WHALE SINK PIRATES SHIP
VERSUS BY: Bruce Berlet Special teams often are the difference at all levels of hockey these days, and the Connecticut Whale proved that again Friday night against the Portland Pirates. Andre Deveaux and Brendan Bell scored the game’s first two…
IMPORTANT TIME CHANGE FOR CTWHALE
START TIME CHANGED FOR WHALE’S HOME GAME APRIL 1 * * * * Sunday Faceoff with Providence will now be 2:00 PM HARTFORD, February 24, 2012: Whalers Sports & Entertainment president and COO Howard Baldwin, Jr. announced…
GREENVILLE NEWS
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors The Greenville Road Warriors announced today that they have received goaltender Jason Missiaen and defenseman Benn Olson from the American Hockey League. Missiaen, 21, has been reassigned to the Road…
SPOTLIGHT: MELROSE PICKS
By Bruce Berlet Former NHL player and coach Barry Melrose has always been an entertaining personality and a straight shooter as an ESPN hockey analyst. Not surprisingly, Melrose picked two former Hartford Whalers as the greatest power forwards in NHL…
WHALE WEEKLY: February 21 – 26, 2012
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale posted another successful week as they entered the third weekend in February, winning two out of three games on their slate. Connecticut began the weekend with a 6-3 defeat of the Springfield…
JOHNSON INJURED, MISSIAEN RECALLED
Chad Johnson was injured late in the first period of Friday night’s 6-3 Connecticut Whale victory over the Springfield Falcons at the XL Center. The injury has resulted in the immediate recall of Jason Missiaen from the Greenville Road Warriors as a…
WHALE OF A DEAL FOR SATURDAY NIGHT
Our pal Dave Romeiko over at the Whale sent us this for Howlings readers. It’s a great opportunity to get seats to see your favorite team and get a nice poster too. Say what you will about this team, but the marketing department is doing a “Whale “ of a…
SPOTLIGHT: BRENT THOMPSON
BY: Bruce Berlet Brent Thompson could be in line for a Coach of the Year daily double. The former Hartford Wolf Pack defenseman was named ECHL Coach of the Year last season after leading the Alaska Aces to the regular season and playoff titles. Now…
IT ALL STARTS AT THE XL CENTER
WHALE TO HOST “IT ALL STARTS HERE NIGHT” THIS SATURDAY * * * * In Conjunction with USA Hockey’s “Hockey Weekend Across America” Whalers Sports & Entertainment announced today that, in the spirit of “Hockey Weekend Across…