ROAD WARRIORS WEEKLY RELEASE: 3/5 – 3/11/12
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors The Greenville Road Warriors started the final month of the season with a surge and won a pair of home games to begin the final sprint to the Kelly Cup Playoffs. This week is chocked full of action…
WHALE WEEKLY: March 5 – 11, 2012
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the CTWhale The Whale won two out of three games this past week, starting with a thrilling 2-1 shootout win over the Worcester Sharks Tuesday at the XL Center. The Whale would see a third-period lead slip away Friday, as they…
MONARCHY CRUMBLES IN 3:37
VERSUS If there’s one thing about this particular Connecticut Whale team it’s that they can lull you to sleep and then suddenly snap out of it and look like world beaters. Friday night they never woke up dropping a 3-2 decision to the Portland…
RANGERS BRUIN A LUNCHTIME BATTLE
NEW YORK RANGERS vs. BOSTON BRUINS Sunday, Mar. 4, 12:30 p.m. Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Rangers: 41-15-7 (89 pts) Bruins: 38-22-3 (79 pts) * All information through NHL games on Mar. 2 TODAY’S GAME: The Rangers will face-off against the Boston…
ROAD WARRIORS MAKE TITANS LOOK SMALL
VERSUS The Greenville Road Warriors closed out a busy three-game week with a 6-3 win over the Trenton Titans at the BI-LO Center on Saturday night. The win improved Greenville to 36-20-4 on the season. Click here for tonight’s box…
REDDEN TO WEAR THE C
In a move that is long overdue, veteran defenseman Wade Redden has been named the sixth captain in the history of the New York Rangers Hartford affiliation, first with the Wolf Pack and now with the Whale. Head Coach Ken Gernander was the teams first…
SPOTLIGHT: GOALIES
BY: Bruce Berlet The AHL’s two hottest teams in February resided in Connecticut, and their successes could be traced right to the goalies. The Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Connecticut Whale were a combined 17-3-1-1 in the Leap Year Month and entered March…
VALLERAND AND PROUGH PROMOTED
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors The Greenville Road Warriors announced today that forwards Marc-Olivier Vallerand and Jeff Prough have been called up to the American Hockey League. Vallerand has been called up by the Rockford…
IT STARTS IN THE NET
VERSUS It’s one of the oldest cliché’s in hockey, “You build your team from the net out.” The emergence of the New York Rangers certainly starts with Henrik Lundqvist between the pipes. For the Connecticut Whale, their resurgence from a…
ROAD WARRIORS WEEKLY RELEASE: 2/27 TO 3/4/12
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors Last week was a see-saw week for the Road Warriors as they alternated wins and losses through the first four games of their five-game northern road trip. This week they finish off the trip with a…