SPECIAL TEAMS LEAD TO SPECIAL WIN FOR WHALE OVER FALCONS
VERSUS In 1973, with the New York Mets mired in last place at the time, but still within striking distance in a very tight divisional race, the press asked, then Manager, Yogi Berra if the season was finished, he replied with the classic line,…
SPOTLIGHT: AL MONTOYA
BY: Bruce Berlet Friday night wasn’t exactly what former Hartford Wolf Pack goalie Al Montoya and AHL Hall of Famer Bruce Boudreau had in mind, but it did have some redeeming value. Montoya played his first game in the building where he watched games as…
SPOTLIGHT: HARTFORD GRADUATES
BY: Bruce Berlet Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale graduates are helping the parent New York Rangers more all the time. Take Thursday night, in a 5-3 victory over the host Carolina Hurricanes, in which the Rangers rallied from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits.…
RANGERS WANT TO GROUND LIGHTNING
NY RANGERS at TB LIGHTNING Saturday, Dec. 3, 7:00 p.m. St. Pete Times Forum – Tampa, Florida Rangers: 14-5-3 (31 pts) Lightning: 11-11-2 (24 pts) * All information through NHL games on Dec. 1 TOMORROW’S GAME: The Rangers will face-off against the…
FROM THE, “NO-SURPRISE-HERE-DEPARTMENT”
LEE BALDWIN REASSIGNED TO ECHL GREENVILLE Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned defenseman Lee Baldwin from the Whale to its ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Road Warriors.…
SPOTLIGHT: WHO’S PLAYING AND WHERE?
BY: Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale defenseman Pavel Valentenko is sometimes self-conscious about his English. But the personable Russian has certainly improved on the official language of the United States since arriving in Hartford two years ago. And he…
RANGERS LOOK TO STAY NORTH AS THEY HEAD SOUTH
NY RANGERS at CAROLINA HURRICANES Thursday, Dec. 1, 7:00 p.m. RBC Center – Raleigh, North Carolina Rangers: 13-5-3 (29 pts) Hurricanes: 8-14-4 (20 pts) * All information through NHL games on Nov. 29 TOMORROW’S GAME: The Rangers will face-off…
SPOTLIGHT: CAM ATKINSON
BY: Bruce Berlet Cam Atkinson could be the Tim Tebow of hockey. Virtually all Atkinson has ever heard about are his shortcomings (pardon the pun) rather than the big things that he has to offer, like speed, soft hands and a good shot. But like the…
SPOTLIGHT: BATTLE OF THE BOURQUES
BY: Bruce Berlet When Bruce Boudreau was fired as Washington Capitals coach on Monday, it didn’t affect the coaching staff of the Hershey Bears, the team’s AHL affiliate. But the departure of the man promoted from Hershey to replace Glen Hanlon on…
ROAD WARRIORS HEADING INTO A CYCLONE
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of Greenville Road Warriors CINCINNATI, OH – Tonight the Greenville Road Warriors play the third game of their seven-game road trip at US Bank Arena against the Cincinnati Cyclones.