FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT – Ken Gernander had been all through the routine nearly 13 years ago, but that didn’t make it any easier. In fact, in some ways, it was harder. Gernander missed the first two games in his four-year Hartford Wolf…
NO MORE STAALING IN FLORIDA
CHECKERS SWAP FORWARDS WITH ECHL AFFILIATE Staal recalled from Everblades; McKenzie re-assigned CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte Checkers general manager and head coach Jeff Daniels announced today that forward Jared Staal has been recalled from the…
TALBOT TO HARTFORD, JOHNSON TO NHL
According to reports from the beat writers in NYC, Chad Johnson has been recalled by the New York Rangers to be Henrik Lundqvist’s understudy while Cam Talbot has been sent to Hartford to share the goaltending duties with Dov Grumet-Morris. This is going…
COUTURE BACK ON A PTO
WHALE SIGN FORWARD DEREK COUTURE TO PTO * * * * Played 67 Games for Wolf Pack Last Season HARTFORD, CT: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the team has signed forward Derek Couture to a…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet You’ll have to excuse the Connecticut Whale if they feel a bit lost at the XL Center on Wednesday night. Other than a handful of practices, the I-91 rival Springfield Falcons have been in the downtown Hartford arena as many times as the…
LATEST WHALE NEWS
The only trade that the Rangers have pulled off today was one to bring a player to Hartford. John Mitchell, a 26 year old center that plays for Toronto has been dealt for a 7th round draft pick. His role is to pick up where Tim Kennedy left off. One…
JUST NOT ENOUGH
VERSUS Goaltender Mike Murphy stopped all 28 Connecticut Whale shots on goal and Matthew Pistilli scored the first goal of the game for the second consecutive game meting with the Checkers and that was enough to give Charlotte a 1-0 win at the Time…
CHECKERS COME BACK SHOT OUT
VERSUS HUGE CHECKERS COMEBACK FALLS SHORT Pogge makes 45 saves; Charlotte 5-0-1 in Norfolk this season NORFOLK, Va. – Despite a three-goal third-period comeback and a 45-save performance from Justin Pogge, the Checkers fell, 4-3, in a shootout to…
BRUTAL
VERSUS Top to bottom the Whale’s visit to Charlotte for the first time against the team that for 17 years was their ECHL affiliate ended as badly as it started as the visit resulted in a, hard-to-watch, 5-1 loss in front of 4,511 at the Time-Warner Cable…
CHECKERS CHARITY WORK
CHECKERS LAUNCH FACEBOOK FANDEMONIUM 2 Program’s goal to raise $25,000 for Zach Bennett CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte Checkers today announced “Facebook Fandemonium 2,” an online fundraising initiative with the goal of raising $25,000 for…