WHO KNEW?
When the New York Rangers drafted Robert “Bobby” Sanguinetti with the 21st pick in the first round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, they knew they were getting a talented offensive minded defenseman. What they didn’t realize was the speed demon hiding in the…
GLADIATORS – SCHMADIATORS
VERSUS RESILIENT CHECKERS DUMP GLADIATORS WITH COMEBACK WIN Carroll’s Two Goals, Two Assists Lead Charlotte Over Gwinnett 6-4 The Charlotte Checkers, down by two late in the second period, scored four unanswered goals and battled their…
WOLF PACK WEEKLY: January 18-24, 2010
The Wolf Pack (22-16-1-4, 49 pts.) headed into the AHL All-Star break by splitting a pair of Atlantic-Division games this past week. On Saturday at home vs. Providence, the Wolf Pack scored their sixth overtime victory of the season (tied for the…
IN SEARCH OF CONSISTENCY
VERSUS “When you don’t need an answer there’ll be days like this When you don’t meet a chancer there’ll be days like this When all the parts of the puzzle start to look like they fit Then I must remember there’ll be days…
OVER TIME PACK SET PROVIDENCE STRAIGHT BY BRUIN VICTORY
VERSUS Evgeny Grachev picked a fine time to reemerge from invisibility with a two-goal performance including the overtime winner as the Hartford Wolf Pack won for consecutive times over their Rhode Island neighbors with a 3-2 win at the XL…
CALL ME SENTIMENTAL…OKAY, JUST MENTAL
When professional sports franchises do great things for the community it REALLY means something to me. The Rangers have their play on the ice as charity for the other teams…okay that was honest but uncalled for…It was just a joke. All kidding aside, the…
BRUINS NEED A ROCHE
The Providence Bruins are in need of a forward and so they have called down to Charlotte and brought up one the the Checkers finest. Kenny Roche will report to Providence immediately and see time in Friday night’s upcoming contest when the Bruins…
CHECKERS STEAMROLL GLADIATORS
VERSUS CHECKERS STEAMROLL GLADIATORS Nine Different Goal-scorers Propel Charlotte To 9-4 Victory The Charlotte Checkers broke out of a three-game slide in exciting fashion as they got goals from nine different players and downed the Gwinnett…
TKACZUK’ED BACK TO CHARLOTTE
As Howlings told you a few days ago when he was released from his PTO with the Hartford Wolf Pack, Daniel Tkaczuk has returned to the Charlotte Checkers after spending a month in the AHL playing for three different teams, Syracuse (3 games), Rochester (7…
WEISE = AHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
We hate to say we told you so, but “We told you so…” From the beginning of this season Howlings has been saying that Dale Weise is an NHL quality player. This afternoon the AHL recognized that talent as well awarding Weise the Reebok/AHL Player of the…