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,…
WHALE EXORCIZE LOSING STREAK WITH WIN OVER DEVILS
VERSUS BY: Mitch Beck If Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander had any hair, he’d probably be pulling it out about now. His team did win on the road Saturday night knocking off the Albany Devils 3-2 in a shootout in front of 3,006 at the…
WIN STREAK OVER
(Due to the extensive computer and power outages –and the fact that we’re now five days behind in our business – we want to make sure that we get something posted from the Whale defeat Wednesday to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers… We’ve added the Ken…
BALDWIN, LEE NOT HOWARD, HEADING TO GREENVILLE
LEE BALDWIN REASSIGNED TO GREENVILLE * * * * Defenseman Dressed in Three Games for Whale this Season Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned…
TEN GAMES IN, WHAT’DYA GOT?
BY: Bruce Berlet It’s only 10 games into the franchise’s 15th season, but the first full go-around as the Connecticut Whale has been quite pleasing for the man who has been around Asylum Street since Day One. Except for a few blown leads and ill-timed…