WOLF PACK WEEKLY: December 7-13, 2009
The road treated the Wolf Pack rudely this past week, as the Pack tasted defeat in three straight road contests. The Manchester Monarchs handed Hartford a 7-1 loss in Manchester on Friday, before the Wolf Pack lost a 4-1 decision at…
FREE-FALLIN’
VERSUS Four consecutive losses became five when the Hartford Wolf Pack were trounced for the second time this season by the Hershey Bears 9-2 Sunday afternoon at the Giant Center in front of 7,302. The horrible effort capped a three game…
YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART
VERSUS If you watched Ken Gernander as a player, then you’d better understand why the third year head coach of the Hartford Wolf Pack was so upset after watching his team drop their second bad…
BRUTAL
VERSUS Southwest Airlines must have had the Hartford Wolf Pack in mind when they came up with their slogan, “Wanna get away?” That had to be the only thought on Head Coach Ken Gernander’s mind as well watching his troops completely embarrassed…
SURPRISE
Here’s one of those expected, yet unexpected surprises. You knew that Wade Redden was questionable. The obvious choice to fill that need was Bobby Sanguinetti. If you’re a regular Howlings reader then you know that we were just writing about the fact…
THOMAS WOLFE PROVEN RIGHT
In 1940, Thomas Wolfe wrote a famous novel that people to this day use as a popular expression. The phrase is, “You can’t go home again.” In the year 2009, former Wolf Pack goaltender Steven Valiquette will put that theory to the test. The now former…
YOU CAN’T WIN THEM ALL
VERSUS CHARLOTTE’S HOME WIN STREAK SNAPPED AT SIX Gwinnett Wins Fourth Meeting In A Row, 5-2 The Charlotte Checkers could not seem to get anything going offensively and they dropped a 5-2 decision to the Gwinnett Gladiators on Wednesday at…
SOUNDS LIKE A BLAST
At an economic time when finding people to buy tickets is so difficult. You have to love it when people use their heads and are creative in their promotional efforts. So with that said, Congratulation to the Charlotte Checkers for coming up with what…
RANGER MOVES…JOHNSON VALIQUETTE SWAPPING JERSEYS?
According to Steve Zipay at Blue Notes and Andrew Gross at Rangers Rants goaltender Steve Valiquette has been put on waivers. If he clears, he will be sent to Hartford. Zipay and Gross spoke with Head Coach John Tortorella and reports the following…
CHAPPELL HEADING BACK TO CHARLOTTE
In a move that is not unexpected, Chris Chappell has been returned to the Charlotte Checkers so that the can continue to develop. Chappell has been sitting for a few games now and he needs to be playing so this will get him back in the contest. Here’s…