FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale rookie goalie Cam Talbot paid defenseman Pavel Valentenko quite the compliment Sunday. “He blocks shots so well it’s like having three goalies,” Talbot said after watching Valentenko doing plenty of just such dirty work…
BOURDON TO THE ROAD WITH WARRIORS
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors announced today that defenseman Marc-Andre Bourdon has been loaned to the club by the Adirondack Phantoms of the American Hockey League. Bourdon is expected to be in the line up when the Road Warriors…
ROADIES INVADE SOUTH CAROLINA
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors travel tonight to North Charleston for a divisional clash with the South Carolina Stingrays. At stake for the Road Warriors is a South Division title and two points which would vault them over the…
RECALLS IN CHARLOTTE
GOEPFERT, MCNICOLL RECALLED FROM FLORIDA CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte Checkers general manager and head coach Jeff Daniels announced today that the team has recalled forward Cedric McNicoll and goaltender Bobby Goepfert from its ECHL affiliate, the…
KERBASHIAN, YOUR 1ST WHALE ATO SIGNING
The Whale have announced that they have signed forward Kale Kerbashian to an AHL contract for next season and will join the team immediately on an Amateur Try-Out.
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet As the pressure mounts as the playoffs approach, players and teams can buckle or get stronger late in games. The latter has been the Connecticut Whale’s MO the past few weeks. Despite still having five players injured and two on recall to…
WHALE WEEKLY: March 21-27, 2011
The Whale (36-26-2-6, 80 pts.) improved to a season-best ten games over .500 by sweeping last week’s action with a perfect three-game slate. The Whale defeated the Manchester Monarchs, 1-0, on the road Friday night, before returning to the XL Center for…
ROAD WARRIORS WEEKLY #23: 3/21/11-3/27/11
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors took two wins out of three home games last week over the defending Kelly Cup champion Cincinnati Cyclones and clinched their first ever Kelly Cup Playoff berth in the process. This week they will try to…
RANGERS LOOK TO CAGE PANTHERS
NY RANGERS vs. FLORIDA PANTHERS Tuesday, Mar. 22, 7:00 p.m. Madison Square Garden • New York, NY Rangers: 39-30-4 (82 pts) Panthers: 29-33-10 (68 pts) * All information through NHL games on Mar. 20
IT WASN’T PRETTY; THAT’S FOR SURE!
VERSUS “That was what we call in hockey, ‘a greasy win,’” Connecticut Whale Assistant Coach J.J. Daigneault said his team gutted one out and defeated the Springfield Falcons 3-1 Sunday afternoon in front of 4, 985 at the XL Center. “But we’ll take it,”…