NOW THAT’S MORE LIKE IT
VERSUS Amazing what the changing of the calendar and some personnel changes can do for a team. After the Connecticut Whale spent the month of January making up for being so good from mid-November to mid-December by not winning a game, the team…
SPOTLIGHT: WOLSKI AND WOYWITKA
BY: Bruce Berlet Taking one step back in hopes of making two forward is a familiar refrain. Left wing Wojtek Wolski and defenseman Jeff Woywitka are hoping that theory works in their quests to get more ice time with the New York Rangers or another NHL…
WHALE WEEKLY: February 6 – 12, 2012
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale finished the first week of February with their best stretch of 2012 to date, snapping an eleven-game winless streak with back-to-back wins over Albany and Hershey. Connecticut knocked off the…
BOWERS MOVING TO BEER-TOWN
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors The Greenville Road Warriors announced today that center Justin Bowers has been loaned to the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League. Bowers was the ECHL Player of the Month for January…
SWEET VICTORY IN HERSHEY
VERSUS (We were unable to attend or watch yesterday’s battle between the Whale and Hershey due to a prior commitment to do our standup comedy at a fundraiser. – It went very well in case you’re interested. We will watch the replay and repost…
BOUNCING BACK FOR ROADIES
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors Tonight the Greenville Road Warriors get their second crack at the division-leading Gwinnett Gladiators in as many nights as they travel to the Arena at Gwinnett Center for their fifth of six…
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 the Albany Devils Friday night in front of 4,028…
MCNAUGHT A ROAD WARRIOR
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors The Greenville Road Warriors announced today that forward Randy McNaught has been loaned to the club by the American Hockey League’s Connecticut Whale. After beginning the season with the…
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…