump…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – MITCHELL MAKES MARK
FROM THE CREASE BY: BRUCE BERLET John Mitchell has always prided himself in being “a pretty fast skater” and proved it when he won a fastest skater competition with the Toronto Maple Leafs three years ago. “I think I actually beat the time in the NHL…