FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet An autographed Toronto Maple Leafs prospect trading card of Jeremy Williams showed up on eBay on Tuesday morning. Its value likely increased by day’s end after Williams,…

HEY NOW YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR…

All-Star Selections were made today for the NHL and the AHL. Since we cover so many of them, here is how they break down... First NHL, Then CT Whale, Then…

WHALE WEEKLY: January 10-16, 2011

The Whale (20-14-2-5, 47 pts.) hit the halfway point of their season last week, and won two out of the week’s three road games.  The Whale posted its fourth shutout…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet Kris Newbury said what a lot of people are thinking these days. “It’s like the Connecticut Rangers,” Newbury said with a chuckle Monday after participating in his…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet The Connecticut Whale has provided more support to the parent New York Rangers this season than ever before in the franchise’s 14-year history. Long-term injuries to former…

ITS NEWBURY TO NEW YORK

With Alex Frolov down, Kris Newbury has been recalled by the Rangers to take his place. Obviously we were wrong in thinking it would be Evgeny Grachev and we ruled…

SLOPPY SECONDS…GAMES THAT IS!

VERSUS They don’t award style points in hockey and even if they did, the Connecticut Whale wouldn’t have been awarded any in their 3-2 overtime win against the Norfolk Admirals…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet The stunning news out of Providence again emphatically demonstrated how precious life is. Tom Cavanagh, the all-time leading scorer for the Worcester Sharks (46 goals, 92 assists…

JUST LIKE THAT

VERSUS Connecticut Whale head coach Ken Gernander, along with just about every coach from Pee-Wee on up, preaches to his players about playing the full 60 minutes. In Gernander’s case…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By: Bruce Berlet MCDONAGH MAKES RANGERS DEBUT Rookie defenseman Ryan McDonagh became the third Connecticut Whale player to make his NHL debut this season with the Rangers on Friday night…