SPOTLIGHT: BRENDAN BELL
BY: Bruce Berlet After Tim Erixon had another strong game for the Connecticut Whale last week, including a personal North American pro best of three assists, veteran defenseman Brendan Bell offered kudos about how the Swedish rookie blueliner handled his…
CULLEN EDDY PROMOTED TO AHL’S PHANTOMS
BY: Ray Schmitt, Voice of the Greenville Road Warriors GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors announced today that defenseman Cullen Eddy has been recalled by the Adirondack Phantoms of the American Hockey League. Assigned to the Road…
MARC-ANDRE BOURDON BECOMES FIRST ROAD WARRIORS ALUM TO PLAY IN NHL
BY: Ray Schmitt GREENVILLE, SC – Last night former Greenville Road Warriors defenseman Marc-Andre Bourdon played in his first National Hockey League game as a member of the Philadelphia Flyers. He is the first former Road Warriors player to play an…
WHALE WEEKLY: November 21-27, 2011
BY: Bob Crawford, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale swept two games on the weekend, to move back into first place in the Northeast Division, rebounding nicely from the previous weekend’s 0-2-0-0 trip to St. John’s, Newfoundland. The Whale knocked…
WHALE FIND A WAY
VERSUS Maybe having a lead entering the third period is a bad thing for this year’s edition of the Connecticut Whale. They’ve had a lead at some point in each of the previous sixteen games coming into the Dunkin Donuts Center Sunday afternoon…
VALIQUETTE BACK IN THE AHL – FOR NOW
One time Hartford Wolf Pack and New York Rangers netminder Steve Valiquette was back where he started having signed a Professional Try-Out (PTO) with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The always jovial Valiquette, one of hockey’s truly nicest guys, took a few…
SPOTLIGHT: COREY POTTER
BY: Bruce Berlet It’s nice to see former Hartford Wolf Pack defenseman Corey Potter finally get regular shifts in the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers. Potter, the New York Rangers’ fourth-round pick in 2003, was always a steady presence on the Wolf Pack…
WHALE WEEKLY: November 14-20, 2011
BY: BOB CRAWFORD, Voice of the Connecticut Whale The Whale visited the St. John’s IceCaps for two games this past weekend, in their only trip to Newfoundland this season. After leading in both games, Connecticut ended up with a pair of losses, the…
SPOTLIGHT: PROSPECT BUILDING
BY: Bruce Berlet The New York Rangers have always put a competitive top affiliate in Hartford, one that appears poised to compete for a 14th playoff berth in 15 seasons. But in the late 1990s and early 2000s, there weren’t many top young prospects…
NO SURPRISE HERE – NIEMI SENT TO GREENVILLE
BY: Mitch Beck If this was New York Rangers Jeopardy, it would go something like this. “The subject for Final Jeopardy is – Hockey Trades” “And the answer is, ‘He is the only player to have been traded between the New York Rangers and New York Islanders…