FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet The countdown has reached zero. The Whale Bowl arrives Saturday, and the Connecticut Whale and Providence Bruins are more than a little enthused about participating in the second AHL outdoor game before what will be a record AHL crowd at…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet CROMWELL, CT – The Connecticut Whale bus wouldn’t get into gear after a practice in suburban Syracuse during the team’s only venture into Canada this season to Toronto and Hamilton last week. But Johnny Davis, a bus driver for 25 years…
WHALE WEEKLY: February 14-21, 2011
The Whale (26-22-2-5, 59 pts.) journeyed to Canada for the only time this season this past week, losing to the Toronto Marlies by a 9-2 score on Wednesday before rebounding nicely to defeat the Hamilton Bulldogs on Friday night, 3-2. Connecticut then won…
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…
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 the next period is common for most players, but Worcester Sharks coach Roy Sommer earned…
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 decision to the Bruins on Tuesday night, before…
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: Whalers Sports & Entertainment president and COO Howard…
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 Connecticut capital since the Whalers left for North Carolina in 1997. Gernander was Wolf Pack…
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 as 7,013 were shown an exciting game and what could be a very solid Hartford Wolf…
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 Connecticut Whale. So now that the questions are through and reality is here, what are your…