DRAFT SUMMARY
RANGERS MAKE SIX SELECTIONS IN 2011 NHL DRAFT Blueshirts select 4 forwards and 2 defensemen New York, June 25, 2011 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather, along with Director of Player Personnel, Gordie Clark, oversaw the club’s…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet With goaltending and defense in lots of good hands, it wasn’t surprising the New York Rangers’ first four picks in the NHL draft Friday night and Saturday were forwards. With the 15th pick, the Rangers chose center/left wing Jonathan T.…
A FUTURE WHALE IS BORN?
With their first pick in the 2011 NHL Entry draft, 15th overall, the New York Rangers selected centerman J.T. Miller. One never knows what’s going to happen or how a player is going to turn out from the first round. Will they turn out to be like…
FAN-FARE: CAPTAIN WHO…
BY: Adam Gavriel Undoubtedly when the New York Rangers kick off their 2011-2012 campaign they will do so without Chris Drury. The Trumbull, Connecticut native served as Rangers Captain since the 08-09 season after Jaromir Jagr departed for the KHL the…
AND NOW NUMBER FOUR
GREENVILLE, SC – Continuing their countdown of the top moments from their inaugural season in the ECHL, the Greenville Road Warriors today revealed top moment number four. On February 19, 2011 6,388 fans piled into the BI-LO Center to watch the…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Veteran right wing Jeremy Williams, the Connecticut Whale’s leading goal scorer and only AHL All-Star last season, won’t be returning to Hartford. The 27-year-old Williams wasn’t offered a new contract by the parent New York Rangers and…
FAN-FARE with ADAM GAVRIEL
BY: Adam Gavriel In our ever-expanding pursuit of making Howlings.net the best coverage possible on the entire New York Rangers organization, we have been looking long and hard for a young person who could write well, knew the Blueshirts and could share…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Trumbull native Chris Drury’s time as New York Rangers center and captain is on the verge of ending. Multiple sources have told the New York Post that Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather has informed Drury that he will be…
TWO MINUTES with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet As expected, the Manitoba Moose are no more. The American Hockey League’s Board of Governors unanimously approved on Friday the relocation of the franchise owned by True North Sports & Entertainment Ltd. from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet An estimated 5,000 fans lined the streets of Binghamton, N.Y., on Wednesday to celebrate the city’s first pro hockey title. Few enjoyed it more than two men with Connecticut ties, one of whom had to get reports in his hospital bed. The…