FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet With their top four centers missing and their leading scorer and No. 1 offensive defenseman injured before the game was 25 minutes old, the Connecticut Whale desperately needed help from new sources Wednesday night against the Springfield Falcons.
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT – Ken Gernander had been all through the routine nearly 13 years ago, but that didn’t make it any easier. In fact, in some ways, it was harder. Gernander missed the first two games in his four-year Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet You’ll have to excuse the Connecticut Whale if they feel a bit lost at the XL Center on Wednesday night. Other than a handful of practices, the I-91 rival Springfield Falcons have been in the downtown Hartford arena as many times as…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet The untimely Arctic Invasion on Saturday aside, the historic “Harvest-Properties.com Whalers Hockey Fest 2011” proved quite the bonanza for fans, hockey and Whalers Sports and Entertainment.
WHALE WEEKLY: February 21-27, 2011
The Whale (28-22-2-6, 64 pts.) are coming off of an eventful week, which included the historic Harvest-Properties.com Whale Bowl outdoor game at Rentschler Field Saturday night. That game ended in a 5-4 shootout loss to the Providence Bruins in front of an AHL-record crowd of…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale enjoyed a rare day off Monday from the most hectic segment of their schedule after two workmanlike bounce-back wins following a horrid showing in Toronto on Wednesday. But most players might have been a bit on edge while sharing…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet AHL president and CEO Dave Andrews called last week’s All-Star Classic “awesome” for a number of reasons, starting with two nights of sellout crowds for the skills competition and All-Star Game at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa.
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet CROMWELL, CT – Jeremy Williams’ first All-Star appearance this week provided several memorable moments, not the least of which was playing center for an extended period for the first since learning to skate on the rink on his family farm in Glenova,…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet EAST HARTFORD, CT – As Howard Baldwin and his son, Howard Jr., walked into the Rentschler Field press box just after noon Thursday, their jaws seemingly dropped to the floor as they spoke as one. “Awesome,” they said in stereo while getting…
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WOLF PACK SEND BRUINS PACKING WITH OT WIN
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack are headed to the Atlantic Division Finals for the second straight season. A wild bounce saw a puck clip Jake Leschyshyn and beat Brandon Bussi 9:41 into overtime of Game 4 at…
PRE-GAME: WOLF PACK CAN CLOSE OUT BRUINS TONIGHT
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WOLF PACK SUFFER UGLY LOSS TO P-BRUINS IN GAME 2
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WOLF PACK SEND BRUINS PACKING WITH OT WIN
By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack are headed to the Atlantic Division Finals for the second straight season. A wild bounce saw a puck clip Jake Leschyshyn and beat Brandon Bussi 9:41 into overtime of Game 4 at…
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WOLF PACK GET 3-PT NIGHT FROM PITLICK IN GM 1 WIN
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ORLANDO ENDS SWAMP RABBITS SEASON
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SWAMP RABBITS ANSWER BACK IN GAME 2
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SWAMP RABBITS DROP GAME 1 in OT
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