FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale added one member of the parent New York Rangers on Wednesday and another could be coming for a refresher course.
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Few sporting entities ebb and flow together more than a hockey goaltender and his or her team. Chad Johnson has discovered that more than ever this season, which seems almost divided between when the local AHL team was the Hartford Wolf…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale wing Mats Zuccarello did about everything imaginable to help the New York Rangers win Thursday night in his NHL debut on Broadway. The Rangers lost in the bottom of the 11th round of a shootout and the rookie in North…
RANGERS AND LIGHTNING PREVIEW
NEW YORK RANGERS vs. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Thursday, Dec. 23, 7:00 p.m. Madison Square Garden • New York, NY Rangers: 20-14-1 (41 pts) Lightning: 19-10-4 (42 pts) * All information through NHL games on Dec. 21 TOMORROW’S GAME: The Rangers will…
HEADING SOUTH
LAWSON, PISTILLI, STAAL RE-ASSIGNED TO FLORIDA CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte Checkers general manager and head coach Jeff Daniels announced today that defenseman Kyle Lawson and forwards Matthew Pistilli and Jared Staal have been re-assigned to the…
GREENVILLE AND GWINNETT TANGO AGAIN
GREENVILLE, SC –After a rare Saturday off the Greenville Road Warriors are back in action today in Duluth against the Gwinnett Gladiators. The Road Warriors are looking for their fourth consecutive win over the Gladiators.
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale right wing Dale Weise likely didn’t need a plane to fly from Hartford to Philadelphia on Friday afternoon. With former Hartford Wolf Pack right wing Ryan Callahan sidelined 6-to-8 weeks with a broken left hand sustained…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet No Nick Fotiu, no Jack Carlson, no Curt Brackenbury, no Gilles Bilodeau from the New England Whalers days in the World Hockey Association. No Stu Grimson, no Jim McKenzie, no Dave Schultz, no Torrie Robertson from the Hartford Whalers…
PAGING KYLE LAWSON
LAWSON RE-ASSIGNED TO CHECKERS FROM FLORIDA Rookie defenseman earns second call-up of season CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte Checkers general manager and head coach Jeff Daniels announced today that rookie defenseman Kyle Lawson has been re-assigned to…
WHALE BECOMING ‘MOBY DICK’
VERSUS On the 80’s TV show, “The ‘A’ Team,” the team’s leader John “Hannibal” Smith would always say the phrase, “I love it when a plan comes together.” If Connecticut Whale coach Ken Gernander were that kind of boisterous sort, he might have said…