CLEANING UP THE ROSTER
Eric Christensen, 28, spent two weeks on a conditioning stint with the Connecticut Whale and has now been traded along with a conditional seventh round pick in the 2013 draft to the Minnesota Wild for 24-year old forward Casey Wellman who has 12g, 14a in…
SPOTLIGHT: ALL-STARS
BY: Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale personnel and fans knew rookie left wing Carl Hagelin was plenty fast from the time he played his first pro-game in the playoffs last April. Hagelin continued to blaze an impressive trail in his first 17 games this…
EX-RANGERS AMONG CT HOCKEY HOF INDUCTEES
NEW CLASS OF 2012 INDUCTEES REVEALED FOR CT HOCKEY HALL OF FAME * * * * Seven New Hall of Famers to be Honored during March 10 CT Whale Home Game Whalers Sports & Entertainment and the CT Hockey Hall of Fame today…
LOSING…THE LOSING
VERSUS Well there that wasn’t so hard now was it? The newly remodeled Connecticut Whale fell behind early but stuck to their game plan and scored two power play goal en route to a 3-2 win over…
SPOTLIGHT: ZUCCARELLO
BY: Bruce Berlet After a 5-3 victory over the Springfield Falcons on Dec. 31, the Connecticut Whale (19-15-3-5) had a six-point lead over the Adirondack Phantoms in the AHL’s Northeast Division and were within two points of the Eastern Conference’s top…
NUMBER 30 GETS NUMBER 40
VERSUS NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES January 24, 2012 (Game 47, Home Game 22) Madison Square Garden – New York, New York Team Notes: The Rangers defeated the Winnipeg Jets, 3-0, tonight at Madison Square Garden for their third win in four…
CHAD JOHNSON – NY BOUND
Larry Brooks reported on his Twitter page Tuesday that New York Rangers goaltender Marty Biron, who was scheduled to start for the Blueshirts tonight against the Winnipeg Jets has come down with the flu and will be out. Taking Biron’s spot on the…
MCNAUGHT A MCFORWARD FOR THE MCWHALE
WHALE SIGN FORWARD RANDY McNAUGHT * * * * Six-Foot-Five, 221-pound Winger was Seventh-round Ranger Draft Pick in 2010 Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the Whale has signed forward Randy…
IS THIS ROCK BOTTOM?
VERSUS Throughout the 2011-2012 season the Whale have had two glaring problems: allowing quick back-to-back goals and not holding third period leads. Both of those Achilles Heel issues haunted the Whale Saturday night as they dropped a 5-4…
THE TIP OF THE ICECAP
VERSUS The RMS Titanic sunk about 400 miles south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland after hitting an iceberg on April 15, 1912. Almost 100 years later, The Connecticut Whale sunk to the bottom of the XL Center Friday night after an Icecap…