CHECKERS NAIL WHEELING
VERSUS CHECKERS STRIKE EARLY, EDGE NAILERS IN SHOOTOUT Munce Stops 34 of 36; Carroll Scores Shootout Winner The Charlotte Checkers started their three-game northern road swing with a win as they edged the Wheeling Nailers, 3-2, in a…
WOLF PACK SPEAK
It has been an eventful 24 hours to say the least for the Hartford Wolf Pack. At the trade deadline, the Rangers organization traded versatile forward Jordan Owens to the Detroit Red Wings who sent Grand Rapids Griffins center Kris Newbury back to the…
THREE STRAIGHT
VERSUS CHECKERS DOWNED BY CYCLONES 5-3 strong>Charlotte Outshoots Cincinnati 34-15, Comes Out Empty-Handed The Charlotte Checkers badly outshot the Cincinnati Cyclones 34-15 but unable to walk away with the win as they were downed,…
WIIKMAN FOR ERIKSSON
The second move by the Rangers/Wolf Pack saw Miika Wiikman heading out to Rangers West as Don Maloney took yet another of the players he brought over here and sent back another defenseman in Anders Eriksson. The 35-year old defenseman has been in Wolf…
COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE…
In our first item: According to all the major news organizations that cover the Rangers, both Enver Lisin and veteran Aaron Voros have been put on waivers by the New York Rangers. Lisin will be on display for potential suitors as the Rangers take on the…
WOLF PACK WEEKLY: March 1-7, 2010
The Wolf Pack fell below the .500 mark, to 26-27-5-4 for 61 points, with an 0-1-2-0 record in three one-goal games last week. Friday and Saturday produced back-to-back, 2-1 overtime home losses, Friday to Springfield and Saturday to Portland. Then on…
HARD TIMES
VERSUS If it’s not one thing, it’s another… If the Hartford Wolf Pack stand any chance at all of making the American League playoffs, they’re going to need their star players to elevate their games. That’s not news. General Manager Jim…
BROUILLETTE ON LOAN
Julien Brouillette has been loaned to Hartford from the Charlotte Checkers and will join the Wolf Pack against Lowell this afternoon. This begs two questions: 1) The Pack already have David Urquhart available on the defense which would mean if they need…
PENALTY…KILLERS
VERSUS It’s the same old story these days for the struggling Hartford Wolf Pack, no discipline leading to bad penalties and “We need to score more goals,” Head Coach Ken Gernander told reporters after both were the culprit in a third…
AND WHAT OF VALIQUETTE?
As we wrote Friday night based upon the sources we spoke to, the Checkers have been assigned Miika Wiikman and the Rangers have a new backup netminder in New York in Alex Auld. It appears now, for the time being anyway that all of the Rangers goaltending…