CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF-SEASON VOLUME 4
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Calder Cup playoffs have their final four teams set to battle to for an opportunity to win the 2018-19 AHL Championship. On Friday, the Charlotte Checkers and Toronto Marlies will do battle in the East…
CANTLON’S CORNER: THE XL CENTER STILL HAS LIFE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Apparently, the XL Center has more lives than any feline could ask for. Prior to Thursday’s night’s monthly CRDA meeting, it’s Executive Director, Michael W. Freimuth, executive director of the…
RANGERS: JIM SCHOENFELD STEPS DOWN
BY: The New York Rangers NEW YORK, May 16, 2019 – Rangers Senior Vice President and Assistant General Manager Jim Schoenfeld stepped down from his position today. “In nearly two decades with the Rangers, Jim made an impact on every level of the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: NORTH AMERICAN JUNIOR DRAFTS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Its spring. Besides the flowers and bushes that all bloom, so do many of young hockey player’s futures as they hope to get drafted by various junior leagues in North America. For some Connecticut…
CANTLON’S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF-SEASON REPORT VOLUME 2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The name of the game this week in hockey is, “Transaction-Time!” On Tuesday, the New York Rangers made a big move in a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes. The Blueshirts acquired a…
CANTLON’S CORNER: EX-PACK MEGNA, ONE HAPPY BEAR
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings BRIDGEPORT, CT – The Hershey Bears stood in the hallway of the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport last Saturday night following their ending the Bridgeport Sound Tigers’ season with a 3-2 overtime win, the third OT…
CRAWFORD: WOLF PACK’S JOHN GILMOUR EARNS FIRST-TEAM AHL ALL-STAR HONORS
Leads All-League Blueliners with 54 Points BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, April 11, 2019: The American Hockey League today announced that Hartford Wolf Pack defenseman John Gilmour has been named as a 2018-19 AHL First-Team All-Star.…
CRAWFORD: (SAT) PACK SMOKED BY COMETS
BY: Bob Crawford, Hartford Wolf Pack Hartford, CT, April 6, 2019 – Former Hartford Wolf Pack goaltender Marek Mazanec shut out his old team for the Utica Comets Saturday night at the XL Center, making 21 saves in a 4-0 Utica victory. Another ex-Wolf…
CANTLON: PACK DOUBLE UP BRUINS IN ’18-’19 HOME OPENER
VERSUS BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack got a goal and an assist from Chris Bigras on their way to a 4-2 win, holding off a late Bruins rally in their home and regular season opener. The Pack got off to…
CANTLON: ISLANDERS DOWN RANGERS IN BRIDGEPORT, 5-2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings BRIDGEPORT, CT – The New York Islanders built a lead in the second period and maintained it en route to a 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers in an NHL exhibition contest before 7,033 at the Webster Bank Arena. “I…