TIGERS BEATEN BY SOUND WHALES
VERSUS While they were far from perfect, the Connecticut Whale had a good all around team effort anchored by Chad Johnson’s first star performance between the pipes and beat the fading Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3-2 in front of 6,023 at the XL Center…
WHALE PICKS
By Bruce Berlet The Green Bay Packers are 21/2-point favorites over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV on Sunday, but the Connecticut Whale family likes the Steelers to extend their record for wins to seven by an even narrower margin.
FLORIDA AGAIN?
ESTERO, FL – Tonight’s game is the second of a three-game series between the Greenville Road Warriors and the Florida Everblades. It’s also Greenville’s sixth of a season-high seven-game road trip in which the Road Warriors are…
UPGRADING NET COVERAGE
While Pier-Oliver Pelletier is a really good bloke, he’s not an AHL quality netminder. Friday, The Connecticut Whale sent him packing and brought back Dov-Grumet Morris and signed the Greenville Road Warrior netminder to a Professional Try-Out (PTO)…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet CROMWELL, CT – Jeremy Williams’ first All-Star appearance this week provided several memorable moments, not the least of which was playing center for an extended period for the first since learning to skate on the rink on his family farm…
GOING UP…AGAIN, BOYCHUK RECALLED
‘CANES RECALL ZACH BOYCHUK FROM CHARLOTTE Forward has seven points in 18 NHL games this season RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has recalled…
CHIEF DANIELS EXCITED ABOUT WHALE-BOWL
By Brittany Burke Whalers alumnus Scott “Chief” Daniels isn’t returning to Hartford this month as just an alum, waiting to take on his former rivals, the Boston Bruins in the Harvest-Properties.com “Whale Bowl”. He is traveling to Hartford to be a…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Ron Francis. Kevin Dineen. … Kevin Dineen. Ron Francis. Trying to select the best player in Hartford hockey history always comes down to the two most iconic figures since the New England Whalers arrived in town from Boston in 1974. Gordie…
GRACHEV SENT “PACKING” … OKAY, WHALING
Evgeny Grachev has been sent back to the Connecticut Whale today by the New York Rangers. It’s logical considering the fact that the Rangers are finally getting healthy. Ryan Callahan is certain to play as is Dan Girardi. What it also means is that…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet After 15 years playing and coaching in the University of Connecticut’s antiquated rink covered by an open dome, Bruce Marshall thought he was finished with outdoor hockey. “Coaching outdoors wasn’t high on my list to do,” Marshall, a 1985…