CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY OFF-SEASON NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 16
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The intensity and flow of hockey news are increasing with each passing day, especially since the NHL is plotting out their Phase III and Phase IV return to play plans and a date for the start of the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES OFF SEASON VOLUME 12
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The world is slowly approaching normalcy. Sports news is becoming more and more prevalent as ALL sports are moving closer and closer towards returning into the daily lives of its fans. AHL AWARDS The…
CHAIMOVITCH: CHARLOTTE CHECKERS’ JAKE BEAN VOTED WINNER OF EDDIE SHORE AWARD AS AHL’S OUTSTANDING DEFENSEMAN
BY: Jason Chaimovitch, American Hockey League SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Jake Bean of the Charlotte Checkers is the winner of the Eddie Shore Award as the AHL’s outstanding defenseman for the 2019-20 season. The…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES OFF SEASON Volume 10
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – After a vote by its membership, the NHLPA has approved the NHL’s decision to move to a 24-team playoff format to bring to a conclusion the 2019-20 NHL season. With that announcement coming earlier…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 7
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Planning for the 2020-2021 AHL season is well underway as is the possible return of the NHL in the summer and a possible late-in-the-year start to the following season are dominant news stories this week.…
CANTLON’S CORNER: XL CENTER FUTURE FRONT AND CENTER
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The proverbial puck is in the state’s corner. The XL Center last week officially placed the XL Center in Ned Lamont’s bonding package for $27.5M per year ($55 million total) over the next two…
CANTLON: UCONN BEATS WILDCATS, 7-4
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The suddenly revived UCONN offense aided by a pair of seniors, Alexander Payusov two goals and Wyatt Newpower three assists and a plus-five, swept a critical Hockey East weekend series from UNH by the…
CANTLON: (MON) YALE IS RESILIENT EDGES UCONN 3-2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings BRIDGEPORT, CT – The Huskies despite a nearly two to one-shot advantage were clipped by the Yale Bulldogs 3-2 in the consolation game of the first-ever SNY CT Ice Festival. UCONN overall record slips to (9-12-4) and Yale…
CANTLON: (SUN) QUINNIPIAC HOLDS OFF LATE UCONN CHARGE WIN 3-2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings BRIDGEPORT, CT – Despite a furious final six-minute push to tie the game the UCONN Huskies (9-11-4) came up short 3-2 to the Quinnipiac University Bobcats (14-8-1) in the first game of the SNY College Cup Championhip.at…
CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK WEEKLY: February 3-9, 2020
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Wolf Pack (26-11-4-5, 61 pts.) split a home-and-home set with their I-91 rivals the Springfield Thunderbirds, topping the Thunderbirds 6-3 Friday night at the XL Center before falling by a 2-0…