FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Facing pucks flying at him at more than 100 mph never seemed so easy, so mundane, so inconsequential to Connecticut Whale goalie Dov Grumet-Morris. Not when you’re helping bury one of your best friends and former Harvard teammates after…
BOWMAN PLEASE TAKE THE ELEVATOR UP
‘CANES RECALL DRAYSON BOWMAN FROM CHARLOTTE Forward earned 10 points in 13 games in February RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has recalled…
EIZENMAN SENT TO THE ECHL
WHALE LOAN FORWARD OREN EIZENMAN TO ECHL ELMIRA * * * * Has Six points in 33 Games with Whale HARTFORD, March 10, 2011: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team has returned forward…
“WE SUCKED”
VERSUS The words of Rangers head coach John Tortorella to the media after the Rangers were embarrassed by the Anaheim Ducks Wednesday night. The Coach was right on the money as there wasn’t a player on the ice or off that even remotely played well.…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Bruce Landon has known Howard Baldwin for nearly four decades. When Landon wasn’t tending goal for Baldwin’s New England Whalers for parts of their first five seasons in the World Hockey Association, he was playing mostly in Springfield,…
WHALE SPECIALS
One of Howlings biggest supporters is our good friend, Dave Romeiko of the Connecticut Whale. Dave will go out of his way to make sure that the people that come to him for tickets are treated properly. Wednesday morning, Dave sent us the following…
REFS GONE WILD
VERSUS If you were looking to make the argument against having two referees on the ice at the same time, or maybe just having these two particular referees period, this would be the game that you’d point to as exhibit number one. However despite the…
POGGE BACKSTOPS CHECKERS TO 2-1 WIN OVER SENS
VERSUS Charlotte netminder makes 38 saves in first-star performance CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Justin Pogge earned first-star honors by making 38 saves as the Charlotte Checkers defeated the Binghamton Senators, 2-1, at Time Warner Cable Arena on Tuesday…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet It was a doubly good Tuesday for Connecticut Whale center Francis Lemieux. Lemieux was released from his second professional tryout contract and signed to an AHL deal before being among the 22 players on the Whale’s Clear Day list.…
RANGERS LOOK TO TAKE THE MIGHTY OUT OF THE DUCKS
NEW YORK RANGERS at ANAHEIM DUCKS Wednesday, Mar. 9, 10:30 p.m. Honda Center • Anaheim, CA Rangers: 35-29-4 (74 pts) Ducks: 35-26-5 (75 pts) * All information through NHL games on Mar. 7