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Mitch Beck
- March 24, 2011
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet After two deflating seasons on Broadway fraught with boos and negative press, no one could have blamed Wade Redden for exiting the NHL stage left for more…
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- March 22, 2011
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale rookie goalie Cam Talbot paid defenseman Pavel Valentenko quite the compliment Sunday. “He blocks shots so well it’s like having three goalies,” Talbot said after…
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- March 21, 2011
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet As the pressure mounts as the playoffs approach, players and teams can buckle or get stronger late in games. The latter has been the Connecticut Whale’s MO…
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- March 21, 2011
WHALE WEEKLY: March 21-27, 2011
The Whale (36-26-2-6, 80 pts.) improved to a season-best ten games over .500 by sweeping last week’s action with a perfect three-game slate. The Whale defeated the Manchester Monarchs, 1-0,…
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- March 16, 2011
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Their similarities are almost eerie. Both grew up learning to skate and play hockey in Ontario, Canada. Both played for winning teams in Triple-A and the Ontario…
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- March 12, 2011
VARSITY AND JV BOTH WIN
VERSUS Saturday hosted one of those rare nights where both the NHL and their AHL affiliates would squared off on the same day. The AHL Connecticut Whale did their part…
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- March 9, 2011
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Bruce Landon has known Howard Baldwin for nearly four decades. When Landon wasn’t tending goal for Baldwin’s New England Whalers for parts of their first five seasons…
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- March 8, 2011
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet It was a doubly good Tuesday for Connecticut Whale center Francis Lemieux. Lemieux was released from his second professional tryout contract and signed to an AHL deal…
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- March 7, 2011
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet It has been arguably the most topsy-turvy season in the 14 years of the Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale franchise. Man-games lost to injuries and call-ups are at…
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- March 2, 2011
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,…
