CANTLON: HAT TRICKS AND THE NAHL ENTRY DRAFT
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The NAHL conducted its entry draft consisting of 498 slots last Wednesday. It’s the last junior selections made before the big NHL Entry Draft at the end of the week. Since entering the league, the…
CANTLON: HOCKEY BUSINESS ACTIVITY PICKING UP
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – As the ’20-’21 hockey season officially comes to a close with the Tampa Bay Lightning repeating as Stanley Cup Champions, hockey news now begins in earnest. Ex-Hartford Wolf Pack captain Cole…
CANTLON: HOCKEY OFF SEASON NOTES VOLUME 33
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The professional hockey world is still at a standstill with the NHL having publicly issued a January 1st, 2021 projected start date with the AHL calling for February 5th. Even having publicly stated that…
CANTLON’S CORNER: AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT…BUT STILL THE SAME
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Game on! Well, sort of. On Tuesday afternoon, NHL commissioner, Gary Bettman announced the outline of a plan to “Return-To-Play” that was agreed to between the players, and the league with the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 9
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The news cycle is overflowing with COVID-19-related stories and the sports world, and hockey in-particular is no exception. AHL AWARDS With the 2019-020 season now officially canceled the parade of end of…
CANTLON: HAT TRICKS COME UP SHORT ON NEW HAVEN NIGHT
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings DANBURY, CT – Ahmed Mahfouz tallied five points including a Gordie Howe hat trick while Brandon Tucker had a hat trick to lead the Elmira Enforcers as they knocked off the Danbury Hat Tricks 5-2 at the Danbury Ice Arena…
BECK: PLEASE…SPREAD THE WORD ON HOWLINGS
BY: Mitch Beck, Howlings MONROE, CT – I began Howlings over 15 years ago after spending some time writing for Blueshirt Bulletin and being the Editor-In-Chief of both the Hartford Wolf Pack and New York Rangers’ fan club newsletters. We got…
CANTLON: SANTOS TOP MAN IN THE EHL
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings NEWINGTON, CT – Spending time with a league commissioner provides a glimpse into just how harried and crazed of a life that it can be. It also reveals a greater appreciation as to how difficult the business side of…
BRYANT: HAT TRICKS ROLL TO THEIR SEVENTH STRAIGHT WIN
BY: Casey Bryant, Danbury Hat Tricks DANBURY, CT – The Danbury Hat Tricks just keep on rollin’. A franchise-best win streak extended to seven as the Hat Tricks completed the sweep of the Delaware Thunder to the tune of a 5-4 final at the…
BRYANT: HAT TRICKS HAT TRICK LEADS HAT TRICKS TO VICTORY
BY: Casey Bryant, Danbury Hat Tricks DANBURY, CT – In his first game since signing with the team earlier in the week, Nick DiNicola made a huge splash with three goals to lead the Danbury Hat Tricks to a 6-4 victory over the Delaware Thunder before…