SPOTLIGHT: MELROSE PICKS
By Bruce Berlet Former NHL player and coach Barry Melrose has always been an entertaining personality and a straight shooter as an ESPN hockey analyst. Not surprisingly, Melrose picked two former Hartford Whalers as the greatest power forwards in NHL…
SPOTLIGHT: CASEY WELLMAN
By Bruce Berlet Casey Wellman played several sports growing up in Brentwood, Calif., hardly a hotbed for hockey. But Wellman got hooked on the game played on ice after his father, Brad, met several New Jersey Devils players who asked him to skate with…
SPOTLIGHT: WOLSKI AND WOYWITKA
BY: Bruce Berlet Taking one step back in hopes of making two forward is a familiar refrain. Left wing Wojtek Wolski and defenseman Jeff Woywitka are hoping that theory works in their quests to get more ice time with the New York Rangers or another NHL…
BOUNCING BACK FOR ROADIES
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors Tonight the Greenville Road Warriors get their second crack at the division-leading Gwinnett Gladiators in as many nights as they travel to the Arena at Gwinnett Center for their fifth of six…
LOSING THE LOSING
VERSUS Well there that wasn’t so hard now was it? The newly remodeled Connecticut Whale fell behind early but stuck to their game plan and scored two power play goal en route to a 3-2 win over the Albany Devils Friday night in front of 4,028…
SPOTLIGHT: STATE OF THE LEAGUE
BY: Bruce Berlet The biggest news out of AHL president and CEO Dave Andrews’ State of the League Address during the All-Star Classic is video review of disputed goals is one step from becoming a reality. Andrews said the AHL board of governors will vote…
SPOTLIGHT: AHL ALL-STAR GAME
BY: Bruce Berlet The Eastern Conference lost a four-goal lead and a shootout in the AHL All-Star Game on Monday night that had a definite Connecticut Whale flavor. Rookie Jonathan Audy-Marchessault scored on his first shift of the game and had a goal and…
SPOTLIGHT: ALL-STARS
BY: Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale personnel and fans knew rookie left wing Carl Hagelin was plenty fast from the time he played his first pro-game in the playoffs last April. Hagelin continued to blaze an impressive trail in his first 17 games this…
EX-RANGERS AMONG CT HOCKEY HOF INDUCTEES
NEW CLASS OF 2012 INDUCTEES REVEALED FOR CT HOCKEY HALL OF FAME * * * * Seven New Hall of Famers to be Honored during March 10 CT Whale Home Game Whalers Sports & Entertainment and the CT Hockey Hall of Fame today…
NUMBER 30 GETS NUMBER 40
VERSUS NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES January 24, 2012 (Game 47, Home Game 22) Madison Square Garden – New York, New York Team Notes: The Rangers defeated the Winnipeg Jets, 3-0, tonight at Madison Square Garden for their third win in four…