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…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet When an athlete says his parents are his idols because of the strong faith they show every day, you know you have a special person. Connecticut Whale defenseman Jared Nightingale is just such an individual. While Nightingale is one of the…
EX-WHALE SAUER’S FIRST GOAL VETOS SENATORS
VERSUS NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES December 9, 2010 – New York Rangers 5, Ottawa Senators 3 (Game No. 30, Away No. 15)
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, Conn. – On the one hand, Oren Eizenman was a typical pro hockey wannabee growing up in Toronto, skating on a rink in his backyard with older brothers Alon and Erez. On the other hand, Eizenman has about as atypical a background…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, Conn. – Talk about a marriage made in heaven happening by happenstance. Two years ago, Juan Nunez was working his way toward a degree in business management at the University of Hartford while holding down two jobs in Blue Back…
BRIAN STEWART REASSIGNED TO ADIRONDACK PHANTOMS
WHEELING, WV – The Greenville Road Warriors announced today that goalie Brian Stewart has been reassigned to the Adirondack Phantoms of the American Hockey League.