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FROM THE CREASE – SEASON IN REVIEW with BRUCE BERLET
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT – With the sting of another first-round playoff elimination fresh in everyone’s mind, it can be difficult to find positives in even the most trying of seasons. But New York Rangers assistant coach/assistant general manager…
WE’RE GOING SEVEN IN GREENVILLE
VERSUS GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors used a three-goal first period to propel themselves to a 6-3 victory over the Wheeling Nailers on Tuesday night at the BI-LO Center. The win forced a decisive Game Seven at the BI-LO Center…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT. – If the New York Rangers are to find a trade for veteran defenseman Wade Redden to eliminate his annual $6.5 million salary cap hit, they’ll have to find out which eight teams he doesn’t want to be dealt to that’s part of…
GAME FIVE – DUPONT GIVETH AND DUPONT TAKETH AWAY
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale fought back valiantly from a three-goal deficit, not once but TWICE, and finally tied it early in the third on a Brodie Dupont goal. But as has been the case with this team all season long with the entire team, Dupont’s…
GAME FOUR – IT’S NOW A BEST OF THREE
VERSUS (Hear all interviews below) It’s now a best of three series starting Thursday night in Portland as a critical Game Four in Hartford goes to the Connecticut Whale who came out to right from the drop of the opening puck and dominated from…
ROAD WARRIORS WEEKLY #27: 4/18/11-4/24/11
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors opened their Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Wheeling Nailers with a pair of home games last week. After splitting those games, the Road Warriors head north this week for the next three…
1ST RD: GAME TWO – LIKE PARENT – LIKE AFFILIATE
VERSUS The Connecticut Whale lost Game Two of their first round playoff series at the Cumberland County Civic Center to the Portland Pirates 3-2 in overtime before 5,029 Saturday night.
WHEELING GETS NAILED BY WARRIORS IN OT
VERSUS GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Road Warriors evened their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Wheeling Nailers with a 2-1 overtime win on Friday night. The series shifts to Wheeling for the next three games…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale rookie defenseman Tomas Kundratek now fully understands the adage that it’s sometimes better to be lucky than good. Despite admittedly knowing little about men’s college basketball, Kundratek was the Whale’s top dog when…