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…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Don’t ever say hockey players, or even coaches, aren’t some of the toughest hombres in all of sports. Getting stitched up and returning to the ice by…

WHALE WEEKLY: January 31 – February 6, 2011

The Whale (22-20-2-5, 51 pts.) suffered close losses in three Atlantic-Division home games last week, falling to the Providence Bruins, Manchester Monarchs and Portland Pirates. The Whale dropped a 4-2…

BRAD PARK TO JOIN THE GAME

HOCKEY HALL OF FAMER BRAD PARK TO APPEAR AT CONNECTICUT WHALE HOME GAME SATURDAY, JANUARY 29 *           *           *           * Will Sign Autographs Pre-game in XL Center Atrium HARTFORD, CT:…

FOREVER THE FACE OF THE TEAM

By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, Conn. _ Ken Gernander has been the face of the Hartford Wolf Pack for more than 13 years. He has been pro hockey’s torchbearer in the…

A NIGHT OF FIRSTS

      VERSUS         AND THEY’RE OFF… The Howard Baldwin era in Hartford hockey has resumed and the infusion of new faces and new energy had a big payoff Saturday night…

IT’S OFFICIAL

The Hartford Wolf Pack are no more. According to an article in the Hartford Courant, the team is NOT going to be the Connecticut Whalers, but will be called the…

SPIN THE DIAL…

Nobody is saying officially what team is going to be the new ECHL affiliate for the AHL’s soon-to-be Connecticut Whalers and the parent New York Rangers. That doesn't mean though…