BALDWIN BACK
DEFENSEMAN LEE BALDWIN REJOINS WHALE * * * * Reassigned from ECHL Greenville Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned defenseman Lee Baldwin to the…
BALDWIN UNVEILS PLANS FOR DOWNTOWN HARTFORD TO BRING BACK THE NHL
BY: BOB CRAWFORD, Voice of the Connecticut Whale BALDWIN UNVEILS PLANS FOR DOWNTOWN HARTFORD * * * * Includes Renovation of XL Center and Revitalization of Trumbull Streetscape as Dining and Entertainment Destination Whalers…
THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME
VERSUS BY: Mitch Beck Blowing leads become a major problem to this point in the early part of the season for Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander’s bunch. Sunday afternoon at the Mile One Centre in Newfoundland, the Whale wasted two-goal…
SPOTLIGHT: HOWARD BALDWIN
BY: Bruce Berlet Howard Baldwin is the “Godfather of Professional Hockey in Hartford” on several fronts, spanning nearly four decades. First, Baldwin became one of the youngest executive in professional sports when he was a founder and partner of the…
SPOTLIGHT: RYAN McDONAGH
BY: Bruce Berlet A year ago, Ryan McDonagh was trying to find his way on the blue line of the then Hartford Wolf Pack, after leaving a highly successful University of Wisconsin program following his junior year. While center Derek Stepan made the New…
NO SURPRISE HERE – NIEMI SENT TO GREENVILLE
BY: Mitch Beck If this was New York Rangers Jeopardy, it would go something like this. “The subject for Final Jeopardy is – Hockey Trades” “And the answer is, ‘He is the only player to have been traded between the New York Rangers and New York Islanders…
SPOTLIGHT: JORDAN OWENS
BY: Bruce Berlet Jordan Owens’ style and demeanor has hardly changed since his first stint in Hartford, but he has seen one major improvement in his second go-around. “I like the new uniforms,” Owens said with a smile. “There’s no specific reason. I like…
IT’S KUNDRATEK FOR BOUCHARD
The New York Rangers have announced that they’ve shipped defenseman Tomas Kundratek to the Washington Capitals for forward Francois Bouchard. The move makes perfect sense for the organization, and for that matter for Kundratek as well.
SPOTLIGHT: THE WELLAND CONNECTION
BY: Bruce Berlet It’s almost something out of Ripley’s Believe It or Not. Then again, even Ripley’s might not believe this tale. Two decades ago, Dan Girardi and Andre Deveaux lived five minutes apart in Welland, Ontario, Canada, and spent many a day…
WHALE WEEKLY: November 7-13, 2011
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the CT Whale The Whale came away with three points in three games this past week, and Connecticut finished their slate in sole possession of first place in the Northeast Division. The Whale were defeated, 3-2 in a shootout,…